Bowling Green Set To Host UAH Over Senior Weekend

No. 15 Bowling Green Falcons (20-8-5, 15-7-4-3 WCHA)
vs.
Alabama Huntsville Chargers (7-25-2, 7-17-2-2 WCHA)

GAME INFORMATION	Friday, March. 1, 8:07 p.m. ET
GAME INFORMATION	Saturday, March. 2, 7:07 p.m. ET
LOCATION	Bowling Green, Ohio. (Slater Family Ice Arena)
RADIO	Falcon Radio Network (Ryan Vallon)
LIVE STATS	BGSUFalcons.com
LISTEN ONLINE	BGSUFalcons.com
GAME NOTES	Bowling Green (PDF)

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The No. 15 ranked Bowling Green State University hockey team returns to home ice this weekend to wrap up regular season play as they host the Chargers of the University of Alabama in Huntsville inside Slater Family Ice Arena.
Game one between the Falcons and Chargers will be Friday, March. 1 at 8:07 p.m. ET. Friday's game will feature a bobblehead giveaway of Bowling Green alumnus, Hobey Baker Award winner and current General Manager of the Vegas Golden Knights George McPhee prior to the game.
Game two of the series will be on Saturday, March. 2 at 7:07 p.m. ET. Saturday's game will be Senior Night, where all seven members of the 2019 Bowling Green hockey senior class will be recognized during pregame.
This will be the second regular season series meeting between Bowling Green and Alabama Huntsville during the 2018-19 season. The Falcons swept the Chargers to begin the month of December this season (Dec. 1-2).

>>VERSUS ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE

All-time, Bowling Green holds a 24-5-2 series lead over the Chargers of Alabama Huntsville.
This will be the second series between BGSU and UAH on the 2018-19 campaign, as the Falcons traveled to Huntsville following the Thanksgiving break. Bowling Green swept the Chargers scoring six goals game one of the series (Dec. 1). Sam Craggs would score first early in the first period. Adam Smith scored his first goal of the season to put the Falcons back ahead in the second before Lukas Craggs would join him in the score column. Max Johnson and Cameron Wright would keep the Falcons ahead in the third period with a pair of power play goals. Lukas Craggs would score one more time netting his second of the night for the Orange and Brown. 6-2 Falcons was the final score.
BGSU would earn the sweep the following afternoon by a final of 2-1(Dec. 2). Casey Linkenheld put the Falcons up early batting the puck in on a one timer. Lukas Craggs would score the game winning goal early in the third period to lift the Falcons over the Chargers.
This series will conclude 2018-19 regular season play for Bowling Green. It will be the fifth season in a row the Falcons and Chargers will face-off during the final week of the regular season.

>>LAST TIME OUT

The Falcons enter this weekend fresh off of road series win at Bemidji State University. BG won the first game by a final score of 3-1 (Feb. 22), before tying game two by a final score of 2-2 (Feb. 23). Bowling Green would collect the extra point in WCHA play scoring in double OT of game two.
BGSU got off to a fast start on Friday (Feb. 22) as Max Johnson scored 26 seconds into the contest. Will Cullen would add a power play goal in the second period. The Falcons would hold off a late game push from the Beavers for Stephen Baylis to eventually score an empty net goal. The Falcons scored three times on 22 shots on goal.
Bowling Green would secure a five point weekend in WCHA play the following night (Feb. 23), scoring in the 3-on-3 double overtime period. The Falcons scored twice on 30 shots on goal. The scoring would open up in the second period of the contest as John Schilling and Max Johnson would find the back of the net for BGSU. The Beavers would score in the second and third periods to tie the game and force two overtime periods. Max Johnson would ultimately win the extra WCHA point for the Falcons scoring in double overtime. 2-2 was the official final score.

