Game Thread: #25 Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:08 pm

#25 Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan

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Ticket Information:
Friday: Bowling Green
Saturday: Western Michigan

Last Week
The Falcons came from behind to beat the Lakers Friday before dropping their Saturday contest.
1/11: 4-2 W
1/12: 4-1 L

The Broncos had a rough weekend against #1 Michigan getting swept in a home-and-home series.
1/11: 6-1 L
1/12: 5-1 L

The Series
The Falcons and Broncos have met 118 times. The Falcons own a 67-47-4 lead in the series.

Game 1
1/18/2008: 7:05pm Western Michigan vs. Bowling Green (BGSU Ice Arena)
TV: BCSN (Tape Delay)
Play-by-Play: Greg Franke
Color Commentary: Buddy Powers

Radio: 88.1 WBGU
Play-by-Play: Danny Nieves
Color Commentary: Brian Fisher
Pre-game will start 1/2 hour before game time. Webcast available at http://www.bgrso.org or BGSUFalcons.com.

Game 2
1/19/2008: 7:35pm Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan (Lawson Arena)
Radio: 88.1 WBGU
Play-by-Play: Danny Nieves
Color Commentary: Tim Baughman
Pre-game will start 1/2 hour before game time. Webcast available at http://www.bgrso.org or BGSUFalcons.com.

Media Notes
Bowling Green: http://bgsufalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-ho ... 08aab.html
Western Michigan: http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.d ... ID=1369600
USCHO.com: To be released Thursday.
CCHA.com: http://ccha.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/sp ... 08aad.html

Around the CCHA
Friday
Western Michigan at Bowling Green
7:05 p.m. ET

Northern Michigan at Ferris State
7:05 p.m. ET

Michigan State at Ohio State
7:05 p.m. ET

Nebraska-Omaha at Alaska
7:35 p.m. AT

Lake Superior at Miami
7:35 p.m. ET

Notre Dame at Michigan
8:05 p.m. ET

Saturday
Nebraska-Omaha at Alaska
7:05 p.m. AT

Lake Superior at Miami
7:05 p.m. ET

Bowling Green at Western Michigan
7:35 p.m. ET

Notre Dame vs Michigan
7:35 p.m. ET

Michigan State at Ohio State
7:35 p.m. ET

Northern Michigan at Ferris State
8:05 p.m. ET

(Image courtesy of CCHA.com)

National Rankings
Courtesy of USCHO.com

The Falcons dropped out of the USA Today/USA Hockey Rankings.

PegCityFalcon · Post by **PegCityFalcon** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:56 pm

Sweep is needed anything less is a failure, As for the who is likely to score I chose Soloway. I like his game he's the type of player I want on any team. Whitmore is having trouble as he is being blanketed heavily by the opposition. As for Cepis, I am not a fan. He scores which is needed, he just plays like a European. Nothing but offence and can't throw a check.

FlagCityFalcon · Post by **FlagCityFalcon** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:49 pm

Don't hold your breath on the WMU game notes being out on Wednesday! That person always seems to be slow.

MACMAN · Post by **MACMAN** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:06 pm

My first reaction was yea those guys all seem likely...so Im going to reach for Other
As we have several other players who can and do score..
Im picking McIlrath- Why? He is a play maker, plain and simple. His speed and aggressive play makes s**t happen. Game in and game out you hear him stretching the D, carrying the puck deep in to the zone, forcing turnovers the guy is everywhere.
Hes no point leader but hangs it all out every game, and he did last season too...
I would bet he finds the back of the net first, and if not first at some point in the series.

BGFalconfromCincy · Post by **BGFalconfromCincy** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:30 am

I voted other, I'll go with Perkin

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:09 pm

Because of the Bowl game, I havn't been to a home hockey game in well over a month. I AM READY!

PegCityFalcon · Post by **PegCityFalcon** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:40 am

I am very intrigued by the Michigan vs Notre Dame match-up. That game will showcase in my opinion the top the CCHA has to offer.

rc_ziggy84 · Post by **rc_ziggy84** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:58 am

I think Kevin Schmidt will be the first, possibly on the PP

rc_ziggy84 · Post by **rc_ziggy84** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:55 am

anyone planning on being in the chat room tonight?

Kaleena08 · Post by **Kaleena08** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:04 pm

I picked other and I am gonna go with Jimmy Spratt....

Falconboy · Post by **Falconboy** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:40 pm

rc_ziggy84 wrote:anyone planning on being in the chat room tonight?

I'll probably mull in there once it starts , hopefully I'll remember.

rc_ziggy84 · Post by **rc_ziggy84** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:26 pm

rc_ziggy84: 2-1 bg
rc_ziggy84: bad turnover in our zone
TG1996: crap
TG1996: I blame Mcconvey
....
TG1996: I should call in to the Bg press box and see if we can get her tossed from the building... *laugh*

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:05 pm

I've decided I am a black cloud for this team. I've only made it to 2 games this year (vs. ND, @ UM) and we're having one of our best seasons in memory. I worked for the team last year and it was the worst season in school history.

This makes me a sad panda.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:11 pm

rc_ziggy84 wrote:rc_ziggy84: 2-1 bg
rc_ziggy84: bad turnover in our zone
TG1996: crap
TG1996: I blame Mcconvey
....
TG1996: I should call in to the Bg press box and see if we can get her tossed from the building... *laugh*

Maybe tomorrow night.

jpfalcon09 · Post by **jpfalcon09** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:21 pm

Pretty tight game overall, I felt BG kind of played down to the Broncos level though.

The end of the game was a disaster, I hope there aren't any long term suspensions from the fights, but I have a feeling both teams are gonna be shorthanded going into tomorrow night.

Whitmore is a beast and it was good to see him get back on track. Eno made some very nice saves late to preserve the win, he definitely is playing with some confidence.

Now the boys just need to close out the weekend and get another winning streak going!

Game Thread: #25 Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan

Who will be the first Falcon to pick up a goal this weekend?

Game Thread: #25 Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan