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

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. and was replaced by another former Falcons player and graduate assistant, Dennis Williams, in July. 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 and was replaced with Frank Novock who was an assistant with Wayne State University's ice hockey program before it was disbanded.

A month before the season, Paluch named senior defenseman Tim Maxwell and junior defenseman Kyle Page as co-captains for the upcoming season. 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. Also at the media day, sophomore forward Jacob Cepis was named an honorable mention to the preseason all-conference team. 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.

2008 Exhibition Game Log: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record 1 October 4 Wilfrid Laurier 1–5 Bowling Green Spratt — 1–0–0

Recruiting 2008–09 RecruitsStatePlayerShootsPositionHometownPrevious TeamNick BailenRDFredonia, New YorkIndiana (USHL)James McIntoshLRWHolland Landing, OntarioStouffville (OPJHL)Dean PetiotLDDaysland, AlbertaCamrose (AJHL)Bryan PotaccoLRWKinnelon, New JerseySt. Michael's (OPJHL)Cameron SinclairLLWWindsor, OntarioSurrey (BCHL)Brennan VargasLRWCoon Rapids, MinnesotaBurnaby (BCHL)

Standings

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).

2008–09 Game Log October: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 1–3–0) # 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 November: 2–5–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall 8 November 1 Nebraska-Omaha 5–3 Bowling Green Spratt 1,597 2–2–0–0 3–4–1 9 November 7 Bowling Green 0–2 Lake Superior State Spratt 2,138 2–3–0–0 3–5–1 10 November 8 Bowling Green 4–4 Lake Superior State SOL Spratt 2,394 2–3–1–0 3–5–2 11 November 14 Northern Michigan 1–2 Bowling Green OT Spratt 1,959 3–3–1–0 4–5–2 12 November 15 Northern Michigan 1–2 Bowling Green Spratt 1,980 4–3–1–0 5–5–2 13 November 21 Bowling Green 1–5 Notre Dame Spratt 2,857 4–4–1–0 5–6–2 14 November 22 Notre Dame 9–1 Bowling Green Spratt 3,422 4–5–1–0 5–7–2 15† November 28 Minnesota State 2–2 Bowling Green Spratt 1,494 4–5–1–0 5–7–3 16† November 29 Minnesota State 5–2 Bowling Green Spratt 1,562 4–5–1–0 5–8–3 December: 2–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall 17 December 12 Notre Dame 3–1 Bowling Green Spratt 3,113 4–6–1–0 5–9–3 18 December 13 Bowling Green 3–4 Notre Dame Spratt 2,857 4–7–1–0 5–10–3 19† December 19 Clarkson 1–4 Bowling Green Spratt 1,294 4–7–1–0 6–10–3 20† December 20 Clarkson 1–3 Bowling Green Spratt 1,220 4–7–1–0 7–10–3 January: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall 21 January 9 Ohio State 8–5 Bowling Green Spratt 1,781 4–8–1–0 7–11–3 22 January 10 Ohio State 4–3 Bowling Green OT Eno 2,435 4–9–1–0 7–12–3 23 January 16 Bowling Green 3–0 Michigan Spratt 6,815 5–9–1–0 8–12–3 24 January 17 Michigan 1–0 Bowling Green Sauer 4,017 5–10–1–0 8–13–3 25 January 23 Lake Superior State 3–4 Bowling Green Spratt 2,178 6–10–1–0 9–13–3 26 January 24 Lake Superior State 8–4 Bowling Green Eno 2,174 6–11–1–0 9–14–3 27 January 30 Bowling Green 1–6 Miami (OH) Eno 2,398 6–12–1–0 9–15–3 28 January 31 Bowling Green 2–3 Miami (OH) Spratt 3,183 6–13–1–0 9–16–3 February: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall 29 February 6 Bowling Green 0–3 Northern Michigan Spratt 2,432 6–14–1–0 9–17–3 30 February 7 Bowling Green 1–4 Northern Michigan Eno 2,481 6–15–1–0 9–18–3 31 February 13 Ferris State 3–2 Bowling Green Spratt 1,918 6–16–1–0 9–19–3 32 February 14 Ferris State 1–3 Bowling Green Spratt 2,029 7–16–1–0 10–19–3 33 February 20 Bowling Green 2–3 Michigan State Spratt 5,891 7–17–1–0 10–20–3 34 February 21 Michigan State 0–4 Bowling Green Spratt 3,311 8–17–1–0 11–20–3 35 February 27 Bowling Green 2–5 Western Michigan Spratt 1,883 8–18–1–0 11–21–3 36 February 28 Bowling Green 3–5 Western Michigan Eno 2,796 8–19–1–0 11–22–3 March: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance CCHA Overall 37†° March 6 Bowling Green 4–5 Ohio State Spratt 817 8–19–1–0 11–23–3 38†° March 7 Bowling Green 1–7 Ohio State Spratt 956 8–19–1–0 11–24–3

† Denotes a non-conference game

° Denotes 2009 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament first round

Player statistics

Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM 38 17 22 39 20 38 12 18 30 36 38 12 12 24 62 36 12 6 18 63 37 6 10 16 58 38 7 7 14 0 38 4 10 14 20 38 4 6 10 0 35 3 6 9 8 37 7 1 8 28 31 1 7 8 0 38 0 6 6 14 18 1 4 5 0 19 2 2 4 16 36 1 3 4 44 38 0 4 4 32 18 0 3 3 4 22 0 2 2 0 34 0 2 2 32 7 0 1 1 4 11 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 2 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 34 1951 11 19 3 99 3 .891 3.04 0 1 0 7 328 0 5 0 25 0 .805 4.58 0 2 0

References General

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