Bowling Green Drops First Game in Over a Month in 4-3 Loss to Ferris State

Saturday, January 18

Big Rapids, Mich.

6:07 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

12-8-3, 8-5-3

Ferris State

7-15-2, 6-10-0

Bowling Green

Ferris St.

Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

Bowling Green Drops First Game in Over a Month in 4-3 Loss to Ferris State

January 18, 2025 | Ice Hockey

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By: By: Krissy Kowalski, BGSU Athletics

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. – The Bowling Green Falcons (12-8-3, CCHA, 8-5-3) fell to the Ferris State Bulldogs (7-15-2, CCHA 6-10-0) by a score of 4-3. For the Falcon this marks their first loss and first time not collecting at least on CCHA point since Dec. 7, 2024. The Orange and Brown drop their first game against Ferris State in the last eight meetings.

Notables

The Falcons lose their first game in the month of January and the first since Dec. 7, 2024
The Orange and Brown drop to 3-1-0 against the Ferris State Bulldogs for the season
BGSU scores two goals in the first period for the fourth time this season
Senior Ryan O'Hara recorded his fourth straight game with at least one point, assisting on sophomore Brody Waters goal
Sophomore Brody Waters has tallied at least one goal in three straight games for the Falcons
Waters recorded his third multi-goal game of the season and his CCHA leading ninth power-play goal
In the loss, junior Quinn Emerson scored his third goal of the season

By The Numbers

Goals: Brody Waters (2)
Assists: Ryan O'Hara (2) (Season-High)
Points: Two Tied (2)
Blocks: Ben Wozney (2)
Shots: Brody Waters (5)
+/-: Two Tied (+1)
Saves: Cole Moore (34)
Face-offs: Ben Doran (9)

How It Happened

The Falcons started hot with a goal just over five minutes into the game. Junior Eric Parker, in the defensive zone, found junior Quinn Emerson up the ice. Emerson brought the puck into the zone and beat the Ferris State goaltender five hole to make it 1-0.
A minute and 54 seconds later, BGSU doubled the lead with sophomore Brody Waters, 13^th goal of the season. Senior Ryan O'Hara, on the bottom left circle, found Waters across the ice on the right circle. Waters tapped the puck into a wide-open net to beat the Ferris State goaltender.
Through one period, sophomore Cole Moore stopped all 12 shots he faced.
The Bulldogs cut into the lead with a goal at the 3:21 mark of the second period.
With 10.4 seconds left in the second, Ferris State found the equalizer to enter the third period tied 2-2.
Ferris State took the lead early into the third with 16:42 left in the game on their third straight goal.
Just under two minutes later, the Bulldogs doubled their lead, 2-4.
With 7:41 left in the game, on the power-play, junior Dalton Norris took a shot from the right circle that was tipped in from Waters past a screened Ferris State goaltender to make it 3-4.

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