Waters’ Late Power Play Goal Pushes BGSU Past Pioneers For First Win

Friday, October 9

Fairfield, Conn.

7 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

1-2-0

(RV) Sacred Heart

0-1-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Bowling Green	2	0	1	3
Sacred Heart	1	0	1	2

BGSU-SHU Box Score

Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

Waters’ Late Power Play Goal Pushes BGSU Past Pioneers For First Win

October 09, 2026 | Ice Hockey

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Falcons Register First Ice Breaker Win In Program History With Victory Over Sacred Heart

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University hockey team captured their first win of the season Friday (Oct. 9) night with a 3-2 victory over (RV) Sacred Heart. The Falcons jumped out to a 2-0 lead with goals from Dominik Rymon and Tyler Hotson with Hotson's coming on a power play. Sacred Heart worked to knot it up, but a penalty with 1:59 left in the game granted Bowling Green a power play. Brody Waters capitalized, needing just 14 seconds to score a power play goal for the game-winner. The win marks the first of the season for Bowling Green, the first over Sacred Heart in program history and the first in the Ice Breaker in program history.

How It Happened

The two teams skated cleanly for the first nine minutes of the game, but the Falcons broke free from the scoreless knot. Dominik Rymon was able to convert a one-timer glove side off an assist from Noah Morneau for a 1-0 BGSU lead.
The first penalty of the game didn't come until the media timeout of the first period with a roughing call against the Falcons bringing on the stoppage. The Falcons thwarted off the power play to maintain the lead.
Soon after the penalty kill, the Falcons earned a power play and 20 seconds later a 5-on-3 advantage for a minute-forty. Bowling Green made the advantage count, working for a Tyler Hotson goal off assists from Breck McKinley and Conner Levis for a 2-0 lead with five minutes remaining in the first period.
Before the end of the period, Sacred Heart worked for a goal to narrow the gap to 2-1.
The Pioneers gained a power play with 1:56 remaining in the first period. Additional penalties came against both teams with 38 seconds left in the period, sending three Falcons and one Pioneer to the box through the end of the period. Skating down 5-on-3, the Falcons maintained their 2-1 lead through the end of the period.
Bowling Green held off the penalty through the start of the second period. The 2-1 score held from there through the end of the period.
Just past the midway point of the third period, Sacred Heart found the back of the net to tie the game at 2-2.
With just under eight minutes left in the third period, SHU was called for slashing, but a Bowling Green tripping call followed about 25 seconds later, leading to a 4-on-4. The Pioneers worked for a look late in their power play, but a diving stop by Tyler Palmer kept the score 2-2.
With 1:59 left in the game, the Falcons drew a holding penalty to earn a power play. Just 14 seconds into the power play, Brody Waters tallied the game-winning goal with assists from Levis and Morneau to set up the 3-2 final in favor of the Falcons.

Falcon Stat Leaders
Goals: Dominik Rymon, Tyler Hotson, Brody Waters (1)
Assists: Connor Levis, Noah Morneau (2)
Points: Connor Levis, Noah Morneau (2)
Blocks: 4 Players (2)
Shots: Dominik Rymon (6)
Saves: Tyler Palmer (23)
Plus-Minus: 5 Players (+1)
Faceoffs Won: Ben Doran (11)

Falcon Stat Facts

With the game marking the first all-time against Sacred Heart in program history, the win marked the first over the Pioneers as well. The victory for BGSU is also the first for the Falcons this season and the first in program history in the Ice Breaker Tournament.
Scoring the game-winning goal on the power play, Brody Waters registered his first goal of the season and his 16th career power play goal. The goal also marked the fourth game-winning goal of Waters' BGSU career.
After leading Bowling Green freshmen in points last season, Dominik Rymon tallied his first goal of the game for the Falcons and his first of the season.
A season ago, Tyler Hotson led the Falcons in goals and tallied his first of the season with his first period goal, the second of the game for Bowling Green.
Registering an assist on the Hotson goal, Connor Levis now has at least one point in each of Bowling Green's first three games this year. He added an assist on Waters' power play goal as well, marking the first multi-point game of his BGSU career.
Breck McKinley joined Levis in the assist column on the Hotson score, McKinley's first assist of the year after ranking second in the nation last season among defensemen for assists with 24.
Noah Morneau recorded assists on both Rymon and Waters' goals, marking his first multi-point game of the season. Morneau now has five multi-point games with BGSU and two multi-assist outings.
Tyler Palmer earned his first start between the pipes of the season for the Falcons. Palmer finished with 23 saves and his first win of the season.

Up Next
The Falcons will continue play within the Ice Breaker Tournament on Saturday (Oct. 10), facing No. 16/14 UConn. Bowling Green will take on the Huskies at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.

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