Falcons To Face Nebraska-Omaha In First Round of CCHA Playoffs

February 25, 2007 | Ice Hockey

Feb. 25, 2007

FARMINGTON, HILLS, Michigan - The Bowling Green State University hockey will be traveling to Nebraska-Omaha for the opening round of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs. The Falcons, who are the No. 12 seed in the playoffs, will be facing the Mavericks, who won Saturday night in Alaska to leapfrog Western Michigan to get the No. 5 seed.

This is the same matchup from a year ago, when the Orange and Brown traveled to Omaha, Neb., in the No. 5 vs. No. 12 matchup. The Mavericks captured back-to-back 4-2 wins to advance to the second round.

Complete First Round Matchups
No. 12 Bowling Green @ No. 5 Nebraska-Omaha
No. 11 Alaska @ No. 6 Western Michigan
No. 10 Northern Michigan @ No. 7 Ohio State
No. 9 Ferris State @ No. 8 Lake Superior

First round byes: Notre Dame, Michigan, Miami and Michigan State