2008 Woodie Awards
Falcons fly into second round
Hockey will face Miami next in CCHA playoffs
By: Sean Shapiro
Issue date: 3/11/08 Section: Sports
Lake Superior State goalie Pat Inglis cheated glove side; Jacob Cepis went high blocker and scored 1:34 into the first overtime playoff game in Bowling Green in more than a decade.
Now, the Falcons are heading to the second round of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs.
The Cepis blast from the top of the circle both ended Lake Superior State's season and put the cap on a game in which BG never held a lead for the entire 61:34 of playing time. The defining play developed as junior defenseman Kevin Schmidt hit Cepis with a clearing pass and the freshman from Parma, Ohio, did the rest, sending BG to the second round of CCHA play for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
"I just got on the ice and circled and Schmidt caught me in stride, the defenseman was giving me a lot of room. I just saw the goalie cheating a little bit over there so I just shot it as hard as I could," Cepis said.
However the Cepis goal would not have been possible had it not been for sophomore Todd McIlrath's tally with three minutes remaining. McIlrath tied up the contest when he beat a scrambling Inglis high on assists from Schmidt and sophomore Tommy Dee.
Scoring in the contest started early as the Lakers Will Acton beat junior netminder Jimmy Spratt a little over a minute in on a weak rebound after a shot on the rush by Simon Gysbers. The Falcons responded quickly to the tally at the 6:03 mark as Tomas Petruska converted a David Solway pass on the power play, BG's first of two man advantage goals.
Entering the second period Lake Superior seemed in a position to run away with the game as they had done the night before, recording two goals less than three minutes apart. The first came on a controversial call as no whistle was blown when BG touched the puck on a delayed penalty.
Tim Maxwell was also whistled for a double minor during the goal leading to a four-minute power play in which the Lakers extended their lead to 3-1.
Lake Superior sophomore Nathan Perkovich nearly extended the Laker lead minutes later as he beat Spratt on a breakaway, but couldn't find the net.
Now, the Falcons are heading to the second round of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs.
The Cepis blast from the top of the circle both ended Lake Superior State's season and put the cap on a game in which BG never held a lead for the entire 61:34 of playing time. The defining play developed as junior defenseman Kevin Schmidt hit Cepis with a clearing pass and the freshman from Parma, Ohio, did the rest, sending BG to the second round of CCHA play for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
"I just got on the ice and circled and Schmidt caught me in stride, the defenseman was giving me a lot of room. I just saw the goalie cheating a little bit over there so I just shot it as hard as I could," Cepis said.
However the Cepis goal would not have been possible had it not been for sophomore Todd McIlrath's tally with three minutes remaining. McIlrath tied up the contest when he beat a scrambling Inglis high on assists from Schmidt and sophomore Tommy Dee.
Scoring in the contest started early as the Lakers Will Acton beat junior netminder Jimmy Spratt a little over a minute in on a weak rebound after a shot on the rush by Simon Gysbers. The Falcons responded quickly to the tally at the 6:03 mark as Tomas Petruska converted a David Solway pass on the power play, BG's first of two man advantage goals.
Entering the second period Lake Superior seemed in a position to run away with the game as they had done the night before, recording two goals less than three minutes apart. The first came on a controversial call as no whistle was blown when BG touched the puck on a delayed penalty.
Tim Maxwell was also whistled for a double minor during the goal leading to a four-minute power play in which the Lakers extended their lead to 3-1.
Lake Superior sophomore Nathan Perkovich nearly extended the Laker lead minutes later as he beat Spratt on a breakaway, but couldn't find the net.
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