Sometimes things go the way you want them to, and other times it seems like nothing ever will.
For the hockey team, nothing has been going their way, They dropped their fourth and fifth straight games this past weekend, this time losing to Ferris State.
They lost to the Bulldogs Friday night in a 5-2 decision and in a 6-3 decision Saturday night.
“The first period is the tale of the game,” said BG head coach Buddy Powers. “We had four to five great opportunities to score and we didn’t finish.”
With the Falcons being unable to connect Friday on two power play attempts in the first period, the Bulldogs went into the lockeroom sporting a 3-0 lead.
The Falcons started the second period with a changing of the guards as freshman goalie Jordan Sigalet came in to replace starter Tyler Master, who according to Powers, had a bad night. However, the Bulldogs scored on Sigalet on their first attempt of the second period to increase their lead to 4-0.
Then, on Ferris State’s first power play of the game, sophomore Mark Wires found the net scoring BG’s second short-handed goal of the season to put the Falcons on the board 4-1.
At 12:08, freshman Denis White scored the Falcons’ second goal of the evening on a rebound off of freshman Steve Brudzewski.
“We came back strong in the second period, and Sigalet came in and played well,” Powers said.
The Bulldogs scored their last goal of the evening at 11:26 in the third period to give Ferris State the final 5-2 decision.
Saturday proved to be a different story for the Falcons as they scored three straight goals in the second period to gain a 3-2 lead over the Bulldogs.
Wires connected for the Falcons’ first goal of the evening, which deflected off the skate of a Ferris State defenseman into the net. Then, the Bulldogs received two penalties to give the Falcons a 5 on 3 power play, which they took full advantage of as Senior Scott Hewson scored his seventh goal of the year at 7:21. This snapped an 0 for 36 slump for BG on the power play. Sophomore Kevin Bieksa gave the Falcons back-to-back power play goals when he scored at 7:45.
“We finally took advantage of some power play opportunities that we hadn’t in nearly six games,” Powers said. “It’s been a long time since we scored a power play goal.”
The Falcons held onto their lead until Ferris State scored on a power play goal of their own at 16:08 in the second period to tie the game at 3-3.
The Bulldogs scored three more goals in the third period to increase their lead to 6-3, which was the final decision.
The Falcons (7-20-5 overall, 5-12-2 CCHA) will return home next weekend to take on Lake Superior State.
NOTE: Senior captain Greg Day sat out his first collegiate hockey game due to a laceration he suffered above his right ankle in the third period of Friday night’s game. It snapped a string of 146-consecutive games played by Day. Sophomore D’Arcy McConvey took his place as center on the first line.
