Game Thread: #5/4 Michigan vs. Bowling Green

[BGDrew]

#5/4 Michigan vs. Bowling Green

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Last Weekend
The Wolverines (0-0-0-0, 1-0-1) were unable to get Red Berenson his 700th win as they tied Mercyhurst before winning an exhibition game against Western Ontario
10/2: 4-4 T
10/3: 4-2 W

The Falcons (0-0-0-0, 0-0-0) opened the 2010-2011 campaign with an exhibition win over Wilfred-Laurier.
10/3: 4-3 W


Weekly Press Conference



The Series
The Wolverines hold a commanding 75-33-3 lead over the Falcons all-time.


Game 1
10/8/2010: 7:05pm EST UM vs. BGSU (BGSU Ice Arena)

Radio: 88.1 WBGU
Play-by-Play: Everett Fitzhugh
Color Commentary: Brian Fisher
Pre-game will start 1/2 hour before game time. Webcast available at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/bgsu.portal# Please note: Internet radio streams are no longer no cost.

Liveblog: Yours truly will present a liveblog at http://bgsuhockey.wordpress.com/liveblog/

Television: Comcast
Play-by-Play: Fred Pletsch
Color Commentary: Sean Ritchlin

Webcast: America One
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Game 2
10/9/2010: 7:05pm EST UM vs. BGSU (BGSU Ice Arena)

Radio: 88.1 WBGU
Play-by-Play: Everett Fitzhugh
Color Commentary: Chris Cournan
Pre-game will start 1/2 hour before game time. Webcast available at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/bgsu.portal# Please note: Internet radio streams are no longer free.

Liveblog: Yours truly will present a liveblog at http://bgsuhockey.wordpress.com/liveblog/

Webcast: America One
Every Falcon home game will be available live online at http://www.b2tv.com/partner_members.asp ... %20Men%27s.


Media Notes
Bowling Green: TBP
Michigan: http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos ... kly-100410
CCHA: http://www.ccha.com/ccha_weekly_release_oct._4.aspx


Around the CCHA
Thursday
Ferris State at Alabama-Huntsville
7:05 p.m. CT

Friday
Michigan at Bowling Green
7:05 p.m. ET

Air Force vs Alaska (Kendall Hockey Classic - Anchorage, AK)
5:07 p.m. AT

Holy Cross vs Notre Dame (IceBreaker - St. Louis, MO)
5:30 p.m. CT

Ohio State at Quinnipiac
7:00 p.m. ET

Minnesota Duluth at Lake Superior (Superior Showcase)
7:05 p.m. ET

Ferris State at Alabama-Huntsville
7:05 p.m. CT

Western Ontario at Michigan State (Exhibition)
7:05 p.m. ET

Michigan Tech at Northern Michigan (Superior Showcase
7:35 p.m. ET

New Hampshire at Miami
7:35 p.m. ET

Canisius at Western Michigan
7:35 p.m. ET

Saturday
Michigan at Bowling Green
7:05 p.m. ET

North Dakota vs Alaska (Kendall Hockey Classic - Anchorage, AK)
4:07 p.m. AT

Ohio State at Quinnipiac
7:00 p.m. ET

Michigan Tech at Lake Superior (Superior Showcase)
7:05 p.m. ET

New Hampshire at Miami
7:05 p.m. ET

Minnesota Duluth at Northern Michigan (Superior Showcase)
7:35 p.m. ET

Canisius at Western Michigan
7:35 p.m. ET

Sunday
Boston University/Wisconsin vs Notre Dame (IceBreaker - St. Louis, MO)
12:00/3:00 p.m. CT


National Rankings
Courtesy of USCHO.com

[VDub26Falcon]

Can someone text me scoring updates? That would be sweet!!!

[BGDrew]

Here's your lines for the night:

BGSU
F1: Sumsion - Rodriguez - Finegan
F2: Solway - Wojtala - JST
F3: McIntosh - Williamson - Mohler
F4: Wallace - Sinclair - Freismuth
D1: Sloat - Krelove
D2: Peltoma - Shea
D3: Ruel - Grover
G: Eno - Hammond - Zacharias

UM
F1: Wohlberg - Caporusso - Glendening
F2: Hagelin - Rust - Brown
F3: Mofatt - Treais - Lynch
F4: Sparks - Winnett - Vaughan
D1: Llewellyn - Burlon
D2: Merrill - Langlais
D3: Bennett - Pateryn
G: Hunwick - Hogan

[BGDrew]

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[BGDrew]

After the first period Michigan leads 2-1. JST with a powerplay goal for BG's only goal so far.

