Bowling Green State University Athletics
Bowling Green State University
Michigan
Falcons Fall To #6 Michigan, 6-1
January 20, 2006 | Ice Hockey
Jan. 20, 2006
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The Bowling Green State University hockey team fell 6-1 Friday night to #6 Michigan inside the Yost Ice Arena, for their first back-to-back losses in six weeks. The Falcons lone goal was by senior captain Don Morrison (pictured).
The last back-to-back Falcon losses came on Nov. 26 versus Miami (L, 5-3) and Dec. 2 against Michigan State (L, 3-0).
Michigan (14-8-1, 9-5-1 CCHA) wasted little time to get on the scoreboard as Andrew Ebbett recorded his seventh goal of the year just 1:11 into the contest. Fellow line-mate Andrew Cogliano spotted the Wolverines a 2-0 advantage 3:30 later with a power-play goal for the only two goals of the first period.
"I thought it was a real tough way to start out a road game," said head coach Scott Paluch. "We could never totally get our game into it. They obviously played the better home game then we did the road game. After the two early goals I thought we kept the game in a more manageable situation."
The Falcons began the second period with the man-advantage, after T.J. Hensick was called for a slash after the first period had ended, but BGSU surrendered a short-handed goal just seconds before the Falcon power play had expired. The goal was Tim Cook's first of the year.
Cogliano recorded his second goal of the night at the 3:55 mark of the second to give Michigan a 4-0 advantage.
The Falcons (11-14-1, 7-11-1 CCHA) finally struck back at the 11:07 mark of the second after Rich Meloche carried the puck out of the BGSU zone and found sophomore Jonathan Matsumoto at center ice. Matsumoto skated to his right and passed the puck over to a streaking Morrison, who found the back of the net.
Two more Michigan goals (Hensick, 12:55, 2nd and Kevin Porter, 14:45, 3rd) brought the game to a final 6-1 score.
For the game freshman Jimmy Spratt recorded 31 saves, a career-high, on 37 UM shots. Michigan goaltender Noah Ruden stopped 26-of-27 BGSU shots.
"I thought Jimmy [Spratt] made some key saves on the penalty kill," said Paluch. "I thought he played well last Saturday night and earned a real big win for us, and I thought he made a lot of good saves tonight."
The Falcons were 0-for-6 on the power play, while the Wolverines scored on one of five tries.
These same two teams will do again tomorrow night at 7:05 inside the BGSU Ice Arena.
