The Purdue Northwest ACHA DI Hockey team took down Western Michigan in both games of their weekend series winning Game 1 on Friday night, 5-3, and dominating in Game 2 on Saturday evening, 9-3.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (10-2-1, 5-1-0), Western Michigan (6-10)
• Location: The Kube - Hammond, Ind.
• Attendance: 350

Game 1 
Inside The Numbers

• Freshman Noah Murphy (Faribault, Minn.) led Purdue Northwest with two goals.
• Sophomore Sam Bourdages (Hearst, Ontario/), freshman Carter Hobbs (Des Moines, Iowa), and freshman Michael Clough (Andover, Minn.) each netted a goal during the game.
• Junior Craig Herman (Bloomington, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS), freshman Hayden Mosloski (Andover, Minn.), and Clough each dished out an assist.
• Freshman Cooper Olson (Maple Grove, Minn.) played all 60 minutes in goal for the Pride and made 30 saves.
• Blake Sierwertsen led Western Michigan with a goal and an assist.
• Collin Guelcher played all 60 minutes in frame for Western Michigan and stopped 43 shots.

The Breakdown

• The Pride scored the first goal of the game in the first period from Bourdages to take a 1-0 lead after one.
• Purdue Northwest scored two straight goals in second period to take a 3-0 lead within the first few minutes.
• Western Michigan netted two straigh power play goals in the second period to cut the deficit to 3-2 heading into the third period.
• The Broncos tied it up 3-3 off a shorthanded goal by Siewertsen with over ten minutes remaining in the game.
• Clough broke the tie and put the Pride up 4-3 with five minutes remaining.
• The Pride sealed the win 5-3 after an empty net goal from Murphy.

Game 2
Inside The Numbers

• Bourdages netted his first career hat-trick to lead Purdue Northwest and also dished out two assists.
• Herman added one goal and handed out two assists during the game.
• Clough scored one goal and added an assist.
• Sophomore Ryan Gallant (Oshawa, Ontario/) handed three assists for Purdue Northwest.
• Masloski also chipped in one goal and one assists.
• Olson played all 60 minutes between the pipes for the Pride and recorded 30 saves.
• Siewertsen led Western Michigan once again with one goal and one assist.
• Daniel Boylan started all 60 minutes in goal for Western Michigan and made 52 saves.

The Breakdown

• Both team battled to a scoreless first period.
• The Pride erupted for five goals in the second period and took a 5-2 lead into the third period.
• Purdue Northwest sealed the deal in the third period scoring four goals and winning handlely 9-3.

Up Next

• The Pride next hit the road to take Adrian in a home and home series starting on Friday, December 1. Game time is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. central time in Adrian, Michigan.