Bowling Green State University Athletics
Friday, March 5
Omaha, Neb. (CCHA First Round)
8:35 PM
Bowling Green State University
at
Nebraska Omaha
The Falcons hit the road for Round 1 of the CCHA playoffs. They will head to Nebraska-Omaha for a weekend set beginning Friday, March 6.
It's Tourney Time! Round 1: Nebraska-Omaha
March 04, 2010 | Ice Hockey
BGSU game notes
UNO game notes
CCHA Weekly
Dennis Williams weekly press conference (March 1, 2010)
THIS WEEK
With the conclusion of the regular season, the seeding and tournament placemen is complete. The Bowling Green Falcons earned the 11 seed in the CCHA Tournament and will travel to Omaha, Neb. for the second time this year to take on the UNO Mavericks. Game one is set for a 7:35 p.m. CST / 8:35 p.m. EST. Saturday's game two action will commence at 7:05 CST / 8:05 EST and if a third game is neccesary, it will be played on Sunday at 7:05 CST / 8:05 EST.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Radio: All BGSU CCHA Tournament first round coverage can be heard on 88.1 WBGU-FM with Everett Fitzhugh bringing you the live action, shot-for-shot. The pregame show will air 30 minutes prior to the opening face-off. The broadcast can be heard globally on www.bgsufalcons.com.
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”.
Video: Streaming video will be provided through the UNO athletic website, www.unomavs.com (subscription rates apply).
LAST TIME OUT
After a crushing 5-2 defeat in East Lansing, Mich. on Friday night (Feb. 26), the Falcons rebounded with a 2-2 tie and 1-0 shootout victory against the No. 12/13 Michigan State Spartans. The two teams exchanged power-play goals between MSU's Andrew Rowe and BGSU's David Solway (Green Bay, Wisc.). Going into the third period tied at one, Bowling Green's freshman of the year candidate Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Windsor, Conn.) caught the rebound of a Tommy Dee (Maple Grove, Minn.) shot and wrapped it around the near-side post for a power-play goal early in the third period to take a 2-1 lead. At the 15-minute mark, Michian State tied it up when Chris Forfar caught a loose puck out in front of the Falcon cage and had an empty net to shoot for anfter Falcon goaltender Andrew Hammond (Surrey, B.C.) was caught up traffic. After a scoreless overtime and five unsuccessful shootout attempts, Tomas Petruska (Presov, Slovakia) capped off his own Senior Night with the game-deciding tally, giving the Falcons a shootout win to end the year and a firm grip on the 11-seed in the conference tournament.
KRELOVE HONING IN ON A HUNDY
With the 2009-10 season coming to close, junior defenseman Andrew Krelove (Thunder Bay, Ontario) is quickly approaching game number 100 in his Falcon career. Assuming the Krelove plays at least two games this weekend at UNO (March 6-8), he will play game #99 on Friday and #100 on Saturday against the Mavericks. Krelove has been a main component of the power play and penalty kill units this season, as well as one of the veteran 'D'-men on a very young Falcon core. He has a 2009-10 line of 0-4--4.
POWER (PLAY) SURGE
After being left with zero power-play goals in their last two games (8 PP chances) prior to Saturday night's season finale versus Michigan State (Feb. 27), the Falcons went on a power-play surge with two goals in nine man-advantage chances against the Spartans in their 2-2 tie. Twice more this season have the Falcon been held scoreless on 12 or more power-play chances and then scored two or more power-play goals to break their streak. After being held scoreless over 18 chances between Jan. 23 - Feb. 12, the Falcons sounded the horn three times in the next two games. Nov. 21 to Dec, 4 the Falcons went 16 chances without a goal a man up until they averaged just under one PPG every four chances over the next four games.
SENIORS THE TALK OF THE TOWN ON 'THEIR NIGHT'
Before Saturday night's regular season finale begins against No. 12/13 Michigan State, eight of our beloved Falcons were be honored for their contributions to the BGSU Hockey Program and for their achievements over the last four years. Kyle Page (Wixom, Mich.), James Perkin (Calgary, Alb.), Josh Boyd (Columbus, Ohio), Kai Kantola (Raleigh, N.C.), Phil Greer (Franklin, Mass.), Brian Moore (Carmel, Ind.), Tomas Petruska (Presov, Slovakia) and Tommy Dee (Maple Grove, Minn.) will all be recognized prior to their last home game wearing the Brown and Orange.
...AND THEN...
Petruska stole the spotlight after two underclassmen scored power-play goals in their 2-2 regulation tie when he went on to be the only player between the two teams to score a goal in the tiebreaking shootout. Swinging to the far-side dashers, Petruska cut back in toward MSU goaltender Drew Palmisano and made a last-second decision to go five-hole on the Spartan, giving Bowling Green the SOW.
For complete game notes, download from the link at the top of the page.
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