WMU hockey to play outdoor game

By Patrick Littleton
Staff Reporter

The Western Michigan University hockey team will play in the 2012 Great Lakes Invitational at Comerica Park on Dec. 28 and 29. It will be the first outdoor game in program history.

It will mark the third time the Broncos have played in the GLI, a four-team tournament held annually since 1965 at Joe Louis Arena. This will be the first time it is held outdoors.

The Broncos will face Michigan State University on Dec. 28 and the winner or loser of the University of Michigan versus Michigan Tech University game on Dec. 29, depending on whether the Broncos win or lose their first match.

“We would like to thank the GLI committee, Olympia Entertainment, and the Ilitch family for including us in this wonderful event,” said WMU Director of Athletics Kathy Beauregard in a press release. “It is a testa­ment to how our program continues to rise to prominence and it will be a historic event for WMU Hockey as our first outdoor game. The GLI is an incredible opportunity for our program as well as our 32,000 Detroit based alumni who represented us so well at Joe Louis Arena last year and at the Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl this year.”

Game times for the 2012 GLI will be announced at a later date.

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