KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Lake Superior State continued its unbeaten streak with a 1-1 tie and 2-1 shootout victory over 10th-ranked Western Michigan Friday at Lawson Arena. The Lakers (12-10-1 overall, 7-7-1-1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association) won their first shootout since beating Ohio State on Jan. 28, 2012.

LSSU, which is 5-0-1 in its last six games, sits in fifth place in the CCHA with 23 points after playing to its first shootout of the season. The Broncos (12-5-4 overall, 8-3-2-1 CCHA) sit in third place with 27 points after earning only 1 point for the tie.

The Lakers fell behind 1-0 at 7:03 of the first period when the Broncos opened the scoring with a goal from Dane Walters assisted by Mike Cichy and Kenney Morrison.

With only 29 seconds left in the first period, LSSU sophomore forward Buddy Robinson (7-5—12) tied it, 1-1. Freshman defenseman Eric Drapluk (1-6—7) tallied the lone assist on Robinson's goal. Robinson has tallied one goal in each of the Lakers' last three outings.

LSSU and WMU played 40 minutes of scoreless play before entering the five-minute sudden death overtime. At the end of OT the game was still tied 1-1 and headed into the shootout, leaving the stellar Laker defense with only four goals-against during the past six games.

Mike Leone scored on WMU's first shootout attempt. Junior foward Dan Radke (3-6--9) missed for the Lakers. In the second round, Western Michigan's Dennis Brown missed, while LSSU senior forward Domenic Monardo (8-9—17) tied the shootout, 1-1, with his goal.

In round three, Chase Balisy missed for the Broncos and senior forward Ben Power (3-3—6) scored the shootout winner for the Lakers.

Junior netminder Kevin Kapalka (5-4-1-1), who was 4-0 in CCHA shootouts in 2011-12, totaled a season-high 44 saves for the Lakers while playing in front of a sellout Bronco crowd of 4,179. Frank Slubowski (12-5-4) tallied 24 saves in the shootout loss.

WMU was 0-for-5 on the power play, and LSSU finished 0-for-3.

WMU vs. LSSU Boxscore