Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcon Icers To Begin 1999-2000 Campaign In Boston
December 29, 1999 | Ice Hockey
Oct. 11, 1999
The Bowling Green State University hockey team, after recording a 7-2 exhibition win over the University of Toronto on Saturday, will start its 1999-2000 season with a pair of games in Boston this weekend.
The Falcons face former BG mentor Jerry York and his Boston College Eagles Friday night at BC's Conte Forum/ Kelley Rink. BG concludes its road trip to Boston with a Saturday night match at Northeastern.
UPCOMING GAMES ...
Bowling Green will continue on the road the following weekend (Oct. 22-23), opening the Central Collegiate Hockey Association portion of its schedule, with a pair of contests at Western Michigan.
The Falcons next home games will be Friday and Saturday, Oct. 29-30 when Alaska Fairbanks visits the BGSU Ice Arena for a pair of league contests. All BGSU home games this year will be starting at 7:35 p.m.
THE COACH ...
Falcon mentor Buddy Powers moved into 86th place on the NCAA all-time win list with BG's victory over Notre Dame on Feb. 20. He trails Harry Cleverly (Boston University, Babson - 45-66) by three wins (216-213). There have been more than 725 NCAA men's collegiate head hockey coaches.
Powers served as head coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) for five seasons (1989-90 through 1993-94) prior to being named to his current position at Bowling Green on July 12, 1994. He spent one season as the head coach at Rochester Institute of Technology (1988-89) leading the Tigers to a second-place finish in the Division III national championships.
THE SERIES ...
Bowling Green trails in the all-time series against Boston College with a 3-6-0 mark. The Eagles won the last meeting, 3-2 on Oct. 17, 1997, in Boston, snapping a three-game BG win streak in the series. The Falcons have dropped all three previous contests in Boston, including two in the first round of the 1989 NCAA tournament (8-5, 4-2).
The Falcons trail in the all-time series versus Northeastern with a 2-3-2 record. The teams split last year's series in BG with the Huskies winning 4-2, before BG rebounded for a 5-3 triumph. The Falcons have an 0-2-1 record in Matthews Arena, which includes a 6-3 Northeastern win on Oct. 18, 1997.
All-time series scores are available at the end of this release.
PREVIEWING UPCOMING OPPONENTS ...
Boston College began its 1999-2000 season with a 7-1 exhibition victory over Queens on Oct. 8. BC is led by Jerry York, the sixth winningest coach in NCAA history with 564 victories. York, who has compiled a 97-79-18 mark in his tenure at BC, signed a five-year contract in June, 1999.
The Eagles, the preseason No. 1 team in the country according to USCHO Online, have won back-to-back Hockey East tournament titles and reached the NCAA's Frozen Four the last two seasons.
BC returns 15 letterwinners (nine forwards, five defensemen and one goalie) including two Titan All-America First Team selections in senior defenseman Mike Mottau and junior forward Brian Gionta. Other key returnees are junior goalie Scott Clemmensen, and senior forwards Blake Bellefeuille and Jeff Farkas.
BC used all three goalies in its triumph over Queen's. Clemmensen stopped all five shots he faced in the opening period, with Tim Kelleher turning aside all seven Golden Gaels shots in the middle stanza. Tom Egan made three saves on four shots in the final period, allowing a 5-on-3 power-play goal with 3:09 remaining in the contest.
Freshman right wing Krys Kolanos led the Eagles with three goals and two assists. Scoring single goals for BC were Kevin Caulfield, Mike Lephart, Paul Kelly and Jeff Giuliano.
Northeastern opens its season against the Falcons. The Huskies have 22 letterwinners returning from last season's squad which compiled an 11-20-3 overall record and a 6-16-2 mark in Hockey East play.
The Huskie program is guided by fourth-year head man Bruce Crowder, the 1996 Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year. NU has only four seniors on its roster, all forwards - Bobby Davis (3-4--7), Billy Newson (7-13--20), Todd Barclay (19-12--31) and Roger Holeczy (4-25--29). Sophomore Jason Braun (10-17-3, 3.61, .870) is the lone returning netminder.
On the blueline, Northeastern returns juniors Mike Jozefowicz and John Peterman, along with classmate Matt Brown. Arik Engbrecht returns after being redshirted last season due to an ailing disc.
LOOKING BACK AT LAST WEEKEND ...
Bowling Green outshot Toronto 45-11, and outscored the Varsity Blues 7-2 in posting an exhibition victory. Senior center Adam Edinger led the Falcons with three goals, while Curtis Valentine, Greg Day, Brad Newman and Chris Bonvie each added single tallies.
BG converted on three of 12 power-play opportunities, while holding UT to two goals in nine man-advantage chances.
Falcon netminder Tyler Masters was credited with nine saves, with Toronto's Christ Short making 38 stops.
In addition to Masters, two other newcomers saw action versus Toronto. Ryan Fultz assisted on Valentine's goal, while Tyler Knight recorded a helper on Newman's lamp-lighter.
FALCON TIDBITS ...
Adam Edinger enters his senior campaign needing one point to become the 64th player in Falcon hockey history to reach the 100 career point plateau. He has 99 points on 43 goals and 56 assists.
Friday's game at Boston College will be the 400th game (excluding exhibitions) as a collegiate head coach for Buddy Powers.
RADIO COVERAGE ...
Bowling Green fans can catch all Falcon games -- home or away -- on WBGU radio (88.1 FM). In his 11th season of calling play-by-play is Bartt Davis (BGSU, '95).
All-Time Series Scores...
Boston College (BGSU trails with a 3-6-0 record) 03/24/78 BC 6, BGSU 2 - NCAA Semifinal (Providence) 11/07/80 BC 4, at BGSU 3 11/08/80 BC 4, at BGSU 0 03/17/89 at BC 8, BGSU 5 - NCAA First Round (two-games, total goals) 03/18/89 at BC 4, BGSU 2 - NCAA First Round (two-games, total goals) 12/21/91 BGSU 5, BC 3 - Mariucci Classic Semifinal (Minneapolis) 10/18/96 at BGSU 8, BC 3 10/19/96 at BGSU 4, BC 2 10/17/97 at BC 3, BGSU 2Home: 2-2-0 * Away: 0-3-0 * Neutral: 1-1-0 * GF: 31 * GA: 37
Northeastern (BGSU trails with a 2-3-2 record) 12/29/74 BGSU 4, NU 4 - RPI Invitational [Round Robin] (Troy, NY) 03/19/82 BGSU 2, at NU 2 - NCAA Quarterfinal (two-games, total goals) 03/20/82 at NU 3, BGSU 2 (OT) - NCAA Quarterfinal (two-games, total goals) 12/29/94 BGSU 7, NU 4 - Badger Showdown Consolation (Milwaukee) 10/18/97 at NU 6, BGSU 3 10/16/98 NU 4, at BGSU 2 10/17/98 at BGSU 5, NU 3
Home: 1-1-0 * Away: 0-2-1 * Neutral: 1-0-1 * GF: 25 * GA: 26
