BOWLING GREEN, Ohio | The University of Alabama in Huntsville hockey team fell 7-1 to No. 15 Bowling Green on Saturday night in the 2018-19 regular season finale. UAH dips to 8-26-2 (8-18-2 WCHA), while BGSU rises to 21-9-5 (16-8-4 WCHA).
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Next Time Out
- UAH looks ahead to its second consecutive berth to the WCHA playoffs as the eighth seed against the first-seeded Minnesota State Mavericks in a three-game series beginning Friday, March 8.
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Turning Point
- Bowling Green scored a total of five times in the first period to help the Falcons to a 7-1 win on Saturday night.
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Scoring Breakdown
- The Falcons offense had a strong opening period with five goals in the frame by Alex Barber at 1:12, Frederic Letourneau at 7:08, Alex Rauhauser at 8:17, Max Johnson at 9:54 and John Schilling at 13:15.
- BGSU added to its lead on Taylor Schneider's tally at 1:58, followed by the Chargers first goal of the contest off a backhander by freshman
Bauer Neudecker.
- Bowling Green went on to add one more goal in the third at the 9:18 mark to bring the game to its 7-1 final score.
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Inside the Box Score
- UAH totaled 11 shots on goal in the loss, as 11 different Chargers had one shot on target.
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Jake Theut took the loss in goal with six goals allowed and 24 saves. His record dips to 2-10-0 on the year.
- The Chargers blocked nine shots in the contest as well.
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Noteworthy
- UAH looks ahead to the program's third WCHA playoff berth next weekend at Minnesota State.