2022–23 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season is the 54th season of play for the program and the 44th in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Falcons represent Bowling Green State University and are led by Ty Eigner in his 4th season.
==Season==
Bowling Green began the season with a decent performance in the first two weeks, splitting a pair of series with above-average opponents. In week 3, however, the team's hopes were dealt a massive blow when starting goaltender, Zack Rose, suffered a torn labrum and missed the remainder of the season. Coach Ty Eigner turned to Christian Stoever to man the pipes but the sophomore got off to a rocky start. After a week off, Stoever looked much more comfortable in the cage against Minnesota State and, though the team lost both games, the results were much more promising.
With Stoever settling into the starting role, the Falcons had to address another of their early-season problems; a lack of scoring. After scoring 6 goals in the opener, BG averaged just 2 goals per game over the next eight matches. Unsurprisingly, the team got off to a 2–7 start as a result. Once November rolled around, however, the offense began to coalesce around Austen Swankler and started scoring. After the poor start, the Falcons won six out of seven and brought themselves back up to .500. The team had a chance to establish itself a potential NCAA contender with a slate of 4 games against ranked teams to end the first half of their season. Unfortunately, BG lost each contest and were only close in one of the matches.
With their chances for an at-large bid near zero, Bowling Green kicked off the second half of its season with a 6-game winning streak that put it atop the CCHA standings. However, the Falcons were unable to keep their position and won just once in their final eight games. Despite the skid, the Falcons earned a home site for the quarterfinals and faced off against Ferris State. The two teams were evenly matched throughout both games though BG needed to score late to tie the score on both occasions. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs ended up with an overtime goal twice and upset the Falcons.
==Departures==
Cameron Babiak 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Gabriel Chicoine	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Maine Mariners)
Adam Conquest 	Forward 		Transferred to Lindenwood
Sam Craggs 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Toledo Walleye)
Garrett Daly 	Defenseman		Transferred to St. Thomas
Chase Danol 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
T. J. Lloyd 	Defenseman		Transferred to Alaska
Trevor St. Jean 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
==Recruiting==
Jack Blake 	Defenseman		21	Manhattan Beach, CA
Quinn Emerson	Forward 		21	Manhattan Beach, CA
Sam Evola 	Goaltender		21	Rochester, MI
Jaden Grant 	Forward 		20	White Lake, MI
Chase Gresock	Forward 		24	Powell, OH; graduate transfer from Miami
Hunter Lellig	Defenseman		23	Waterloo, IA; graduate transfer from Minnesota Duluth
Brett Pfoh 	Forward 		20	Port Moody, BC
Zach Vinnell 	Defenseman		24	Cochrane, AB; transfer from Merrimack
==Roster==
As of August 6, 2022.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
|-
!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
|- style="background:#bbbbbb"
| October 22
| 7:00 PM
| vs. Adrian
| align=center|
| Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio (Exhibition)
| 
| colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled 
|-
!colspan=12 style=";" | 
==Scoring statistics==
 	C 	35	19 	25 	44 	43
 	C 	36	11 	20 	31 	12
 	F 	36	11 	19 	30 	25
 	F 	36	17 	12 	29 	12
 	LW 	36	11 	13 	24 	12
 	F 	36	7 	16 	23 	34
 	LW 	36	1 	19 	20 	10
 	F 	31	11 	5 	16 	14
 	D 	36	2 	13 	15 	14
 	D 	34	3 	8 	11 	34
 	C/LW	36	2 	9 	11 	8
 	F 	36	3 	5 	8 	12
 	LW 	28	3 	4 	7 	14
 	F 	27	2 	5 	7 	32
 	F 	28	1 	5 	6 	4
 	RW 	33	3 	3 	6 	16
 	D 	24	2 	3 	5 	10
 	D 	32	2 	2 	4 	12
 	D 	8 	1 	3 	4 	2
 	F 	34	0 	4 	4 	34
 	RW 	24	0 	3 	3 	8
 	D 	7 	2 	0 	2 	6
 	G 	31	0 	1 	1 	2
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	10	0 	0 	0 	0
Total	 	 	114	197	311	370
==Goaltending statistics==
 	2 	2:29 	0 	0 	0	0 	4 	0	1.000	0.00
 	31	1802:20	11	17	2	86 	914 	1	.914 	2.86
 	5 	244:43 	3 	1 	0	14 	115 	0	.891 	3.44
 	4 	127:03 	1 	1 	0	9 	56 	0	.862 	4.25
Empty Net	- 	21:53 	- 	- 	-	5 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	36	2198:08	15	19	2	114	1089	1	.909 	3.11
==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	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 	26 	27 (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 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.
==References==
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