Men's Ice Hockey

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Falcons (14-6-6) and Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-18-3) played an exciting contest that required overtime and a shootout before the sold-out Slater Family Ice Arena crowd could head home. The crowd of 5,000 saw the teams skate to a 2-2 tie, which Notre Dame finished with a shootout goal in the eighth round. The shootout result had no bearing on the non-conference contest.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Bowling Green State University hockey team took on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Friday night (Jan. 30) on the road to begin the home-and-home weekend series. The Falcons and Fighting Irish worked through 60 minutes of tied hockey and the five-minute overtime didn't settle the score, sending the night to a shootout after the tie. Noah Morneau began the shootout with a goal, becoming the only score of the six tries between the two teams with Cole Moore securing three saves to give BGSU the shootout. As for the regulation action, Quinn Emerson led the Falcons with a goal and two assists, having a hand in all three BGSU goals. He was joined in the scoring by Morneau and Ty Higgins as the Falcon goal scorers for the night. The tie moves BGSU to 14-6-5 on the season.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio –   Bowling Green heads back into non-conference play this weekend for home-and-home series with former CCHA foe Notre Dame on Friday and Saturday. The Falcons head to Compton Family Ice Arena in Notre Dame, Ind., on Friday for a 7 p.m. puck drop. The Fighting Irish (5-18-1, 1-13-0 B1G) come to Slater Family Ice Arena for a 6:07 p.m. puck drop on Saturday. BGSU (14-6-4, 11-4-3 CCHA) is coming off a series sweep at Bemidji State.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) has announced its weekly award winners for competition through this past weekend, and Bowling Green senior defenseman Jackson Niedermayer has been named CCHA Defenseman of the Week following a standout performance in the Falcons' road sweep of Bemidji State.