Bowling Green To Host Lake Superior State This Weekend To Renew A Long History

No. 17 Bowling Green Falcons (7-4-0, 4-2-0-0 WCHA)
vs.
Lake Superior State (4-10-0, 2-4-0-0 WCHA)

GAME INFORMATION	Friday, Nov. 22, 7:07 p.m.
GAME INFORMATION	Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:07 p.m.
LOCATION	Bowling Green, Ohio (Slater Family Ice Arena)
WATCH	FloHockey.TV
RADIO	Falcon Radio Network
LIVE STATS	BGSUFalcons.com
LISTEN ONLINE	BGSUFalcons.com
GAME NOTES	Bowling Green

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The Bowling Green State University hockey team returns home this weekend to host a two game series with the Lakers of Lake Superior State University.
Both games of this series will take place inside Slater Family Ice Arena on Friday (Nov. 22) and Saturday (Nov. 23) night. Puck drop will be at 7:07 PM both nights.
This will be the first of two series this season against Lake Superior State. The Falcons will travel to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in December.

>>VERSUS LAKE SUPERIOR STATE

All-time, Bowling Green holds a 84-74-2 advantage over Lake Superior State. The two schools first met in BGSU's second season in program history (1970) with LSSU sweeping the series. Today the Falcons have built up a 10 game advantage in the all-time series over their 50 seasons.
A narrow opponent for the Falcons in recent years, Bowling Green has gone 9-8-4 against Lake Superior State since the two schools joined the WCHA before the 2013-14 season. Their conference series moving over to the WCHA from the CCHA.

>>LAST TIME OUT

The Bowling Green Falcons completed a sweep of the Seawolves of Alaska Anchorage this past weekend (Nov. 15-16). On Friday (Nov. 15) night BGSU topped UAA by a final score of three to one. The Falcons out shot the Seawolves 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 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 then swept Alaska Anchorage 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. This was Bowling Green's first sweep of a WCHA opponent on the 2019-20 campaign.

>>DOP DON'T STOP

Eric Dop was awarded Goaltender of the Week by the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (Nov. 18). This for his efforts in Bowling Green's sweep at Alaska Anchorage (Nov. 15-16).
The junior from Lewis Center, Ohio turned away 44 of 45 shots on goal, posted a GAA of 0.50 and a save percentage of .978. On Saturday (Nov. 16) he recorded his first shutout of the 2019-20 season making all 29 saves. This was his fourth career shutout for the Orange and Brown, and his third in the state of Alaska as Eric Dop shutout both UAA and Alaska Fairbanks on the road last year.
This was Eric Dop's third career Goaltender of the Week honor, his second of the season and his seventh career weekly award. He was honored as the Rookie of the Week four times in 2017-18.

>>RAUHAUSER JUST ONE POINT AWAY FROM HISTORY

Senior captain Alec Rauhauser tallied two points in BGSU's series sweep of Alaska Anchorage, tallying Bowling Green's first goal on Friday (Nov. 15) night and an assist on Saturday (Nov. 16) night. He is just one point away from reaching 100 in his career with the Orange and Brown. If he crosses the century mark he will be the 72nd player in Bowling Green Falcon Hockey program history to do so, and the first since Mitch McLain during the 2017-18 season. It is believed that he would also be the first defenseman to reach 100 points since Kelly Perrault who played from 1993-97.
Alec Rauhauser's play early this season earned him WCHA Defenseman of the Month honors for October. He was one of the scoring leaders for Bowling Green in October with seven points on two goals and five assists. Rauhauser tallied three points in BGSU's win at Miami on Oct. 6 and scored a point in each of the Falcons' games against RIT (Oct. 11), Western Michigan (Oct. 18-19) and Michigan Tech (Oct. 25). His seven points were the most among defensemen in the WCHA for the month, and tied for sixth among all scorers. He also recorded seven blocks on the month. As of now he also leads the Falcons in plus/minus. This was Alec Rauhauser's fifth career Defenseman of the Month honor. He is the first WCHA monthly award winner for the Orange and Brown of the 2019-20 campaign.

>>ON THE MIC

All games this season can be heard on the radio by tuning into the Falcon Radio Network and can be heard globally on www.bgsufalcons.com and WBGUFM.com. Falcon Hockey play-by-play broadcaster Ryan Vallon will begin the pregame show 30 minutes prior to the opening face-off, and can also be heard on WTOD/WQQO-HD2 (Talk Radio 100.7) and WLQR-FM (106.5 The Ticket).

>>FLOHOCKEY

All Falcon Hockey WCHA games and home non-conference games can once again be streamed live via FloHockey.TV. Additionally, all WCHA regular season, preseason, exhibition and nonconference games hosted by a league school and the entirety of the annual WCHA postseason tournament can be streamed on the platform. Fans will also have access to FloSports' additional college hockey coverage, which includes select Big Ten Conference hockey games through the company's distribution deal with the Big Ten Network.

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>>LIVE STATS

Live stats for all Bowling Green home games are available on the BGSU website at BGSUFalcons.com. Navigate to the hockey schedule for links to all available ways to follow the action while the Falcons are both at home and on the road.

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