Gino Cavallini’s goal in the 4th OT – 1984 NCAA Championship

Bowling Green will recognize the 40th anniversary of its 1984 NCAA championship team Saturday February 24th. The Falcons, head coach Jerry York, went 34-8-2 & won the national title on Gino Cavallini’s goal in the 4th overtime.

The 1983-84 Bowling Green Hockey team won the first and only National Championship for BGSU in a 5-4 win over Minnesota-Duluth on March 24, 1984, in Lake Placid, New York. The National Title game went into quadruple overtime lasting 97:11. With about two minutes left to play, Wayne Wilson dumped the puck around the boards, the UMD goalie skated behind the net to play the puck which took a bounce and popped out in front of the net. John Samaski tapped the puck in the net to tie the game at four with 1:47 to play in regulation. Gino Cavallini called the game at 7:11 in the fourth overtime when he converted a pass from Dan Kane to back-hand the puck into the net. To this day, the National Title game between Bowling Green and Minnesota Duluth is the longest title game in NCAA Ice Hockey history.

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