BEMIDJI, Minn. – The holiday break is over and the Bemidji State University Women's Hockey team is set to begin the second half of the 2025-26 season and ring in the new year with a non-conference series at Merrimack College, Jan. 3-4.
 
The Beavers (4-12-2) meet the Warriors (3-14-1) for the first time in the two program's histories and clash for a non-conference series at Lawler Arena in North Andover, Mass. The two teams begin their series Saturday, Jan. 3 with game one and then play game two Sunday. Each game of the series will begin at 6 p.m. CST.
 
Each game will be streamed exclusively online via StretchInternet.com. A Beaver Radio Network broadcast will not be available for the weekend series.
 
Bemidji State Notes

• The Beavers return to action to begin the second half of the season after going 4-12-2 in the first 18 games.
• Bemidji State is returning from a 27-day break and last played Dec. 5-6.
• The Beavers are looking to snap a four-game winless streak (0-3-1) dating back to Nov. 28.
• BSU is also looking for its first road win of the season going 0-6-2 when playing on the road during the first half.
• The Beavers play their final non-conference series of the season at Merrimack and have 14 WCHA games before the WCHA Playoffs being Feb. 27.
• Sophomore Morgan Smith leads the team with 13 points (6g-7a) through 18 games.
• Junior captain Hailey Armstrong paces the Beavers with nine goals in 18 games. Her nine goals are tied for 14th in the WCHA.
• Junior Kate Johnson leads the team with 10 assists and is tied for second on the team with Armstrong with 11 points.
• Junior Carmen Bray leads the Beavers' blueline with six points off six assists.
• Head coach Amber Fryklund has split time in net between senior Ava Hills and sophomore Kaitlin Groess.
• Groess leads the team with a 3.84 goals against average and a 3-7-1 record while HIlls paces the team with a .900 save percentage and is 1-5-1.
• Hills leads the WCHA averaging 29.9 saves per game while Groess is fifth (25.0).
• Bemidji State's penalty kill ranks 4th in the WCHA and 15th nationally with a penalty-kill percentage of at .844 (38-45) and has not allowed a power-play goal since Nov. 28.
• The Beavers have successfully killed off their last 13 opponent power plays.
• Redshirt sophomore Isa Goettl leads the team scoring three of the Beavers' six power-play goals.
• Hailey Armstrong's three game-winning goals this season and is tied for fifth most in the WCHA. She is two shy of tying a program career record from most game-winning goals.
• Bemidji State leads the WCHA and is 20th nationally with 250 blocked shots.
• Freshman defender Katy Comstock is tied for the WCHA lead with 33 blocked shots despite her 5-foot 0-inch stature.
• Junior Raeley Carney leads the team and is eighth in the WCHA with a .557 face-off winning percentage. She boasts a .644 (56-87) winning percentage over the last seven games.
• The Beavers are in year two under the leadership of head coach Amber Fryklund.
• She has brought in 11 newcomers to the green and white including transfers Carmen Bray (St. Cloud State) and Elly Klepinger (Minnesota).
• Junior Hailey Armstrong will captain the Beavers during the 2025-26 season and will be assisted by Smith and senior Raeley Carney.
• Eight freshmen join the team 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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