Falcons Sweep Alaska Anchorage With 3-0 Shut Out Victory

Saturday, November 16

Anchorage, Alaska

9:07 PM

Bowling Green State University

7-4-0, 4-2-0-0WCHA

Alaska Anchorage

2-6-2, 2-3-1-1WCHA

Bowling Green

Alaska Anchorage

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November 17, 2019 | Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: By Kellan Godfrey, BGSU Athletic Communications

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bowling Green State University hockey team completed a two game sweep of the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves on Saturday (Nov. 16) night winning the second game by a final score of three to zero. Eric Dop earned his first shutout of the season making 29 saves in the process. BGSU took the lead late in the first period as Alex Barber tallied a power play goal. The Falcons held strong during a good second period response from UAA before extending their lead in the third period. Cameron Wright recorded his second goal in as many games, and Taylor Schneider added a power play goal. Bowling Green returns home next weekend to continue their WCHA schedule against Lake Superior State (Nov. 22-23).

BOX SCORE

Scoring Plays

Sophomore Alex Barber opened the scoring at 14:22 into the first period of play with a power play goal on the right side of UAA netminder Kris Carlson. This was his first of the season. Connor Ford and Max Johnson tallied assists.
Cameron Wright found the back of the net scoring on a crossing pass from the slot from Brandon Kruse. Max Johsnon also picked up an assist. This just 4:00 into the third period.
Taylor Schneider secured the win for Bowling Green 16:31 into the third period with a power play goal. This was his second goal of the season. Cameron Wright and Frederic Letourneau assisted him on the play.

Other Key Plays

Following a lopsided first period, UAA battled back in the second to generate a number of solid chances. Eric Dop made two great saves back to back during the first Seawolf power play of the evening to keep the Falcons ahead 1-0. BGSU carried their lead into the third period where they extended it by two.

Falcon Stat Facts

Junior goaltender Eric Dop posted 29 saves on the way to his first shutout of the 2019-20 season in Saturday's (Nov. 16) victory. This was the fourth shutout of his career with the Orange and Brown, and his third shutout in the state of Alaska as Dop held both UAA and Alaska Fairbanks scoreless on the road last season.
Cameron Wright tallied his second goal in as many games in the win. He continues to lead the roster with eight goals so far this season. He is just one goal away from matching his total from his previous two seasons.
Alex Barber lit the lamp for the first time this season to open the scoring for BGSU. With one goal and nine assists, he is just behind Alec Rauhauser and Connor Ford on the roster in total points (11 each).
Max Johnson recorded a pair of assists to post his second multi-point performance of the season so far. This was the 20^th multi-point performance of his career.
With this win Bowling Green earned their first WCHA series sweep of the season, gaining a full six points in conference play. This was also the first in conference sweep of the Ty Eigner era. As of now BGSU sits tied for fourth in the WCHA standings.

Coach Ty Eigner's Take

On making good adjustments to add to the lead in the third period, "The message was we have to try to get back to playing like we did in the first period. Alaska Anchorage came out and out played us in the second period. The message was lets relax and make the plays we made in the first period that allowed us to have success".
On Eric Dop's performance, "Eric Dop was really good all weekend. In the first period he didn't have a lot of work, and then in the second period when they had a push he was really good. I'm really, really happy with how Eric played this weekend".

Up Next

The Orange and Brown return home next weekend to host a two game series against the Lakers of Lake Superior State University (Nov. 22-23). The games will both be at 7:07 PM inside Slater Family Ice Arena.

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