Bowling Green Hockey Finishes January on the Road Against Northern Michigan

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Falcons (12-9-4, CCHA 8-6-4) travel to Marquette, Mich., to take on the Northern Michigan Wildcats (4-21-1, CCHA 3-14-1) to close out the month of January.

Weekend Schedule
Bowling Green at. Northern Michigan | Friday Jan. 31 | 7:07 p.m. ET | Midco Sports Plus | WBGU FM 88.1
Bowling Green at. Northern Michigan | Saturday Feb. 1 | 6:07 p.m. ET | Midco Sports Plus | WBGU FM 88.1

Midco Sports Plus
Both games against Augustana will be streamed on Midco Sports Plus. A subscription is required to watch. To learn more about subscriptions and pricing of Midco Sports Plus, it can be found here. Please note to receive CCHA and Bowling Green Hockey Content, you need to subscribe to one of two possible plans: Midco Sports Plus All In (29.99/month) or Midco Sports Plus 2 (24.99/month).

Match-Up History
Northern Michigan leads the series all time with a 62-62-11 record. In CCHA conference play, the Wildcats own a 51-40-9 record. The Falcons currently are on a two win-streak against Northern Michigan, after sweeping the Wildcats on Dec.13-14, 2024 at Slater Family Ice Arena. The two teams have met in every season at least once since the 1997 season. The Falcons will be looking for the first win against Northern Michigan in Marquette, Mich., since Oct.1, 2022, when the Falcons won 6-4.

How to Follow
Live stats can be found here. The game will also have live updates on Bowling Green Hockey's official X and Instagram page @BGSUHKY and @BGFalconHockey. Tickets to attend can be found here. To listen to the game, can be found here.

Opponent Outlook

The Wildcats are coming off two losses to the Michigan Tech Huskies
Northern Michigan head coach Dave Shyiak will be coaching against Bowling Green for the first time as a head coach after seeing the Falcons during stints as an assistant coach at Northern Michigan and associate coach at Western Michigan
NMU is one of the youngest teams in collegiate hockey with the largest freshman class in the country with 16 and 20 underclassmen in total
The Wildcats roster gained 24 new players in the offseason with four returners after a coaching change
NMU is currently first in the CCHA in blocked shots with 466 on the season and is averaging 17.92 per game
Northern Michigan currently ranks first in the CCHA in saves with 814 on the season

Falcon Facts

Sophomore Matvei Kabanov transferred from Northern Michigan in the off-season after skating in 27games for the Wildcats in his freshman season.
Senior Christian Stoever is coming off a weekend against Augustana, in which he saved 61 of 63 shots faced
On Saturday night's game against Augustana, graduate Seth Fyten scored his first goal of the season
Stoever currently ranks second in the NCAA at .948 save percentage behind Augustana's Josh Kotai
Sophomore Brody Waters currently leads the CCHA and NCAA in power-play goals with nine
The Falcons currently rank first in the CCHA in shots on goal with 827 and shots on goal per game with 33.08 per game Follow the Falcons

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