BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Men's Hockey jumps back into action after the holiday break and hosts University of Minnesota Duluth for a New Year's Eve battle Tuesday night at Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minn.
 
The Beavers (8-8-3, 5-5-2 CCHA) face the Bulldogs (5-10-0, 2-6-0 NCHC) for game two of their non-conference series which began on Oct. 5. Puck drop for the final game of 2024 is scheduled for 7:07 p.m.
 
The game will be exclusively streamed online at MidCo Sports Plus with the Beaver Radio Network providing play-by-play. Beaver Hockey fans can also tune-in to the Beaver Radio Network broadcast for both games on the radio dial at 92.1 FM or online at www.beaverradionetwork.
 
Bemidji State Notes

• The Beavers return to action after the holiday break after 17 days off from their last competition.
• The Beavers last played Dec. 13-14 going 0-1-1 against (RV) Michigan Technological University at Sanford Center.
• BSU and UMD meet for game two of their rivalry series that began Oct. 5 in Duluth, Minn.
• The Beavers defeated the then ranked No. 18 Bulldogs 4-3 in overtime to open the 2024-25 season.
• Senior captain Jackson Jutting scored the game-winning, overtime goal 3:47 into the three-on-three overtime period.
• The win snapped a seven-game losing streak (0-5-2) to the Bulldogs for BSU and was the Beavers first win in Duluth since Feb. 9, 2016.
• Sophomore Raythan Robbins earned his first career win after coming in net in relief of Mattias Sholl midway through the third period and stopped 11-of-12 shots.
• Bemidji State plays its final game of December and the calendar year. The Beavers are 1-2-1 during December and went 20-12-6 during 2024.
• The Beavers are sixth in the CCHA standings with a .500 points percentage in conference play while the Bulldogs are eighth in the NCHC standings.
• Bemidji State is 17-27-5 all-time against Minnesota Duluth with seven of its 17 wins at home.
• The Beavers are 7-9-3 when hosting the Bulldogs.
• Senior Jere Vaisanen leads the Beavers with four career points (2g-2a) in seven games versus the Bulldogs and has a point in two straight games versus UMD (1g-1a).
• Four different Beavers scored in the series last game on October 5 and nine Beavers recorded a point.
• Senior Mattias Sholl is 0-1-1 in three career starts versus UMD and has a .921 save percentage and 2.41 goals against average.
• Head coach Tom Serratore is 17-19-5 coaching against Minnesota Duluth.
• Senior captain Jackson Jutting has six points  (3g-3a) over the last four games and is coming off a season-high three point game (2g-1a) against Michigan Tech.
• Junior Kirklan Irey paces the team with 15 points (7g-8a), tying last seasons career high, and has six points (2g-4a) over the last four games.
• Sholl leads the Beavers in net and has played 97.6 percent of the teams minutes in between the pipes.
• He is 7-8-3 on the season with a 2.65 goals against average and .904 save percentage.
• Sholl is slotted for his 100th career start for the Beavers on Tuesday. He is tied for third among BSU goaltenders in its DI era in wins (45) and is 25 saves from surpassing Dan Bakala (2,378) for the second most saves by a Beaver goaltender in their DI era.
• Sholl would be just the second Beaver to reach 100 career starts in net for the Beavers during its Division I era (Michael Bitzer).
• Jutting is the Beavers' top centerman and leads the CCHA with 227 face-offs won and is fourth in Division I.
• Freshman Isa Parekh leads the Beavers' blueliners totaling eight points (3g-5a). He is tied for second among league freshman in points and tied for first among the league's rookie defenders.
• Senior defenseman Will Magnuson leads the nation with 45 blocked shots.
• Head coach Tom Serratore is approaching 400 career victories and has 396 career coaching victories.
• 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 396-368-102 in his 24 seasons as head coach of the Beavers and boasts a .517 career winning percentage.
• Jackson 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.
• 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 396-367-101 (.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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