Bowling Green State University Athletics
Friday, December 5
Marquette, Mich.
7:07 P.M.
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Photo by: Todd Pavlack / BGSUHockey.com
14th-Ranked Falcons Skate To A 5-5 Draw With No. 19 NMU
December 05, 2014 | Ice Hockey
A pair of freshmen each tally two goals in a back-and-forth battle between a pair of top-20 teams.
Marquette, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University ice hockey team tied Northern Michigan University Friday (Dec. 5) night, scoring five goals in the first two periods to earn a 5-5 overtime draw with the Wildcats in the first game of their two-game set. Freshman Ben Greiner –who tallied his first two collegiate goals—and Brandon Hawkins each found the back of the net twice, while junior netminder Tommy Burke (4-2-2) turned away 28-of-33 shots on the night.
In a clash between two top-20 teams, the 14th-ranked Falcons (10-3-2, 7-1-1) and the 19th-ranked Wildcats (8-3-2, 5-3-1) each earned one point in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) standings. Bowling Green currently sits in third place with 15 points, while the 'Cats stand in fourth with 11 points.
Entering the game, the two ranked teams allowed a combined 1.7 goals-per-game to its opponents, only to find themselves in a shootout which featured four lead changes and four ties over the course of the tilt – eventually combining for 10 goals in 65 minutes of action. The back-and-forth clash began with a four-goal first period between the two teams.
"Scoring five goals on the road, we'll take that all day," Bergeron said. "We did some good things offensively tonight."
The Wildcats scored the first goal of the contest, coming off the stick of Shane Sooth at 5:49 in the opening period. On the power play, NMU took a Bowling Green turnover into the Falcons zone and worked the puck over to John Siemer. The sophomore winger's shot near the top of the slot was saved by Burke, but could not hold onto the puck as it trickled away. Sooth quickly fired the rebound to the back of the twine, lighting the lamp to give Northern Michigan a 1-0 lead.
Bowling Green answered quickly, scoring the equalizer just 1:37 later at even strength. Matt Pohlkamp fired a stretch pass across the blue line to sophomore blue liner Sean Walker. The Keswick, Ontario native fired a shot from the point towards Wildcats' Mathias Dalhstrom. With a screen in front, Greiner re-directed the puck past Dahlstrom, giving the freshman forward his first collegiate goal.
"He played well. This wasn't an accident in he was in the lineup. He earned it," head coach Chris Bergeron said. "He's played well in practice the last little bit. He really had a good week of preparation and deserved to play, and he took advantage of it."
You can listen to Greiner's goal call (Evan Pivnick) by CLICKING HERE!
The Orange and Brown continued to be aggressive on the offensive end, taking the lead with a goal at the 11:38 mark in the opening act, coming off the stick of Greiner once again. A right-handed winger from Newport Beach, California, Greiner's one-timer from junior linemate Ben Murphy went five-hole to find the back of the twine for his second goal of the season, giving the Falcons a 2-1 lead.
You can listen to Greiner's second goal of the game (Evan Pivnick) by CLICKING HERE!
After Northern Michigan tied the game late in the first period, the Falcons once again grabbed the lead just 1:22 into the middle frame. Dajon Mingo, who entered the game with four assists on the season, beat a diving Dahlstrom for a loose puck and lit-the-lamp for the first time of the season – giving the Falcons a 3-2 lead.
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 "It was a high paced game tonight and we need to take more responsibility on the defensive end," Hawkins said.
You can listen to Mingo's goal (Evan Pivnick) by CLICKING HERE!
After Northern Michigan once again tied the game with a goal at the 5:59 mark in the second period, freshman winger Hawkins tallied back-to-back goals at the 8:56 mark and a power play goal at the 10:48 mark in the middle frame to give the Orange and Brown their largest lead of the game at 5-3.
"We went to the net hard and bounces went our way," Hawkins said. "Pohlkamp got a great shot on net and I got a great bounce,"
For the season, Hawkins has tallied six goals and five assists for 11 points in 15 games. You can listen to Hawkins first goal of the game by CLICKING HERE! Hawkins is currently tied for second on the roster (Kevin Dufour)
with 11 points, trailing only Matt Pohlkamp (13 points) – who had three assists in tonight's affair. You can listen to Hawkins second goal of the night by CLICKING HERE!
Bowling Green outshot the Wildcats on the night, 42-33 –including a season-high 23 shots in a single period in the middle frame –, and scored a power play goal for the second consecutive tilt. The Orange and Brown went 1-for-2 on the power play, while killing off 1-for-2 power place chances for Northern Michigan. The Falcons improved to 6-1-1 on the season when scoring on the power play, and are unbeaten over their last four games (3-0-1).
