BEMIDJI, Minn. – Bemidji State University Men's Hockey head coach Tom Serratore has been announced as the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) Coach of the Year after leading the Beavers to a MacNaughton Cup Championship.
 
Voted by his peers as the league's top bench boss during the season, Serratore has now earned his eighth conference Coach of the Year award in 23 seasons and his first since 2019-20 (WCHA).
 
Serratore led the Beavers to their second-ever MacNaughton Cup Championship and first since 2017, clearing the field by nine points when it was all said and done. He posted a 15-7-2 league record (.688), finishing the regular season on a nine-game unbeaten streak (7-0-2). He notched the eighth 20-win season (20-16-2) of his career, which included a Beaver Division I record 11-game unbeaten streak (10-0-1) and the team's second Mason Cup Championship appearance in three years.

Bemidji State boasted a school-record four CCHA First Team selections in captain Kyle Looft, Eric Pohlkamp, Lleyton Roed and Mattias Sholl. The Beavers had the CCHA Defenseman of the Year (Looft), Best Defensive Defenseman (Looft), Co- Best Defensive Forward of the Year (Jackson Jutting) and Goaltender of the Year (Sholl), with Kasper Magnussen earning Third Star in the Mason Cup Championship. Looft was twice named Defenseman of the Month (October and November) and Pohlkamp claimed the honor once (February), while Adam Flammang picked up a Forward of the Month honor (February). The Beavers also had 19 weekly award-winners, including a team-high four from Looft.

The Beavers went 15-7-0 at home this season, losing just twice at the Sanford Center after January 1. They swept Ferris State in in the Mason Cup Quarterfinals, before topping Lake Superior State in the Semifinals, 4-1, but ultimately fell to Michigan Tech in the title game, 2-1.

Voting for the 2023-24 All-CCHA Teams and year-end awards was conducted by the eight head coaches at each CCHA member institution, based on CCHA conference games only. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players or themselves.
 
For more information on the Bemidji State men's hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on Twitter or Instagram (@BSUBeaversMHKY), or like them on Facebook (facebook.com/BSUBeavers).
 
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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