Bowling Green Claims Weekend Sweep Behind 4-2 Win Over Lake Superior State Saturday

Saturday, October 24

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

7:07 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

4-4-0, 2-0-0

Lake Superior State

2-4-0, 0-2-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Bowling Green	1	2	1	4
Lake Superior St.	0	1	1	2

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Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

October 24, 2026 | Ice Hockey

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Falcons Move To 2-0 CCHA Start For Third-Straight Season

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - The Bowling Green State University hockey team picked up a weekend sweep over Lake Superior State, pulling out a 4-2 victory over the Lakers Saturday night (Oct. 24). The Falcons scored at least one goal in each period, including two in the second, to create the win. Four different Falcons netted goals with eight different Falcons registering assists. Ben Doran came away as the only player to log one of each, being the lone multi-point Falcon for the night. The win moves BGSU to 2-0 to start conference play, resulting in a 2-0 start in each season under head coach Dennis Williams, the first coach in program history to start conference play 2-0 in each of his first three seasons of a tenure.

How It Happened

The two teams played through more than half of the first period before the first score of the game. Shortly after the media timeout, Breck McKinley capitalized for a Bowling Green goal with assists coming from Ben Doran and Teague Patton on the score. The goal stood as the lone of the first period with BGSU carrying a 1-0 lead to the first intermission.
The Falcons wasted little time adding to their tally in the second period. Less than two minutes into the frame, Brandon Whynott was able to extend the BGSU advantage to 2-0 with help from Max Martin and Noah Morneau on assists.
Lake Superior State tallied a power play goal just shy of six minutes into the second period, closing the gap to a 2-1 Bowling Green lead.
The Falcons soon answered with a power play goal of their own, this one coming from Ty Higgins with assists coming from Mazden Leslie and Jeremie Minville to push the BGSU lead to 3-1 with the score holding to the end of the period.
Four minutes into the third period, Lake Superior State again chipped away at the Bowling Green lead with a goal to narrow the score to 3-2.
With less than two minutes remaining in the game, Doran was able to add an insurance goal to the Falcons' total with assists from Jake Sloan and Brody Waters for a 4-2 tally.

Falcon Stat Leaders
Goals: Breck McKinley, Brandon Whynott, Ty Higgins, Ben Doran (1)
Assists: 8 Players (1)
Points: Ben Doran (2)
Blocks: Evan Bushy (3)
Shots: 3 Players (6)
Saves: Jacob Steinman (27)
Plus-Minus: Ben Doran, Ty Higgins (+2)
Faceoffs Won: Ben Doran (9)

Falcon Stat Facts

In each of the three seasons under Coach Williams, the Falcons have started CCHA play with a 2-0 record, making Williams the first coach in BGSU hockey history to have three-straight 2-0 conference starts to begin a coaching tenure.
Scoring the Falcons' first goal of the night, Breck McKinley extended his point streak to three straight games with the goal being his first during the stretch. He previously tallied assists in the second game against Niagara and the first against Lake Superior State.
After being held without a point through the first six games of the season, Ben Doran now has three assists over the last two games, including one Saturday night. He also tallied his first goal of the season in the game as well.
Logging an assist on McKinley's goal, Teague Patton registered his first point as a Falcon. Mazden Leslie followed later with an assist on Ty Higgins' goal, his first point as a Falcon as well.
Brandon Whynott was the one to net the second goal of the night for BGSU, his first goal of the season and third point after logging two assists against UConn earlier this year.
Max Martin assisted on Whynott's goal, his first assist of the season and second consecutive game with a point after scoring a goal against LSSU on Friday.
Noah Morneau also assisted on Whynott's goal, extending a strong weekend for him after a three-point outing Friday night. Over the last seven games, Morneau now has 11 points with four goals and seven assists.
Higgins registered Bowling Green's third goal of the night, coming on the power play for his second power play goal and second overall goal of the season.
For the second consecutive night, Jeremie Minville tallied an assist, this time coming on Higgins' power play goal, creating a point streak for Minville.
Jake Sloan added a late assist in the third period to extend his point streak to three games. Sloan has two goals and two assists over the three-game stretch.
Brody Waters tallied another assist, giving him three over the course of the weekend series and seven on the season.

Up Next
BGSU will have a weekend off before returning to the ice with a home series against Bemidji State to open the month of November.

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