Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU has released the 2010-11 hockey schedule, along with ticket pricing and timeline information
Hockey Schedule, Ticket Information for 2010-11 Season Unveiled
May 20, 2010 | Ice Hockey
BGSU begins Chris Bergeron Era.
The Bowling Green State University hockey program has announced the schedule for the 2010-11 season. The Falcons, under the direction of first-year head coach Chris Bergeron, will join the University of Michigan to open the season for Central Collegiate Hockey Association institutions and highlight their out-of-conference schedule with invitations into two holiday tournaments.
2010-11 BGSU Hockey Schedule | Ticket information available below
The Falcons will play a total of 16 regular season home games at the newly-renovated BGSU Ice Arena and take their show on the road for 20 additional contests. Included in those home series will be two-game series against Michigan, Alabama-Huntsville, Notre Dame, Miami, Ohio State, Ferris State, Lake Superior State and Northern Michigan. Due to Nebraska-Omaha departing the conference for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), CCHA cluster play has expanded to include five-team pairings for the regular season and a new 11-team playoff format for postseason play.
All home games will begin at 7:05 p.m. at the BGSU Ice Arena.
The Falcons will travel to the east coast twice during the holiday season, once to the Empire State and also to Connecticut. The team will participate in the 60th annual RPI Holiday Tournament (Troy, N.Y.) immediately after digesting their Thanksgiving turkey dinners on November 26-27. Over the winter break BGSU will travel farther east to play in the UConn Tournament before the turn of the New Year on December 29-30.
To open the campaign and the beginning of the Bergeron Era for BGSU hockey, the Brown and Orange will open up with a home series against the CCHA rival Michigan Wolverines on October 8 and 9. They will then begin to tap into the Bowling Green alumni ties when the team travels to Potsdam, N.Y. to play Clarkson University, led by former Falcon George Roll.
Following their first of two trips to New York state, Bowling Green will travels across the sea and into Alaska to take on the Nanooks of Alaska-Fairbanks (Oct. 29-30). They will return to the BGSU Ice Arena the following week to take on the first part of their assigned cluster, Notre Dame, to open up the month of November.
After a date in Marquette, Mich. for a weekend with the Wildcats of Northern Michigan University the Falcons will return for a much-anticipated series with the Miami RedHawks, Bergeron's former team. Last year the RedHawks spent much of the 2009-10 season ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation and advanced to the Frozen Four (Detroit, Mich.) before falling to eventual National Champion Boston College in the semifinal round.
The Falcons will end the first half of the season with a week on the road against Lake Superior (Dec. 3-4) and then engage in the first matchup between two first-year head coaches when BGSU hosts the Ohio State Buckeyes, now led by head coach Mark Osiecki.
Opening the second half of the conference season the Falcons will play host to the Ferris State Bulldogs on Jan. 7-8 before returning to cluster play with a road trip to Oxford, Ohio (Jan. 14-15). The team will then be rewarded with a bye week.
The BGSU icers return to their home sheet Jan. 28-29 for a weekend set with cluster-mate Lake Superior before the team will make their new home on the road for three of the next four weekends to close out the regular season. A second series featuring two new head coaches will be played when the Falcons head to Kalamazoo, Mich. to play the Jeff Blashill led Western Michigan Broncos, Feb. 4-5. Bowling Green then heads to play inside the Joyce Center one final time against the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame before the Blue and Gold move into a new arena in 2011-12.
To end the regular season the Falcons will split time at home and on the road with their final home series with NMU (Feb. 18-19) and closing the campaign on the road at Michigan State (Feb. 25-26).
The CCHA will administer its new 11-team playoff system this year allowing all teams entry into the postseason tournament. The top five seeded teams will receive first-round byes while the rest of the pool will have a best-of-three series on campus sites beginning March 4. Second round games will also be played on campus sites from March 11-13. The championship will be brought back to Joe Louis Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings. The CCHA Finals will be played on March 18-19 and the Third-Place Game will precede the Championship Game played on the 19th.
For the complete schedule online, click here –
Along with the schedule, BGSU Athletics has released complete pricing and timeline information for the upcoming 2010-11 season of Falcon Hockey. The 2010-11 season, as mentioned, marks the beginning of the Chris Bergeron era. Bergeron was announced as the seventh head coach in the history of BGSU Hockey on April 12, 2010 following a hugely successful stint as an assistant coach at Miami University since 2000.
Including the annual exhibition opener, the Falcon icers will play host to 17 total games at the BGSU Ice Arena in 2010-11.
“Whether it's season tickets, a Falcon Flex Pack, buying tickets through 'Falcon Assist' or giving through the Falcon Club, there are once again several options for fans to cheer on and support BGSU Hockey,” said Director of Athletics, Greg Christopher.
