The 2021–22 Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 53rd season of play for the program and the 43rd season in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Falcons represented Bowling Green State University and were led by third-year head coach Ty Eigner.
Bowling Green joined with six other members of the WCHA to restart the CCHA for the 2021–22 season. Before the CCHA resumed play, an eighth member, former NCAA Division III member St. Thomas, joined the league.
After narrowly missing out on the NCAA tournament the year before, Bowling Green got a good start to the season, going undefeated through their first five games. The Falcons ran into a bit of trouble when they started playing ranked teams, losing 7 consecutive games against top-20 opponents. The losses didn't put Bowling Green in good standing with the rankings and the Falcons remained unlikely to earn a berth despite getting up to a 13–9–3 record.
In the last nine games, however, the team's offense all but vanished and the Falcons went 1–8 to end the regular season. Despite all the momentum moving against them, Bowling Green managed to win the first game in the playoff series against Bemidji State. Unfortunately, they weren't able to repeat the performance and their season ended on a down note.
| Will Cullen | Defenseman | Transferred to Miami | ||
| Eric Dop | Goaltender | Graduate transfer to Boston College | ||
| Connor Ford | Forward | Graduate transfer to North Dakota | ||
| Gavin Gould | Forward | Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits) | ||
| Max Johnson | Forward | Graduate transfer to Wisconsin | ||
| Brandon Kruse | Forward | Graduate transfer to Boston College | ||
| Carson Musser | Defenseman | Graduate transfer to Long Island | ||
| Brett Rich | Goaltender | Graduation (retired) | ||
| Tim Theocharidis | Defenseman | Transfer to Arizona State | ||
| Justin Wells | Defenseman | Graduate transfer to Boston College | ||
| Cameron Wright | Forward | Graduate transfer to Denver |
| Nathan Burke | Forward | 22 | Scottsdale, AZ
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| Gabriel Chicoine | Defenseman | 24 | Saint-Dominique, QC
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| Brayden Krieger | Forward | 20 | Elora, ON | ||
| Coale Norris | Forward | 24 | Oxford, MI
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| Ryan O'Hara | Defenseman | 20 | Calgary, AB | ||
| Spencer Schneider | Forward | 21 | Lakeville, MN
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| Christian Stoever | Goaltender | 21 | Northville, MI | ||
| Austen Swankler | Forward | 20 | North Huntingdon, PA | ||
| Ben Wozney | Defenseman | 20 | Richmond, BC |
As of August 20, 2021.[1]
|-!colspan=12 style=";" | Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=";" | |-!colspan=12 style=";" |
| 37 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 20 | |||
| 36 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 14 | |||
| 32 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 32 | |||
| 37 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 14 | |||
| 33 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 37 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 37 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 80 | |||
| 35 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 37 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2 | |||
| 27 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 75 | |||
| 30 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 33 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 32 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 43 | |||
| 36 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | |||
| 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 43 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bench | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | |
| Total | 94 | 160 | 254 | 535 |
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| 28 | 1542 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 74 | 654 | 1 | .898 | 2.88 | ||
| 13 | 668 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 266 | 0 | .881 | 3.23 | ||
| Empty Net | - | 31 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 38 | 2242 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 118 | 920 | 1 | .886 | 3.16 |
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See main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.
| Poll | Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 (Final) | ||
| USCHO.com | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | bgcolor=FFFFFF | - | NR |
| USA Today | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| Eric Parker | CCHA Rookie Team | [4] |
| Austen Swankler |