2009–10 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season

2009–10 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season
Conference	11th CCHA
Home ice	BGSU Ice Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine	-
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports	-
Record
Overall	4-20-4 (2-13-3-2)
Home	2-8-1
Road	1-12-3
Neutral	1-1-0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Dennis Williams
Captain(s)	Kyle Page
Alternate captain(s)	Tommy Dee David Solway
Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey seasons « 2008-09 2010-11 »

The 2009–10 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season was the Falcons' 41st season of varsity hockey and 39th in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). The Falcons finished the year as the eleventh place team in the CCHA and in the first round of the CCHA Hockey Tournament, they lost to the sixth seed Nebraska Omaha. The team was coached by Dennis Williams in his first and only season as the program's head coach.

Preseason

Following the 2008-09 season, the future of the ice hockey program at Bowling Green State University was put into doubt. Blog and the local media began to report that the university was planning on cutting the ice hockey program to save money. The reports were met by much criticism from Bowling Green alumni and residents of Northwest Ohio.^[1] In late March 2009, Bowling Green president Dr. Carol A. Cartwright officially announced that a feasibility study of the 43-year-old ice arena and the hockey program would be conducted. Cartwright stated the outline of a plan to decide the future of the BGSU Ice Arena and to explore options facing the University's Intercollegiate Athletics Department. Cartwright has assigned Dr. Edward G. Whipple, BGSU vice president for student affairs, to lead the arena effort and Greg Christopher, director of intercollegiate athletics, to head the athletics review. Bowling Green's hockey program's first head coach, Jack Vivian, was announced as the head of the arena working group, as he was a long-time, national consultant on ice arena operations.^[2]

On July 22, 2009, Bowling Green and the Michigan Wolverines announced that they would play a game at the newly opened Lucas County Arena in downtown Toledo, Ohio on November 21.^[3]

On July 31, 2009, BGSU announced that it was committing $2.5 million to improvements to BGSU Ice Arena and that another $1.5 million was secured from the state of Ohio by state representative Randy Gardner and state senator Mark Wagoner to assist with renovation plans for the Falcons hockey team's home ice facility.^[4] Along with the money committed by BGSU and received from the state of Ohio, the program began to receive donations from supporters and alumni, including $250,000 from Jack and Elaine Vivian^[5] and former figure skater and Bowling Green native Scott Hamilton donated $500,000 to endow the Scott Hamilton Hockey Scholarship.^[6]

Coaching changes

Head coach Scott Paluch would resign on June 30, 2009 and took up a position as regional manager for the United States National Developmental Team. In seven seasons as head coach at Bowling Green, Paluch complied a record of 84-156-23. Paluch's assistant, Dennis Williams was named the interim coach for the 2009-10 season.^[7]

Players leaving

Bowling Green would see many players leave the team during the offseason, starting with sophomore forward Dan Sexton, who signed a professional contract with the Anaheim Ducks.^[8] Freshman defenceman Dean Petiot, who had left Bowling Green during the 2008-09 season, signed with the Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League^[9] Sophomore forward Jacob Cepis left Bowling Green and transferred to the University of Minnesota and began his career at Minnesota against Bowling Green on January 2, 2010.^[10] Freshman defenceman Nick Bailen withdrew from Bowling Green and re-signed with his junior team, the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League.

2009 Exhibition Game Log
1–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record 1 October 3 Wilfrid Laurier 7-3 Eno 1-0-0 2 October 15 US National Team Development Program 7-2 Hammond 1,450 1-1-0 Legend:       Win       Loss

