The 2021–22 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 53rd season of play for the program and the 43rd season in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Falcons represented Bowling Green State University and were led by third-year head coach Ty Eigner.
Season Bowling Green joined with six other members of the WCHA to restart the CCHA for the 2021–22 season. Before the CCHA resumed play, an eighth member, former NCAA Division III member St. Thomas, joined the league.
After narrowly missing out on the NCAA tournament the year before, Bowling Green got a good start to the season, going undefeated through their first five games. The Falcons ran into a bit of trouble when they started playing ranked teams, losing 7 consecutive games against top-20 opponents. The losses didn't put Bowling Green in good standing with the rankings and the Falcons remained unlikely to earn a berth despite getting up to a 13–9–3 record.
In the last nine games, however, the team's offense all but vanished and the Falcons went 1–8 to end the regular season. Despite all the momentum moving against them, Bowling Green managed to win the first game in the playoff series against Bemidji State. Unfortunately, they weren't able to repeat the performance and their season ended on a down note.
Departures Will Cullen Defenseman Transferred to Miami Eric Dop Goaltender Graduate transfer to Boston College Connor Ford Forward Graduate transfer to North Dakota Gavin Gould Forward Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits) Max Johnson Forward Graduate transfer to Wisconsin Brandon Kruse Forward Graduate transfer to Boston College Carson Musser Defenseman Graduate transfer to Long Island Brett Rich Goaltender Graduation (retired) Tim Theocharidis Defenseman Transfer to Arizona State Justin Wells Defenseman Graduate transfer to Boston College Cameron Wright Forward Graduate transfer to Denver
Recruiting Nathan Burke Forward 22 Scottsdale, AZ; transfer from Minnesota Gabriel Chicoine Defenseman 24 Saint-Dominique, QC; transfer from Norwich Brayden Krieger Forward 20 Elora, ON Coale Norris Forward 24 Oxford, MI; graduate transfer from Ferris State Ryan O'Hara Defenseman 20 Calgary, AB Spencer Schneider Forward 21 Lakeville, MN; transfer from Norwich Christian Stoever Goaltender 21 Northville, MI Austen Swankler Forward 20 North Huntingdon, PA Ben Wozney Defenseman 20 Richmond, BC
Roster As of August 20, 2021.
Standings
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
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Scoring statistics LW 37 8 22 30 20 C 36 8 18 26 14 F 32 10 15 25 32 F 37 16 7 23 14 LW 33 10 9 19 26 D 37 1 18 19 24 LW 37 9 5 14 80 D 35 1 12 13 20 D 37 1 12 13 2 F 27 5 4 9 8 C/LW 20 4 5 9 75 F 30 3 6 9 28 LW 33 4 4 8 12 F 32 2 4 6 0 F 31 1 5 6 4 RW 15 3 2 5 17 D 36 1 4 5 43 D 36 3 1 4 23 D 36 0 4 4 12 F 35 2 1 3 43 RW 10 2 0 2 4 D 34 0 2 2 6 G 1 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 F 2 0 0 0 0 F 3 0 0 0 2 G 13 0 0 0 12 G 28 0 0 0 0 Bench - - - - - 14 Total 94 160 254 535
Goaltending statistics 28 1542 9 15 1 74 654 1 .898 2.88 13 668 6 4 2 36 266 0 .881 3.23 Empty Net - 31 - - - 8 - - - - Total 38 2242 15 19 3 118 920 1 .886 3.16
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
Awards and honors Eric Parker CCHA Rookie Team Austen Swankler
References