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

2008–09 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey	2008–09 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey
Conference 	12th CCHA
Ranking 	Ranking
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine 	—
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports 	—
2008–09 Record 	11–24–3
Home Record 	9–9–2
Road Record 	2–15–1
Head Coach 	Scott Paluch
Captain 	Kyle Page
Alternate captains 	Kevin Schmidt
Brandon Svendsen
Arena 	BGSU Ice Arena
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]
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	 	
1 	October 4 	Wilfrid Laurier 	1–5 	Bowling Green 	 	Spratt 	— 	1–0–0 	 	
=== Recruiting===
2008–09 Recruits	2008–09 Recruits	2008–09 Recruits	2008–09 Recruits	2008–09 Recruits 	2008–09 Recruits
State 	Player 	Shoots 	Position 	Hometown 	Previous Team
 	Nick Bailen 	R 	D 	Fredonia, New York 	Indiana (USHL)
 	James McIntosh 	L 	RW 	Holland Landing, Ontario	Stouffville (OPJHL)
 	Dean Petiot 	L 	D 	Daysland, Alberta 	Camrose (AJHL)
 	Bryan Potacco 	L 	RW 	Kinnelon, New Jersey 	St. Michael's (OPJHL)
 	Cameron Sinclair	L 	LW 	Windsor, Ontario 	Surrey (BCHL)
 	Brennan Vargas 	L 	RW 	Coon Rapids, Minnesota 	Burnaby (BCHL)
==[ Standings==
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 	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
#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	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	Championship: Notre Dame
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll	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==
* Green background indicates shootout/overtime win (conference only) or win (2 points).
* Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
* White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (conference only) or tie (1 point).
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	CCHA 	Overall 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1† 	October 10 	RIT 	2–4 	Bowling Green 	 	Spratt 	1,148 	0–0–0–0 	1–0–0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2† 	October 11 	Niagara 	3–3 	Bowling Green 	 	Spratt 	1,004 	0–0–0–0 	1–0–1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3† 	October 17 	Bowling Green 	3–5 	Boston College 	 	Spratt 	4,360 	0–0–0–0 	1–1–1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4† 	October 18 	Bowling Green 	3–4 	Providence 	 	Spratt 	1,392 	0–0–0–0 	1–2–1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	October 24 	Bowling Green 	1–0 	Alaska 	 	Spratt 	2,707 	1–0–0–0 	2–2–1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	October 25 	Bowling Green 	0–3 	Alaska 	 	Spratt 	2,888 	1–1–0–0 	2–3–1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	October 31 	Nebraska-Omaha 	2–3 	Bowling Green 	 	Spratt 	1,246 	2–1–0–0 	3–3–1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Player statistics==
=== Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Dan Sexton 	38	17	22	39 	20
Brandon Svendsen	38	12	18	30 	36
David Solway 	38	12	12	24 	62
Kai Kantola 	36	12	6 	18 	63
Nick Bailen 	37	6 	10	16 	58
James Perkin 	38	7 	7 	14 	0
Kyle Page 	38	4 	10	14 	20
Kevin Schmidt 	38	4 	6 	10 	0
Josh Boyd 	35	3 	6 	9 	8
Tommy Dee 	37	7 	1 	8 	28
Todd McIlrath 	31	1 	7 	8 	0
Patrick Tiesling	38	0 	6 	6 	14
Jacob Cepis 	18	1 	4 	5 	0
Wade Finegan 	19	2 	2 	4 	16
Tomas Petruska 	36	1 	3 	4 	44
Andrew Krelove 	38	0 	4 	4 	32
Bryan Potacco 	18	0 	3 	3 	4
Russ Sinkewich 	22	0 	2 	2 	0
