O’Hara Nets First Goal of the Season as Falcons Close Out 2024 with 2-1 win over RIT
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Falcons (8-7-2, CCHA 4-4-2) defeated the RIT Tigers (4-15-1, AHA 3-8-1) by a score of 2-1 to close out 2024. In the win, senior Ryan O'Hara scored his first goal of the season, and it was the eventual game-winner. With the win, the Falcons improve to 4-0-0 against AHA foes.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Falcons (8-7-2, CCHA 4-4-2) defeated the RIT Tigers (4-15-1, AHA 3-8-1) by a score of 2-1 to close out 2024. In the win, senior Ryan O'Hara scored his first goal of the season, and it was the eventual game-winner. With the win, the Falcons improve to 4-0-0 against AHA foes.
Notables
- The Falcons remain undefeated against AHA competition and improve to 4-3-0 in out of conference play
- BGSU extends their winning streak to three games before the start of 2025
- Bowling Green scored a goal in the first period for the 11th time this season so far
- Mid-year enrollee freshman Ivan Korodiuk skated in his first collegiate game with the Falcons and recorded four shots
- In the win, senior Ryan O'Hara netted his first goal of the season, after starting the season with a team leading 11 assists
- Sophomore Brody Waters extended his goal lead to nine with the first goal of the game
By The Numbers
- Goals: Two Tied (1)
- Assists: Multiple Tied (1)
- Points: Multiple Tied (1)
- Blocks: Two Tied (2)
- Shots: Jackson Niedermayer (5)
- +/-: Tommy Pasanen (+2)
- Saves: Christian Stoever (19)
- Faceoffs: Jaden Grant (10)
How It Happened
- Eight minutes into the game, graduate Ville Immonen took a shot from the blue line that was initial blocked. Sophomore Brody Waters picked up the loose puck and took a shot at the top of the circle, beating the RIT goaltender on the blocker side.
- Neither team would be able to find the back of the net in the second, with the Falcons winning the shots battle 35-13 through two periods of play.
- Early in the third period at 5:06, RIT would find the equalizer on a breakaway after a mishandled puck by the Falcons.
- Close to six minutes later, senior Ryan O'Hara would net the eventual game-winner and his first of the season. Junior Quinn Emerson was fighting for a loose puck in the neutral zone with an RIT player. The loose puck was picked up and brought into the zone by O'Hara took a shot that went in the five hole on the RIT goaltender.
Up Next
The Falcons will look to extend their winning streak against Lake Superior State on Jan. 3-4, 2025.
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