BOWLING GREEN — The incident that set off the hazing inquiry into Bowling Green State University hockey was known as Rookie Day, a booze-drenched rite of passage for new members of the team.
This year, it was Sept. 2, but the party was said to be an annual tradition, baked into the calendar for at least the past four seasons.
It seemed everyone in the program knew about it.
Well, almost everyone.
Importantly, the independent investigation commissioned by BG suggested that neither head coach Ty Eigner nor any of his assistants had “any direct or indirect knowledge, role in the planning, preparation, or execution of Rookie Day.