ST. PAUL — Bowling Green State University hockey had its season cut short in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association tournament semifinals Saturday, falling 3-1 on the road at streaking St. Thomas.

BGSU, which ends the season at 18-14-4, took a 1-1 tie into the third period before the Tommies registered a pair of third-period goals to seal the victory and advance to the Mason Cup championship next weekend.

St. Thomas (19-13-5) came into Saturday’s game riding a seven-game win streak — their last loss being a 4-1 defeat at BGSU on Feb. 7 — and pushed it to eight in a row following the win over the Falcons.

Bowling Green’s Ethan Scardina converted an even-strength goal with 2:15 left in the second period that knotted the game at 1. Dalton Norris and Gustav Stjernberg registered the assists.

The Tommies grabbed the lead for good 7:47 into the third by way of Liam Malmquist’s goal, assisted by Lucas Wahlin. Bowling Green had a power play in the final minute, but instead it was St. Thomas taking advantage. Cooper Gay scored a short-handed goal for the final two-goal margin.

Malmquist notched the assist on the play.

Neither team found the back of the net in the first 20 minutes, then the Tommies took a 1-0 lead at 5:40 of the second period on Casy Laylin’s goal, assisted by Ethan Gauer and Carson Peters.

The Falcons finished the game 0 for 3 on the power play, while the Tommies were 0 for 2. BGSU held a narrow 33-30 edge in shots on goal over St. Thomas.

BGSU goalie Christian Stoever made 26 saves for the Falcons. St. Thomas’ Jake Sibell stopped 32 shots.

First Published March 16, 2025, 12:32 a.m.