BEMIDJI, Minn. – In conjunction with the Western Collegiate Hockey Association unveiling of the 2024-25 composite league schedule Thursday, the Bemidji State University Women's Hockey team announced the dates of its 27^th season of Beaver Women's Hockey.
 
The Beavers will play a 34-game regular season which is set to being Sept. 27-28 at Sanford Center. The schedule includes a 28-game conference schedule in the premier conference in Division I (WCHA). The Beavers will play 16 games at home at Sanford Center including the season opener against defending National Champions Ohio State University.
 
Newly appointed head coach Amber Fryklund begins her tenure as head coach of the BSU Women's Hockey program for the 2024-25 season.
 
10 of the Beavers 18 games during the first half of the season will be played at home while just six of 10 games will be at home during the second half.
 
After opening the season at home against the defending national champion Buckeyes, the Beavers will make their first road trip of the season and travel to Pennsylvania for a non-conference series against Robert Morris University, Oct. 4-5.
 
BSU will then return home to begin a four-game home stand facing St. Cloud State University Oct. 11-12 and Lindenwood University Oct. 18-19. The Beavers close the month of October at University of Wisconsin Oct. 25-26.
 
Bemidji State opens November with another four-game homestand hosting University of Minnesota Nov. 1-2 and University of St. Thomas Nov. 15-16. The Beavers will then be on the road for the next 12 games spanning from Nov. 22 to Jan. 25. They travel to University of Minnesota Duluth (Nov. 22-23) and Minnesota State University, Mankato (Dec. 13-14) for their final games of the 2024 calendar year before returning to play Jan. 3-4 to compete at the Minnesota Showcase at Ridder Arena.
 
Bemidji State will then travel to Ohio State (Jan. 10-11), St. Cloud State (Jan. 17-18) and Minnesota (Jan. 24-25) to wrap-up the 12-game road trip.
 
BSU will then be at home the next two weekends and hosts Minnesota State (Jan. 31-Feb. 1) and Minnesota Duluth (Feb. 7-8) before its final road trip of the regular season at St. Thomas (Feb. 14-15). The Beavers then host Wisconsin for its final home series Feb. 21-22.
 
All eight league teams advance to the 2025 WCHA Postseason Tournament, with seeding set by their finish in the WCHA standings. The top four seeds each host a best-of-three quarterfinal series the weekend of Feb. 28-March 2, with the four winners advancing to meet at the 2024 Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff on March 7-8 at Amsoil Arena in Duluth, Minn.
 
Throughout the season, fans can watch all WCHA home games via the Big Ten Plus on-demand streaming service.  To subscribe to Big Ten Plus for 2024-25, please visit www.bigtenplus.com/
 
For more information on the Bemidji State women's hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on X or Instagram (@BSUBeaversWHKY), 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 and women's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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