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

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.

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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Preseason

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

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

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

Schedule

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

2009–10 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#3 Miami2821252701003944298714786
Michigan State2814862507364381913611597
#14 Ferris State2813964497966402113611892
#13 Northern Michigan28139634886724120138124104
#15 Alaska280^28^0^0^457370390^39^0^10893
Nebraska–Omaha281312324485834220166124116
#8 Michigan*281413104383694526181148102
Ohio State281012644081933915186110122
Notre Dame2891272366576381317890102
Lake Superior State28101532356690381518593118
Bowling Green2841865235810236525671138
Western Michigan284177221628736820876104
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

2010 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Legend:   Win   Loss

Roster

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

Source:[12]

Player stats

Skaters

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

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 Eno30221343:285124743.30637.8960
Andrew Hammond1912836:430122604.30442.8800
Phil Greer205:31000110.881.5000
Totals342185:4252461353.711080.8890
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO
Nick Eno2174:0401064.8638.8640
Andrew Hammond2142:3701068.4531.8380
Phil Greer103:1900000.0000
Totals2120:00020126.0069.8520

Source: 2009–10 BGSU Individual Statistics

See also

References

  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. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  12. "2009–10 Ice Hockey Roster". BGSU Athletics. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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