Falcons Frustrate Lakers in 3-0 Victory to Start 2025 Calendar Year
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Bowling Green Falcons (9-7-2, CCHA 5-4-2) defeated the Lake Superior State Lakers (8-10-1, 6-5-0) by a score of 3-0 to start the 2025 calendar year. In the win, senior Ryan O'Hara scored two goals and recorded an assist for his first three-point game of the season and second of his career. Additionally, BGSU now holds a four-game winning streak the longest since Feb. 2-Feb. 10, 2024, when the Falcons swept both Ferris State and Lake Superior State.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Bowling Green Falcons (9-7-2, CCHA 5-4-2) defeated the Lake Superior State Lakers (8-10-1, 6-5-0) by a score of 3-0 to start the 2025 calendar year. In the win, senior Ryan O'Hara scored two goals and recorded an assist for his first three-point game of the season and second of his career. Additionally, BGSU now holds a four-game winning streak the longest since Feb. 2-Feb. 10, 2024, when the Falcons swept both Ferris State and Lake Superior State.
Notables
- The Falcons improve their winning streak to four games with three of those wins coming against CCHA opponents
- In the win, three Falcons recorded multi-point games: Ryan O'Hara (2G, 1A, 3P), Brody Waters (1G, 1A, 1P), Dalton Norris (0G, 2A, 2P)
- Both senior Ryan O'Hara and sophomore Brody Waters scored for the second straight game after both scoring against RIT on Dec. 29, 2024
- Waters has now scored in every game since Dec. 14, 2024, against Northern Michigan with averaging 1.333 goals per game in the time span
- O'Hara recorded his sixth and seventh goals all-time in his career against Lake Superior State for his second three point against the Lakers after recording three assists against LSSU on Jan. 6, 2023
- Senior Christian Stoever recorded his second shutout of the season, stopping all 34 shots he faced
By The Numbers
- Goals: Ryan O'Hara (2)
- Assists: Two Tied (2)
- Points: Ryan O'Hara (3)
- Blocks: Two Tied (3)
- Shots: Ryan O'Hara (6)
- +/-: Multiple Tied (+1)
- Saves: Christian Stoever (34)
- Face-offs: Ethan Scardina (8)
How It Happened
- The Falcons opened the scoring on the power-play at 12:39 in the first period after a Lake Superior State player was called for hooking. Sophomore Breck McKinley held the puck in at the blue line and initially found junior Dalton Norris at the top of the right circle. Norris passed the puck to cycling senior Ryan O'Hara. O'Hara took a long shot from the top of the blue line that went past the screened Lake Superior State Lakers goaltender.
- To close out the first period, the Falcons would double their lead from sophomore Brody Waters, CCHA leading, 10th goal of the season, coming on the power-play. O'Hara brought the puck into the offensive zone and passed the puck over to Norris on the right side. Initially the play was broken up by a LSSU defender, but Waters picked up the puck and scored short side on the Lake State goaltender.
- Neither team would score in the second period, with the Falcons winning 12-7 in the face-off dot in the period.
- Senior Christian Stoever would make some spectacular saves down the stretch to keep the game 2-0 in favor of BGSU, before O'Hara added his second of the night on an empty-net goal at 17:16 in the third period.
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