BEMIDJI, Minn. – In conjunction with the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, the Bemidji State University Men's Hockey team unveiled its 2024-25 schedule Tuesday morning. The Beavers will play a 34-game regular season to begin October 5 that includes 26 games against conference opponents and four non-conference series against regional rivals.
 
The 2024-25 season will be the 69^th season on Bemidji State Men's Hockey and the 26^th since its jump to Division I. Including a full 26 game conference schedule, the Beavers face four premiere regional opponents in University of Minnesota Duluth, St. Cloud State University, University of Minnesota and University of North Dakota for home-and-home non-conference series.
 
The Beavers host 16 games at their home arena at Sanford Center with their home opener against St. Cloud State on Oct. 11. Bemidji State will play 20 games before the new 2025 calendar year, 10 at home and 10 on the road, before beginning the second half of the season following Christmas Break. Eight of the Beavers' remaining 14 games will be on the road to end the 2024-25 regular season.
 
Bemidji State officially opens the new season Oct. 5 at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minn., for a Highway 2 rivalry matchup against the Bulldogs. The Beavers continue non-conference play to start the season and face St. Cloud State for a home-and-home series Oct. 11-12 beginning in Bemidji.
 
Following the Beavers' first of two bye weeks, they then open conference play with a road trip to Big Rapids, Mich., for their first series against Ferris State University, Oct. 25-26. BSU will then play its first full home series of the season the following weekend hosting long-time league rival, Minnesota State University, Mankato Nov. 1-2.
 
The Beavers then travel south to Sioux Falls, S.D., for their first games at newly built Midco Arena against Augustana University, Nov. 8-9.
 
BSU then takes a break from league play and battles Minnesota for a Thursday-Saturday, home-and-home series against the Gophers beginning at 3M Arena at Mariucci, Nov. 14-16.
 
The tail-end of the non-conference series with the Gophers will kick-start a four-game homestand for the Beavers as BSU hosts University of St. Thomas the following weekend (Nov. 22-23) and then game one of a home-and-home series with North Dakota following Thanksgiving (Nov. 29-30).
 
The Beavers begin play in December with a road trip to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., for their lone series with Lake Superior State University Dec. 6-7 before returning home for the next three games against Michigan Technological University (Dec. 13-14) and Minnesota Duluth (Dec. 31).
 
BSU begins play in 2025 with a road trip to Bowling Green State University Jan. 10-11 for one of two series with the Falcons in the second half of the season. The Beavers then return home to host Northern Michigan University (Jan. 17-18) for their only meeting of the season and then travels to Mendota Heights, Minn., for their final meeting with the Tommies (Jan. 25-26).
 
The Beavers then welcome Ferris State to Sanford Center Jan. 31-Feb. 1 before a road trip to Houghton, Mich., to take on the Huskies (Feb. 7-8). Bemidji State's final by week of the season will be Feb. 14-15 and returns to play by hosting Bowling Green Feb. 21-22.
 
BSU concludes the 2024-25 regular season at Mayo Clinic HSEC for a series with the Mavericks, Feb. 28-Mar.1.
 
The quarterfinal round of the CCHA Mason Cup Playoffs will then take place the following weekend with the winner of the best-of-three series advancing to the semifinals March 15 and then the CCHA Championship game will be held Friday, March 21.
 
The teams that make the Mason Cup Championship game will fight for the league's automatic bid into the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Tournament with the NCAA Frozen Four held at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo.
 
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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