Falcons Head To Houghton For First Round Of CCHA Playoffs

HOUGHTON, Mich.- The Bowling Green Falcons (13-20-1, 11-12-1 CCHA) open the CCHA Mason Cup Playoffs on the road against the Michigan Tech Huskies (15-14-6, 12-10-2 CCHA). The best-of-three series starts on Friday, March 8 at 7:07 p.m. ET followed by game two on Saturday, March 9 at 6:07 p.m. ET. If necessary, the third game will be played at 5:07 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 5. All games to played at MacInnes Student Ice Arena in Houghton, Michigan.

How to Follow
All games will be streamed on FloHockey, found HERE. Live stats can be found HERE. The games will also have live updates on Bowling Green Hockey's official Twitter page, @BGSUHKY.

Ticket Information
CCHA first round playoff tickets can be purchased HERE, more information can be found HERE.

Falcon Facts

Ethan Scardina reached 100 games played against Lake Superior State on Feb.10. Scardina leads the Falcons in games played for the Orange and Brown. Played 24 games through this season.
O'Hara leads the Falcons with 18 points on the season (10g, 8a) through 26 games played this season. Kersten (8g, 7a) and Nodler (5g, 10a) are tied for second in points with 15.
Bowling Green ranks 26th in the NCAA for their penalty-kill with a .815 percentage (23/124). The Falcons rank second in the CCHA for their penalty-kill.
The Falcons rank 12th in the NCAA for face-off wins with a .530 percentage (1138/1011). BG leads the CCHA faceoff winning percentage.
Josh Nodler ranks 10th in the CCHA for face-off wins 289/203.
Cole Moore is a finalist for the CCHA Rookie of the Year award. Moore went 9-8-1 with a 2.41 goals-against average. Moore records a .928 save percentage on the season where he ranks second in save percentage and fifth in goals-against average in the CCHA.

Opponent Outlook
Michigan Tech took the ice last weekend (Mar. 1-2) splitting the weekend with the St.Thomas Tommies. The Tommies took the first game 2-0 and the Huskies responded the next night with a 6-0 win. MTU finished the regular season tied for second place with 39 conference points.

The Huskies are lead by Issac Gordon with 30 points on the season (16g, 14a). Ryland Mosley is close behind with 26 points (14g, 12a). Goaltender Blake Pietila records a .921 save percentage and a 2.29 goals against average through 32 games played this season.

Series Info
The all-time series between the Falcons and Huskies is 23-25-5 and in favor of MTU. The two CCHA members last met February 23-24 in Bowling Green where the Huskies swept the series. Michigan Tech recorded a 7-0 win on Friday night and clinched the sweep on Saturday with a 3-1 win in Slater Family Ice Arena.

The two met earlier in the season in Houghton, Michigan where they split. The Falcons took the first game on December 1 in a 2-1 win in overtime, where Owen Ozar called game. The Huskies took the second game 3-2. The meeting goes all the way back to 1972, the Huskies took both games.

Up Next
With a series win, the Falcons will advance to the CCHA Semifinals. The single elimination semifinal games will be hosted by the two highest remaining CCHA seeds on Saturday, March 16.

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