Top-ranked Toledo St. Francis clinched the Northwest Hockey Conference Red Division championship Saturday
with a 9-2 victory over Bowling Green in the Ice Arena. PHOTO GALLERY
The Knights, 27-3-1 overall, won the division with a 7-1 record, one-game ahead of Northview (6-2).
BG fell to 7-15-3 overall and 0-7-1 in the league.
St. Francis dominated the game, scoring three times in the first period and extending the lead to 6-0 in
the second period before BG scored its first goal at 6:52 on Jacob Paluch’s penalty shot.
Paluch scored both BG goals.
The Knights finished with a 58-10 edge in shots on goal. BG’s Nick Morris made 49 saves.
BG will face fourth-seeded Findlay in the first round of the division playoffs Friday at Sylvania
Tam-O-Shanter.
The winner plays St. Francis in the semifinals next Saturday at 7 p.m. The championship is next Sunday at
1 p.m.
TOLEDO ST. FRANCIS 9, BGHS 2
GOALS BY PERIOD
ST. FRANCIS 3 5 1 —9
BGHS 0 2 0 —2
FIRST PERIOD
Scoring: 1, SF Murphy (Fuzinski) 4:09. 2, SF Torchia (Frey, Fuzinski) 8:02. 3, SF Frey (Murphy, N.
Opblinger) 8:37.
SECOND PERIOD
Scoring: 4, SF M. Opblinger (Torchia) 0:45 (5-4 pp). 5, SF J. Wawrzyniak (Rupp) 2:43. 6, SF N. Opblinger
(Murphy, Frey) 3:01 (5-4 pp). 7, BG Paluch (penalty shot) 6:52. 8, SF N. Opblinger (Bryce) 8:39 (6-5 ex
for delayed penalty). 9, BG Paluch (Tyrrell, Fischer) 13:05. 10, SF Bryce (Murphy) 14:50.
THIRD PERIOD
Scoring: 11, SF Streichert (Kersey, M. Opblinger) 5:07.
SAVES BY PERIOD
Kosinski, SF 2 4 2 —8
Morris, BG 19 12 18 —49
Goalie statistics (goals against/minutes played): (SF) Kosinski 2/44:40, Empty net 0/0:20; (BG) Morris
9/45.
Penalties-Minutes: SF 9-18, BG 9-18.
Power plays: SF 2-7, BG 0-6.