BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Men's Hockey team continues its arduous month of November with another top-20 matchup this weekend this time for a home-and-home series with No. 15/14 University of North Dakota.
 
The Beavers (6-6-1, 4-3-1 CCHA) battle the Fighting Hawks (7-6-0, 2-2-0 NCHC) to renew their regional rivalry beginning Friday, Nov. 29 at Sanford Center. Both teams will then travel west to Grand Forks, N.D., Saturday for game two at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Puck drop for each game is slated for 7:07/6:07 p.m.
 
Friday's game will be exclusively streamed online at MidCo Sports Plus with the Beaver Radio Network providing play-by-play. Saturday will be streamed online at NCHC.TV and on your televesion set on MidCo Sports. Beaver Hockey fans can also tune-in to Beaver Radio Network broadcasts for both games on the radio dial at 92.1 FM or online at www.beaverradionetwork.
 
Bemidji State Notes

• This weekend's series with the Fighting Hawks marks the third series this month where the Beavers have faced a top-20 ranked opponent.
• The Beavers have contended well against tough competition going 4-3-1 during the month of November including wins over No. 16 Minnesota State and No. 3 Minnesota.
• Most recently, the Beavers are coming off a five-point weekend against St. Thomas this past weekend at Sanford Center.
• Bemidji State and St. Thomas skated to a 2-2 tie Friday night with senior Jere Vaisanen the lone Beaver to score and senior Mattias Sholl denied all three Tommie shootout attempts to earn the Beavers the extra point in leauge standings.
• BSU then rallied from a one-goal deficit after 40 minutes to defeat St. Thomas 2-1 Saturday night.
• The Beavers defied historical data just the program's 25th win when trailing after two periods. The Beavers are now 25-295-33 in their DI era when trailing after the second period.
• Fifth-year senior Eric Martin posted three points (1g-2a) in the series while freshman defenseman Isa Parekh posted a goal and assist.
• Parekh led all CCHA rookies with two points over the weekend and was named the CCHA Rookie of the Week for the first time in his career.
• Mattias Sholl stopped 41-of-44 shots during the series for a .932 save percentage and 1.44 goals against average in the series.
• Junior Reilly Funk scored the game-winning goal Saturday night and has scored four goals over the last six games.
• Martin's three-point weekend continued a hot streak for the Calgary, Alberta native. He has seven points (2g-5a) over the last seven games after starting the season with just two points (1g-1a) over the first five games.
• Martin has recorded a point in eight of the team's 13 games to start the season and is tied for the team lead with nine points (3g-6a).
• He is tied with junior Kirklan Irey who has also recorded nine points (5g-4a) and leads the team with five goals.
• Irey has also found his scoring touch as of late and has points in seven of the last 10 games (5g-4a).
• Irey has scored four goals over the last four games and held a three-game goal scoring streak from Nov. 14-22.
• Martin and Irey are tied for 10th in the CCHA in points while Irey is tied for seventh in the league in goals.
• Senior netminder Mattias Sholl has been outstanding between the pipes for the Beavers during the month of November.
• Sholl has posted a 4-3-1 record in November with a 2.12 goals against average and .924 save percentage. He has played all but five minutes (480:31) in the crease for the Beavers during the month.
• Sholl is 5-6-1 on the season with a 2.36 goals against average, .915 save percentage and two shutouts.
• The Beavers enter the weekend's action only receiving votes in the USCHO.com national poll and will face-off with the No. 15/14 ranked Fighting Hawks.
• The Fighting Hawks are 7-6-0  and 2-2-0 in NCHC play and are coming off a series sweep of Robert Morris University at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
• Since beginning its Division I era in 1999, the Beavers and Fighting Hawks have faced-off against one another every season except for three establishing a regional rivalry between the two teams.
• Just two hours separates the two teams and their series originally began in 1970.
• The teams have met 49 times in the all-time series with North Dakota dominating play with a 37-5-7 record.
• The Beavers have battle the Fighting Hawks tough over the last six seasons. The teams have played overtime in at least one game over the last six season.
• Last season both games were played at Ralph Engelstad Arena with the Beavers falling in both games including a 3-2 overtime loss in game one of the series with then ranked No. 1 team in the nation.
• Three of the Beavers' five wins against the Fighting Hawks have been on the road.
• BSU is 3-26-4 at Ralph Engelstad arena and 2-11-3 when at home.
• 24-year head coach Tom Serratore is 4-30-7 when facing the Fighting Hawks with his last victory on Oct. 16, 2021 in Grand Forks.
