BOWLING GREEN — They are the neighbors that grew up two doors down in a small town, the co-workers who share a cubicle wall, or the brothers constantly sparring for the top bunk.
Bowling Green and Northern Michigan, to put it mildly, have met.
The Falcons and Wildcats will play each other in a best-of-three Western Collegiate Hockey Association semifinal series this weekend at NMU, and the juxtaposition is only fitting. The two programs will play in the postseason for the fourth time in the past nine years, having met in this exact round in this exact place last season.