Late Power Play Goal Lifts No. 10 Falcons Over Michigan Tech

Saturday, January 12

Houghton, Mich.

7:07 PM

Bowling Green State University

Michigan Tech

Photo by: Michigan Tech Athletics

January 12, 2019 | Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: By Kellan Godfrey, BGSU Athletic Communications

HOUGHTON, Mich. – The No. 10 ranked Bowling Green State University hockey team split their weekend series at Michigan Tech by winning game two on Saturday (Jan. 12) night by a final score of three to two. The Falcons scored three times on 30 shots on goal. John Schilling and Alex Barber would score a pair of goals for Bowling Green in the first period of the contest. Both scores would come on redirected shots in front of the net taken from the top of the circle. The Falcons would carry their two to nothing lead into the third period before the Huskies would strike for back-to-back goals. Alex Barber would score his second goal of the night on a redirected shot during a power play to retake the lead for BGSU. This ended up the game-winner as the Falcons would hang on for the victory. Tonight's win was Coach Bergeron's 161^st as head coach of the Orange and Brown. He now has the second most wins of any head coach in Bowling Green hockey program history. BGSU continues WCHA play on the road next weekend as they travel to Fairbanks, AK to take on the Alaska Nanooks for a two game series (Jan. 18-19). Both games will start at 11:07 pm eastern time.

Box Score (PDF)

Scoring Plays

John Schilling would score his third goal of the season and first goal since returning from injury on a redirect in front of the net to put the Falcons in front early. This at 4:08 into the first period. The redirect was off a shot from Chris Pohlkamp from the top of the right wing circle.
Alex Barber would redirect another in for Bowling Green about nine minutes later at 8:12 into the first. That shot would initially come from the top of the left wing circle. He would be assisted by Cameron Wright and Will Cullen.
Tyler Rockwell would put Michigan Tech on the board at 7:55 into the third period. He was unassisted.
The Huskies would tally another about 17 seconds later at 8:12 into the third period as Thomas Beretta would score. Greyson Reitmeie and Seamus Donohue would pick up assists.
It was Alex Barber who would score what turned out to be the game-winning-goal on a power play at 11:26 into the third period. This would also be on a redirect in front of the net. Barber was assisted by Tim Theocharidis and Will Cullen. This was Alex Barber's second goal of the contest.

Falcon Stat Facts

Head Coach Chris Bergeron recorded win number 161 behind the bench for the Orange and Brown. With this victory he now has the second most wins of any head coach in Bowling Green hockey program history. Coach Bergeron moves just ahead of former head coach Ron Mason (160 total wins), while now sitting second behind former head coach Jerry York (342 total wins).
Alex Barber recorded the very first multi-goal game of his career for the Orange and Brown. He is the first of the 2018-19 freshman class to score more than one goal in a contest. Barber now has four goals and three assists for seven points.
Will Cullen tallied two assists on the evening. This was the third multi-point game of his career thus far. He has one goal and eight assists for nine points this season.
Eric Dop made a season high 34 saves in tonight's victory. This is one more save than he had earlier this season at Alaska Anchorage when he shutout he Seawolves in a 0-0 tie (33 saves on No. 11).

Coach Bergeron's Take

"I thought our team resilience was really good. Any time you can win a game up here you're doing something right. I thought through two period we were really good. A couple of decisions made us have to kill penalties at the beginning of a period. I felt we really played a good game. Michigan Tech showed that they're a great team and they weren't going to go away. They scored bang, bang and I wondered if I should call a timeout right then. We ended up making to the next media timeout, gathering ourselves and scoring on the power play. I'm proud of the way our guys responded to last night's game, and I'm proud of the way they responded to giving up the lead.
On special teams play, "It was nice to see our power play take advantage of that opportunity. I thought our penalty kill was really good. The five-on-three kill at the beginning of the third period was huge for us."
Coach on winning number 161 to be second all-time in wins, "Ron Mason who I just past and the one that's ahead of me in Jerry York are college coaching royalty, and I really don't think that I belong in that conversation. Obviously, we're proud of our time here at Bowling Green; lot of hard work and energy by a lot of people, Ty and Barry in particular. I'm happy for all of us, but I'm not quite sure I belong in that conversation."

Up Next

The Orange and Brown is back on the road next weekend as they travel to the University of Alaska Fairbanks to play a two game WCHA series versus the Nanooks (Jan. 18-19). This will be Bowling Green's second venture to the state of Alaska this season as the Falcons traveled to Alaska Anchorage in early November 2018. Puck drop for both games will be at 11:07 pm eastern time.

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