Dan DeSalvo is rapidly becoming a player to watch in the CCHA tournament.<\/p>\n
The Bowling Green freshman forward scored his first career hat trick in a game that saw the Falcons take a 4-3 overtime win against the top-seeded Ferris State Bulldogs in game three of their CCHA quarterfinal series.<\/p>\n
With the win, Bowling Green advances to the CCHA championship at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.<\/p>\n
DeSalvo has 10 goals and three assists for 13 points in his fist CCHA tournament so far. The freshman had just four goals in the regular season.<\/p>\n
“When we recruited Dan, we were told he has a knack for scoring big goals and boy, has he ever,” said Bowling Green coach Chris Bergeron.<\/p>\n
While Bowling Green came out on top, it was Ferris State that jumped out to an early three-goal lead.<\/p>\n
With the game just underway, Matt Kirzinger picked off a lazy clearing attempt by the Falcons and found Jordie Johnston down low to put the Bulldogs on the board.<\/p>\n
Then after a series of penalties, the Falcons found themselves fighting off a 5-on-3 power play, but they held Ferris State off the board to kill the first penalty. However, the Bulldogs would score as the power- play continued with Simon Denis finding Derek Graham at the front of the net for Ferris State’s second of the night.<\/p>\n
As the first period came to a close, Jason Binkley scored his first collegiate goal with a dump-in from the red line that found its way past BGSU goalie Andrew Hammond.<\/p>\n
“The guys were saying on the bench ‘Let’s not let that goal be the game-winner.’ You could tell that’s the one he [Hammond] really wanted back,” said Bergeron.<\/p>\n
With the game seemingly in hand, Ferris State came out flat to start the second period and the remainder of the game saw everything go Bowling Green’s way.<\/p>\n
“The message after the first was you owe it to yourselves and to each other to not quit,” said Bergeron. “Our focus was to go out and win the second.”<\/p>\n
Ryan Carpenter got the ball rolling for Bowling Green with his 10th of the year before DeSalvo took over the game.<\/p>\n
Ferris State had chances throughout the second two periods, but could not capitalize on anything.<\/p>\n
“We were up three goals and playing a pretty solid game,” said Johnston. “We let off the gas a little bit and they showed what happens when you do that.”<\/p>\n
DeSalvo put up his first of the game early in the third by picking off a lazy pass in the Bulldog zone and putting a hard wrist shot past Taylor Nelson.<\/p>\n
He added to his tournament total with the tying goal late in regulation with a deflection.<\/p>\n
Then, in overtime, he finished the Bulldogs with another deflection to end the game and series.<\/p>\n
“Proud is not even good enough to tell you ho we feel about these guys,” said Bergeron. “I just don’t know where these guys get it.”<\/p>\n
Bowling Green will take on Michigan in a CCHA semifinal matchup next Friday night at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, while Ferris State awaits the selections of the NCAA tournament committee.<\/p>\n
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