November 21, 2024
Rowe/Slukynsky Tandem Working Well for Western Michigan
by Avash Kalra/ (@AvashKalra)
Hampton Slukynsky
When a team has two legitimate starting goaltenders, coaches will often say that this is a “good problem to have.” But for Western Michigan thus far in the 2024-25 season, there’s seemingly been no problem at all.
In the early going, graduate fifth-year veteran Cameron Rowe and freshman Hampton Slukynsky have alternated starts for the Broncos — a plan that each netminder learned only in the days leading up to the first game of the season. And there’s no reason to deviate from that plan now. Rowe is 4-0-0 with a .930 save percentage, and Slukynsky — the reigning NCHC Rookie of the Week — is 2-1-1 with a .944 save percentage.
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