Bowling Green State University Athletics
Tuesday, February 9
Ann Arbor, Mich.
7:35 PM
Bowling Green State University
at
Michigan
Jordan Samuels-Thomas (above right) leads the Falcons into Ann Arbor for the season finale against Michigan.
Falcons to Close Series with Michigan Tuesday Night
February 08, 2010 | Ice Hockey
Bowling Green Falcons
(4-19-4, 3-14-4-3)
vs.
RV/#19 Michigan Wolverines
(16-12-1, 11-9-1-0)
Feb. 9, 2010 - 7:35 p.m. EST
Yost Ice Arena - Ann Arbor, Mich.
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BGSU game notes
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CCHA Weekly
THIS WEEK
With the Michigan Wolverines (RV/#19) returning from Camp Randall, Wisc. in a single matchup with the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday, the Falcons will meet the Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Mich. for the conclusion of their extended home-and-home series on Tuesday, February 9. Gametime is set for 7:35 p.m. EST for the season finale between BGSU and U-of-M.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Radio: This Tuesday's hockey game can be heard as scheduled on WBGU-FM with Everett Fitzhugh bringing you the live action, shot-for-shot. Brian Fisher will join Fitzhugh on the broadcast with the color analysis. The pregame show will air 30 minutes prior to the opening face-off. The broadcast can be heard globally on www.bgsufalcons.com.
TV: Tuesday evening's contest will be broadcast on the Comcast Cable Network with Fred Pletsch (CCHA Media Relations) bringing the play-by-play with Lyle Phair providing color analysis. Art Regner will down between the benches for in-game commentary.
Live stats: Live stats for all BGSU home games are available on the BGSU web site - www.bgsufalcons.com - via Live Scoring. The stats can be accessed from the schedule page in the hockey section of the web site by clicking on the “details” icon on the right hand side of the page, then by clicking “live scoring”.
LAST TIME OUT
On a rare Thursday night game that drew nearly 2,500 fans to the BGSU Ice Arena the Falcons and Wolverines spent nearly three-fourths of the contest divided by a single goal. The game would end that way as well with all the damage being done in the opening period.
Following a cross-checking penalty that drew a game misconduct call on Tommy Dee (Sr., F), the Falcons were forced to defend a 5-on-4 Michigan power play for five minutes. The Wolverines' Matt Rust and Chris Brown scored goals nearly a minute apart to put U-of-M out to a quick 2-0 lead. After killing off the rest of the full five minute power play, the Falcons retaliated by halving the lead in the 15th minute of the contest. Tomas Petruska (Sr., F) scored his eighth goal of the season when he scooped up a rebound from a David Solway shot, circled around with he puck and fired a bullet past Michigan goaltender, Bryan Hogan.
No team would score for the following 44:10 of the game, and the Wolverines staved off a late BGSU power play to end the game, 2-1.
THE STARTING FIVE - Five Facts On BGSU Hockey
(1) The Falcons and Wolverines have an all-time series record of 33-74-3, favoring Michigan dating back to 1971. The two teams have already squared off three times this season with BG winning in Ann Arbor, 4-2, and Michigan winning both away contests, one at Lucas County Arena (Toledo, Ohio), 4-1 and the other last Thursday at BGSU, 2-1.
(2) Bowling Green has won two in a row at the Yost Ice Arena. The last time the Falcons had won two or more games in a row at The Yost was between the 2000 and 2002 seasons with victories on March 4, 2000 (6-3) and a Jan. 25, 2002 (4-2).
(3) Three of the next four weekends to close out the 2009-10 season will be games played within Bowling Green's cluster. BGSU has home-and-home series with Michigan (2/4, 2/9) and Michigan State (2/26-27) and host Notre Dame on 2/19-20. Cluster play will be halted for a weekend where the Falcons bring in the top team in the land, No. 1 Miami Redhawks.
(4) Three Falcons have found themselves on the Hobey Baker Award nomination list released earlier this month. Kyle Page (Sr., D), Tomas Petruska (Sr., F) and Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Fr., F) are all available to earn votes towards the 2010 Hobey Baker Award. To vote, visit www.hobeybaker.com/vote
(5) In recent years, the Falcons have struggled in the second half of their seasons. Last year the Falcons finished their last 18 games with a 4-14-0 record. Since 2000-01, BGSU has only had two seasons with post-.500 records in the second half of the season (2000-01, 2004-05) and have a combined record of 50-108-12 in that time. This year, they are currently 2-5-2 through seven games in the second half of 2009-10.
THE YOST - A PLACE FOR SUCCESS
Prior to last year, the Falcons had not won a game in the Yost Ice Arena since 2002 (1/25/02, 6-3) but in their last two outings in Ann Arbor, Bowling Green has pulled away victories in both appearances. On Jan. 16, 2009 the Falcons recorded the first shutout victory over the Wolverines in BGSU hockey history with their 3-0 win. Earlier this season the Falcons came back from a goal down with two power-play tallies and a third unanswered goal to take the “W” in a 4-2 win on Nov. 20, 2009. It also marks the first time the Falcons have won consecutive games at the Yost since their back-to-back away wins on March 4, 2000 and Jan. 25, 2002.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
Needing two points to achieve the feat, Tomas Petruska (Sr., F) tallied two goals on Jan. 16 against NMU to achieve his 49th and 50th points of his career. He now is the third Falcon this season to eclipse 50 career points (David Solway - 55 and James Perkin - 53). He has since added two assists to now make his total career point marker 52, third most for active Falcons. Senior Forward Kai Kantola is only one point away from joining the club himself. He resides with 49 career points (26-23--49) going into this weekend.
SEASON-HIGH PRODUCTIVITY
With a shootout win and a tie against Western Michigan on the weekend of Jan. 22-23, the Falcons strung together some of their best play to accumulate a season-high five points towards the CCHA standings. The team had twice brought home three points following back-to-back splits with Alaska (Nov. 13-14) and Michigan (Nov. 20-21). In their last two weekends, BGSU has tallied six points with a 1-1-2-1 record in that time.
SECOND YEAR - SECOND HALF SENSATIONS
It may have taken a bit of time, but the sophomore class is starting to heat up in the second half of the season for the BGSU Falcons. After the first 18 games of the 2009-10 season, the sophomore class had only tallied one goal and one assist on the season. However, since Jan. 2 they have exploded for five goals and five assists - 10 points - in eight games. Cameron Sinclair and Brennan Vargas both have 2-1--3 lines in that time while James McIntosh has also chipped in with a goal and pair of assists.
For complete notes, download the note packet at the top of the page.
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