2022–23 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season

Bowling Green began the season with a decent performance in the first two weeks, splitting a pair of series with above-average opponents. In week 3, however, the team's hopes were dealt a massive blow when starting goaltender, Zack Rose, suffered a torn labrum and missed the remainder of the season.[1] Coach Ty Eigner turned to Christian Stoever to man the pipes but the sophomore got off to a rocky start. After a week off, Stoever looked much more comfortable in the cage against Minnesota State and, though the team lost both games, the results were much more promising.

With Stoever settling into the starting role, the Falcons had to address another of their early-season problems; a lack of scoring. After scoring 6 goals in the opener, BG averaged just 2 goals per game over the next eight matches. Unsurprisingly, the team got off to a 2–7 start as a result. Once November rolled around, however, the offense began to coalesce around Austen Swankler and started scoring. After the poor start, the Falcons won six out of seven and brought themselves back up to .500. The team had a chance to establish itself a potential NCAA contender with a slate of 4 games against ranked teams to end the first half of their season. Unfortunately, BG lost each contest and were only close in one of the matches.

With their chances for an at-large bid near zero, Bowling Green kicked off the second half of its season with a 6-game winning streak that put it atop the CCHA standings. However, the Falcons were unable to keep their position and won just once in their final eight games. Despite the skid, the Falcons earned a home site for the quarterfinals and faced off against Ferris State. The two teams were evenly matched throughout both games though BG needed to score late to tie the score on both occasions. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs ended up with an overtime goal twice and upset the Falcons.[2]

As of August 6, 2022.[3]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2		Ben Wozney	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2001-06-15	Richmond, British Columbia	Penticton (BCHL)	—
4		Zach Vinnell	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-04-03	Cochrane, Alberta	Merrimack (HEA)	—
5		Hunter Lellig	Graduate	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-02-08	Waterloo, Iowa	Minnesota Duluth (NCHC)	—
6		Alex Barber (C)	Graduate	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1999-02-17	Dublin, Ohio	Central Illinois (USHL)	—
7		Spencer Schneider	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2000-09-11	Lakeville, Minnesota	Aberdeen (NAHL)	—
8		Chrystopher Collin	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	1999-05-05	Montreal, Quebec	Edmunston (MHL)	—
10		Nathan Burke	Graduate	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-12-21	Scottsdale, Arizona	Minnesota (Big Ten)	—
11		Taylor Schneider	Graduate	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-02-18	Lakeville, Minnesota	Dubuque (USHL)	—
12		Austen Swankler	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-08-21	North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania	Erie (OHL)	—
13		Brett Pfoh	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2002-01-22	Port Moody, British Columbia	Spruce Grove (AJHL)	—
14		Dalton Norris	Freshman	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	2001-09-28	Oxford, Michigan	Lincoln (USHL)	—
15		Evan Dougherty (A)	Graduate	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-04-17	Kalamazoo, Michigan	Waterloo (USHL)	—
16		Brayden Krieger	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2001-02-09	Elora, Ontario	Brooks (AJHL)	—
17		Ethan Scardina	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2000-11-02	South Surrey, British Columbia	Nanaimo (BCHL)	—
18		Quinn Emerson	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-03-12	Manhattan Beach, California	Wenatchee (BCHL)	—
20		Ryan O'Hara	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2001-07-18	Oakville, Ontario	Waterloo (USHL)	—
21		Seth Fyten	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	2000-11-23	Didsbury, Alberta	Spruce Grove (AJHL)	—
22		Adam Pitters	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-02-09	Grosse Pointe, Michigan	Aberdeen (NAHL)	—
23		Max Coyle	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-01-29	Tillsonburg, Ontario	Alabama Huntsville (WCHA)	—
24		Eric Parker	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-01-15	Calgary, Alberta	Okotoks (AJHL)	—
26		Jack Blake	Freshman	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-09-21	Manhattan Beach, California	Oakville (OJHL)	—
27		Chase Gresock	Graduate	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-08-13	Powell, Ohio	Miami (NCHC)	—
28		Jaden Grant	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2002-09-02	White Lake, Michigan	Youngstown (USHL)	—
30		Christian Stoever	Sophomore	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-04-16	Northville, Michigan	New Jersey (NAHL)	—
31		Peter Eigner	Sophomore	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2002-05-04	Bowling Green, Ohio	Tri-State (Midget AAA)	—
33		Anton Malmström	Junior	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	2000-03-18	Österhaninge, Sweden	Djurgården J20 (J20 SuperElit)	—
35		Salvatore Evola	Freshman	G	6' 0" (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2001-04-24	Rochester, Michigan	Johnstown (NAHL)	—
40		Zack Rose	Senior	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-07-03	Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador	Victoria (BCHL)	—

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Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.[7]