KALAMAZOO -- Pori, a city of approximately 85,000, sits on the western coast on Finland and the Gulf of Bothnia. That's about the extent of the knowledge a Bronco hockey fan would have after a simple Google search of the city, which is a similar size to Kalamazoo. But that all changed on Oct. 10, 2015 when Oliwer (pronounced Oliver) Kaski became the first Finnish-born student-athlete to suit up in the Brown and Gold for the WMU hockey program.
Kaski didn't see action in Western Michigan's regular-season opener the night before, but an injury to Taylor Fleming thrust the young defenseman into the lineup and he's been a mainstay ever since.