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Ohio State Eliminates Falcons From CCHA Playoffs, 5-2
March 13, 2004 | Ice Hockey
March 13, 2004
Columbus, Ohio - Ohio State used a 45-17 shot advantage to eliminate Bowling Green from the Central Collegiate Hockey Association tournament, 5-2, at Value City Arena on Saturday night. The Buckeyes win the best-of-three series, 2-0. BGSU ends its season with a 11-18-9 overall record.
OSU's Dave Steckel struck twice with goals, while Sean Collins, Scott May (empty net), and Doug Endress (empty-net) also tallied for the Buckeyes. BGSU's Mike Falk scored his fifth goal of the year at 15:27 of the second period to cut the deficit to 2-1, with an assist from Brett Pilkington.
Steve Brudzewski then scored the Falcons' lone power-play goal of the game at 16:07 of the third period to bring BGSU to within two, 4-2. Ryan Minnabarriet and Rich Meloche assisted. But Andress' empty-net goal with 53 seconds remaining sealed the victory for the Buckeyes.
Junior goalie Jordan Sigalet stopped 40 saves in the loss while Mike Betz had 13 stops in 59:07 minutes of action. Kelly Holowaty has two saves over the final 53 seconds for OSU.
BGSU was 1-for-5 on the power play while OSU was 0-for-5.
The game is the final career game for five Falcon seniors: D Kevin Bieksa, F Erik Eaton, D Brian Escobedo, F D'Arcy McConvey, and F Mark Wires.
