Falcons Subdue Seawolves 3-1 With Fast Start

Friday, November 15

Anchorage, Alaska

11:07 PM

Bowling Green State University

6-4-0, 3-2-0-0WCHA

Alaska Anchorage

2-5-2, 2-2-1-1WCHA

Bowling Green

Alaska Anchorage

November 16, 2019 | Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: By Kellan Godfrey, BGSU Athletic Communications

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bowling Green State University hockey team topped the Seawolves of Alaska Anchorage on Friday (Nov. 15) night by a final score of three to one. The Falcons out shot UAA 37 to 16 in the contest. The Orange and Brown got off to a fast start tallying two goals before the end of the first period. Alec Rauhauser closed his gap to 100 points with a goal (98 career points) before Cameron Wright added a tally of his own. Connor Ford extended the lead for BGSU in the second period. UAA recorded a goal early in the third period to net the final score. Bowling Green will play the second game of this series against Alaska Anchorage on Saturday (Nov. 16) evening. Puck drop is scheduled for 9:07 PM eastern time.

BOX SCORE

Scoring Plays

Senior captain Alec Rauhauser tallied his fifth goal of the season to begin the scoring just 2:36 into the first period. T.J. Lloyd and Adam Pitters recorded assists on the play. This is the first career point for Adam Pitters.
Cameron Wright continued his early season hot streak firing a one timer over the left shoulder of UAA's Kristian Stead. This at 17:27 into the first period. Brandon Kruse assisted him on the play, delivering a crossing pass from the left circle.
Early in the second period at 1:18 in, Connor Ford tucked in the puck on the left side of the net to extend the BGSU lead to three. He was unassisted on the play.
Alaska Anchorage cut the lead to two for BGSU at 1:35 into the third period, as Nick Wicks scored. He was assisted by Brayden Camrud and Tomi Hiekkavirta.

Falcon Stat Facts

Senior captain Alec Rauhauser's goal to open the scoring was his 98^th career point for Bowling Green. He is just two points away from becoming Falcon number 72 to reach the century mark in scoring for the Orange and Brown.
Junior Cameron Wright extended his team lead in goals scored recording his seventh of the season in the first period. He is just two goals away from tying his maximum goals scored in his first two seasons with the Falcons.
Connor Ford scored his 10^th point of the season in the second period on a goal to extend the BGSU lead to 3-0. His five goals and five assists have him just behind Rauhauser at second on the roster in points.
Freshman Adam Pitters recorded the first point of his career with Bowling Green on Rauhauser's goal in the first period. He is the third rookie to hit the scoresheet so far this season along with T.J. Lloyd (4 points) and Adam Conquest (1).

Head Coach Ty Eigner's Take

On getting such a fast start with the long travel and carrying it through to the end, "I would agree that our first period was really good. On a trip out here to Alaska you don't know what you're going to get in the first period, so we were really happy with how we started. We played really sound, and had a bunch of opportunities. I think the guys knew what we were coming up here for. We respected Anchorage for sure knowing that they're improved over last year. If you look at our first two periods, we had 12 shots in the first, and 17 in the second with shots being 29 to 10 after two periods, so we were playing really good. We had some opportunities in the second where their goaltender made some really good saves, and we could have extended that lead. In the third period we knew that they were going to compete. They didn't stop, so you need to give them credit for how hard they played. I think the key was us just knowing that we were coming up here and just knowing that we were going to play an opponent that's improved. We needed to be ready".

Up Next

Bowling Green will face-off with Alaska Anchorage once more in this series on Saturday (Nov. 16) night. Game two will start two hours earlier at 9:07 PM eastern time.

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