BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green Falcons (11-7-2, CCHA 7-4-2) defeated the Bemidji State Beavers (9-10-3, 5-6-2) in overtime by a score of 4-3 for the longest win streak since Dec. 29, 2022-Jan. 14, 2023. In the win, senior Ryan O’Hara scored his third game-winning goal. Junior Jaden Grant recorded three assists, for his first three-point game of his career.
Notables
- The Falcons are now 5-0-0 in their last five meetings against CCHA opponents with their last loss to a CCHA opponent occurring in a 2-3 overtime loss to Minnesota State on Dec. 7, 2023
- BGSU records their longest win streak since Dec. 29, 2022-Jan.14, 2023 in which the Falcons won six straight with sweeps to RPT, Lake Superior State and Bemidji State
- In the win, junior Jaden Grant tallied three assists for his first three-point game of his career
- Senior Owen Ozar recorded his first goal of the season at the 2:08 mark of the third period
- Senior Ryan O’Hara scored the game-winner in overtime for this fourth goal in four games for the Falcons
- Sophomore Gustav Stjernberg recorded his first multi-point game and third of his career with a goal and an assist
- The Orange and Brown improves to 3-1-0 in overtime games and 4-1-1 against opponents receiving USCHO Votes
By The Numbers
- Goals: Multiple Tied (1)
- Assists: Jaden Grant (3)
- Points: Jaden Grant (3)
- Blocks: Quinn Emerson (3)
- Shots: Multiple Tied (3)
- +/-: Gustav Stjernberg (+3)
- Saves: Christian Stoever (24)
- Faceoffs: Jaden Grant (12)
How It Happened
- The Falcons opened the scoring for the game about halfway through the first period. Junior Brett Pfoh shot the puck into the zone and was picked up by senior Jackson Niedermayer who found sophomore Ben Doran in front for his sixth goal of the season.
- Neither team found the back of the net again throughout the first period with both teams even at five shots.
- The Beavers scored two of their own in opening seconds of the second and third periods. Although, the Falcons found the equalizer ,33 seconds later, from senior Owen Ozar. After the initial shot was saved by the Bemidji goaltender, Ozar batted the puck out of mid-air on the rebound over the top of the goaltender to tie the game at 2-2.
- The Falcons took the lead after junior Jaden Grant won the offensive face-off back to sophomore Gustav Stjernberg. Stjernberg took a slapshot from the point that beat the goaltender to give the Falcons their second lead of the night.
- In the waning seconds of the third period, the Beavers found the equalizer with a 6 on 5 extra skater goal to force overtime.
- At 2:37 in the overtime period, senior Ryan O’Hara found a wide-open net to give the Falcons the victory. O’Hara brought the puck into the zone and passed it to Grant before going across the ice. The two BG players spread the Bemidji defenders out passing back and forth before O’Hara netted a wide-open goal past a sprawling Bemidji State goaltender.
