Bowling Green State University
Colgate
Falcons Tie at Colgate, 2-2
November 23, 2003 | Ice Hockey
Nov. 23, 2003
Hamilton, N.Y. - Bowling Green ended its two-game road trip to ECAC schools with a 2-2 tie at Colgate on Saturday afternoon in Hamilton, N.Y. It was the third-straight road tie for the Falcons.
BGSU got on the scoreboard first when senior Mark Wires netted his fifth goal of the season off a rebound in front of the net at 8:19 of the first period. Freshman Jonathan Sigalet and junior Ryan Minnabarriet assisted on the goal.
Colgate's Kyle Doyle knotted the game at 1-1 with a power-play goal at 5:16 of the second period. The score stayed that way until the Falcons went ahead 2-1 with Ryan Barnett's first goal of the season at 8:16 of the third period. Minnabarriet and Don Morrison earned assists on the goal.
The Raiders answered with a goal from Jon Smyth at 12:05 of the third period.
Colgate held a 5-1 shot advantage in a scoreless overtime period while BGSU held a 31-26 shot advantage for the game. BGSU had a 15-5 edge in shots in the first period and 10-5 advantage in the third period.
Junior Jordan Sigalet had 24 saves while Colgate's Steve Silverthorn had 29 stops.
BGSU ended 0-for-3 on the power play with Colgate finishing 1-for-5.
The Falcons stand at 3-5-5 overall while Colgate moved to 4-4-2. BGSU returns to Central Collegiate Hockey Association action and ends its five-game road trip Tuesday night at Western Michigan. Faceoff is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Scott Paluch post-game quotes...
"Coming back from a hard-fought tie the night before, I thought our boys did a good job of turning around and getting ready for a 3 p.m. game today."
"We were kind of 50-50 on the power play. When we did have a chance to control the puck well we didn't pull the trigger."
"Mark's been playing extremely well for us. He's been an offensive sparkplug. He's got quick feet, quick skills. One of the things we talked about was getting in the critical area for rebounds and he had a couple of chances."
"We knew it was going to be a tough trip and wanted to see how our guys would hold up. And to come out of it with two ties in these environments, we take that and build off that."
Jordan Sigalet post-game quotes...
"It was a huge weekend for us because we played two really good teams, and one nationally-ranked team. We didn't win the games, but getting the points is huge. Getting two out of four is good."
"Last year we were losing one-goal games and this year it seems like we're tying a lot. We're right there with these teams and they're good teams to be with."
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