Bowling Green State University Athletics
Brian Holzinger: 2005 BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
October 04, 2005 | Ice Hockey
Oct. 4, 2005
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome six new members on Friday (Oct. 7). The official induction ceremony will take place in the grand ballroom of BGSU's Bowen-Thompson Student Union. The social hour begins at 6:00 p.m., with dinner served at 7:00 p.m. and the program starting shortly thereafter.
In addition, the class will be introduced at halftime of Saturday's (Oct. 8) BGSU-Ohio football game at Doyt Perry Stadium. The game begins at 6:00 p.m., and is designated as Hall of Fame Night.
Tickets for the Oct. 7 dinner are $35 ($30 for Varsity BG members), and advanced reservations are required. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Falcon Club office at (419) 372-7063. Football game tickets can be purchased through the ticket office by phone, at 1-877-BGSUTICKET, or on the web at www.BGSUFalcons.com.
The public is invited to attend the induction dinner.
The following is the second in a six-part series that takes a look at this year's class of inductees...
BRIAN HOLZINGER (hockey; 1992-95)
Holzinger, a native of Parma, Ohio, capped a stellar BGSU career by being named the 1995 recipient of the Hobey Baker Award, given to the top player in the entire country. The second BG icer to win the Hobey, Holzinger also was named to the Academic All-America Men's At-Large First Team, becoming only the third Falcon hockey player to earn first-team honors to that squad. Holzinger's long list of accolades also includes the 1994-95 CCHA Player-of-the-Year award.
Holzinger was a First-Team Titan West All American that senior season, after finishing third in the nation with 69 points. He was the national runner-up with 35 goals that winter. Holzinger's total of 37 points as a junior included a team-leading 22 goals. He finished his career seventh in school history with 102 goals, and ranked 15th in BG annals with 185 total points.
A three-time academic all-CCHA choice, he also earned Academic All-District honors. He was a unanimous First-Team All-CCHA pick as a senior, and was an all-league second-team selection as a sophomore, after scoring 57 points to lead the team. Holzinger also paced BG in goals that year, with 31, after scoring a total of 22 points as a freshman en route to honorable mention on the league's all-rookie team.
Holzinger, a sixth-round selection by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, has played 10 seasons in the NHL. Following his four years at BGSU, Holzinger played professional hockey for Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh and Columbus in the NHL, most recently with the Penguins and Blue Jackets in the 2003-04 season. In 547 career NHL games, he has totals of 93 goals and 145 assists.
In 2001, Holzinger was named to the CCHA's All-Decade Team for the 1990s. He currently resides in the Cleveland area with his wife, Lori, and daughters Alyssa (6), Kassie (4) and Molly (2).
