2008–09 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season

College ice hockey team season
2008–09 Bowling Green Falcons
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The 2008–09 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. Their regular season began on October 10, 2008, against RIT and concluded on February 28, 2009, against Western Michigan. Despite finishing last in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, Bowling Green advanced to the 2009 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament where they were eliminated two games to none by Ohio State in the opening round.

Pre-season

In May 2008, assistant coach and former Falcon player, Doug Schueller, left the team to become the head coach of the ice hockey team at Saint John's (MN), becoming the 22nd head coach in the Johnnies' history.[1] and was replaced by another former Falcons player and graduate assistant, Dennis Williams, in July.[2] Once again in August, the hockey team lost another assistant coach, when Todd Reirden took a position as assistant coach with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League under former Bowling Green teammate Dan Bylsma[3] and was replaced with Frank Novock who was an assistant with Wayne State University's ice hockey program before it was disbanded.[4]

A month before the season, Paluch named senior defenseman Tim Maxwell and junior defenseman Kyle Page as co-captains for the upcoming season.[5] At the CCHA media day, the Falcons were voted to finish ninth by the league's coaches with 56 points and seventh by the league's media partners with 444 points.[6][7] Also at the media day, sophomore forward Jacob Cepis was named an honorable mention to the preseason all-conference team.[8] The Falcons entered the season returning 21 letter winners, while losing six including Buffalo Sabres prospect, Derek Whitmore who scored 102 points during his four-year career with Bowling Green.[7]

2008 Exhibition Game Log: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record
1 October 4 Wilfrid Laurier 1–5 Bowling Green Spratt — 1–0–0

Recruiting

2008–09 Recruits
State Player Shoots Position Hometown Previous Team
New York (state) Nick Bailen R D Fredonia, New York Indiana (USHL)
Ontario James McIntosh L RW Holland Landing, Ontario Stouffville (OPJHL)
Alberta Dean Petiot L D Daysland, Alberta Camrose (AJHL)
New Jersey Bryan Potacco L RW Kinnelon, New Jersey St. Michael's (OPJHL)
Ontario Cameron Sinclair L LW Windsor, Ontario Surrey (BCHL)
Minnesota Brennan Vargas L RW Coon Rapids, Minnesota Burnaby (BCHL)

Standings

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Conference Overall
GP W L T SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#4 Notre Dame†* 28 21 4 3 3 48 95 52 40 31 6 3 135 69
#5 Michigan 28 20 8 0 0 40 98 51 41 29 12 0 145 84
#2 Miami 28 17 7 4 2 40 89 57 41 23 13 5 128 89
Alaska 28 0^ 28^ 0^ 0^ 34 54 51 39 0^ 39^ 0^ 74 68
Ohio State 28 13 11 4 3 33 87 85 42 23 15 4 143 119
Northern Michigan 28 11 12 5 3 30 72 73 41 19 17 5 111 103
Western Michigan 28 9 13 6 2 26 75 86 41 14 20 7 111 130
Nebraska–Omaha 28 8 13 7 3 26 62 76 40 15 17 8 98 103
Ferris State 28 9 14 5 2 25 58 68 38 12 19 7 90 105
Lake Superior State 28 7 15 6 1 21 73 86 39 11 20 8 110 115
Michigan State 28 7 17 4 3 21 43 85 38 10 23 5 62 118
Bowling Green 28 8 19 1 0 17 60 96 38 11 24 3 89 131
Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll
^ Alaska was retroactively required to forfeit all wins and ties due to player ineligibilities.[9]

