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

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. 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.
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.
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. 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 and former figure skater and Bowling Green native Scott Hamilton donated $500,000 to endow the Scott Hamilton Hockey Scholarship.

### 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 compiled a record of 84–156–23. Paluch's assistant, Dennis Williams was named the interim coach for the 2009–10 season.

### 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. 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 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. 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 :

## Regular season
### Schedule

2009–10 Season :
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 standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #3 Miami† | 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 | 0^ | 28^ | 0^ | 0^ | 45 | 73 | 70 | 39 | 0^ | 39^ | 0^ | 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 ^ Alaska was retroactively required to forfeit all wins and ties due to player ineligibilities. ||||||||||||||||

## Playoffs

2010 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament :

## Roster

Goaltenders :
| # | 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 :
| # | Player | Shoots | Year | Hometown | Previous Team |
| 2 | Ryan Peltoma | R | Freshman | 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 :
| # | 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:

## Player stats
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Jordan Samuels-Thomas | 33 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −3 | 28 |
| Tomas Petruska | 34 | 9 | 14 | 23 | −7 | 30 |
| David Solway | 32 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −14 | 50 |
| Kyle Page | 34 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −18 | 30 |
| Tommy Dee | 33 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −19 | 64 |
| James Perkin | 31 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −10 | 57 |
| Kai Kantola | 33 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −6 | 44 |
| Josh Boyd | 33 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −8 | 14 |
| Nathan Pageau | 30 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −10 | 20 |
| Brennan Vargas | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −6 | 8 |
| Ian Ruel | 32 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −5 | 48 |
| Cameron Sinclair | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Marc Rodriguez | 32 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −11 | 16 |
| Wade Finegan | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −9 | 26 |
| James McIntosh | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 29 |
| Andrew Krelove | 34 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −14 | 32 |
| Max Grover | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −13 | 55 |
| Reed Rushing | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 0 |
| Bryan Potacco | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Eno | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerry Freismuth | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 10 |
| Brian Moore | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 14 |
| Ryan Peltoma | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 10 |
| Robert Shea | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 |
| Totals | 34 | 69 | 118 | 187 | −166 | 646 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Tomas Petruska | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brennan Vargas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Jordan Samuels-Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| James Perkin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Kai Kantola | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| David Solway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Kyle Page | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Tommy Dee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
| Josh Boyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Nathan Pageau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Ruel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Marc Rodriguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| Wade Finegan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| Andrew Krelove | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 4 |
| Ryan Peltoma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
| Robert Shea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Max Grover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Cameron Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Reed Rushing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| James McIntosh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −32 | 30 |
Source: 2009–10 BGSU Individual Statistics

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Nick Eno | 30 | 22 | 1343:28 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 74 | 3.30 | 637 | .896 | 0 |
| Andrew Hammond | 19 | 12 | 836:43 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 60 | 4.30 | 442 | .880 | 0 |
| Phil Greer | 2 | 0 | 5:31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.88 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Totals | 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 |
| Nick Eno | 2 | 1 | 74:04 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.86 | 38 | .864 | 0 |
| Andrew Hammond | 2 | 1 | 42:37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8.45 | 31 | .838 | 0 |
| Phil Greer | 1 | 0 | 3:19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 2 | 120:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.00 | 69 | .852 | 0 |
Source: 2009–10 BGSU Individual Statistics