In its 50th season as a Division I men's hockey program ... Excluding the initial NCAA tournament in 1948, Western Michigan is the fourth team to win the national title in its Frozen Four debut ...

REQUIRED READING: How to buy 2025 Frozen Four tickets: NCAA hockey championship tickets If Western Michigan can pull off the win, it would join Denver (1958), Cornell (1967) and Lake Superior ...

Western Michigan won its first college hockey ... decisive win. Michaels also put WMU in the championship game with a goal in double-overtime to defeat defending national champion Denver in ...