2021–22 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season is the 56th season of play for the program and the 43rd season in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Falcons, representing Bowling Green State University, are led by third-year head coach Ty Eigner.
==Season==
Bowling Green joined with six other members of the WCHA to restart the CCHA for the 2021–22 season. Before the CCHA resumed play, an eighth member, former NCAA Division III member St. Thomas, joined the league.
After narrowly missing out on the NCAA tournament the year before, Bowling Green got a good start to the season, going undefeated through their first five games. The Falcons ran into a bit of trouble when they started playing ranked teams, losing 7 consecutive games against top-20 opponents. The losses didn't put Bowling Green in good standing with the rankings and the Falcons remained unlikely to earn a berth despite getting up to a 13–9–3 record.
In the last nine games, however, the team's offense all but vanished and the Falcons went 1–8 to end the regular season. Despite all the momentum moving against them, Bowling Green managed to win the first game in the playoff series against Bemidji State. Unfortunately, they weren't able to repeat the performance and their season ended on a down note.
==Departures==
Will Cullen 	Defenseman		Transferred to Miami
Eric Dop 	Goaltender		Graduate transfer to Boston College
Connor Ford 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to North Dakota
Gavin Gould 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits)
Max Johnson 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Wisconsin
Brandon Kruse 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Boston College
Carson Musser 	Defenseman		Graduate transfer to Long Island
Brett Rich 	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Tim Theocharidis	Defenseman		Transfer to Arizona State
Justin Wells 	Defenseman		Graduate transfer to Boston College
Cameron Wright 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Denver
==Recruiting==
Nathan Burke 	Forward 		22	Scottsdale, AZ; transfer from Minnesota
Gabriel Chicoine 	Defenseman		24	Saint-Dominique, QC; transfer from Norwich
Brayden Krieger 	Forward 		20	Elora, ON
Coale Norris 	Forward 		24	Oxford, MI; graduate transfer from Ferris State
Ryan O'Hara 	Defenseman		20	Calgary, AB
Spencer Schneider	Forward 		21	Lakeville, MN; transfer from Norwich
Christian Stoever	Goaltender		21	Northville, MI
Austen Swankler 	Forward 		20	North Huntingdon, PA
Ben Wozney 	Defenseman		20	Richmond, BC
==Roster==
As of August 20, 2021.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	LW 	37	8 	22 	30 	20
 	C 	36	8 	18 	26 	14
 	F 	32	10	15 	25 	32
 	F 	37	16	7 	23 	14
 	LW 	33	10	9 	19 	26
 	D 	37	1 	18 	19 	24
 	LW 	37	9 	5 	14 	80
 	D 	35	1 	12 	13 	20
 	D 	37	1 	12 	13 	2
 	F 	27	5 	4 	9 	8
 	C/LW	20	4 	5 	9 	75
 	F 	30	3 	6 	9 	28
 	LW 	33	4 	4 	8 	12
 	F 	32	2 	4 	6 	0
 	F 	31	1 	5 	6 	4
 	RW 	15	3 	2 	5 	17
 	D 	36	1 	4 	5 	43
 	D 	36	3 	1 	4 	23
 	D 	36	0 	4 	4 	12
 	F 	35	2 	1 	3 	43
 	RW 	10	2 	0 	2 	4
 	D 	34	0 	2 	2 	6
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	13	0 	0 	0 	12
 	G 	28	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	14
Total	 	 	94	160	254	535
==Goaltending statistics==
 	28	1542	9 	15	1	74 	654	1	.898	2.88
 	13	668 	6 	4 	2	36 	266	0	.881	3.23
Empty Net	- 	31 	- 	- 	-	8 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	38	2242	15	19	3	118	920	1	.886	3.16
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
==References==
Category:Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey seasons
Category:2021–22 CCHA men's ice hockey season
Category:2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team