• The Beavers will need to get off to a quick start against UND. BSU is 5-0-1 this season when scoring the first goal but just 1-6-0 when the opponent scores first.
• Bemidji State's power play ranks among the league leaders this season and has scored in seven of the team's 13 games including three of the last four games.
• The Beavers are second in the CCHA with a power-play percentage of .226 (7-of-31).
• Martin, Parekh and Jackson Jutting lead the team with two power-play goals each.
• Bemidji State's penalty kill is fifth in the CCHA with a penalty-kill percentage of .800 (24-of-30).
• The Beavers are one of the least penalized teams and are 10th in the nation with 30 penalty-kill attempts.
• Bemidji State is one of the top shot blocking teams in Division I ranking eighth in the country with 189 blocked shots.
• Senior defenseman Will Magnuson leads the team and is second in the nation with 36 blocked shots.
• Fifth-year senior Jackson Jutting is one of the top face-off centers in the nation. He paces the CCHA with 289 draws taken and is second in the league with 148 wins. His face-off winning percentage of .512 leads the team and is 10th in the conference despite a slow start to the season.
• The Beavers' crease is owned by CCHA Preseason Goaltender of the Year senior Mattias Sholl.
• Sholl has played 97-percent of the team's minutes in between the pipes and has  started all 13 games.
• Sholl's 5,415 minutes in the crease is the seventh most in program history while his 2,209 saves are ninth.
• Sholl's 43 career wins are tied for the sixth most among active goaltenders in Division I.
• Head coach Tom Serratore is approaching 400 career victories after collecting his 394th career victory last Saturday.
• He seeks to become the 31st head coach in Division I Men's Hockey to reach the 400-win milestone and the 12th active head coach.
• Serratore is 394-366-100 in his 24 seasons as head coach of the Beavers and boasts a .516 career winning percentage.
• Bemidji State features one of the most experienced teams in the CCHA and its roster boasts over 1,500 games played between its 27 skaters.
• Fifth-year senior Eric Martin leads the team with 141 games played at the Division I level with fifth-year senior Jackson Jutting follows with 127. Six skaters on BSU's roster have appeared in more than 100 games in Division I hockey.
• Senior Mattias Sholl is one of the most experienced goaltenders in all of college hockey and ranks eighth nationally with 93 career games played between the pipes.
• Serratore boasts that the Beavers are one of the deepest teams in the league with all four lines and three defensive pairings contributing to the success of the team.
• The Beavers are defending their second-ever MacNaughton Cup championship from last season finishing as regular season champions in the CCHA.
• The Beavers return 18 skaters from that championship team and head coach Tom Serratore has added 10 newcomers to the squad including three transfers.
• Jutting was voted the team's captain by his peers during the summer and will dawn the "C" while Martin, Austin Jouppi and Jere Vaisanen will each serve as alternates.
• Carter Randklev, A.J. Macauly and Reilly Funk join the Beavers with past collegiate experience after Randklev played four seasons at Niagara, Macauly played two seasons at Alaska-Fairbanks and Funk played three seasons at Northern Michigan.
• Randklev is the most experienced of the group appearing in 110 career games and posted 68 career points (33g-35) in four seasons with the Purple Eagles.
• The Beavers boast their experience this season and have four graduates, five seniors, and seven juniors on the squad.
• The Beavers were picked to finish second in the CCHA Preseason Coaches' Poll while senior goaltender Mattias Sholl was the unanimous CCHA Preseason Goaltender of the Year.
• Serratore is in his 24th season at the helm of the Bemidji State Men's Hockey program. He is 394-366-100 (.516) in his coaching career.
• Since taking over the Bemidji State Men's Hockey program in 2001, Serratore's teams have achieved eight regular-season conference championships, three CHA tournament titles, five NCAA Tournament appearances, one NCAA Frozen Four appearance (2009) and he is an eight-time conference Coach of the Year including most recently in 2024.
• The 2024-25 Beaver roster consists of 28 student-athletes with four graduates, five seniors, seven juniors, five sophomores and seven freshmen.
• The team consists of 9 Minnesotans, 25 from North America including nine Canadians and three from Europe.
• By average, the Beavers are one of the smallest in Division I. They are tied for third in DI for the smallest by height averaging 5'11.6" and the smallest by weight averaging 178.9 pounds.

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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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