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

2008–09 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season
Conference 12th CCHA
Home ice BGSU Ice Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Record
Overall 11–24–3
Home 9–9–2
Road 2–15–1
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach Scott Paluch
Captain(s) Kyle Page
Alternate captain(s) Kevin Schmidt
Brandon Svendsen
Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey seasons
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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]

Recruiting

Standings

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 (OH) 28 17 7 4 2 40 89 57 41 23 13 5 128 89
Alaska 28 13 10 5 3 34 54 51 39 17 16 6 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

Schedule and results

2008–09 Game Log

† 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
Sexton, DanDan Sexton 38 17 22 39 20
Svendsen, BrandonBrandon Svendsen 38 12 18 30 36
Solway, DavidDavid Solway 38 12 12 24 62
Kantola, KaiKai Kantola 36 12 6 18 63
Bailen, NickNick Bailen 37 6 10 16 58
Perkin, JamesJames Perkin 38 7 7 14 0
Page, KyleKyle Page 38 4 10 14 20
Schmidt, KevinKevin Schmidt 38 4 6 10 0
Boyd, JoshJosh Boyd 35 3 6 9 8
Dee, TommyTommy Dee 37 7 1 8 28
McIlrath, ToddTodd McIlrath 31 1 7 8 0
Tiesling, PatrickPatrick Tiesling 38 0 6 6 14
Cepis, JacobJacob Cepis 18 1 4 5 0
Finegan, WadeWade Finegan 19 2 2 4 16
Petruska, TomasTomas Petruska 36 1 3 4 44
Krelove, AndrewAndrew Krelove 38 0 4 4 32
Potacco, BryanBryan Potacco 18 0 3 3 4
Sinkewich, RussRuss Sinkewich 22 0 2 2 0
McIntosh, JamesJames McIntosh 34 0 2 2 32
Sinclair, CameronCameron Sinclair 7 0 1 1 4
Maxwell, TimTim Maxwell 11 0 1 1 4
Petiot, DeanDean Petiot 5 0 0 0 2
Vargas, BrennanBrennan Vargas 7 0 0 0 2
Moore, BrianBrian 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
Spratt, JimmyJimmy Spratt 34 1951 11 19 3 99 3 .891 3.04 0 1 0
Eno, NickNick Eno 7 328 0 5 0 25 0 .805 4.58 0 2 0

References

General
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 2 October 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  3. "Todd Reirden Named Assistant Coach". Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. August 18, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  4. "Hockey Announces The Addition Of Frank Novock As Assistant Coach". BGSU Falcons. September 23, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  5. "Hockey Announces 2008-09 Captains". BGSU Falcons. September 16, 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  6. "Fighting Irish and Wolverines Split Top Spot" (PDF). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. September 30, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Hockey Is Picked To Finish Ninth By Coaches And Seventh By Media". BGSU Falcons. September 30, 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  8. "Fifth Annual Preseason All-Conference Team announced" (PDF). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. September 30, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.

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