Falcons Drown Lakers on Senior Night to Clinch Home Ice for Mason Cup Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 1

Bowling Green, Ohio

7:07 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

16-13-4, 12-10-4

Lake Superior State

12-20-2, 10-15-1

Lake Superior St.

Bowling Green

Photo by: Brian Dempsey, Glass City Photography

Falcons Drown Lakers on Senior Night to Clinch Home Ice for Mason Cup Quarterfinals

March 02, 2025 | Ice Hockey

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By: By: Krissy Kowalski, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Falcons (16-13-4, CCHA 12-10-4) defeated the Lake Superior State Lakers (12-20-2, CCHA 10-15-1) by a score of 5-2 on Senior Night. With tonight's win and St.Thomas' sweep of Michigan Tech, the Falcons earned the right to host the CCHA Mason Cup Quarterfinals for the first time since the 2022-23 season, finishing the regular season in fourth place.

With the win in regulation, the Falcons will host a best of three series next weekend at the Slater Family Ice Arena against Michigan Tech! Be sure to check your emails and bgsufalcons.com for the latest updates as well as to purchase tickets.

Notables

The Falcons honored their 11 seniors: Pete Eigner, Seth Fyten, Ville Immonen, Brayden Krieger, Ryan O'Hara, Owen Ozar, Eric Parker, Tommy Pasanen, Ethan Scardina and Christian Stoever pregame
BGSU scored five goals in a game for the fourth time this season
The graduating class accounted for four of 11 points for the Falcons, including a goal and assist from senior Ryan O'Hara
Senior Ben Wozney opened the scoring for the game with his first of the year on his senior night
Six of the eight goals in the game came in the third period of action
Sophomore Brody Waters scored two goals for this fourth multi-goal game of the season

By The Numbers

Goals: Brody Waters (2)
Assists: Gustav Stjernberg (2)
Points: Multiple Tied (2)
Blocks: Dalton Norris (2)
Shots: Breck McKinley (5)
+/-: Breck McKinley (+3)
Saves: Christian Stoever (24)
Face-offs: Jaden Grant (13)

How It Happened

Neither team found the back of the net in the first period with the Falcons out shooting the Lakers 17-10
Senior Ben Wozney scored the first goal of the game at 12:17 in the second period. Senior Jackson Niedermayer passed the puck to graduate Ethan Scardina behind the net. Scardina passed the puck up to senior Ben Wozney at the blue line. Wozney took a wrist shot that went past the screen Lakers goaltender
Sophomore Ben Doran doubled the Falcon lead just over five minutes later. Sophomore Gustav Stjernberg passed the puck to senior Ryan O'Hara at the blue line. O'Hara passed it across to Doran. Doran deked the LSSU goaltender and slid it under the pad to make it 2-0.
The Orange and Brown added to the lead just under five minutes into the third period. Junior Brett Pfoh, at the top of the right circle, passed it across the slot to Stjernberg. Stjernberg took an initial shot that was saved but the rebound came out to sophomore Brody Waters who tapped it in.
Senior Ryan O'Hara scored his 11^th goal of the season at 7:22 in the third period. Lake Superior State took a shot that went wide and kicked out around the boards. Sophomore Quinn Emerson beat the pinching Lake Superior State defender. Emerson and O'Hara rushed the puck up on a 2 on 1 situation. Emerson took an initial shot that was stopped but the rebound came out right to O'Hara. O'Hara shot it into the empty net past the diving LSSU goaltender.
The Falcons scored their final goal of the night 24 seconds later. Waters scored his second of the night. Junior Jaden Grant hit the Laker player off the puck at the defensive blue line and passed it out to freshman Maxwell Martin. Martin took the puck into the zone and passed it across to Waters. Waters took a shot that beat the goaltender.
With just over nine minutes left in the game, on the penalty-kill, senior Christian Stoever made a diving save and kept the puck out of the net to keep the five-goal lead.
The Lakers scored three goals in the final nine minutes and 24 seconds to make the score seem closer than it was all game.

Up Next
The Falcons will host the Michigan Tech Huskies on March 7-9 for the CCHA Mason Cup Quarterfinal.

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