Hockey opens season ranked 17th

Head coach Ty Eigner speaks at the season introductory press conferenceBGSU hockey head coach Ty Eigner and senior captain Alec Rauhauser met with media Monday morning to preview their upcoming season; at the same time, U.S. College Hockey Online published their first rankings of the season where the Falcons are slated 17th.

Eigner, entering his first season as head coach, will coincidentally match up with his former boss in Chris Bergeron and the Miami Redhawks come Sunday night.

“I think it’s probably the best way to do this is to get it out of the way right away,” Eigner joked, “because at some point we were going to coach against each other, right? It’ll be special, though, at least from…