BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Women's Hockey team makes its return to the ice after consecutive bye weeks and hits the road for a Western Collegiate Hockey Association series at (RV) Minnesota State University, Mankato.
 
The Beavers (2-4-0, 0-4-0 WCHA) prepare for their first meeting with the Mavericks (5-5-0, 1-5-0 WCHA) this season and begin their two-game series Friday, Oct. 31 at 6:02 p.m. The teams will then close out their series Saturday at 2:02 p.m.
 
Each game will be streamed exclusively online at Big Ten Plus with Minnesota State Athletics providing play-by-play. A Beaver Radio Network broadcast will also be available online at www.beaverradionetwork.com or on the radio dial at FM 94.3.
 
Bemidji State Notes

• Bemidji State finally makes its return to the ice after two bye weeks in-a-row and last played Oct. 10-11 at No. 2 Ohio State University.
• The Beavers are led by junior captain Hailey Armstrong who has six goals in six games and is tied for sixth nationally averaging a goal per game.
• She is followed by junior Kate Johnson who has five points off a team-high four assists.
• Sophomore Morgan Smith is third on the team with four points off a goal and three assists.
• Armstrong's six goals on 14 shots leads the WCHA with a 0.43 shot percentage.
• Junior and St. Cloud State transfer Carmen Bray leads BSU's blueline with three points tallying three assists in six games this season.
• Sophomore Kaitlin Groess has started five-of-six games in net for the Beavers and is 2-3-0 with a 4.27 goals against average and .866 save percentage.
• Senior and Saint Anselm transfer Ava Hills made her first appearances in between the pipes at Ohio State for the Beavers where she stopped 70-of-72 shots she faced.
• Bemidji State leads the WCHA averaging 14.5 blocked shots per game.
• 5-foot-0 inch freshman Katy Comstock leads the team and is tied for 11^th in the conference with 12 blocked shots.
• Bemidji State is sixth in the WCHA with a power-play percentage of .158 (3-of-19) and fifth on the penalty kill at .833 (10-of-12).
• Bemidji State is 48-46-15 all-time against the Mavericks but just 23-27-5 when playing on the road.
• The Mavericks have owned the series over the last 10 games and are 8-2-0 in the last 10 meetings.
• Sophomore Morgan Smith has been the Beavers' top scorer against the Mavericks totaling five points (3g-2a) in four career games against MSU.
• Second-year head coach Amber Fryklund is 1-3-0 in her career against Minnesota State.
• The Beavers are in year two under the leadership of head coach Amber Fryklund after going 6-30-1 during her first season as head coach.
• Fryklund returns 16 skaters from last season including all four of her leading scorers.
• She also returns 80-percent of goals scored last season (45-of-56) and her top six goal scorers.
• However, she lost three of her top point-getters from the blueline from the 2024-25 season.
• Fryklund returns both netminders in Kaitlin Groess and Eva Filippova who played serious minutes between the pipes.
• She has brought in 11 newcomers to the green and white including transfers Carmen Bray (St. Cloud State) and Elly Klepinger (Minnesota).
• Morgan Smith highlights the Beavers' returners after leading the team in points (20) and goals (11) during her freshman season.
• Junior Hailey Armstrong will captain the Beavers during the 2025-26 season and will be assisted by Smith and senior Raeley Carney.
• Armstrong leads all returners having scored 19 goals over her career and recording 28 points.
• She is followed by Smith with 20 points and junior Kate Johnson with 17 (5g-12a).
• Eight freshmen make their green and white debut this season in Senja Leeper (Minnetonka HS), Lola Macuiba (Shawnigan Lake School), Kasey Senden (Hill-Murray HS), Addie Morris (Benilde-St. Margaret's), Paige Smith (Edmonton Jr. Oilers), Maddie Kaiser (Balmoral Hall Prep), Katy Comstock (Warroad HS) and Ashlyn Hazlett (Minnetonka HS).

For more information on the Bemidji State women's hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on X or Instagram, or like them on Facebook.
 
Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey membership 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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