Notre Dame hockey set for series with Western Michigan

Who: Notre Dame (9-9-2) and Western Michigan (7-9-2)

When: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 6:05 p.m.

Where: Lawson Ice Arena, Kalamazoo, Mich. (Friday); Compton Family Ice Arena (Saturday)

TV: CBS Sports Network (Friday); NBC Sports Network (Saturday)

Radio: WHFB 99.9 FM

Last time out: Notre Dame beat No. 6 Miami (Ohio), 3-2 in OT on Dec. 28, and lost to Lake Superior State, 2-1, in the championship game of the Florida College Hockey Classic on Dec. 29; Western Michigan fell to Colgate, 2-1 on Dec. 12, then beat Penn State, 4-1 on Dec. 13, in the Three Rivers Classic in Pittsburgh.

Notable: Western Michigan won the Shillelagh Tournament at Compton Family Ice Arena back in late November by beating Ohio State, 6-2, then dismantling defending national champion Union the next day, 8-2… Notre Dame has the country’s worst power play at just 6 percent efficiency… The Broncos have the nation’s sixth-best power play at 22.7 percent… Robbie Russo leads the Irish in scoring with 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists), which is fifth best in the country among defensemen... Irish forward Thomas DiPauli missed the Lake State game after suffering an injury against Miami the day before.