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UNIVERSITYBULLDOGS OF MINNESOTA WOMEN’S HOCKEY Athletic Communications, Women’s Hockey • Kelly Grgas-Wheeler University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 • (218) 726-8937 • Fax: (218) 726-6529 THE MATCH-UP Games 25 & 26 BULLDOGS STAY HOME TO HOST NO. 7 BEMIDJI STATE AT AMSOIL THIS WEEKEND UMD vs. No. 7 Bemidji State Jan. 21, 2016 Date: Jan. 22 & 23, 7:07 p.m. Friday, 4:07 p.m.Saturday In the midst of a season-long home stand, the University of Mnnesota Du- Site: AMSOIL Arena -- Duluth, Minn. luth women’s hockey team will spend its second-straight weekend at AMSOIL Record: UMD: ..................9-14-1 (6-11-1 WCHA) Arena when the Bulldogs host No. 7 Bemidji State University. UMD, which will Bemidji State: .....15-7-2 (10-7-1 WCHA) host its “Pink Games”, will open the series Friday night at 7:07 p.m., and con- clude it Saturday at 4:07 p.m. Both games will feature ceremonial puck drops Video Feed: http://www.nchc.tv/umd with breast cancer survivors and an in-game silent auction with proceeds go- Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/umd/whockey/xlive.htm ing to Essentia’s Breast Cancer Foundation. USCHO RANKING: UMD-- N/A, Bemidji State-- No. 7 USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAG: UMD-- Rec. Votes, Bemidji State-- No. 7 2015-2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time THE SERIES: UMD has lost three-straight to BSU, but overall, UMD still 9/26/2015 Lindenwood Wentzville, MO 4-3 W, OT owns a 62-8-2 all-time record against the Beavers. The Bulldogs own more 9/27/2015 Lindenwood Wentzville, MO 4-1, W wins against BSU than any other program UMD has ever played. 10/2/2015 No. 2 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 4-1, L 10/3/2015 No. 2 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 4-2, L. The Bulldogs suffered their first ever series sweep to then No. 9 Bemidji 10/9/2015 No. 9 Bemidji State Bemidji, MN 0-2, L 10/10/2015 No. 9 Bemidji State Bemidji, MN 1-2, L OT State in Bemidji, Minn. back on Oct. 9-10, losing in consecutive games by 10/16/2015 Minnesota State Duluth, MN 4-2, W scores of 2-0 and 2-1 in overtime. 10/17/2015 Minnesota State Duluth, MN 4-0, W 10/23/2015 No. 1 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 2-5, L On Oct. 9, the Beavers netted two goals in the first period, including one 10/24/2015 No. 1 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 1-6, L at the 7:26 mark, and the Bulldogs, despite outshooting BSU 31-30 in the 11/13/2015 No. 1 Wisconsin Duluth, MN 0-3, L game and 10-7 in the third period, couldn’t solve netminder Brittni Mowat. 11/14/2015 No. 1 Wisconsin Duluth, MN 2-4, L Lara Stalder led all Bulldogs with six shots in the contest. 11/20/2015 No. 7 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 3-4, L 11/21/2015 No. 7 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 1-0, W 11/27/2015 No. 8 Harvard Duluth, MN 4-2, W Saturday, Oct. 10, Demi Crossman scored a shorthanded goal off a Beaver 11/28/2015 No. 8 Harvard Duluth, MN 1-4, L turnover with 22 seconds left in the first period to give UMD its first lead 12/4/2015 St. Cloud State Duluth, MN 2-2, T OT in four games. Bemidji equalized 4:53 into the second period and broke 12/5/2015 St. Cloud State Duluth, MN 4-0, W a scoreless stalemate in overtime at 3:21 to beat the Bulldogs 2-1. UMD 12/11/2015 Ohio State Columbus, OH 4-2, W outshot BSU 32-28 in the contest, including 12-4 in the second period. 12/12/2015 Ohio State Columbus, OH 5-2, W 1/8/2016 No. 2 Wisconsin Madison, WI 1-5, L UMD has outshot BSU and Mowat 305-239 over the past nine games, but 1/10/2016 No. 2 Wisconsin Madison, WI 1-3, L have been outscored by the Beavers 17-12 over that span. 1/15/2016 No. 8/9 North Dakota Duluth, MN 1-2, L 1/16/2016 No. 8/9 North Dakota Duluth, MN 3-4, L 1/22/2016 No. 7 Bemidji State Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. LAST TIME OUT: The Bulldogs suffered their second straight sweep of 1/23/2016 No. 7 Bemidji State Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. 2016 at the hands of North Dakota over the weekend in Duluth by scores 1-2 1/29/2016 Ohio State Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. Friday and 3-4 Saturday in overtime Saturday. 