Compared to 2009-10 levels, single-game tickets are $1 higher across the board for most home games, while group rates remained the same. Season ticket prices range from $114-$247, and will once again include tickets for a potential CCHA Playoff home series. The Falcon Flex Pack option will return once again for 2010-11, and offers the ultimate in affordability and flexibility with its $108 price point and 12 Bench Reserved ticket vouchers redeemable in any combination at any regular season home game (subject to ticket availability).
2010-11 BGSU Hockey Season Ticket Prices
PRIME Chairback Reserved* $247
Bench Reserved $171
General Admission $133
BGSU Faculty/Staff/Retiree** $114
BGSU Recent Graduate*** $114
Falcon Flex Pack**** $108
“Falcon Assist” Ticket Donation Program $133
*Minimum Falcon Club annual giving level of $500 required.
**Available only to current and retired BGSU Faculty/Staff.
***Available only to BGSU graduates from '06-'10.
****Includes TWELVE Bench Reserved ticket vouchers redeemable in any combination at any regular season home game (subject to availability).
“Falcon Assist” Ticket Donation Program
Fans that live away from Bowling Green or can't attend games can once again still tally an assist by purchasing season tickets to help support Falcon Hockey. Available as a tax deductible opportunity at the General Admission season ticket price level of $133, all season tickets purchased through the “Falcon Assist” Ticket Donation Program, now in its second year of existence, will be donated to youth-oriented non-profit organizations in the Wood County area.
2010-11 BGSU Hockey Single-Game Ticket Prices
PRIME Chairback Reserved* $19
Bench Reserved Adult* $12
Bench Reserved Youth/Senior/Military* $10
General Admission Adult* $10
General Admission Youth/Senior/Military* $8
Group of 20-49** $6
Group of 50+** $4
*Ticket price will be $3 higher for regular season home games vs. Michigan, Notre Dame and Miami.
**Group rates only available in advance for General Admission seats.
New season ticket orders may be placed now by calling 877-BGSU TICKET or stopping by the BGSU Athletic Ticket Office in the main lobby of Anderson Arena/Memorial Hall (M-F, 9am-5pm). The season ticket renewal process will begin on June 7 and proceed as detailed in the timeline below.
June 7 - Season Ticket Renewal Mailer
August 13 - Renewal Deadline, Non-renewed Seats Released, New Order Seat Assignment, Full Payment Due
September 6 - Single-Game Tickets On Sale at 9:00am ET via ticketmaster.com
September 7 - Single-Game Tickets On Sale at 9:00am ET via the BGSU Athletic Ticket Office
Schedule subject to change
2010-11 BGSU Hockey Schedule | Ticket information available below
The Falcons will play a total of 16 regular season home games at the newly-renovated BGSU Ice Arena and take their show on the road for 20 additional contests. Included in those home series will be two-game series against Michigan, Alabama-Huntsville, Notre Dame, Miami, Ohio State, Ferris State, Lake Superior State and Northern Michigan. Due to Nebraska-Omaha departing the conference for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), CCHA cluster play has expanded to include five-team pairings for the regular season and a new 11-team playoff format for postseason play.
All home games will begin at 7:05 p.m. at the BGSU Ice Arena.
The Falcons will travel to the east coast twice during the holiday season, once to the Empire State and also to Connecticut. The team will participate in the 60th annual RPI Holiday Tournament (Troy, N.Y.) immediately after digesting their Thanksgiving turkey dinners on November 26-27. Over the winter break BGSU will travel farther east to play in the UConn Tournament before the turn of the New Year on December 29-30.
To open the campaign and the beginning of the Bergeron Era for BGSU hockey, the Brown and Orange will open up with a home series against the CCHA rival Michigan Wolverines on October 8 and 9. They will then begin to tap into the Bowling Green alumni ties when the team travels to Potsdam, N.Y. to play Clarkson University, led by former Falcon George Roll.
Following their first of two trips to New York state, Bowling Green will travels across the sea and into Alaska to take on the Nanooks of Alaska-Fairbanks (Oct. 29-30). They will return to the BGSU Ice Arena the following week to take on the first part of their assigned cluster, Notre Dame, to open up the month of November.
After a date in Marquette, Mich. for a weekend with the Wildcats of Northern Michigan University the Falcons will return for a much-anticipated series with the Miami RedHawks, Bergeron's former team. Last year the RedHawks spent much of the 2009-10 season ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation and advanced to the Frozen Four (Detroit, Mich.) before falling to eventual National Champion Boston College in the semifinal round.
The Falcons will end the first half of the season with a week on the road against Lake Superior (Dec. 3-4) and then engage in the first matchup between two first-year head coaches when BGSU hosts the Ohio State Buckeyes, now led by head coach Mark Osiecki.
Opening the second half of the conference season the Falcons will play host to the Ferris State Bulldogs on Jan. 7-8 before returning to cluster play with a road trip to Oxford, Ohio (Jan. 14-15). The team will then be rewarded with a bye week.
The BGSU icers return to their home sheet Jan. 28-29 for a weekend set with cluster-mate Lake Superior before the team will make their new home on the road for three of the next four weekends to close out the regular season. A second series featuring two new head coaches will be played when the Falcons head to Kalamazoo, Mich. to play the Jeff Blashill led Western Michigan Broncos, Feb. 4-5. Bowling Green then heads to play inside the Joyce Center one final time against the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame before the Blue and Gold move into a new arena in 2011-12.
To end the regular season the Falcons will split time at home and on the road with their final home series with NMU (Feb. 18-19) and closing the campaign on the road at Michigan State (Feb. 25-26).
The CCHA will administer its new 11-team playoff system this year allowing all teams entry into the postseason tournament. The top five seeded teams will receive first-round byes while the rest of the pool will have a best-of-three series on campus sites beginning March 4. Second round games will also be played on campus sites from March 11-13. The championship will be brought back to Joe Louis Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings. The CCHA Finals will be played on March 18-19 and the Third-Place Game will precede the Championship Game played on the 19th.
For the complete schedule online, click here –
Along with the schedule, BGSU Athletics has released complete pricing and timeline information for the upcoming 2010-11 season of Falcon Hockey. The 2010-11 season, as mentioned, marks the beginning of the Chris Bergeron era. Bergeron was announced as the seventh head coach in the history of BGSU Hockey on April 12, 2010 following a hugely successful stint as an assistant coach at Miami University since 2000.
Including the annual exhibition opener, the Falcon icers will play host to 17 total games at the BGSU Ice Arena in 2010-11.
“Whether it's season tickets, a Falcon Flex Pack, buying tickets through 'Falcon Assist' or giving through the Falcon Club, there are once again several options for fans to cheer on and support BGSU Hockey,” said Director of Athletics, Greg Christopher.
Compared to 2009-10 levels, single-game tickets are $1 higher across the board for most home games, while group rates remained the same. Season ticket prices range from $114-$247, and will once again include tickets for a potential CCHA Playoff home series. The Falcon Flex Pack option will return once again for 2010-11, and offers the ultimate in affordability and flexibility with its $108 price point and 12 Bench Reserved ticket vouchers redeemable in any combination at any regular season home game (subject to ticket availability).
2010-11 BGSU Hockey Season Ticket Prices
PRIME Chairback Reserved* $247
Bench Reserved $171
General Admission $133
BGSU Faculty/Staff/Retiree** $114
BGSU Recent Graduate*** $114
Falcon Flex Pack**** $108
“Falcon Assist” Ticket Donation Program $133
*Minimum Falcon Club annual giving level of $500 required.
**Available only to current and retired BGSU Faculty/Staff.
***Available only to BGSU graduates from '06-'10.
****Includes TWELVE Bench Reserved ticket vouchers redeemable in any combination at any regular season home game (subject to availability).
“Falcon Assist” Ticket Donation Program
Fans that live away from Bowling Green or can't attend games can once again still tally an assist by purchasing season tickets to help support Falcon Hockey. Available as a tax deductible opportunity at the General Admission season ticket price level of $133, all season tickets purchased through the “Falcon Assist” Ticket Donation Program, now in its second year of existence, will be donated to youth-oriented non-profit organizations in the Wood County area.
2010-11 BGSU Hockey Single-Game Ticket Prices
PRIME Chairback Reserved* $19
Bench Reserved Adult* $12
Bench Reserved Youth/Senior/Military* $10
General Admission Adult* $10
General Admission Youth/Senior/Military* $8
Group of 20-49** $6
Group of 50+** $4
*Ticket price will be $3 higher for regular season home games vs. Michigan, Notre Dame and Miami.
**Group rates only available in advance for General Admission seats.
New season ticket orders may be placed now by calling 877-BGSU TICKET or stopping by the BGSU Athletic Ticket Office in the main lobby of Anderson Arena/Memorial Hall (M-F, 9am-5pm). The season ticket renewal process will begin on June 7 and proceed as detailed in the timeline below.
June 7 - Season Ticket Renewal Mailer
August 13 - Renewal Deadline, Non-renewed Seats Released, New Order Seat Assignment, Full Payment Due
September 6 - Single-Game Tickets On Sale at 9:00am ET via ticketmaster.com
September 7 - Single-Game Tickets On Sale at 9:00am ET via the BGSU Athletic Ticket Office
Schedule subject to change
BG Hockey Postgame 11.29
Sunday, November 30
BG Hockey Postgame 11.28
Saturday, November 29
BG Hockey Press Conference vs Princeton
Wednesday, November 26
BG Hockey Press Conference 11.18
Tuesday, November 18