BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State Men's Hockey team makes its final road trip of the 2025-26 regular season this weekend and travels to face long-time rival No. 16 Minnesota State University, Mankato at Mayo Clinic HSEC in Mankato, Minn.
 
The Beavers (11-16-3, 9-10-3 CCHA) look to build off a series split last weekend as the CCHA Mason Cup Playoffs begin in just three weeks. The Beavers battle the Mavericks (15-8-5, 11-6-3 CCHA) for a two-game, Central Collegiate Hockey Association series beginning with game one Friday, Feb. 13 at 7:07 p.m. Game two is then Saturday at 6:07 p.m.
 
Each game will be exclusively streamed online at MidCo Sports Plus with Maverick Athletics providing play-by-play. Fans can also tune-in to a 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 for the final time during the 2025-26 regular season this weekend.
• The Beavers aim to improve on their 4-8-3 road record. The Beavers are also 2-5-3 on the road against CCHA opponents this season.
• The Beavers and Mavericks renew a 51-year rivalry this weekend since their first meeting in 1974.
• BSU and MSU meet just once during the 2025-26 regular season which has not happened since the 2012-13 season back when the two teams competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
• Minnesota State is BSU's most familiar opponent in its 70-year existence clashing for 152 all-time meetings.
• The Mavericks hold a slight edge over the Beavers in the all-time series holding a 71-64-17 record and are unbeaten in the last four meetings (3-0-1).
• The home team is heavily favored in the all-time series with Minnesota State 42-22-12 (.632) when hosting BSU and the Beavers are 41-28-5 (.589) when hosting the Mavericks.
• In his 25 seasons, head coach Tom Serratore is 24-48-6 when coaching against the Mavericks.
• The Beavers are coming off a series split against Ferris State University last weekend at Sanford Center.
• After falling 6-3 in their series opener, BSU responded by winning in overtime 4-3 Saturday.
• Junior Oliver Peer was dominant in the series recording six points (3g-3a) and became the first Beaver since Owen Sillinger (Feb. 14-15, 2020) to record three or more points in each game of a series.
• For his efforts, he was awarded the CCHA Forward of the Week this week earning the honor for the first time in his career.
• Bemidji State continues to hold sixth in the CCHA standings now with 30 points (9-10-3), 10 points out of home-ice seeding in the CCHA playoffs with just four games remaining in their league schedule.
• Minnesota State sits one spot above the Beavers in the CCHA standings holding fifth with 37 league points (11-6-3) and three points back of home-ice seeding.
• After his six-point weekend, Peer now leads the Beavers in points (30) and goals (17).
• He reaches the 30-point mark becoming the first Beaver since Lleyton Roed (2023-24) to reach the milestone.
• His 17 goals leads the team and is second in the CCHA, t-11th in the nation and are tied for the 10th most in a single season at Bemidji State in its DI era.
• Peer has scored in 13-of-28 games and has an active three-game goal scoring streak with four goals during that span.
• He has recorded multiple points in each of his last three games (4g-4a).
• Senior Adam Flammang follows 28 points off eight goals and 20 assists leading the team in assists and tied for 20th in the nation but will miss some time after suffering an injury last weekend.
• Junior Kasper Magnussen follows with 26 points scoring 10 goals and 16 assists.
• He has achieved career-highs in goals, assists and points, and has a three-game point streak (1g-3a).
• Senior Reilly Funk found the back of the net last weekend becoming the fourth Beaver to reach double-digit in goals this season.
• Bemidji State has not had four double-digit goal scorers in a single season since the 2021-22 season.
• Bemidji State has 19 skaters who have scored a goal this season including eight with five or more boasting the team's goal scoring depth.
• Senior Reilly Funk is second in the CCHA with 601 faceoffs taken and is .504 on the draw.
• Peer leads the team with a .538 faceoff winning percentage ninth best in the CCHA and is .557 (131-235) over the last 15 games.
• Senior Mitch Wolfe is fourth in the CCHA with 53 blocks.
• Kasper Magnussen is tied for second in the CCHA with six power-play goals.
• Sophomore Hudson Thornton leads the Beavers blueline with 18 points (2g-16a), is fourth on the team and is sixth among CCHA defensemen.
• He has collected two assists in two of the past three games.
• Freshman Max Namestnikov is ninth among CCHA freshmen with 15 points (5g-10a).
• Freshman Max Hildebrand has taken the reins as BSU's primary netminder over the last few series and has started the last seven games.
• He now leads the team with 18 starts and is 6-11-1 with a 3.14 goals against average and .880.
• Junior Raythan Robbins has made 12 starts and is 5-5-2 with a .892 save percentage and 2.65 goals against average.
• Bemidji State is fifth in the CCHA averaging 2.97 goals per game and sixth allowing 3.07 goals per game.
• The Beavers' power play is fifth in the CCHA with a power-play percentage of .195 (23-of-118) and have scored the third most power-play goals in the league.
• Bemidji State has scored a power-play goal in its last three games and is 35.3-percent (6-of-17) over its last five games.
• BSU's penalty kill is seventh in the league at .766 (85-of-111).
• 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 414 career wins.
• Serratore is 37th all-time in NCAA DI Men's Hockey with 414 career wins.
• 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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