The Chargers could not ride Friday’s playoff-clinching victory into success on Senior Night on Saturday.
Fifteenth-ranked Bowling Green shut down the Chargers 3-0 on Saturday in the regular-season finale at the Von Braun Center, splitting the series.
UAH (11-21-2 overall, 10-16-2 WCHA), which secured its spot in the WCHA playoffs Friday with a 3-2 win, will find out its seeding and quarterfinals destination late tonight when the rest of the conference slate plays out.
The Chargers came into Saturday as the sixth seed, but they will need help to stay there. UAH could fall to either seventh or eighth depending on what happens between Ferris State and Lake Superior State, and Alaska and Alaska Anchorage.
The result was a sour sendoff to UAH’s seniors, who played their game inside Propst Arena.
Bowling Green (20-10-6 overall, 17-6-5 WCHA) had already locked down the third seed, and they could host the Chargers if UAH holds on to the sixth seed.
The Falcons scored a pair of goals in the first period. Connor Ford tallied the first goal at 9:49, and Brett D’Andrea put one past Uhelski from the slot at 15:35.
Bowling Green took a 3-0 lead just 55 seconds into the second period, as Mitch McLain put the puck through Uhelski’s five-hole on the power play.
UAH’s best chance came with a 2-man advantage after back-to-back penalties by the Falcons. But the Chargers, who were able to tie Friday’s game in this situation in the third period, would come up empty this time.
Ryan Bednard stopped all 23 UAH shots for his second shutout of the season.
Uhelski finished with 28 saves.