Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU Hockey at Northern Michigan
October 17, 2001 | Ice Hockey
Oct. 17, 2001
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Bowling Green (0-1-1 overall, 0-0-0 CCHA) at Northern Michigan (0-0-0 overall, 0-0-0 CCHA) Marquette, Mich. * Berry Evans Center
Falcons Open CCHA Action at Northern Michigan Bowling Green State University opens Central Collegiate Hockey Association play this weekend when it travels to Northern Michigan University. Friday night's game will be the first for the Wildcats this season while BGSU began its season last week at the Ice Breaker Cup, finishing 0-1-1.
BGSU versus Northern Michigan Bowling Green is 26-18-4 overall against Northern Michigan. Saturday's faceoff will be the 50th time that NMU and BGSU have matched up since their first meeting on Nov. 12, 1976. This weekend's games will also be the fourth and fifth consecutive appearances at Berry Evans Center in two yeas for the Falcons. Bowling Green played three games there last year, finishing 0-1-1 during the regular season and winning the CCHA Play-In game on March 13, 2-1 in overtime.
Falcon Road Warriors Bowling Green will make its second-straight road trip to begin the 2001-2002 season with a near 10-hour bus trip to Marquette, Mich., located in the Upper Penisula of Michigan. BGSU returned on Sunday, Oct. 14, from a 17 and one-half hour bus ride from Orono, Maine, where the Falcons played in the Ice Breaker Cup at the University of Maine. According to Travelocity.com, the Bowling Green hockey team will have travelled over 3,000 miles (3,044) and spent over 58 hours on a bus in the last week.
Bowling Green State University Head Coach Buddy Powers Buddy Powers (Boston University '75) is in his eighth season as head coach of the Falcons. Powers has an overall record of 246-196-36 (.552 pct.) in 13 years as head coach at Bowling Green (1994-SA), Rensselaer (1989-94) and Rochester Institute of Technology (1988-89). His record with the Brown and Orange stands at 126-125-21 (.502 pct.). Appointed the head coach at Bowling Green on July 12, 1994, Powers is the fourth head coach in the program's history. It is his 14th season overall on the Falcon bench after serving six years as assistant coach under Jerry York from 1982-88.
BGSU at Ice Breaker Cup Bowling Green was up against pretty tough competition to begin its 2001-2002 campaign when it travelled to last weekend's Ice Breaker Cup at the University of Maine. BGSU lost to No. 8 Maine on Friday, Oct. 12, by the score of 9-1. Sophomore defenseman Roger Leonard scored Bowling Green's lone score at 18:41 of the second period. Mark Wires and Tyler Knight assisted on the goal. On Saturday, Oct. 13, BGSU rebounded with a 1-1 tie against No. 13 Clarkson and won in a shootout. Sophomore forward D'Arcy McConvey scored both the regulation goal at 16:37 of the third period and the shootout goal.
Masters Sets New Career Mark Junior goalie Tyler Masters recorded a career-high 51 saves on Saturday, Oct. 13, against #13 Clarkson at the Ice Breaker Cup, in addition to seven shootout saves. The game finished in a 1-1 tie after Masters knocked away 51 of 52 shots attempted by the Knights. His 51 saves is four shy of BGSU's school record of 55 set by Al Sarachman on Dec. 8, 1974 against Michigan State. In two games, Masters finished with 76 saves.
2001-2002 Captains This year's team captain will be senior forward Greg Day. The assistant captains will be seniors Marc Barlow and Scott Hewson. Combined, the three players have played in 318 games and scored over 70 goals in the last three years. Day has not missed a single game since he arrived in Bowling Green, appearing in 116 games.
Assistant Coaches Head Coach Buddy Powers is assisted this season by Dave Smith (Ohio State '92) and Tim Alexander (Bowling Green '80). Smith is in his second season at Bowling Green while this is Alexander's first year on the bench for his alma mater. Dan St. Jean serves as volunteer coach and is in his fourth season with the Falcons.
Injuries Freshman Matthew Lynn (shoulder), freshman Denis White (leg) and sophomore Roger Leonard (knee) will not play this weekend at Northern Michigan.
Radio Play-By-Play The flagship stations of Bowling Green State University hockey are WBVI-FM (96.7) in Findlay, and WBGU-FM (88.1) in Bowling Green. All Friday contests will be carried on WBVI and can be heard on-line at www.BGSUFALCONS.com . All Saturday games will be aired on WBGU. Steve Mears is in his third season as the play-by-play voice for the Falcons. Dave Crane is in his third season as the analyst. NOTE: This Saturday's broadcast of BGSU hockey will be replaced by the airing of BGSU football at Akron (6 p.m.). Frequent updates on Falcon Hockey will be provided by Steve Mears throughout the broadcast.
"Power"ful Radio The Falcons Nest With Buddy Powers will air live from the Bowling Green Fricker's location every Monday beginning on Oct. 22. The Show airs at 7 p.m. and will be broadcasted on WBVI-FM (96.7). BGSU grad Dave DiNatale will serve as the host and will talk to Powers about the previous games, a preview of the upcoming opponent, and questions from the audience. Also, Powers can be heard every Thursday night on WLQR-AM (1470) at 6:45 p.m. Powers will be interviewed each week by studio host Matt Melzak on "Faceoff: The Hockey Show".
