Bowling Green Ties Ferris State In Game One Of Weekend Series, Gains Extra WCHA Point In Shootout

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BIG RAPIDS, Mich. – The No. 12 ranked Bowling Green State University hockey team fought back to tie the Ferris State Bulldogs by a final score of three to three in game one of their two game series on Friday (Dec. 7) night. Following two overtime periods, Taylor Schneider would score in the sudden death shootout. This coupled with two shootout saves by Ryan Bednard would gain the Falcons the extra point in WCHA play. In total Bowling Green would outshoot the Bulldogs 41 to 26 scoring three goals. Max Johnson would score to tie the game in the second period before Brandon Kruse's power play goal put the Falcons up by one. Ferris State would score twice taking the lead in the third before Cameron Wright would tie it for Bowling Green. The shootout win tallies the second point in the WCHA standings for BGSU on the evening. The Falcons will take the ice again tomorrow (Dec. 8) night in Ewigleben Ice Arena for game two of this series with Ferris State. Puck drop will be at 7:07 pm. The Falcons will then travel home to host a two game series with Minnesota State University, Mankato next weekend. (Dec. 14, 15).

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Scoring Plays

The Ferris State Bulldogs would score first on a power play goal from Lucas Finner at 11:30 into the first period. He would tip puck on a crossing pass that would bounce all the way over Bednard's left shoulder. He was assisted by Frankie Melton and Jason Tackett.
At 5:06 into the second period, Max Johnson would score on a redirect from a shot by Brandon Kruse from the blue line. The puck would bounce past FSU's Kapelmaster. Brandon Kruse would get the assist.
Not long after that, Brandon Kruse would score a power play goal on a rebound from the left wing side. This at 11:26 into the second period. Cameron Wright and Max Johnson would get assists.
At 1:46 into the third period Ferris State's Oskar Andren would score on barrage of shots that would see one get past Ryan Bednard. Frankie Melton and Cameron Clarke would get assists.
Ferris State would score again on quick strike following a three-on-two opportunity. Justin Michaelian would get the goal with Cooper Zech and Dominic Lutz getting assists.
With less than three minutes left in the third period, Cameron Wright would tie it for Bowling Green cutting through defenders to score on the glove side of Ferris goaltender Salmenkangas. Will Cullen would get the assist.
Coupled with two strong saves from Ryan Bednard, Taylor Schneider would get the lone score in the shootout to gain the extra point for BGSU.

Other Key Plays

At 5:02 left in the second Ferris State would replace goaltender Justin Kapelmaster with Roni Salmenkangas following an injury. He would play the rest of the contest.

Falcon Stat Facts

Max Johnson scored goal number eight on the season. With a goal and an assist he turns in multi-point game number 11 on his career.
Brandon Kruse turned in multi-point game number 13 on his career with a goal and an assist. He continues to lead the team in overall points with 20. Max Johnson is right behind him at 19. His 20 points has Kruse sitting tied for sixth nationally in points.
Remaining a steady presence for BGSU offensively, Cameron Wright picks up multi-point game number 11. He currently sits third in team points behind Kruse and Johnson.
This was Bowling Green's first sudden death shootout of the 2018-19 season, as well as their first shootout victory of the campaign. Taylor Schneider nets his first shootout goal in his career with the Orange and Brown. The Falcons currently sit in third place in the WCHA standings.

Coach Bergeron's Take

On tonight's game and the resilience the team showed to tie the game in the third period, "I agree about coming back in the third but if you go back before that we were ahead going into the third, so not very happy with that. We are a team that takes pride in going into the third period with a lead and we win those games. That didn't happen tonight. Full marks to our opponent for sure, they obviously weren't going to just roll over. Now, the way we fought once we were down in the third period, I liked the way we stuck to it and found a way to tie it up."
On what adjustments can be made going into game two, "We're going to have to look at the power play, one for seven that's not even close to go enough. I think our overall play with the puck from blue line to blue line, which in our estimation is something we take pride in. I just didn't think our management through the neutral zone with the puck was good enough. Tightening up the power play and managing the puck better."

Up Next

The Falcons will face-off with the Bulldogs of Ferris State again tomorrow (Dec. 8) night at 7:07 pm in Ewigleben Ice Arena for game two of this series. Bowling Green will then travel home to host a two game series with Minnesota State University, Mankato next weekend (Dec. 14, 15) in Slater Family Ice Arena.

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