Bowling Green Splits Weekend Series With Minnesota State

Saturday, November 2

Mankato, Minn.

7:07 PM

Bowling Green State University

5-4-0, 2-2-0WCHA

Minnesota State

6-1-1, 3-1-0WCHA

Bowling Green

Minnesota State

November 02, 2019 | Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: By Kellan Godfrey, BGSU Athletic Communications

MANKATO, Minn. - The Bowling Green State University hockey team split their weekend series with Minnesota State dropping Saturday (Nov. 2) night's game by a final score of five to one. Shots on goal ended 30 to 24 in slight favor of MSU. The Mavericks struck in the first period before senior captain Alec Rauhauser answered for Bowling Green with his fourth goal of the season. The Mavericks took a one goal lead into the second period where BGSU held close throughout. MSU would pull away in the third period. The Falcons are off next weekend before making their first trip to Alaska to play the UAA Seawolves (Nov. 15-16).

BOX SCORE

Scoring Plays

Minnesota State struck first as Connor Mackey took a puck through the slot and scored 8:39 into the first period. Dallas Gerads and Jared Spooner assisted him.
A Mavericks power play followed their goal as BGSU got called for slashing. Senior captain Alec Rauhauser took the puck the length of the ice at the beginning of the man advantage and scored at 9:18 into the first period.
Minnesota State tallied one more prior to the end of the first at 18:29. Marc Michaelis scored a power play goal with Parker Tuomie and Ian Scheid picking up assists.
MSU's Jared Spooner extended the Maverick lead at 9:06 into the third period. Dallas Gerads assisted him.
At 11:39 into the third, Julian Napravnik tallied another for MSU. Nathan Smith and Dallas Gerads recorded assists.
Minnesota State scored their final goal on a power play 17:34 into the third period. Charlie Gerard scored with Marc Michaelis and Parker Tuomie getting assists.

Falcon Stat Facts

Senior captain Alec Rauhauser's shorthanded goal in the first period was his fourth goal of the season so far. He now has 10 points total, which leads the BGSU roster outright and is tied for second most in the WCHA. Rauhauser is just three points away from 100 career points for the Orange and Brown.
Bowling Green's weekend split with No. 2 ranked Minnesota State earned them three points in the WCHA standings. The Falcons sit it fourth place in the conference with a long way to go in the 2019-20 campaign.

Coach Ty Eigner's Take

"Winning last night was a great thing and we knew that Minnesota State was going to come back tonight and play really well, which they did. We give up the power play goal early and then Alec Rauhauser makes a really good play to get the shorthanded goal. Then you're down 2-1 just like last night but you're playing better…the second period has some back and forth, and some chances for both teams, but it's a really good hockey game at 2-1. Halfway through third, we were playing well and they scored a goal that was a hardworking, meat and potatoes goal. That's the kind of goal we were hoping to score, keeping pucks on the net. Ultimately, I don't think it was a 5-1 game, since it was a 2-1 game with basically 10 minutes left in the third period. All-in-all, I thought our guys did a really good job (in the series) against a really good team in really tough environment."
On Alec Rauahuser's play so far this year, "He's been really good, really consistent. I think he was one of our better players all weekend long. Like I said earlier in the week, we are going to find out against a really good team in Minnesota State which players are right now to win games against teams like them, and Alec was certainly one of those guys."

Up Next

The Bowling Green Falcons will be off next weekend for a bye before continuing WCHA play the week after at Alaska Anchorage. BGSU will play the UAA Seawolves in a two game series in Anchorage, Alaska on the weekend of November 15-16. Both games will be 11:07 PM ET puck drops.

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