Story Links. A trio of Bowling Green State University men's soccer standouts have been honored by the Mid-American Conference. Seniors, and all have been named to the All-MAC First Team. The all-conference team, along with the specialty award winners, was announced on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 8) by the league office. All three players earn all-conference honors for the first time in their respective BGSU careers. The Falcons' total of three all-league first-team selections is the program's highest since the 1997 season.

Ackon, a native of Cape Coast, Ghana (Mfantsipim School), is second on the Falcons in scoring, and his total of 11 points includes a BGSU-best five goals. He picked up his first career game-winning goal on Saturday night (Nov.

3), as the Falcons ended the regular season with a 2-0 win over SIUE. Ackon led the team with three goals and an assist in the five MAC matches, and has been a mainstay on the BG defense. Mustafa, who hails from Westlake, Ohio (Westlake H.S.), has joined Ackon to form two-thirds of a back line that has recorded four shutouts this season. Two of those clean sheets came in MAC matches, as BGSU had a team goals-against average of 0.91.

At the other end of the pitch, Mustafa has five points on the season, with two goals and an assist. Three of those five points came in MAC matches, ranking him third on the team (behind Ackon and Robertson) in scoring in conference contests. Robertson, a native of Springfield, Ohio (Catholic Central), leads the team with 11 assists and 19 points, and ranks second on the Falcons with four goals. Robertson has been directly involved in the scoring of 15 of BGSU's 22 goals this fall, including 11 of the Falcons' last 15. His assist total is the highest by a Falcon since 1997, and nine of his 11 assists have been the primary helper.

Robertson has career totals of 22 assists – tied for 10th in school history – and 38 points. The Falcons of head coach have an overall record of 6-6-4, and BGSU finished MAC play with a 2-1-2 league ledger. BG finished second in the six-team conference for the second time in three years. BGSU heads to Morgantown, W.Va., for the MAC Tournament. The second-seeded Falcons face number-three seed Western Michigan on Friday (Nov. 9), with first touch set for 2:30 p.m. At West Virginia's Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

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City: Springfield, Massachusetts League: American Hockey League Conference: Eastern Conference Division: Northeast Division Founded: Home Arena: MassMutual Center Colors: Blue, Red, Silver, & White Owner(s): Falcons Hockey Entertainment, LLC General Manager: Bruce Landon Head Coach: Brad Larsen Captain: Dane Byers Media: The Springfield Republican WSHM-LP, WWLP WGGB-TV Affiliates: Franchise history 1994–present: Springfield Falcons Championships Division Championships: 2 (, ) The Springfield Falcons are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the MassMutual Center and are the top affiliate of the of the. The Falcons' two main rivals are the and the. Official Springfield Falcons Website. Contents History In 1994, the longtime AHL team was sold to interests that moved the franchise to Worcester, Massachusetts, to become the (now the ). Ex-Indian players Bruce Landon, then the general manager of the Indians, and Wayne LaChance, a local rink owner, secured an expansion franchise for Springfield for the. The Indians name was still under trademark, so the new owners named the team after Andy and Amelia, a pair of nesting peregrine falcons that was a popular local civic symbol.

The Falcons secured affiliation with both the Hartford Whalers and the Winnipeg Jets of the, keeping continuity with the Whalers' affiliation of the previous few years. Veteran defenseman John Stevens (who shared the co-captaincy that first year with Rob Murray and the last captain of the Indians) scored the franchise's first goal. Among the Falcons' notable players have included Jean-Guy Trudel, the franchise's leading career goal and point scorer; Daniel Briere of the; Manny Legace, the franchise's all-time leading goaltender and former St. Louis Blues starter; Nikolai Khabibulin, former Stanley Cup winning goalie also played 23 games with Springfield; and Rob Murray, the franchise's long-time captain and inspirational leader, and current head coach of the Anchorage Aces.

