BEMIDJI, Minn. – Just three series remain in the 2025-26 regular season for the Bemidji State University Men's Hockey team with two at Sanford Center. The Beavers return home and host Ferris State University for their first and only meeting of the regular season.
 
The Beavers (10-15-3, 8-9-3 CCHA) battle the Bulldogs (4-24-0, 3-17-0 CCHA) for their only meeting of the regular season. The two-game, league series begins Friday night with puck drop at 7:07 p.m., CST from Sanford Center. Game two is scheduled for Saturday at 6:07 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 returns home after a series in Marquette, Mich., where they split at Northern Michigan University.
• Following a 0-2 loss in the series opener, the Beavers put an end to its seven-game losing streak with an emphatic 7-1 victory in game two.
• It was the second time this season that BSU scored seven goals in a game and tied for the  second most this since after opening the season with a 9-2 victory at Alaska Anchorage.
• Five different Beavers scored a goal in the game while Adam Flammang and Reilly Funk each scored twice.
• Freshman Max Hildebrand started both games in the series for just the second time this season and was dominant stopping 51-of-54 shots for a .944 save percentage and 1.56 goals against average.
• He had his best performance as a Beaver Saturday night stopping a career-high 36-of-37 shots.
• Head coach Tom Serratore earned his 300th career conference game with the victory.
• The Beavers return home where they are 6-7-0 this season 6-4-0 against CCHA opponents.
• Bemidji State holds sixth in the CCHA standings with 28 points (8-9-3), nine points out of home-ice seeding in the CCHA playoffs with just six games remaining in their league schedule.
• Senior Adam Flammang paces the Beavers with 27 points off eight goals and 19 assists and ranks sixth 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 and is one goal shy of tying a career best (9). He sits at 70 career points (27g-43), just outside the top-25 in BSU's DI era.
• Flammang is followed closely by junior Oliver Peer who has 24 points (14g-10a) through his first 26 games of collegiate hockey. After returning from illness, Peer posted a goal and assist in last week's series.
• Peer has scored in 11-of-26 games and has scored in two of his last five games. He is tied for third in the CCHA in goals.
• Flammang and Peer are joined on a line with junior Kasper Magnussen who has a career-high 23 points (9g-14a).
• The line of Flammang, Peer and Magnussen has combined for 74 points and 31 goals scoring 38-percent of the team's goals (31-82).
• 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.
• 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 569 faceoffs taken and is .513 on the draw. He is .578 on face-offs over the last 10 games (107-78).
• Peer leads the team with a .529 faceoff winning percentage 10th in the CCHA.
• Freshman Maxon Vig is tied for eighth in the CCHA with a on-ice rating of +12
• Sophomore Hudson Thornton leads the Beavers blueline with 16 points (2g-14a) and is tied for fifth among CCHA defensemen.
• Senior alternate captain Mitch Wolfe is fourth in the CCHA with 50 blocked shots and 17th in the nation.
• Bemidji State has split time in net between junior Raythan Robbins and freshman Max Hildebrand but Hildebrand has started the last five games for the Beavers.
• Hildebrand leads the team with 16 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 5-10-1 record, 2.99 GAA and .889 save percentage.
• Bemidji State is fifth in the CCHA averaging 2.93 goals per game.
• The Beavers' power play is seventh in the CCHA with a power-play percentage of .174 (19-of-109) and their 19 power-play goals are fourth most in the league.
• BSU's penalty kill is eighth in the league at .764 (81-of-106).
• Bemidji State is not receiving votes in either of the USCHO.com Top-20 national poll and the USA Hockey College Hockey Poll for the first time since Nov. 3.
• 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 413 career wins.
• Serratore is 37th all-time in NCAA DI Men's Hockey with 413 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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