Regular season

Schedule

2009–10 Season
October: 0–5–1 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 0–3–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance CCHA Pts Overall Recap 1† October 9 @ Minnesota State 3–2 Verizon Wireless Center 3,349 Eno 0–0–0–0 0 0–1–0 L1 2† October 10 @ Minnesota State 4–1 Verizon Wireless Center 3,546 Hammond 0–0–0–0 0 0–2–0 L2 3† October 23 Providence 8–2 BGSU Ice Arena 1,575 Eno 0–0–0–0 0 0–3–0 L3 4† October 24 Providence 3–1 BGSU Ice Arena 1,910 Hammond 0–0–0–0 0 0–4–0 L4 5 October 30 @ #12 Nebraska-Omaha 3–3 SOW Qwest Center 7,152 Hammond 0–0–1–1 2 0–4–1 SOW1 6 October 31 @ #12 Nebraska-Omaha 3–1 Qwest Center 1,826 Hammond 0–1–1–1 2 0–5–1 L1
November: 2–5–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–3–1; Neutral: 0–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance CCHA Pts Overall Recap 7 November 6 @ Ferris State 5–1 Ewigleben Arena 1,275 Hammond 0–2–1–1 2 0–6–1 L2 8 November 7 @ Ferris State 3–2 Ewigleben Arena 1,279 Eno 0–3–1–1 2 0–7–1 L3 9 November 13 #9 Alaska 3–1 BGSU Ice Arena 1,759 Eno 1–3–1–1 5 1–7–1 W1 10 November 14 #9 Alaska 5–3 BGSU Ice Arena 1,969 Eno 1–4–1–1 5 1–8–1 L1 11 November 20 @ #16 Michigan 4–2 Yost Ice Arena 6,756 Eno 2–4–1–0 8 2–8–1 W1 12 November 21 vs. #16 Michigan 4–1 Lucas County Arena 4,027 Eno 2–5–1–1 8 2–9–1 L1 13 November 27 @ #14 Notre Dame 2–1 OT Joyce Center Rink 2,857 Eno 2–6–1–1 8 2–10–1 L2 14 November 28 @ #14 Notre Dame 4–4 SOW Joyce Center Rink 2,544 Eno 2–6–2–2 10 2–10–2 SOW1
December: 0–4–0 (Home: 0–3–0; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance CCHA Pts Overall Recap 15 December 4 Lake Superior State 2–1 BGSU Ice Arena 1,665 Eno 2–7–2–2 10 2–11–1 L1 16 December 5 Lake Superior State 5–2 BGSU Ice Arena 1,536 Eno 2–8–2–2 10 2–12–2 L2 17 December 11 #13 Michigan State 3–2 OT BGSU Ice Arena 1,990 Eno 2–9–2–2 10 2–13–2 L3 18 December 12 @ #13 Michigan State 4–1 Munn Ice Arena 4,116 Hammond 2–10–2–2 10 2–14–2 L4
January: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–3–1; Neutral: 1–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance CCHA Pts Overall Recap 19†^ January 2 @ Minnesota 3–1 Mariucci Arena 9,712 Hammond 2–10–2–2 10 2–15–2 L5 20†^ January 3 vs. Clarkson 4–3 Mariucci Arena 1,321 Eno 2–10–2–2 10 3–15–2 W1 21 January 8 @ Ohio State 7–2 Value City Arena 3,236 Eno 2–11–2–2 10 3–16–2 L1 22 January 9 @ Ohio State 4–3 Value City Arena 4,590 Hammond 2–12–2–2 10 3–17–2 L2 23 January 15 @ Northern Michigan 6–0 Berry Events Center 2,857 Hammond 2–13–2–2 10 3–18–2 L3 24 January 16 @ Northern Michigan 3–3 SOL Berry Events Center 3,052 Eno 2–13–3–2 11 3–18–3 SOL1 25 January 22 Western Michigan 4–4 SOW BGSU Ice Arena 2,121 Eno 2–13–4–3 13 3–18–4 SOW1 26 January 23 Western Michigan 3–2 BGSU Ice Arena 2,195 Eno 3–13–4–3 16 4–18–4 W1
February: 1–5–2 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance CCHA Pts Overall Recap 27 February 4 Michigan 2–1 BGSU Ice Arena 2,453 Eno 3–14–4–3 16 4–19–4 L1 28 February 9 @ Michigan 4–0 Yost Ice Arena 5,968 Hammond 3–15–4–3 16 4–20–4 L2 29 February 12 Miami (Ohio) 3–2 BGSU Ice Arena 2,339 Hammond 3–16–4–3 16 4–21–4 L3 30 February 13 Miami (Ohio) 10–2 BGSU Ice Arena 2,558 Hammond 3–17–4–3 16 4–22–4 L4 31 February 19 Notre Dame 4–3 BGSU Ice Arena 2,084 Eno 4–17–4–3 19 5–22–4 W1 32 February 20 Notre Dame 1–1 SOW BGSU Ice Arena 2,746 Eno 4–17–5–4 21 5–22–5 SOW1 33 February 26 @ Michigan State 5–2 Munn Ice Arena 6,368 Eno 4–18–5–4 21 5–23–5 L1 34 February 27 Michigan State 2–2 SOW Munn Ice Arena 3,027 Hammond 4–18–6–5 23 5–23–6 SOW1 Legend:       Win/Overtime Win (3 points)       Tie / Shootout Win (CCHA only) (2 points)       Tie / Shootout Loss (CCHA only) (1 point)       Loss (0 points)       † Non-conference Game       ^ Dodge Holiday Classic Game

Note: Points only applicable for conference games. The CCHA record is defined as W-L-T-SOW.
Source: 2009-10 BGSU Hockey Schedule

