BGSU Offseason Thread

[eye4talent]

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Contract terms were not released, maximum allowable entry level contract assumed. Details to be confirmed.

http://www.generalfanager.com/players/2199

[BroncoFever]

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eye4

Read the note towards the bottom of the generalfanger web site......

Keeping checking the web site, as once the details are confirmed, if different than what is being assumed the (currently the maximum), they will ammend

[eye4talent]

Re: BGSU Offseason Thread

eye4

Read the note towards the bottom of the generalfanger web site......

Keeping checking the web site, as once the details are confirmed, if different than what is being assumed the (currently the maximum), they will ammend

Thanks. Oversight on my part.

[blackswampboy]

Re: BGSU Offseason Thread

Bobby Shea has signed with the Hershey Bears, and Marcus Perrier has re-signed with the South Carolina Stingrays.

Once a Falcon, always a Falcon!

[BGFan]

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Article on former Falcon Dan Bylsma: http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2015/0...ampaign=buffer

[blackswampboy]

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Welcome to Dan Mayes (E. Michigan '08) as a volunteer assistant coach!
Dan's coaching experience includes St. Mary's Catholic Central (Monroe, MI), assoc. coach at Honeybaked Midget Major/Minor, and head coach for Little Caesar's Bantam Major.

[blackswampboy]

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Evan Dougherty (F, Michigan Nationals) has committed to Bowling Green State University for 2018-2019.

[blackswampboy]

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Over The Boards @OTBPuckWatch 3 hours ago
98 D Justin Wells (Cleveland Barons) commits to BGSU. Towering (6'3+) in-state lanky D w/ big ceiling. Was our #120 uncommitted last season.

Over The Boards @OTBPuckWatch 3 hours ago
#NHLDraft eligible, Justin Wells was a late look by USHL-SF in 2014. Spent youth w/ a Barons program that has a number of players coming up.

Chris Dilks @ChrisDilks 3 hours ago
'98 D Justin Wells committed to Bowling Green. Big, athletic defenseman from Cleveland-area. Will play for Sioux Falls (USHL) next year.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

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Breaking New: Dan Bylsma induction into the Hall of Fame. Link to the press release from the Blade http://www.bcsn.tv/news_article/show/551679


From Chris Hawthorne, Falcon Club Director:


Good Afternoon Falcons,

We thought we'd share with you some breaking news.

Bowling Green athletics is proud to announce the 2015 Hall of Fame class that will be inducted at a special ceremony on Friday, October 9 at the Stroh Center. Attached you will find a news release detailing the accomplishments of these exceptional men and women. The 2015 class includes:

Dan Bylsma (Hockey)
Kelly Hunt (Baseball)
Bill Jones (Sports Medicine)
Jim Lessig (Coach/Administrator)
Marcia Saneholtz (Basketball)

For more information, please visit bgsufalcons.com.

As always, thanks for your incredible support of our student-athletes.

Talons Up!

Chris Hawthorne
Falcon Club Director
Bowling Green State University
1610 Stadium Drive
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
Office- 419.372.3589
Cell- 919.605.9842
Join our team today by joining the Falcon Club!
http://www.bgsufalcons.com/donate

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

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Dan Bylsma Biographical Sketch

Bylsma, a native of Grand Haven, Mich., played 157 games as a member of the BGSU hockey team from 1988‐92 and has excelled as a coach in the National Hockey League following the conclusion of his playing career. Bylsma scored 87 points (37 goals and 50 assists) during his collegiate playing days and was a two-time first team Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) All-Academic Team member as well as earning honorable mention status once. He earned the program’s Dr. Ron Zwierlein Leadership Award for the 1991‐92 season.

Interestingly, Bylsma’s name is littered in the BGSU record books for his penchant for short‐handed goals. He is one of only two players in school history to score two short‐handed goals in one game, doing so in a 6-1 win over Western Michigan on Oct. 28, 1989. He is also the only player in school history to score a short--‐handed goal when the team was two--‐men down, posting the game-winner in a 5‐4 victory at Western Michigan on Dec. 6, 1991.

Bylsma was a sixth round selection of the Winnipeg Jets in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft and he played 429 games over nine seasons with the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, eventually retiring after the 2003‐04 season. His 2002-03 Mighty Ducks team advanced to the Stanley Cup finals, losing a heart‐breaking seven‐game series to the New Jersey Devils. Bylsma played in all seven games of the series.

Following his retirement, Bylsma began his coaching career, working his way up the ranks as an assistant coach in the AHL and NHL before earning a head coaching job with the Wilkes‐Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL in 2008-09. With the Pittsburgh Penguins scuffling to a 27-25‐5 record that season, management made a change and brought Bylsma in as the head coach. He promptly guided the squad to an 18‐3-4 record to close the regular season.

That team dispatched the Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals, where Bylsma directed a dramatic seven-game victory after losing the first two games of the series. The Penguins won game seven 2‐1.

Bylsma led the Penguins to the playoffs in each of the next five seasons and he has a career coaching record of 252-117‐32. He earned both 200 and 250 career wins faster than any other coach in NHL history. He earned the Jack Adams award in 2010-11, given to the NHL Coach of the Year and was head coach of the 2014 USA Olympic hockey team – one of nine Falcons to be Olympians. He was named head coach of the Buffalo Sabres during the 2015 offseason.

“My four years at BGSU as a student and as an athlete were a dream come true,” Bylsma said. “It was instrumental in developing me into the person I am today. It is a huge honor to be elected into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame.”

Bylsma is a 1992 BGSU graduate of the college of business.

[blackswampboy]

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Breaking New: Dan Bylsma induction into the Hall of Fame. Link to the press release from the Blade http://www.bcsn.tv/news_article/show/551679

hell yeah!
Go Danny, go Sabres (except when lined up against the Jackets, of course)!

[blackswampboy]

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Max Johnson commits to BGSU for 2017-2018.
Jr. forward at Lakeville North, coached by Trent Eigner, heh. pipeline!
Drafted by the Sioux Falls Stampede.

“As you watch the team play and you notice other players who jump out at you, Max Johnson is one of them that does because of how hard he competes and he finishes every check,” said Gary Harker, an NHL scout who has seen Johnson from watching older Lakeville North players who are draft eligible."

Lakeville North seeks Max potential
http://minnesotahockeymag.com/lakevi...max-potential/

[gfmorris]

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I'm surprised that he wasn't already in. He's a great example of what the BG program can be, yeah?

GFM

[blackswampboy]

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Doubleheader!

"The Toledo Walleye and the Bowling Green State University hockey team will both be in action at the Huntington Center on Wednesday, December 30 during the Winterfest Downtown Doubleheader. The Falcons will take on Western Michigan at 5 p.m., followed by the Walleye taking on Elmira at 8 p.m."

"BGSU season ticket holders will receive a game ticket for the doubleheader as part of their season ticket package."

Ticket Prices (All tickets include admission to BOTH games)
Club level - $30
Ice level - $22
BGSU students (Ice level) - $15
If you have a ticket to the Walleye game, add the BGSU game for $7

[bravohankins]

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2015-16 Team Photo and Individual pictures up on the official hockey site.

http://bgsufalcons.com/roster.aspx?path=mhockey