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.

2008–09 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season
Conference12th CCHA
Home iceBGSU Ice Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Record
Overall11–24–3
Home9–9–2
Road2–15–1
Coaches and Captains
Head CoachScott Paluch
Captain(s)Kyle Page
Alternate captain(s)Kevin Schmidt
Brandon Svendsen
Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey seasons
« 2007-08 2009-10 »

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.[1] and was replaced by another former Falcons player and graduate assistant, Dennis Williams, in July.[2] 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[3] and was replaced with Frank Novock who was an assistant with Wayne State University's ice hockey program before it was disbanded.[4]

A month before the season, Paluch named senior defenseman Tim Maxwell and junior defenseman Kyle Page as co-captains for the upcoming season.[5] 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.[6][7] Also at the media day, sophomore forward Jacob Cepis was named an honorable mention to the preseason all-conference team.[8] 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.[7]

Recruiting

Standings

2008–09 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#4 Notre Dame†*282143348955240316313569
#5 Michigan2820800409851412912014584
#2 Miami2817742408957412313512889
Alaska280^28^0^0^345451390^39^0^7468
Ohio State281311433387854223154143119
Northern Michigan281112533072734119175111103
Western Michigan28913622675864114207111130
Nebraska–Omaha2881373266276401517898103
Ferris State2891452255868381219790105
Lake Superior State28715612173863911208110115
Michigan State2871743214385381023562118
Bowling Green2881910176096381124389131
Championship: Notre Dame
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.[9]

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

† 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
Dan Sexton3817223920
Brandon Svendsen3812183036
David Solway3812122462
Kai Kantola361261863
Nick Bailen376101658
James Perkin3877140
Kyle Page384101420
Kevin Schmidt3846100
Josh Boyd353698
Tommy Dee3771828
Todd McIlrath311780
Patrick Tiesling3806614
Jacob Cepis181450
Wade Finegan1922416
Tomas Petruska3613444
Andrew Krelove3804432
Bryan Potacco180334
Russ Sinkewich220220
James McIntosh3402232
Cameron Sinclair70114
Tim Maxwell110114
Dean Petiot50002
Brennan Vargas70002
Brian Moore2700012

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
Jimmy Spratt34195111193993.8913.04010
Nick Eno7328050250.8054.58020


References

General
  • Schedule and results: "Bowling Green Falcons: 2008–2009 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results". U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  • Player statistics: "Bowling Green Falcons Men's Hockey 2008–2009 Statistics: Overall". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
Specific
  1. Klinkner, Ryan (May 16, 2008). "Doug Schuller Named New Hockey Coach". Saint John's University (MN). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  2. "Dennis Williams Named New Assistant Hockey Coach". BGSU Falcons. July 3, 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  3. "Todd Reirden Named Assistant Coach". Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. August 18, 2008. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  4. "Hockey Announces The Addition Of Frank Novock As Assistant Coach". BGSU Falcons. September 23, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  5. "Hockey Announces 2008-09 Captains". BGSU Falcons. September 16, 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  6. "Fighting Irish and Wolverines Split Top Spot" (PDF). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. September 30, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  7. "Hockey Is Picked To Finish Ninth By Coaches And Seventh By Media". BGSU Falcons. September 30, 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  8. "Fifth Annual Preseason All-Conference Team announced" (PDF). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. September 30, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  9. "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
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