>>STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

The Bowling Green Falcons flew out of Bemidji, Minnesota having won five league points over the weekend. This was enough to clinch home ice in the first round of the WCHA playoffs for the sixth season in a row (March 8-10). The Falcons have played at home in the first round of the playoffs since joining the conference following the 2012-13 season. With 52 points in the WCHA, the Falcons will seek to clinch the two seed this weekend. They will need to hold off Northern Michigan to do so (3rd place with 50 points). The Falcons could clinch as early as Friday night with a win and a Northern Michigan loss or tie.
With Saturday's victory (Feb 22.) the Bowling Green hockey program secured its fifth season in a row of 20 wins or more. This is the longest streak of consecutive 20-plus win seasons since Bowling Green did it two years straight during the 1994-95 (25 wins) and 1995-96 seasons (26 wins). Prior to those two seasons, the longest streak of 20 wins or more was between the 1981-82 and 1989-90 seasons under former Head Coach Jerry York.
Bowling Green continues to bolster one of the nation's strongest team defenses coming into this series at No. 1 in the nation. The Falcons have spent the majority of the 2018-19 season in the top three in team defense. They enter this series with the lowest goals-against-per-game average in the country (1.79). The BG PK unit also remains one of the best sitting in third place with a percentage of .880.
Junior Alec Rauhauser comes into this series as the reigning WCHA Defenseman Of The Week (Feb. 25). This is the second time he has won the award during the 2018-19 season (Oct. 29). Rauhauser extended his point streak to five straight games over the weekend, recording one assist per game in BGSU's series against Bemidji State. This ties the second longest point streak of his career (5 games, 2017-18), and is one shy of tying his longest career point streak (6 games, 2017-18).
Max Johnson has extended his scoring streak to two games in a row tallying one goal each against the BSU Beavers. He is now tied with Lukas Craggs and Connor Ford for the team high in goals scored at 13 all. With 29 points on the season he remains the second highest scorer on the roster and is one point shy of tying his total from a season ago.
Lukas Craggs has tallied at least one assist in his last four games bringing his point streak to four games in a row. Craggs has recently surpassed the 50 point mark on his career with the Orange and Brown (Feb. 16 vs UAF) with a total of 30 goals and 21 assists for 51 points after Saturday's (Feb. 23) game.

>>NATIONALLY RANKED

The Bowling Green Falcons remain ranked No. 15 in the most recent USCHO poll (Feb. 25). BGSU is one of three WCHA teams in the poll, joining No. 4 Minnesota State and No. 19 Lake Superior State.
Bowling Green will come into the weekend sitting No. 16 in the DI hockey PairWise rankings.

>>PRESEASON POLLS PEG BOWLING GREEN

Bowling Green was voted to finish second overall in the UAHhockey.com WCHA Media preseason poll, and third in the 2018 Mankato Free Press preseason poll.
Junior Falcon defenseman Alec Rauhauser was voted First Team All-WCHA by both the media and the coaches. Rauhuaser's contributions to the 2017-18 campaign included leading the squad with 39 points by nine goals and a team-leading 30 assists. The 39 points marked the most by a single Falcon since the 2008-09 season.
Three more Falcons were voted Second Team All-WCHA by the media. Sophomore forward Brandon Kruse, senior defenseman Chris Pohlkamp and junior goaltender Ryan Bednard all made the cut.

>>2018-19 FALCON HOCKEY OUTLOOK

Coming into this season, the Falcons returned 12 of 16 forwards, all seven defensemen, and all three goaltenders from the 2017-18 campaign that saw the Falcons claim a Great Lakes Invitational Championship.
Bowling Green garnered 159 points in the media preseason poll, and 76 points in the coaches'. The Falcons also had one vote for the top finish on the year in the media preseason poll.
In total, there are a minimum of 18 opportunities to watch the team in the Slater Family Ice Arena. Season tickets are available for as low as $190 and provide the greatest value for fans. Full information is available by CLICKING HERE.

>>COMING INTO THIS SEASON

With an overall record of 23-12-6 in 2017-18, it marked the Falcons' fourth consecutive 20+ win season and fifth straight winning season. Bowling Green had records 21-18-2 in the 2016-17 campaign, 22-14-6 in the 2015-16 campaign, and a 23-11-5 record in the 2014-15 season. Last year was the 22nd season that the Falcons have tallied a 20-plus win season.
By competing in the WCHA Championship at the end of the 2016-17 season, it marked Bowling Green's first conference championship appearance since 1988.

>>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).

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>>LIVE STATS

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