1/30/2016 Ohio State Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. 2/5/2016 Minnesota State Mankato, MN 2:07 p.m. UMD used a an extra skater from an empty net to pull within a single goal 2/6/2016 Minnesota State Mankato, MN 2:07 p.m. Friday, drawing the game 2-1 with 1:15 remaining. Blueliner Sidney Morin’s 2/12/2016 Minnesota Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. 2/13/2016 Minnesota Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. 2/19/2016 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 7:07 p.m. UMD vs. Bemidji State Last 10 Games (62-10-2 All-Time) 2/20/2016 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 3:07 p.m. 2/26/2016 WCHA 1st Round TBA TBA Oct. 10, 2015 1-2 Loss OT Away Jan. 11, 2015 2-1 Win Home 2/27/2016 WCHA 1st Round TBA TBA Oct. 9, 2015 0-2 Loss Away Jan. 10, 2015 1-4 Loss Home 2/28/2016 WCHA 1st Round TBA TBA Mar. 1, 2015 2-3 Loss Home* Nov. 29, 2014 2-0 Loss Away 3/5/2016 WCHA Final Face-Off TBA TBA Feb. 28, 2015 2-0 Win Home* Nov. 29, 2014 5-3 Win Away 3/6/2016 WCHA Final Face-Off TBA TBA Feb. 27, 2015 2-3 Loss Home* Feb. 1, 2014 2-1 Win Away 3/11/2016 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA *Playoff Games Five-Time NCAA Champions 2010 • 2008 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 BY THE NUMBERS - ABOUT BEMIDJI STATE Head Coach -- James Scanlan -- 2th season BULLDOGS VS. BEAVERS -Overall record -- 36-24-3 Current Season -- 15-7-2 Overall Record Overall Record -Leading Scorer -- Senior forward Kaitlyn Tougas 3-14=17 9-14-1 15-7-2 -Junior goaltender Brittni Mowat has a 1.62 GAA and .940 saves percentage in 23 games between Scoring Offense (G/Gm) the pipes with four shutouts. 2.29 1.96 -The Beavers were swept by No. 2 WIsconsin last weekend in Madison by scores of 1-0 and 7-1. goal was as close as the Bulldogs would Bulldogs and Fighting Hawks in their last Scoring Defense (G/Gm) come, however, despite outshooting the 16 games. UMD is 0-5-2 in overtime 2.75 1.92 Fighting Hawks 10-6 in the final period. against North Dakota over that span. Scoring Margin Senior goaltender Karissa Grapp, making --UMD’s picked up its first penalty in 84:56 -0.46 +0.04 the first back-to-back starts of her career, of action last Saturday afternoon. made 25 saves for UMD Friday. Shots on Goal (SOG/Gm) RANKED AT THE TOP: UMD has played 27.7 26.6 Saturday the Bulldogs netted two goals 16 of its 24 games against teams ranked in in the final 89 seconds of regulation, the the top-eight in the country. The Bulldogs Penalty Minutes Per Game first coming from Morin again for a second continue to own the nation’s hardest 6.9 6.1 time in the series to bring the game to schedule with a rating of 283.5 in the cur- 3-2. Then with 22 seconds remaining in rent KRACH strength of schedule rating Power Play regulation, junior forward Demi Crossman system. Bemidji State ranks second with 9/79 (11.4) 9/73 (12.3) crashed the net and knotted the game at 280.1. 3-3 to force UMD’s fourth overtime game Penalty Kill of the year. BRYKALIUK STREAKS ON: With the 52/71 (73.2) 51/61 (83.6) longest scoring streak intact since the North Dakota scored with just 35 seconds 2011-12 season by a Bulldog, junior for- Record vs. Top-10 Teams left in extra time, but not before freshman ward Ashleigh Brykaliuk’s scoring streak 2-14-0 2-7-1 netminder Maddie Rooney picked up a now has 17 points on five goals and 12 career-high 44 saves. assists over the last 10 games. Point Leaders Brykaliuk (29) Tougas (17) NOTES FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA Brykaliuk, who leads the Bulldogs with a Stalder (23) Three Players (12) SERIES: With the two losses, UMD drops total of 29 points (9g, 20a), ranks 23rd in to 37-15-15 all-time against North Dakota. the NCAA with a 1.21 points per game Goals Scored The overtime loss Saturday puts UMD to average and also ranks 8th in the WCHA Stalder (12) Anderson (7) 1-3-0 against North Dakota this season. with a 1.11 ppg on 20 points (5g, 11a) in Cava (10) Huber (6) 18 skates. Brykaliuk sits 16th in the nation --The extra time was the seventh by the THE LAST TIME... Overtime Game: Jan. 3-4, 2016 -- UMD 3, North Dakota 4, in Duluth, Minn.