BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Men's Hockey team makes its return to Sanford Center this weekend looking to snap a four-game losing skid and hosts Bowling Green State University for a pivotal Central Collegiate Hockey Association series.
 
The Beavers (9-12-3, 7-6-3 CCHA) host the Falcons (12-6-4, 9-4-3 CCHA) eyeing league points and to return to home-ice positioning for the CCHA Playoffs with just 10 regular season games remaining. The two-game, league series begins Friday night with puck drop at 7:07 p.m., from Sanford Center. Game two will be held Saturday with puck drop at 6:07 p.m.
 
Each game will be exclusively streamed online at MidCo Sports Plus with the Beaver Radio Network providing play-by-play. Fans can also tune-in to the Beaver Radio Network broadcast on the radio dial at 92.1 FM or online at www.beaverradionetwork.com.
 
Bemidji State Notes

• Bemidji State returns home looking to snap a four-game losing streak and eight-game winless streak (0-6-2).
• BSU is looking for its first regulation win since Nov. 22 (62 days).
• The Beavers return home where they are 6-5-0 this season and 6-2-0 against league opponents.
• Bemidji State returns home after falling in two games at No. 18 University of St. Thomas falling by scores of 5-1 and 3-2.
• Bemidji State stands sixth in the CCHA standings with 25 points (7-6-3) while the Falcons sit fourth with 30 points.
• Senior Adam Flammang paces the Beavers with 24 points off six goals and 18 assists despite missing two games due to injury.
• Flammang was nominated for the prestigious Hobey Baker Memorial Award as college hockey's best player.
• Flammang has achieved a career high in points and assists in just 22 games into his senior season and is three goals shy of tying a career best.
• He has totaled 67 points (25g-42a) in 130 career games for the Beavers which is tied for the 32nd most among players in BSU's DI era and recently surpassed Associate Head Coach Travis Winter (28-37=65).
• Flammang is followed closely by junior Oliver Peer who has 22 points (13g-9a) through his first 24 games of collegiate hockey.
• Peer has scored in 10-of-24 games and has scored in three of the Beavers's last six games.
• Peer is tied for second in the CCHA in goals.
• Flammang and Peer are joined on a line with junior Kasper Magnussen who is third on the team with a career-high 20 points (8g-12a).
• The line of Flammang, Peer and Magnussen has combined for 66 points and 27 goals scoring 37-percent of the team's goals (27-73).
• Bemidji State has 18 skaters who have scored a goal this season including seven with five or more boasting the team's goal scoring depth.
• Eight skaters have 10 or more points for the Beavers.
• Eight returners have achieved career highs in points already this season.
• Junior Jake McLean has been the most consistent for the Beavers as of late and had a three-game point streak (3a) leading the team and has four points (1g-3a) over the last five games.
• Senior Reilly Funk follows and has four points (2g-2a) over the last five games and has scored in two of the last three games.
• Sophomore Tory Lund has found the scoring touch as of late and has two goals over the last three games as well.
• Freshman Max Namestnikov is eighth among CCHA freshmen with 14 points (5g-9a).
• The Beavers have three skaters who rank in the top-10 in the CCHA in points.
• Peer is tied for second in the CCHA in goals while Connor McClennon is tied for sixth.
• Flammang's 18 assists are tied for third most in the league.
• Senior Reilly Funk is second in the CCHA with 505 faceoffs taken and is .507 on the draw. He is .536 on face-offs over the last five games (52-45).
• Peer leads the team with a .530 faceoff winning percentage 10th in the CCHA.
• Freshman Maxon Vig is fifth in the CCHA with a on-ice rating of +12
• Sophomore Hudson Thornton leads the Beavers blueline with 13 points (2g-11a) and is tied for fifth among CCHA defensemen.
• Bemidji State has split time in net evenly between junior Raythan Robbins and freshman Max Hildebrand who have each made 12 starts.
• Robbins paces the team with a 5-5-2 record, 2.65 GAA and .892 save percentage while Hildebrand is close behind with a 4-7-1 record, 3.10 GAA and .883 save percentage.
• The Beavers' power play is sixth in the CCHA with a power-play percentage of .175 (17-of-97).
• BSU's penalty kill is sixth in the league at .766 (72-of-94).
• Bemidji State is receiving votes in both the USCHO.com Top-20 national poll and the USA Hockey College Hockey Poll.
• 2025-26 is the 70th season of Beaver Hockey and its 27th season in Division I.
• Head Coach Tom Serratore is in his 25th season leading the Beaver Hockey program and is tied with Rico Blasi of University of St. Thomas as the most tenured coach in the CCHA.
• Serratore is the sixth-most tenured coach among active coaches in Division I and is ninth among active coaches with 412 career wins.
• Serratore is 37th all-time in NCAA DI Men's Hockey with 412 career wins.
• He recently coached in his 900th career game on Nov. 21.
• He is an eight-time conference Coach of the Year and the second winningest coach in Beaver Hockey history (R.H. "Bob" Peters).
• Serratore returns a veteran group from the 2024-25 season as 18 skaters make their return to the squad while 10 newcomers look to make their green and white debut.
• Bemidji State returns seven of its 10 leading scorers from last season including top point-getter and 2025-26 captain, Kirklan Irey.
• Irey captains the Beavers during the 2025-26 season after he led the Beavers in points with 24 (11g-13a).
• 10 newcomers were brought in for a total roster size of 28 (15-F, 10-D, 3-G).
• Vincent Labelle, Connor McClennon, Hudson Thornton, Vann Yuhas, Oliver Peer, Max Hildebrand, Max Vig, Ben Vigneault, Oscar Karlsson and Max Namestnikov all look to make their debut for Bemidji State this season.
• Three newcomers come from the USports league of Canada (Labelle, McClennon, Peer), one from the ECHL (Thornton), one NCAA transfer (Yuhas) and five from junior hockey leagues (Hildebrand-WHL, Vig-USHL, Vigneault-QMJHL, Karlsson-J20 Nationell, Namestnikov-OHL).
• Freshman Maxon Vig highlights the Beavers' newcomers after he was drafted 209th overall (7th Round) of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. He is the seventh Beaver to be drafted into the NHL and first since Eric Pohlkamp (2023).
• Vig joins Pohlkamp (fifth round - San Jose - 132nd), Radoslav Illo (fifth round - Anaheim - 136th), Chris Peluso (seventh round - Pittsburgh - 194th), Andrew Murray (eighth round - Columbus - 242nd), Gary Sargent (third round - Los Angeles - 48th) and Dale Smedsmo (seventh round - Toronto - 93rd) as Bemidji State NHL draft picks.
• Bemidji State's roster primarily consists of those hailing from Canada as 50-percent claim roots from our northern neighbors.
• 14 call Canada home while 11 are from the United States and three from Europe.
• Bemidji State has the most Canadians (14) on its team since the 2016-17 season.
• Irey is the 65th captain in Beaver Hockey history and is joined by Vince Corcoran, Adam Flammang and Mitch Wolfe who will serve as alternates.
• The Beavers were voted to finish sixth in the CCHA Preseason Coaches' Poll after garnering 54 points in the poll and Parekh was selected as a CCHA Preseason All-CCHA Team member.
• By average, Bemidji State is one of the smallest teams in Division I Men's Hockey tying with Lake Superior State, Mercyhurst and Quinnipiac with an average height of 5'11.6". 

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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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