Bowling Green Splits Hard Fought Weekend Series With Northern Michigan

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No. 13 BGSU will host Alaska Fairbanks in Slater Family Ice Arena for a two game series starting Friday, Feb. 15 at 7:37 PM. Game two of the series will be Saturday, Feb.16 at 7:07 PM.

MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University hockey team split a hard fought weekend series at Northern Michigan dropping game two on Saturday (Feb. 2 ) night by a final score of three to two. The Falcons scored twice on 28 shots on goal. The NMU Wildcats got out to an early two goal lead in the first period of the contest. Bowling Green would cut the lead in half as Connor Ford would score a power play goal. The Wildcats would score another in the first period, carrying a 3-1 lead for most of the game. John Schilling would tally his second goal of the weekend with 28 seconds left in the third period as the Falcons pulled their goaltender to add the extra skater. The Falcons will be off for a bye week next weekend before returning to home ice to host the Nanooks of The University of Alaska Fairbanks in Slater Family Ice Arena. This will be a two game series (Feb. 15-16).

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Scoring Plays

Northern Michigan would score first in the contest as Grant Loven would tally their first 10:36 into the first period. He was assisted by James Vermeulen and Philip Beaulieu.
The Wildcats would then get a backhander in front as Luke Voltin scored 12:00 into the first period. Ryan Black and Vincent de Mey would pick up assists.
Bowling Green would respond with a goal of their own as Connor Ford would score on a power play 14:25 into the first. Lukas Craggs and Alec Rauhauser would assist him on the play.
NMU would strike for one more before the end of the first as Darien Craighead 16:09 in. He would be assisted by Troy Loggins and Adam Rockwood.
John Schilling would score for BGSU as they added the extra attacker in the closing seconds of the third period. Chris Pohlkamp and Lukas Craggs would tally assists.

Falcon Stat Facts

Both John Schilling and Connor Ford close the weekend on scoring streaks as they each get on the score column in Saturday's (Feb. 2) game. Each of them tally three points on the series.
Lukas Craggs records two assists in Saturday's (Feb. 2) game. This is the second time during the 2018-19 season that he has recorded multiple assists in a game, and the fourth time in his career. This counts as his fifth multi-point game of the 2018-19 campaign, and number 12 in his career.
With a win in this series, Bowling Green has mathematically clinched a berth WCHA playoffs. With 43 points in the WCHA standings, the Falcons are in second place and currently hold the home ice advantage over all other potential opponents in the playoffs except Minnesota State.

Coach Bergeron's Take

"First and foremost we'll take a split at Marquette anytime. We obviously had to have a split minimum and that's what we got. Unfortunately we just didn't start the game well tonight. The details of our game were really poor, and they were flying. Now you're down three to one going into the second, you're chasing the game the whole time. We did up our level, we played a bunch of time in the other team's zone. They're a really good team, with a really good goaltender to have to come back against. I give them full marks, they deserve everything they got. Our collective just wasn't good enough and they'll make you pay for it."
Thoughts about the upcoming bye week, "I think the bye week comes at a good time. We thought the holiday break came at a good time after the Mankato series, which it hindsight it didn't, that momentum went away over that ten days. Now we've got to find a way to get rested and have a big strong push here in the next six games. Because we're not only fighting for second place, we're fighting for home ice now. It's a dog fight here that we've put ourselves into, we take ownership of that and we'll have to wrap our arms around it."

Up Next

The Bowling Green Falcons will have a bye week next weekend before returning to home ice to host the Nanooks of Alaska Fairbanks in Slater Family Ice Arena (Feb. 15-16).

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