During the, Springfield fans voted on the Web for the team's 10th Anniversary Team, and selected Briere at center, Trudel at left wing, Tavis Hansen at right wing, Brad Tiley and Dan Focht on defense, and Legace in goal. Individual honors won by Falcons players have included the given to the league's best goaltender (to Legace in 1996 and Scott Langkow in 1998), Briere winning the emblematic of rookie of the year and a nod as First Team All-Star center in 1998, Tiley winning the for the league's outstanding defenceman in 2000, Trudel winning a Second Team All-Star award in 1999-00, and Charles Linglet was also named a second-team all star in 2009-10. The team has finished in first place in its division twice and made the playoffs six times in its seventeen seasons, although only once in the last eleven years. After the Whalers relocated to become the, the Falcons were subsequently affiliated exclusively with the Jets, and with their relocated successors, the. The team was affiliated with the between.

On March 19, 2007, the team announced that given its ninth straight losing season, it was exercising its option to sever relations with the to become an affiliate to the, starting in the, through the 2009-10 AHL season. The Tampa Bay Lightning became affiliated with the. The Edmonton Oilers Affiliation On August 3, 2007, the team hired former Edmonton Oilers player Kelly Buchberger to be the head coach.

After posting a.500 record, the Oilers promoted Buchberger to be an assistant coach on the Oilers staff. On June 17, 2008, assistant coach Jeff Truitt was named the team's tenth head coach. He was fired in February 2009, after 50 games, and replaced by former coach Rob Daum. The Falcons finished the 2008-09 season with the worst record in the AHL. On June 23, 2009, general manager Steve Tambellini announced that Rob Daum would remain the head coach of the Springfield Falcons through the 2009-10 American Hockey League season. From November 25 to January 1, the Falcons went on a franchise record 17 game losing streak, recording only 5 points in that span.

The Falcons finished the 2009-10 season as the worst team in the AHL once again, and was the only team that did not win 30 games. It marks the seventh consecutive year the Falcons have missed the playoffs.

On February 9, 2010 the Edmonton Oilers announced to sever ties with the Springfield Falcons, and move their affiliation to, a decision that had been expected for months. The Columbus Blue Jackets Affiliation On March 25, 2010, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced a one-year affiliation agreement with a one-year option. Also introduced was a new jersey and logo. The new logo will still have a falcon holding a hockey stick, but the background will be grey, the word Falcons in red, and the word Springfield in navy blue. The new jerseys will have the Blue Jackets logo on the shoulders, with a white star on each sleeve. The new affiliation for the Falcons will be with the. Rob Riley was named the new head coach of the Falcons on August 3, 2010, replacing Rob Daum.

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Riley was the former head coach at the United States Military Academy. The Falcons opened the with a home-and-home matchup against the.

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The Bruins hosted on October 8, 2010 in Providence, and the Falcons hosted on October 9, 2010 in Springfield. To honor the 75th anniversary of the American Hockey League, each team wore throwback jerseys from 1936. The Bruins wore the jerseys of the while the Falcons wore the jerseys of the. The Falcons won the first game in Providence 5-1, while the Bruins took the following game in Springfield 6-5. On December 21, 2010 it was announced that the Falcons had been sold from Springfield Pro Hockey, LLC to Falcons Hockey Entertainment, LLC. The majority owner is Charlie Pompea, while Bruce Landon is the minority owner, and will continue to be the president/general manager. Pompea has stated that he intends to keep the Falcons in Springfield, MA.

It was also announced that day that the Falcons lease at the MassMutual Center was extended, as well as the affiliation with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The following season, Columbus decided to once again renew their affiliation with the Falcons, through the 2013-14 season. During the 2011-12 AHL Season the Falcons honored the Springfield hockey teams that have won the Calder Cup. The teams honored include the 1960, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1990, and 1991, in addition to the 1971 Springfield Kings. The Falcons wore commemorative jerseys for those games, and former coaches and players were there to take part in pre-game festivities.