Standings

2009–10 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference									Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Miami (OH)†	28	21	2	5	2	70	100	39		44	29	8	7	147	86
Michigan State	28	14	8	6	2	50	73	64		38	19	13	6	115	97
#14 Ferris State	28	13	9	6	4	49	79	66		40	21	13	6	118	92
#13 Northern Michigan	28	13	9	6	3	48	86	72		41	20	13	8	124	104
#15 Alaska	28	11	9	8	4	45	73	70		39	18	12	9	108	93
Nebraska–Omaha	28	13	12	3	2	44	85	83		42	20	16	6	124	116
#8 Michigan*	28	14	13	1	0	43	83	69		45	26	18	1	148	102
Ohio State	28	10	12	6	4	40	81	93		39	15	18	6	110	122
Notre Dame	28	9	12	7	2	36	65	76		38	13	17	8	90	102
Lake Superior State	28	10	15	3	2	35	66	90		38	15	18	5	93	118
Bowling Green	28	4	18	6	5	23	58	102		36	5	25	6	71	138
Western Michigan	28	4	17	7	2	21	62	87		36	8	20	8	76	104
Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Playoffs

2010 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
First Round vs. (6) Nebraska–Omaha – Nebraska–Omaha won series 2–0 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Series Recap 1 March 5 Nebraska–Omaha 6–1 Hammond Qwest Center 4,779 0–1 L1 2 March 6 Nebraska–Omaha 6–1 Eno Qwest Center 6,417 0–2 L2 Legend:       Win       Loss

Roster

Goaltenders
#	State	Player	Catches	Year	Hometown	Previous Team
1		Andrew Hammond	L	Freshman	Surrey, British Columbia	Vernon (BCHL)
30		Phil Greer	L	Senior	Franklin, Massachusetts	Santa Fe (NAHL)
31		Nick Eno (BUF)	L	Junior	Howell, Michigan	Green Mtn. (EJHL)

Defensemen
#	State	Player	Shoots	Year	Hometown	Previous Team
2		Ryan Peltoma	R	Frsehman	Brainerd, Minnesota	North Iowa (NAHL)
3		Brian Moore	R	Senior	Carmel, Indiana	Bozeman (NAHL)
4		Kyle Page (C)	L	Senior	Wixom, Michigan	Indiana (USHL)
8		Ian Ruel	L	Freshman	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Omaha (USHL)
15		Andrew Krelove	R	Junior	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Des Moines (USHL)
23		Max Grover	R	Freshman	Kentwood, Michigan	Sioux Falls (USHL)
25		Reed Rushing	R	Freshman	Seattle, Washington	Marquette (NAHL)
28		Robert Shea	R	Freshman	Harrison Township, Michigan	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

Forwards
#	State	Player	Shoots	Year	Hometown	Previous Team
5		David Solway (A)	L	Junior	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Sioux Falls (USHL)
6		Jerry Freismuth	L	Freshman	Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan	Alexandria (NAHL)
7		James Perkin	L	Senior	Calgary, Alberta	Lincoln (USHL)
10		Marc Rodriguez	R	Freshman	Aurora, Illinois	Sioux Falls (USHL)
11		Wade Finegan	R	Junior	Toronto, Ontario	Georgetown (OPJHL)
13		Nathan Pageau	L	Freshman	Gatineau, Quebec	Hamilton (OJHL)
14		Kai Kantola	R	Senior	Raleigh, North Carolina	Fargo-Moorhead (NAHL)
17		James McIntosh	L	Sophomore	Holland Landing, Ontario	Stouffville (OPJHL)
18		Tomas Petruska	R	Senior	Prešov, Slovakia	Cleveland (NAHL)
20		Cameron Sinclair	L	Sophomore	Windsor, Ontario	Surrey (BCHL)
21		Jordan Samuels-Thomas (ATL)	L	Freshman	Windsor, Connecticut	Waterloo (USHL)
22		Brennan Vargas	L	Sophomore	Coon Rapids, Minnesota	Burnaby (BCHL)
26		Josh Boyd	L	Senior	Columbus, Ohio	Portage (MJHL)
27		Tommy Dee (A)	R	Senior	Maple Grove, Minnesota	Bismarck (NAHL)

Source:^[11]

