Visiting Bowling Green used a four-goal second period to distance itself from Adrian College in a 5-0 non-conference men’s hockey victory on Saturday evening. Senior goalie Cameron Gray posted 40 saves in an incredible effort to keep his team on track through the Falcon attack.
Sophomore Alessio Luciani led all centermen with 11 wins and 20 draws in the face-off circle. Gray finished with 41 stops for a career high. Junior Zach Goberis won seven of 11 face-offs and had two shots on goal. Classmate Rex Moe led the Bulldogs with three shots.
Alex Barber and Max Johnson led BGSU with a pair of goals. Zack Rose stopped all 16 shots he faced for the shutout. Ethan Scardina led Falcon centers in the face-off dot, where he was 7-for-11. Brandon Kruse, a 2018 NHL draft pick of the Vegas Golden Knights, and Connor Ford both had two assists.
Adrian falls to 1-2 all-time versus NCAA D-I competition. The Bulldogs doubled up Alabama-Huntsville on the road, 4-2 on Jan. 4, 2013, in their first-ever meeting against such an opponent. Bowling Green leads the all-time series 2-0, including the first meeting, 6-2, back on Nov. 13 in Bowling Green, Ohio.
May leads the Bulldogs in goals (4) and point-scoring (5). Gray’s 41 saves are the most by a Bulldogs goaltender in five years and ties James Hamby (41 at Lake Forest College on Feb. 13, 2015) for third-most in AC single-game history.
The Falcons are the first NCAA D-I team to visit Arrington since the building opened for the 2007-08 campaign, where the Bulldogs have won more than 80 percent of their home games.
Adrian is trying to replace a cancelled series at Utica College (Nov. 27-28) and reschedule a Dec. 4 matchup at Trine that has been postponed. Stay tuned to AdrianBulldogs.com, @acbulldoghockey and @AdrianBulldogs on Twitter for updates.
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