Bowling Green and goaltender Tyler Masters bounced back from a three-goal loss on Friday night with an action-packed 4-2 victory on Saturday at the BGSU Ice Arena in CCHA action.<\/p>\n
Masters turned away 45 of 47 Irish shots, the second-highest total in his career, and the Falcon offense netted four goals to snap a four-game winless streak for the Brown and Orange.<\/p>\n
“We needed a win,” said BGSU coach Buddy Powers. “It was real important for us to win this hockey game.”<\/p>\n
Masters and Bowling Green’s defense shut out Notre Dame on their first five power-play attempts, until late in the third period. Masters had 14 saves in the first period, 16 in the second and 15 in the third.<\/p>\n
“I was ecstatic with our penalty kill,” said Powers. “I didn’t think they could score on their power play. I thought our PK guys did well.”<\/p>\n
Sophomore defenseman Brian Escobedo put Bowling Green on the board first when he knocked in a rebound from teammate Mark Wires’ shot from the left circle. Escobedo’s power-play goal was his third of the year and came at 6:38 in the first period.<\/p>\n
Senior forward Greg Day gave the Falcons a two-goal lead in the first period at 13:22 when he stole a pass from an Irish defender, took a wrist shot on goalie Morgan Cey from above the crease, and then backhanded his own rebound above Cey’s glove. Day’s unassisted goal was his team-leading ninth of the year and extended his scoring streak to four games.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame finally got on the board at 4:49 of the second period with a Connor Dunlop even-strength goal, cutting BGSU’s lead to 2-1.<\/p>\n
But Day and Tyler Knight broke out on a two-on-one fast break later in the period, with Day feeding Knight for a wrister from just inside the right circle. Knight’s goal was his second of the season and came at 13:51 in the second.<\/p>\n
A power-play goal by ND’s John Wroblewski at 13:12 in the third period again put the Irish within one. However, Masters and the Bowling Green defense kept the visitors in check until sophomore Roger Leonard stole the puck on a breakaway and scored an empty-netter with just 18 seconds remaining for the final 4-2 decision.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame outshot Bowling Green 47-29 while both teams were 1-for-6 on the power play. Masters’ 45 saves were 20 better than Cey’s 25.<\/p>\n
Bowling Green improves to 5-9-4 overall and 4-8-2 in the CCHA. Notre Dame drops to 5-7-4 overall and 5-4-3 in the CCHA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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