BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Men's Hockey team is back on the road this weekend looking for a get-right road trip as it travels to Marquette, Mich., to battle Northern Michigan University for a Central Collegiate Hockey Association series.
 
The Beavers (9-14-3, 7-8-3 CCHA) travel to face the Wildcats (2-24-0, 2-16-0 CCHA) looking to end a six-game losing streak and 10-game winless streak. The two-game, league series begins Friday night with puck drop at 6:07 p.m., CST from the Berry Events Center. Game two is scheduled for Saturday at 5:07 p.m., CST.
 
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 hits the road looking to snap a six-game losing streak and 10-game winless streak (0-8-2).
• BSU is looking for its first regulation win since Nov. 22 (69 days).
• The Beavers hit the road where they are 3-7-3 this season and 1-4-3 against league opponents.
• Bemidji State is back on the road after falling in two games against Bowling Green State University at Sanford Center.
• Bemidji State holds sixth in the CCHA standings with 25 points (7-8-3), 10 points out of home-ice seeding in the CCHA playoffs with just eight games remaining in the league schedule.
• Senior Adam Flammang paces the Beavers with 24 points off six goals and 18 assists and ranks seventh in the league.
• 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 24 games into his senior season and is three goals shy of tying a career best.
• Flammang is followed closely by junior Oliver Peer who has 22 points (13g-9a) through his first 24 games of collegiate hockey but missed both games against Bowling Green due to illness.
• Peer has scored in 10-of-26 games and has scored in three of his last six games.
• He remains tied for second in the CCHA in goals despite missing the last two games.
• Flammang and Peer are joined on a line with junior Kasper Magnussen who has a career-high 22 points (9g-13a).
• Magnussen led the Beavers last weekend with a goal and assist against the Falcons and has four points over the last five games (1g-3a).
• The line of Flammang, Peer and Magnussen has combined for 68 points and 28 goals scoring 37-percent of the team's goals (28-75).
• Bemidji State has 18 skaters who have scored a goal this season including eight 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.
• Senior Reilly Funk is second in the CCHA with 37 faceoffs taken and is .516 on the draw. He is .679 on face-offs over the last five games (57-27).
• Peer leads the team with a .530 faceoff winning percentage 10th in the CCHA.
• Freshman Maxon Vig is tied for sixth in the CCHA with a on-ice rating of +12
• Sophomore Hudson Thornton leads the Beavers blueline with 14 points (2g-12a) and is sixth among CCHA defensemen.
• Senior alternate captain Mitch Wolfe is fourth in the CCHA with 47 blocked shots.
• Bemidji State has split time in net between junior Raythan Robbins and freshman Max Hildebrand.
• Hildebrand leads the team with 14 starts while Robbins has made 12.
• Robbins paces the team with a 5-5-2 record, 2.65 GAA and .892 save percentage while Hildebrand is close behind with a 4-9-1 record, 3.19 GAA and .880 save percentage.
• Bemidji State is fourth in the CCHA averaging 2.88 goals per game.
• The Beavers' power play is seventh in the CCHA with a power-play percentage of .168 (18-of-107) and is looking to break out of a 3-for-30 (.100) funk.
• BSU's penalty kill is eighth in the league at .758 (75-of-999).
• 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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