Power-play goals made the difference in the game at the BG Ice Arena on Friday night, as Bowling Green topped Miami, 4-1.<\/p>\n
The Falcons, coming into the game with an 8.3 percent power-play success rate, scored a pair of power-play goals, while the Red Hawks, entering the game at 33 percent, were shut out with the man advantage. It was this statistic that proved the difference in the contest.<\/p>\n
“This was a very solid game by our team, said Falcon head coach Scott Paluch. “We did a lot of things necessary to win the game against a very good and very dangerous Miami team.”<\/p>\n
Bowling Green (2-4-1, 2-3-0 CCHA) took the lead in the annual Ohio Cup series over Miami (3-5-1, 3-2-0), setting up the rematch tomorrow night. The Ohio Cup is awarded by the Columbus Sports Bulletin to the Ohio team (Miami, BGSU, Ohio State) with the best head-to-head record against the other teams. For BG, it was team’s first home win of the season.<\/p>\n
Bowling Green outplayed the Red Hawks on special teams, picking up a pair of power-play goals, while shutting down Miami’s high-powered power play offense.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been getting pretty a solid penalty kill most of the year. We did a good job tonight of pressuring [Miami] all over the rink,” said Paluch.<\/p>\n
“BG deserved to win tonight,” said Miami coach Enrico Blasi. “They played a lot better than we did.”<\/p>\n
The defense of Bowling Green proved to be just as important in the game as the special teams. The defense allowed just 21 shots to reach goalie Jordan Sigalet.<\/p>\n
“We came out with a lot of energy tonight,” said BG defenseman Brian Escobedo. “We had good pressure on the forecheck, and didn’t give them a lot of time to set up.”<\/p>\n
After a scoreless first period, Bowling Green got on the board in the second. Brett Pilkington picked up his first goal of the night, a wrister over the shoulder of Brandon Crawford-West from between the circles at the 2:16 mark of the period. <\/p>\n
After a Miami penalty for tripping, the Falcons took a 2-0 lead 8:40 into the period as senior defensemen Brian Escobedo pulled in a pass from Kevin Bieksa at the point and one-timed it past Crawford-West. <\/p>\n
BG increased its lead to 3-0 with just under three minutes to play in the period. Pilkington added his 2nd goal of the night — another power play marker. He took a feed from Jonathon Sigalet at the point and blasted it past Crawford-West from the top of the circles.<\/p>\n
Miami answered 47 seconds later as center Derek Edwardson took a crisp pass in the slot from Matt Christie and slid the puck between the pads of Sigalet for his fifth goal of the season.<\/p>\n
After a quiet third period, Steve Brudzewski sealed the game with 1:34 left, firing a shot into the empty net of Miami for the 4-1 final.<\/p>\n
Bowling Green outshot the Red Hawks 31-21. The Falcons finished 2-5 on the power play, while shutting out Miami in six tries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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