James McIntosh 	34	0 	2 	2 	32
Cameron Sinclair	7 	0 	1 	1 	4
Tim Maxwell 	11	0 	1 	1 	4
Dean Petiot 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2
Brennan Vargas 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2
Brian 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
Jimmy Spratt	34	1951	11	19	3	99	3 	.891	3.04	0	1	0
Nick Eno 	7 	328 	0 	5 	0	25	0 	.805	4.58	0	2	0
== Roster==
As of August 15, 2010. [9]
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders
# 	State 	Player 	Catches 	Year 	Hometown 	Previous Team
1 	 	Andrew Hammond 	L 	Sophomore 	Surrey, British Columbia	Vernon (BCHL)
30 	 	Scott Zacharias	R 	Freshman 	Winnipeg, Manitoba 	Pembroke (CJHL)
31 	 	Nick Eno (BUF) 	L 	Senior 	Howell, Michigan 	Green Mtn. (EJHL)
Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen 	Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen 	Defensemen
# 	State 	Player 	Shoots 	Year 	Hometown 	Previous Team
2 	 	Ryan Peltoma 	R 	Sophomore 	Brainerd, Minnesota 	North Iowa (NAHL)
4 	 	Michael Montrose	L 	Freshman 	Howell, Michigan 	Tri-City (USHL)
7 	 	Jake Sloat 	L 	Freshman 	Louisville, Colorado 	Owatonna (NAHL)
8 	 	Ian Ruel 	R 	Sophomore 	Ann Arbor, Michigan 	Omaha (USHL)
15 	 	Andrew Krelove 	R 	Senior 	Thunder Bay, Ontario 	Des Moines (USHL)
23 	 	Max Grover 	R 	Sophomore 	Kentwood, Michigan 	Sioux Falls (USHL)
25 	 	Reed Rushing 	R 	Sophomore 	Seattle, Washington 	Marquette (NAHL)
28 	 	Robert Shea 	R 	Sophomore 	Harrison Township, Michigan	Green Bay (USHL)
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards 	Forwards
# 	State 	Player 	Shoots 	Year 	Hometown 	Previous Team
5 	 	David Solway (C) 	L 	Senior 	Green Bay, Wisconsin 	Sioux Falls (USHL)
6 	 	Jerry Freismuth 	L 	Sophomore	Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan 	Alexandria (NAHL)
10 	 	Marc Rodriguez 	L 	Sophomore	Aurora, Illinois 	Sioux Falls (USHL)
11 	 	Wade Finegan 	R 	Senior 	Toronto, Ontario 	Georgetown (OJHL)
12 	 	Bryce Williamson 	R 	Freshman 	Seba Beach, Alberta 	St. Albert (AJHL)
13 	 	Nathan Pageau 	L 	Sophomore	Gatineau Quebec 	Hamilton (OJHL)
14 	 	Camden Wojtala 	L 	Freshman 	Trenton, Michigan 	Omaha (USHL)
16 	 	Chad Sumsion 	L 	Freshman 	Woodstock, Ontario 	Newmarket (OJHL)
17 	 	James McIntosh 	L 	Junior 	Holland Landing, Ontario 	Stouffville (OJHL)
18 	 	Ryan Viselli 	R 	Freshman 	Winsor, Ontario 	Penticton (BCHL)
20 	 	Cameron Sinclair 	L 	Junior 	Windsor, Ontario 	Surrey (BCHL)
21 	 	Jordan Samuels-Thomas (ATL)	L 	Sophomore	Windsor, Connecticut 	Waterloo (USHL)
22 	 	Brennan Vargas 	L 	Junior 	Coon Rapids, Minnesota 	Burnaby (BCHL)
24 	 	Brett Mohler 	R 	Freshman 	Yorba Linda, California 	Tri-City (USHL)
26 	 	Mike Fink 	L 	Freshman 	Minnetonka, Minnesota 	Des Moines (USHL)
27 	 	Andrew Wallace 	L 	Freshman 	Bedford, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia	Surrey (BCHL)
*# Senior defenseman Tim Maxwell left the team on December 1, 2008 to pursue a professional hockey career, signing an Amateur Tryout Contract with the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL.[10]
*## Sophomore forward Jacob Cepis left the team on December 18, 2008 citing personal reasons.[11]
*### Freshman defenseman Dean Petiot left the team in early January 2009 citing personal/family reasons.
*#### Senior defenseman Russ Sinkewich left the team on February 4, 2009 and signed with the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL.
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