McKinley's Overtime Winner Earns Falcons a Split Against Northern Michigan

Saturday, December 6

Bowling Green, Ohio

6:07 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

8-5-3, 6-3-3

Northern Michigan

1-17-0, 1-9-0

OT 1

Northern Mich.

Bowling Green

McKinley's Overtime Winner Earns Falcons a Split Against Northern Michigan

December 06, 2025 | Ice Hockey

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By: Braden Musser, BGSU Strategic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio— The Bowling Green ice hockey team battled the Northern Michigan Wildcats on Saturday night in their final CCHA game of 2025. The Falcons were looking to bounce back after they suffered a 3-2 defeat on Friday night. A back-and-forth game saw the Falcons win 4-3 in overtime after Breck McKinley scored the game winner.

How it happened

Bowling Green battled to a 1-0 lead in the first period, as freshman Jérémie Minville deflected a shot from Ivan Korodiuk past NMU goaltender William Gramme.
Just 35 seconds into the second period, however, the Wildcats would equalize through Caiden Gault who latched on to a stretch pass and beat Jacob Steinman to make the score 1-1.
Gault would then give the Wildcats the lead halfway through the second period on a 5-on-3, after Tyler Hotson received a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for boarding.
Just under three minutes into the third period, Ivan Korodiuk would get on the scoresheet himself as he fired a shot from the wall at the top of the faceoff circle, beating William Gramme and tying the game at 2.
With under five minutes to go, the Wildcats would regain the lead through Warren Clark, as he took the puck wide around the Bowling Green defense and fired a shot past Jacob Steinman.
The Falcons continued to battle in the final five minutes, and with just over a minute remaining and the extra-attacker on the ice, Quinn Emerson found a loose puck in the blue paint after a shot from Breck McKinley went wide, and Emerson jammed in the rebound to tie the score at three.
The game was sent to overtime, and the teams battled three-on-three until Jaden Grant took a slashing penalty, forcing the Falcons to kill off a four-on-three powerplay.
Massive blocked shots from Dalton Norris and Connor Levis saw the Falcons kill off the penalty, and with just over a minute remaining in the overtime period, Quinn Emerson drove hard to the net and was knocked over, but the loose puck found Breck McKinley, who fired a shot into the empty net to secure a victory for the Falcons.

With Saturday's overtime win, the Falcons remain at third in the CCHA behind Bemidji State and Minnesota State heading into their holiday break. Bowling Green sits at 21 points behind Bemidji's 23 and Minnesota State's 27. The Falcons will enjoy a three-week break from action until Dec. 29, when they welcome the US National Team Development Program to the Slater Family Ice Arena for an exhibition game.