{"id":89788,"date":"2018-12-14T22:50:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T04:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=89788"},"modified":"2020-08-24T13:38:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T18:38:51","slug":"bowling-green-wins-round-one-against-minnesota-state-to-creep-closer-in-wcha-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2018\/12\/14\/bowling-green-wins-round-one-against-minnesota-state-to-creep-closer-in-wcha-standings\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowling Green wins round one against Minnesota State to creep closer in WCHA standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/gallery-image\/MNST-at-BSGU-121418\/G0000m4V7PDaevAg\/I000097VmhkuahrQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo By: Brad Phalin\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BGSU-MSU-1.jpg\" alt=\" (Brad Phalin)\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the night&#8217;s only matchup of nationally-ranked teams, No.12 Bowling Green handed third-ranked Minnesota State just its third loss of the season with a 4-1 victory (photo: Brad Phalin\/Bowling Green Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two teams with the best overall records in the WCHA squared off on Friday with host No. 12 Bowling Green earning a 4-1 win No. 3 Minnesota State to tighten the race for the top spot in the league.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons scored the game&#8217;s final four goals after falling behind 1-0 on a Josh French tally.<\/p>\n<p>After knotting the game midway through the second when Connor Ford scored, Bowling Green struck three times in the final period.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Kruse&#8217;s goal turned out to be the game-winner, as Ford added a second on the power play at 9:20 and Stephen Baylis finished the scoring with an empty-net goal.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams finish the series tomorrow night before heading to the break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 15 Arizona State 4, Colorado College 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After falling behind, 2-0, host Arizona State rallied to even the game on goals by Joshua Maniscaico and Johnny Walker in the second before the same pair, in reverse order, scored the go-ahead and insurance goals in the third period for the 4-2 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The two goals for Walker were number 14 and 15 on the season and allow him to move into the lead for the national goal-scoring lead.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\u261d\ufe0f? for #7! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nbALoXf8Vm\">pic.twitter.com\/nbALoXf8Vm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sun Devil Hockey (@SunDevilHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunDevilHockey\/status\/1073791757375102977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Joey Daccord made 23 saves to earn the victory, his nation&#8217;s best 13th of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The teams complete the two-game series on Saturday in Tempe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alabama Huntsville 1, Michigan Tech 0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After just one win in its first 15 games, Alabama Huntsville earned its second consecutive win, this time with a 1-0 upset at Michigan Tech, a team that entered the night second place in the WCHA.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey Newton&#8217;s goal at 10:30 of the first period was the only tally of the game. Mark Sinclair made 39 saves to earn the shutout.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston University 4, Dartmouth 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Patrick Harper&#8217;s second period goal broke a 1-1 tie and Ty Amonte added an insurance marker late in the third as Boston University entered the break on a high note with a 4-1 win over Dartmouth.<\/p>\n<p>The Harper goal came just 64 seconds after Dartmouth&#8217;s Kevan Kilistoff netted the equalizer for the Big Green.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Harper does it all by himself to give us the lead back! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoBU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoBU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/naf2gY5hPe\">pic.twitter.com\/naf2gY5hPe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BU Men&#8217;s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierHockey\/status\/1073757651157213185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThat was all BU netminder Jake Oettinger allowed, though, as he earned his sixth win of the season making 33 saves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the night&#8217;s only matchup of nationally-ranked teams, No.12 Bowling Green handed third-ranked Minnesota State just its third loss of the season with a 4-1 victory (photo: Brad Phalin\/Bowling Green Athletics).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":110679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[800],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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