Schedule and results

  •    Green background indicates shootout/overtime win (conference only) or win (2 points).
  •    Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
  •    White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (conference only) or tie (1 point).
2008–09 Game Log
October: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 1–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall
1† October 10 RIT 2–4 Bowling Green Spratt 1,148 0–0–0–0 1–0–0
2† October 11 Niagara 3–3 Bowling Green Spratt 1,004 0–0–0–0 1–0–1
3† October 17 Bowling Green 3–5 Boston College Spratt 4,360 0–0–0–0 1–1–1
4† October 18 Bowling Green 3–4 Providence Spratt 1,392 0–0–0–0 1–2–1
5 October 24 Bowling Green 1–0 Alaska Spratt 2,707 1–0–0–0 2–2–1
6 October 25 Bowling Green 0–3 Alaska Spratt 2,888 1–1–0–0 2–3–1
7 October 31 Nebraska-Omaha 2–3 Bowling Green Spratt 1,246 2–1–0–0 3–3–1
November: 2–5–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 0–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall
8 November 1 Nebraska-Omaha 5–3 Bowling Green Spratt 1,597 2–2–0–0 3–4–1
9 November 7 Bowling Green 0–2 Lake Superior State Spratt 2,138 2–3–0–0 3–5–1
10 November 8 Bowling Green 4–4 Lake Superior State SOL Spratt 2,394 2–3–1–0 3–5–2
11 November 14 Northern Michigan 1–2 Bowling Green OT Spratt 1,959 3–3–1–0 4–5–2
12 November 15 Northern Michigan 1–2 Bowling Green Spratt 1,980 4–3–1–0 5–5–2
13 November 21 Bowling Green 1–5 Notre Dame Spratt 2,857 4–4–1–0 5–6–2
14 November 22 Notre Dame 9–1 Bowling Green Spratt 3,422 4–5–1–0 5–7–2
15† November 28 Minnesota State 2–2 Bowling Green Spratt 1,494 4–5–1–0 5–7–3
16† November 29 Minnesota State 5–2 Bowling Green Spratt 1,562 4–5–1–0 5–8–3
December: 2–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall
17 December 12 Notre Dame 3–1 Bowling Green Spratt 3,113 4–6–1–0 5–9–3
18 December 13 Bowling Green 3–4 Notre Dame Spratt 2,857 4–7–1–0 5–10–3
19† December 19 Clarkson 1–4 Bowling Green Spratt 1,294 4–7–1–0 6–10–3
20† December 20 Clarkson 1–3 Bowling Green Spratt 1,220 4–7–1–0 7–10–3
January: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall
21 January 9 Ohio State 8–5 Bowling Green Spratt 1,781 4–8–1–0 7–11–3
22 January 10 Ohio State 4–3 Bowling Green OT Eno 2,435 4–9–1–0 7–12–3
23 January 16 Bowling Green 3–0 Michigan Spratt 6,815 5–9–1–0 8–12–3
24 January 17 Michigan 1–0 Bowling Green Sauer 4,017 5–10–1–0 8–13–3
25 January 23 Lake Superior State 3–4 Bowling Green Spratt 2,178 6–10–1–0 9–13–3
26 January 24 Lake Superior State 8–4 Bowling Green Eno 2,174 6–11–1–0 9–14–3
27 January 30 Bowling Green 1–6 Miami (OH) Eno 2,398 6–12–1–0 9–15–3
28 January 31 Bowling Green 2–3 Miami (OH) Spratt 3,183 6–13–1–0 9–16–3
February: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall
29 February 6 Bowling Green 0–3 Northern Michigan Spratt 2,432 6–14–1–0 9–17–3
30 February 7 Bowling Green 1–4 Northern Michigan Eno 2,481 6–15–1–0 9–18–3
31 February 13 Ferris State 3–2 Bowling Green Spratt 1,918 6–16–1–0 9–19–3
32 February 14 Ferris State 1–3 Bowling Green Spratt 2,029 7–16–1–0 10–19–3
33 February 20 Bowling Green 2–3 Michigan State Spratt 5,891 7–17–1–0 10–20–3
34 February 21 Michigan State 0–4 Bowling Green Spratt 3,311 8–17–1–0 11–20–3
35 February 27 Bowling Green 2–5 Western Michigan Spratt 1,883 8–18–1–0 11–21–3
36 February 28 Bowling Green 3–5 Western Michigan Eno 2,796 8–19–1–0 11–22–3
March: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall
37†° March 6 Bowling Green 4–5 Ohio State Spratt 817 8–19–1–0 11–23–3
38†° March 7 Bowling Green 1–7 Ohio State Spratt 956 8–19–1–0 11–24–3

† Denotes a non-conference game

° Denotes 2009 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament first round

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Dan Sexton 38 17 22 39 20
Brandon Svendsen 38 12 18 30 36
David Solway 38 12 12 24 62
Kai Kantola 36 12 6 18 63
Nick Bailen 37 6 10 16 58
James Perkin 38 7 7 14 0
Kyle Page 38 4 10 14 20
Kevin Schmidt 38 4 6 10 0
Josh Boyd 35 3 6 9 8
Tommy Dee 37 7 1 8 28
Todd McIlrath 31 1 7 8 0
Patrick Tiesling 38 0 6 6 14
Jacob Cepis 18 1 4 5 0
Wade Finegan 19 2 2 4 16
Tomas Petruska 36 1 3 4 44
Andrew Krelove 38 0 4 4 32
Bryan Potacco 18 0 3 3 4
Russ Sinkewich 22 0 2 2 0
James McIntosh 34 0 2 2 32
Cameron Sinclair 7 0 1 1 4
Tim Maxwell 11 0 1 1 4
Dean Petiot 5 0 0 0 2
Brennan Vargas 7 0 0 0 2
Brian Moore 27 0 0 0 12

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO Sv% GAA G A PIM
Jimmy Spratt 34 1951 11 19 3 99 3 .891 3.04 0 1 0
Nick Eno 7 328 0 5 0 25 0 .805 4.58 0 2 0

References

General
  • Schedule and results: "Bowling Green Falcons: 2008–2009 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results". U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  • Player statistics: "Bowling Green Falcons Men's Hockey 2008–2009 Statistics: Overall". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ Klinkner, Ryan (May 16, 2008). "Doug Schuller Named New Hockey Coach". Saint John's University (MN). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  2. ^ "Dennis Williams Named New Assistant Hockey Coach". BGSU Falcons. July 3, 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  3. ^ "Todd Reirden Named Assistant Coach". Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. August 18, 2008. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  4. ^ "Hockey Announces The Addition Of Frank Novock As Assistant Coach". BGSU Falcons. September 23, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Hockey Announces 2008-09 Captains". BGSU Falcons. September 16, 2008. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  6. ^ "Fighting Irish and Wolverines Split Top Spot" (PDF). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. September 30, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Hockey Is Picked To Finish Ninth By Coaches And Seventh By Media". BGSU Falcons. September 30, 2008. Archived from the original on October 4, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  8. ^ "Fifth Annual Preseason All-Conference Team announced" (PDF). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. September 30, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  9. ^ "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. November 5, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

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