Bowling Green State University Athletics
Icers Final Wrap-Up
March 19, 2000 | Ice Hockey
March 19, 2000
BGSU HOCKEY SEASON ENDS WITH 3-1 LOSS AT CCHA TOURNAMENT FINALIST NEBRASKA-OMAHA
The Bowling Green State University hockey team had its 1999-2000 campaign come to a close with a 3-1 loss in the CCHA Championship Play-In game last Tuesday (March 14) at Nebraska-Omaha.
The Falcons conclude the season with a 17-19-1 mark (which does not include an exhibition win over Toronto).
Next year's CCHA schedule will again consist of 28 league games (four against three teams [Ferris State, Nebraska-Omaha and Alaska Fairbanks], and two against the remaining eight teams.
THE COACH ...
Falcon mentor Buddy Powers is tied-for-79th place on the NCAA all-time win list with 230 victories. He is tied with current coaches Dick Umile (New Hampshire, 90-present) and Doug Roberts (Connecticut College, 79-present).
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.
REVIEWING THE NEBRASKA-OMAHA GAME ...
Bowling Green had its 1999-2000 campaign come to an end Tuesday night at Nebraska-Omaha by a 3-1 score in a CCHA Championship Play-In game.
The Falcons jumped out to a 1-0 lead when senior blueliner Michael Jones scored during a 4-on-3 BG power play at the 14:48 mark of the opening period. After taking a pass at the blueline from Grady Moore, Jones did a give-and-go with Greg Day and buried the return pass between Maverick goalie Kendall Sidoruk's legs.
BG was whistled for two penalties at the 15:27 mark of the first period, and UNO's Jeff Hoggan scored during the ensuing 5-on-3 power play with 3:01 remaining in the stanza.
The second period featured outstanding goaltending by BG freshman Tyler Masters, who stopped all 18 UNO shots. The Falcons were outshot 32-12 over the first two periods but the game was tied at one heading into the third period.
Bowling Green had taken an apparent 2-1 lead in the first minute of the third period when Scott Hewson banged in his own rebound. The goal light was turned on, and after the three on-ice officials conferred and also spoke with the goal judge, the goal was disallowed.
UNO grabbed a 2-1 advantage with 4:15 remaining in the third period when Hoggan sent a shot past Masters.
The final goal of the game was disputed as well. Hoggan appeared to have played the puck with a high stick to the left of his goalie, but no call was made and David Brisson scored into an empty net.
Had the high stick call been made, a face-off would have taken place to Sidoruk's left with nearly 30 seconds remaining. Masters finished the contest with 39 saves, while Sidoruk made 14 of his 25 saves in the third period.
FALCON NOTES ...
Bowling Green loses six seniors to graduation - defensemen B.J. Adams and Michael Jones, along with forwards Adam Edinger, Craig Desjarlais, Zach Ham and Brad Newman.
Sophomore blueliner Grady Moore led the squad in power-play points (18) and assists (13), while senior center Adam Edinger led the team in game-winning assists (4). Sophomore Center Greg Day had a team- high four first goals. Senior defenseman B.J. Adams had BG's top plus/minus rating at +7. Day led the team with 99 shots on goal, followed by Moore with 98 and Fultz with 97.
BGSU'S CCHA AWARD WINNERS ...
Senior forward Zach Ham was named to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Academic First Team for the second consecutive year, while sophomore defenseman Grady Moore earned honorable mention All-CCHA honors. Ham's selection marks the 14th time in the last 15 years a Falcon hockey player has received First Team All-CCHA Academic accolades (usually only six players named to the first team).
Seven Falcons were selected to the CCHA All-Academic Special Mention squad -- sophomore defensemen Marc Barlow and Joe Statkus, sophomore forward Ryan Wetterberg, junior defensemen Louis Mass and Doug Schueller, and junior forwards Curtis Valentine and Dennis Williams.
Freshman forward Ryan Fultz was named to the Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie honorable mention team.
Rookie netminder Tyler Masters earned his second CCHA Defensive Player of the Week award for his performance in the Falcons sweep at Lake Superior in the first round of the CCHA Tournament. Masters stopped 67 of the Lakers' 70 shots (.957), in leading BG to its fifth road series win in the CCHA playoffs since 1989.