The Falcons will turn right around and take on No. 19 Northern Michigan in the second game of the two-game set Saturday (Dec. 6) night. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7:07 p.m. at the Berry Events Center in Marquette, Michigan.
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In a clash between two top-20 teams, the 14th-ranked Falcons (10-3-2, 7-1-1) and the 19th-ranked Wildcats (8-3-2, 5-3-1) each earned one point in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) standings. Bowling Green currently sits in third place with 15 points, while the 'Cats stand in fourth with 11 points.
Entering the game, the two ranked teams allowed a combined 1.7 goals-per-game to its opponents, only to find themselves in a shootout which featured four lead changes and four ties over the course of the tilt – eventually combining for 10 goals in 65 minutes of action. The back-and-forth clash began with a four-goal first period between the two teams.
"Scoring five goals on the road, we'll take that all day," Bergeron said. "We did some good things offensively tonight."
The Wildcats scored the first goal of the contest, coming off the stick of Shane Sooth at 5:49 in the opening period. On the power play, NMU took a Bowling Green turnover into the Falcons zone and worked the puck over to John Siemer. The sophomore winger's shot near the top of the slot was saved by Burke, but could not hold onto the puck as it trickled away. Sooth quickly fired the rebound to the back of the twine, lighting the lamp to give Northern Michigan a 1-0 lead.
Bowling Green answered quickly, scoring the equalizer just 1:37 later at even strength. Matt Pohlkamp fired a stretch pass across the blue line to sophomore blue liner Sean Walker. The Keswick, Ontario native fired a shot from the point towards Wildcats' Mathias Dalhstrom. With a screen in front, Greiner re-directed the puck past Dahlstrom, giving the freshman forward his first collegiate goal.
"He played well. This wasn't an accident in he was in the lineup. He earned it," head coach Chris Bergeron said. "He's played well in practice the last little bit. He really had a good week of preparation and deserved to play, and he took advantage of it."
You can listen to Greiner's goal call (Evan Pivnick) by CLICKING HERE!
The Orange and Brown continued to be aggressive on the offensive end, taking the lead with a goal at the 11:38 mark in the opening act, coming off the stick of Greiner once again. A right-handed winger from Newport Beach, California, Greiner's one-timer from junior linemate Ben Murphy went five-hole to find the back of the twine for his second goal of the season, giving the Falcons a 2-1 lead.
You can listen to Greiner's second goal of the game (Evan Pivnick) by CLICKING HERE!
After Northern Michigan tied the game late in the first period, the Falcons once again grabbed the lead just 1:22 into the middle frame. Dajon Mingo, who entered the game with four assists on the season, beat a diving Dahlstrom for a loose puck and lit-the-lamp for the first time of the season – giving the Falcons a 3-2 lead.
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 "It was a high paced game tonight and we need to take more responsibility on the defensive end," Hawkins said.
You can listen to Mingo's goal (Evan Pivnick) by CLICKING HERE!
After Northern Michigan once again tied the game with a goal at the 5:59 mark in the second period, freshman winger Hawkins tallied back-to-back goals at the 8:56 mark and a power play goal at the 10:48 mark in the middle frame to give the Orange and Brown their largest lead of the game at 5-3.
"We went to the net hard and bounces went our way," Hawkins said. "Pohlkamp got a great shot on net and I got a great bounce,"
For the season, Hawkins has tallied six goals and five assists for 11 points in 15 games. You can listen to Hawkins first goal of the game by CLICKING HERE! Hawkins is currently tied for second on the roster (Kevin Dufour)
with 11 points, trailing only Matt Pohlkamp (13 points) – who had three assists in tonight's affair. You can listen to Hawkins second goal of the night by CLICKING HERE!
Bowling Green outshot the Wildcats on the night, 42-33 –including a season-high 23 shots in a single period in the middle frame –, and scored a power play goal for the second consecutive tilt. The Orange and Brown went 1-for-2 on the power play, while killing off 1-for-2 power place chances for Northern Michigan. The Falcons improved to 6-1-1 on the season when scoring on the power play, and are unbeaten over their last four games (3-0-1).
The Falcons will turn right around and take on No. 19 Northern Michigan in the second game of the two-game set Saturday (Dec. 6) night. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7:07 p.m. at the Berry Events Center in Marquette, Michigan.
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Team Stats
BGSU
NMU
Shots
42
33
PPG
1
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
2
2
Penalty Mins
4
4
Faceoffs Won
40
39
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+1
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
3
+/-
+1
Goals
2
Sh
7
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
2
Sh
6
A
0
+/-
+2
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
2
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