Player stats

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Samuels-Thomas, JordanJordan Samuels-Thomas 33 11 13 24 −3 28 Petruska, TomasTomas Petruska 34 9 14 23 −7 30 Solway, DavidDavid Solway 32 5 13 18 −14 50 Page, KyleKyle Page 34 3 14 17 −18 30 Dee, TommyTommy Dee 33 8 7 15 −19 64 Perkin, JamesJames Perkin 31 4 8 12 −10 57 Kantola, KaiKai Kantola 33 5 6 11 −6 44 Boyd, JoshJosh Boyd 33 6 5 11 −8 14 Pageau, NathanNathan Pageau 30 4 7 11 −10 20 Vargas, BrennanBrennan Vargas 27 3 3 6 −6 8 Ruel, IanIan Ruel 32 2 4 6 −5 48 Sinclair, CameronCameron Sinclair 23 2 4 6 4 6 Rodriguez, MarcMarc Rodriguez 32 3 2 5 −11 16 Finegan, WadeWade Finegan 27 2 2 4 −9 26 McIntosh, JamesJames McIntosh 20 1 3 4 −3 29 Krelove, AndrewAndrew Krelove 34 0 4 4 −14 32 Grover, MaxMax Grover 26 0 3 3 −13 55 Rushing, ReedReed Rushing 26 0 2 2 −4 0 Potacco, BryanBryan Potacco 11 1 0 1 1 2 Eno, NickNick Eno 27 0 1 1 0 2 Freismuth, JerryJerry Freismuth 15 0 1 1 −4 10 Moore, BrianBrian Moore 10 0 1 1 −6 14 Peltoma, RyanRyan Peltoma 21 0 1 1 −4 10 Shea, RobertRobert Shea 17 0 0 0 3 51 Totals 34 69 118 187 −166 646

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Petruska, TomasTomas Petruska 2 1 0 1 0 0 Vargas, BrennanBrennan Vargas 2 1 0 1 −2 0 Samuels-Thomas, JordanJordan Samuels-Thomas 2 0 1 1 0 2 Perkin, JamesJames Perkin 2 0 1 1 −1 2 Kantola, KaiKai Kantola 2 0 1 1 −3 0 Solway, DavidDavid Solway 2 0 0 0 −1 2 Page, KyleKyle Page 2 0 0 0 −2 0 Dee, TommyTommy Dee 2 0 0 0 −1 4 Boyd, JoshJosh Boyd 2 0 0 0 −2 0 Pageau, NathanNathan Pageau 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ruel, IanIan Ruel 2 0 0 0 −2 2 Rodriguez, MarcMarc Rodriguez 2 0 0 0 −2 4 Finegan, WadeWade Finegan 2 0 0 0 −4 2 Krelove, AndrewAndrew Krelove 2 0 0 0 −5 4 Peltoma, RyanRyan Peltoma 2 0 0 0 −1 4 Shea, RobertRobert Shea 2 0 0 0 0 4 Grover, MaxMax Grover 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Sinclair, CameronCameron Sinclair 1 0 0 0 −2 0 Rushing, ReedReed Rushing 1 0 0 0 −1 0 McIntosh, JamesJames McIntosh 1 0 0 0 −2 0 Totals 2 2 3 5 −32 30

Source: 2009-10 BGSU Individual Statistics

Goaltenders

Note:  Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Eno, NickNick Eno	30	22	1343:28	5	12	4	74	3.30	637	.896	0
Hammond, AndrewAndrew Hammond	19	12	836:43	0	12	2	60	4.30	442	.880	0
Greer, PhilPhil Greer	2	0	5:31	0	0	0	1	10.88	1	.500	0
Totals		34	2185:42	5	24	6	135	3.71	1080	.889	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Eno, NickNick Eno	2	1	74:04	0	1	0	6	4.86	38	.864	0
Hammond, AndrewAndrew Hammond	2	1	42:37	0	1	0	6	8.45	31	.838	0
Greer, PhilPhil Greer	1	0	3:19	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
Totals		2	120:00	0	2	0	12	6.00	69	.852	0

Source: 2009-10 BGSU Individual Statistics

See also

• 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

References

1. Markey, Matt (March 13, 2009). "BGSU talk of ending hockey irks alumni". Toledo Blade. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
2. Press Release (March 31, 2009). "BGSU Announces Ice Arena Study And Review Of Athletic Programs". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
3. Staff (July 22, 2009). "BG, UM to play hockey at Lucas County Arena". Toledo Blade. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
4. Staff (July 31, 2009). "BGSU commits $2.5 million for ice arena improvements". Toledo Blade. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
5. Staff (November 15, 2009). "Vivians donate $250,000 to BG Ice Arena". Toledo Blade. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
6. Gilbert-Cunningham, Meghan (December 18, 2009). "Scott Hamilton to fund scholarship at BGSU". Toledo Blade. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
7. Staff (July 1, 2009). "Paluch resigns as Bowling Green head coach". Toledo Blade. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
8. Staff (April 9, 2009). "Former Wildcat Sexton signs with Ducks". Times Record News. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
9. Staff (September 11, 2009). "Havoc re-sign McCreary, sign Petiot". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
10. Murphy, Brian (January 2, 2010). "Minnesota Gophers men's hockey team unleashes new weapon". American Chronicle. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
11. "2009-10 Ice Hockey Roster". BGSU Athletics. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

External links

• Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey