Bowling Green is a long way away from the heaviness that comes with elimination hockey in March, but the schedule nonetheless gave the Falcons a sort of playoffs preview right from the start.
The opening month of the season has presented the Falcons with important weekend after important weekend: BG started the season by immediately facing former coach Chris Bergeron at Miami, followed by hosting the Ice Breaker tournament, and ended up playing three straight games against Western Michigan, a potentially key stretch as the PairWise rankings are sorted out later this year.
BG is 3-2 so far and ranked No.