BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Falcons (5-3-0, 2-0-0 CCHA) defeated the Ferris State Bulldogs (2-6-2, 1-3-0) with a 5-4 victory. With tonight's victory, BGSU records their first conference sweep in the first opportunity since Jan. 3, 2021, when the Falcons swept Ferris State 6-1 and 4-2 to start WCHA play. 
 
Sophomore Brody Waters, in the win, reached a new career milestone with his first career hat trick with three goals over the first and second periods. At the 10:07 mark in the third period, senior Jackson Niedermayer netted the eventual game-winner for his first goal as a Falcon and his first career-game winning goal. 
 
Notables

• The Falcons record their first conference sweep under head coach Dennis Williams and second of the season 
• Sophomore Brody Waters netted his first career hat trick in the win 
• BGSU went 4-7 on the power play with Waters' netting three power-play goals
• Senior Jackson Niedermayer tallied his first career goal as a Falcon and first career game-winning goal
• Bowling Green recorded their largest goal tally in regulation since Mar. 9 2024 in a 5-6 loss to Michigan Tech in the CCHA Mason Cup Quarterfinals 

By The Numbers

• Goals: Brody Waters (3) (Career-High) 
• Assists: Dalton Norris (3)
• Points: Brody Waters & Dalton Norris (3) (Career-High)
• Blocks: Two Tied (2)
• Shots: Brody Waters (10) (Career-High)
• Saves: Cole Moore (28)
• +/-: Two Tied (+2)
• Faceoffs: Multiple Tied (9)

How It Happened 

• The Bulldogs struck early in the first period at 2:56 on a goal from Caiden Gault to make the score 1-0. 
• In the 13th minute of the first period, Ferris State recorded two penalties to give the Falcons a 5 on 3 advantage. The Bulldogs were able to kill of the first penalty but two seconds later, sophomore Matvei Kabanov passed the puck to fellow classmate Waters to tie the game at 1-1. 
• Neither team was able to find the back of the net again in the first period and the Falcons took a 15 to 10 shot advantage going into the intermission.
• The second period saw both teams score three times for a combined six goals. 
• Ferris State struck first at 7:29 in the second period to make the lead, 2-1. Although, just over two minutes later sophomore Gustav Stjernberg took a shot and then collected the rebound. Stjernberg took a shot on the bottom left-hand side found the back of the net to tie the game back at 2-2. 
• At 12:43 in the second period, the bulldogs answered back to take back the lead 3-2, yet again the lead did not last long. Less than two minutes later, on the powerplay, Waters scored again after deflecting a shot from junior Dalton Norris from the right-hand circle to tie it at three all.
• After going on the powerplay in the second period, Waters scored his third of the night after senior Ryan O'Hara found Norris across the zone. Norris found a wide-open Waters on the back side of the net who tapped it in to give the Falcons their first lead of the night, 4-3. 
• Ferris State would get one back at the end of the second period to tie the game for the fourth time. 
• Halfway through the third, senior Jackson Niedermayer took a shot in the slot that was saved initially. Senior Owen Ozar collected the rebound and was saved. Niedermayer was in the front of the net and took a backhand shot past a sprawling Ferris State goalie for the eventual game-winner. 
• With less than a minute left, graduate Tommy Pasanen went to the box for cross checking. BGSU was able to hold the bulldogs on the 6 on 4 after three saves from sophomore Cole Moore and two blocked shots from graduate Ethan Scardina and Stjernberg helped seal the victory and series sweep. 

Up Next 
Bowling Green will travel to Mendota Heights, Minn., for the first conference away series against St. Thomas on Nov.15-Nov.16. 

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