KALAMAZOO, MI –– Soaking in the historic moment and beaming with pride as its first-ever national championship banner ascended into the rafters in front of a charged-up sellout crowd, everything was lined up for Western Michigan hockey to keep on riding the wave of celebration in starting a brand-new season.

But Ferris State had other plans.

Despite commemorating its first-ever national championship in a grand banner-raising pregame ceremony, Ferris State played major spoilers by crashing the party and knocking off the No. 1-ranked Broncos in a stunning 3-2 season-opening upset at Lawson Arena on Thursday night.

“There was a lot of good things to take from tonight but they (Ferris)scored easy and we didn’t score at all,” Western Michigan head coach Pat Ferschweiler said. “They (Ferris)

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