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

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2009–10 Bowling Green Falcons
men's ice hockey season
Conference11th CCHA
Home iceBGSU Ice Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Record
Overall4–20–4 (2–13–3–2)
Home2–8–1
Road1–12–3
Neutral1–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachDennis Williams
Captain(s)Kyle Page
Alternate captain(s)Tommy Dee
David Solway
Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey seasons
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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

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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

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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.[7]

Players leaving

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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

Legend:   Win   Loss

Regular season

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Schedule

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2009–10 Season

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

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Conference 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.[11]

Playoffs

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2010 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Legend:   Win   Loss

Roster

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Goaltenders
# State Player Catches Year Hometown Previous Team
1 British Columbia Andrew Hammond L Freshman Surrey, British Columbia Vernon (BCHL)
30 Massachusetts Phil Greer L Senior Franklin, Massachusetts Santa Fe (NAHL)
31 Michigan Nick Eno (BUF) L Junior Howell, Michigan Green Mtn. (EJHL)
Defensemen
# State Player Shoots Year Hometown Previous Team
2 Minnesota Ryan Peltoma R Freshman Brainerd, Minnesota North Iowa (NAHL)
3 Indiana Brian Moore R Senior Carmel, Indiana Bozeman (NAHL)
4 Michigan Kyle Page (C) L Senior Wixom, Michigan Indiana (USHL)
8 Michigan Ian Ruel L Freshman Ann Arbor, Michigan Omaha (USHL)
15 Ontario Andrew Krelove R Junior Thunder Bay, Ontario Des Moines (USHL)
23 Michigan Max Grover R Freshman Kentwood, Michigan Sioux Falls (USHL)
25 Washington (state) Reed Rushing R Freshman Seattle, Washington Marquette (NAHL)
28 Michigan Robert Shea R Freshman Harrison Township, Michigan Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
Forwards
# State Player Shoots Year Hometown Previous Team
5 Wisconsin David Solway (A) L Junior Green Bay, Wisconsin Sioux Falls (USHL)
6 Michigan Jerry Freismuth L Freshman Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan Alexandria (NAHL)
7 Alberta James Perkin L Senior Calgary, Alberta Lincoln (USHL)
10 Illinois Marc Rodriguez R Freshman Aurora, Illinois Sioux Falls (USHL)
11 Ontario Wade Finegan R Junior Toronto, Ontario Georgetown (OPJHL)
13 Quebec Nathan Pageau L Freshman Gatineau, Quebec Hamilton (OJHL)
14 North Carolina Kai Kantola R Senior Raleigh, North Carolina Fargo-Moorhead (NAHL)
17 Ontario James McIntosh L Sophomore Holland Landing, Ontario Stouffville (OPJHL)
18 Slovakia Tomas Petruska R Senior Prešov, Slovakia Cleveland (NAHL)
20 Ontario Cameron Sinclair L Sophomore Windsor, Ontario Surrey (BCHL)
21 Connecticut Jordan Samuels-Thomas (ATL) L Freshman Windsor, Connecticut Waterloo (USHL)
22 Minnesota Brennan Vargas L Sophomore Coon Rapids, Minnesota Burnaby (BCHL)
26 Ohio Josh Boyd L Senior Columbus, Ohio Portage (MJHL)
27 Minnesota Tommy Dee (A) R Senior Maple Grove, Minnesota Bismarck (NAHL)

Source:[12]

Player stats

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Skaters

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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 

Source: 2009–10 BGSU Individual Statistics

Goaltenders

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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
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 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 2 120:00 0 2 0 12 6.00 69 .852 0

Source: 2009–10 BGSU Individual Statistics

See also

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References

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  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. 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. Archived from the original on November 3, 2009. 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. ^ "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. November 5, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  12. ^ "2009–10 Ice Hockey Roster". BGSU Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
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