đĽ Highlights from Friday night's 1-1 tie with Western Michigan.
Recap: https://t.co/p3eCs6qgy2#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/POIM11mjb3
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) January 4, 2020
No. 15 Notre Dame needed each of Cale Morris’ season-high 42 saves to begin the 2020 part of its schedule with a 1-1 tie against No. 19 Western Michigan. That included a first-period penalty shot from Jason Polin with the Irish already on the penalty kill. The save halted the Broncos’ momentum and their best chance to hold a lead in regulation.
Penalty shot: DENIED by Cale. â#GoIrishâď¸ pic.twitter.com/ZwFlZkkTUL
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) January 4, 2020
The Irish (9-7-3) got its lone tally midway through the second period when Cam Morrison had to fight traffic in front of the net to put the puck past Brandon Bussi off a rebound for his fifth goal of the season. The lead last last all of 53 seconds before Luke Bafia scored to pull the Broncos (7-7-3) back even, and that’s where the score would stay.
The Broncos nearly won it in overtime, but an apparent goal by Paul Washe was wiped out both in real time and by video review after he was ruled to have run into Morris during the play.