[vwfalcon]

So I am sitting in the ice arena right now... and who do I see??? Pooch... he is in attendance at tonights game and I'm sitting next to todd mcilrath... just a few former ties to the team currently here.

[MACMAN]

Ask Todd if while be playing with battle creek againhis year or Idaho or at all please

[vwfalcon]

He has actually mentioned playing for a team out of Troy, Ohio... I am teammates with his girlfriend so I have a pretty decent connection with him. That and I talk to him every once in a while.

[MACMAN]

So I take it his injury has mended well over the spring and he is still at it, thats great. Playing for the Bruins thats easy to catch.
I always have enjoyed watching him play. I first saw him back when he was skating with honey baked, then his brief stint with USA. He has all gifts to really make it. wish him well, there is little doubt his stint in Troy will be short.

[Tricky_Falcon]

Michigan was a lot faster than us and were quicker to the puck most of the night. They also had a size advantage but it was nice seeing the guys bang back and didn't let them push us around. We couldn't take advantage of the power play tonight, though Jordan Samuels-Thomas did score his goal on the PP. We finished 1-for-8 and UM was 2-for-4. Michigan is a talented squad and they took advantage of our youth and inexperience tonight. Eno looked pretty good in goal he made some nice saves. Two goals were on the PP and one was an empty net goal. Let's see what Andrew can do tomorrow night.

[BGDrew]

Friday's Wrap-Up
I've posted my recap over at http://bgsuhockey.wordpress.com/blog. In all honesty things could have been A LOT worse. Nick Eno single-handedly kept us in the game tonight. I honestly don't think any of Nick's goals fall back squarely on him. Our young guys saw what some of the best play like and that's something that's helpful early in the season.

Postgame Presser:



Here's the other scores around the CCHA. (Note the bolded score. Former Falcon recruit Josh Unice stopped 40 of 43 shots faced. Michigan State was ranked #16 in the country) :

Air Force 2
vs Alaska 5

Holy Cross 3
vs Notre Dame 6

Ohio State 1
at Quinnipiac 2

Minnesota Duluth 6
at Lake Superior 6

Michigan 4
at BGSU 1

Ferris State 2
at Alab-Huntsville 4

Western Ontario 5
at Michigan State 3

Michigan Tech 4
at Northern Michigan 3 OT

New Hampshire 3
at Miami 6

Canisius 5
at Western Michigan 3

[BGDrew]

Here's your pregame update:

BGSU Lines: Bit of a surprise here as JST falls down to the 4th line and is replaced by freshman Bryce Williamson.

F1: Solway - Wojtala - Williamson
F2: McIntosh - Rodriguez - Mohler
F3: Sumsion - Wallace - Finegan
F4: JST - Freismuth - Vargas

D1: Ruel - Montrose
D2: Grover - Shea
D3: Krelove - Sloat

G: *Hammond - Eno - Zacharias
* = Starters

Michigan Lines
F1: Hagelin - Rust - Brown
F2: Wohlberg - Caporusso - Glendening
F3: Sparks - Treais - Lynch
F4: Vaughan - Winnett - DeBlois

D1: Llewellyn - Burlon
D2: Merrill - Langlais
D3: Bennett - Pateryn

G: *Hogan - Hunwick
* = Starter

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[BGDrew]

3-1 Bad Guys after 1. Sumsion gets his first collegiate goal late in the period. Shots were 9-6 UM.

[BGDrew]

4-2 after 2. Starting to get a bit chippy with some 5 minutes called.

[MACMAN]

I would not say with his coach that the fourth line is a fall down ESP right now knowing that he is working on player position combinations. Even still I have seen teams where the fourth line has amassed more ice time per game than the fist it all just depends. And for us rght now it s about vying the guys who work best together it's going to be fin to see where it leads