BBemidji State Hockey curreNT record a New era iN Bemidji STaTe Hockey BeGins with North dakoTa Overall 0-0-0 Beavers open new hockey home with inaugural WCHa series WCHA 0-0-0 Home 0-0-0 Away 0-0-0 SeTTiNG THe SceNe Neutral 0-0-0 Date: October 15-16, 2010 Location: Bemidji, Minn. 2010-11 ScHedule Time: 7:37 / 7:07 p.m. Date OppOnent tIMe/Result O15 © • (2) north Dakota 7:37 pm Venue: Bemidji Regional Event Center O16 © • (2) north Dakota 7:07 pm Size / Capacity: 200x85 / 4,298 O29 © • Minnesota Duluth 7:37 pm Bemidji State North dakota O30 © • Minnesota Duluth 7:07 pm Local Radio: KKBJ FM Mix 103.7 N5 ® at • St. Cloud State 7:07 pm BeaverS FiGHTiNG Sioux Play-by-play: Brian Schultz N6 ® at • St. Cloud State 7:07 pm 0-0-0; 0-0-0 WCHA 1-0-1; 0-0-0 WCHA Analyst: Brian Bissonette n12 © • alaska-anchorage 7:37 pm n13 © • alaska-anchorage 7:07 pm Internet Audio: beaverradionetwork.com N19 R at • Denver 8:37 pm iN THe pollS iN THe pollS Local Television: Lakeland Public Television N20 R at • Denver 8:07 pm RV USCHO/CSTV 2 USCHO/CSTV n26 © northern Michigan 7:37 pm Play-by-play: Scott Williams n27 © northern Michigan 7:07 pm nr USAToday/USA Hockey 2 USAToday/USA Hockey Analyst: Eric Monsrud D3 © • nebraska Omaha 7:37 pm 29 Inside College Hockey 1 Inside College Hockey D4 © • nebraska Omaha 7:07 pm D31 1 Ferris State 3:07 pm J1 1 Union 4:07 pm Top reTurNerS Top reTurNerS player To waTcH J7 at Ala.-Huntsville 7:05 pm Goals: Goals: The Beavers’ 2010-11 captain J8 at Ala.-Huntsville 3:05 pm enters his senior campaign own- J14 at • Nebraska Omaha 7:37 pm Ian Lowe 21 Jason Gregoire 20 ing 43-65=108 points in just 110 J15 at • Nebraska Omaha 7:07 pm Assists: Assists: games at Bemidji State. Playing J21 © • st. Cloud state 7:37 pm in every contest since he stepped J22 © • st. Cloud state 7:07 pm Brad Hunt 26 Evan Trupp 26 on campus in 2007, Matt Read F4 ® at • Minnesota State 7:37 pm Points: Points: has led BSU in scoring in each of F5 ® at • Minnesota State 7:07 pm the last three seasons and is com- F11 at • Michigan Tech 6:07 pm Matt Read 19-22=41 Jason Gregoire 20-17=37 ing off of back-to-back 40-point F12 at • Michigan Tech 4:07 pm Goals Against Avg: Goals Against Avg: campaigns. In four career games F18 © • Colorado College 7:37 pm versus UND, Read has accumulated one goal and F19 © • Colorado College 7:07 pm Dan Bakala 2.33 Brad Eidsness 2.11 three assists for four points and carries a +3. F26 at • North Dakota 3:37 pm F27 at • North Dakota 3:37 pm M4 ©F • Minnesota 7:37 pm THe maTcH up M5 ©F • Minnesota 7:07 pm In the 55 seasons since Bemidji State University first fielded a collegiate ice hockey team, few have come with the build M11 2 WCHA First Round TBA up and anticipation of the 2010-11 campaign. Not only are the Beavers celebrating the completion of their new $90 mil- M17 3 WCHA Final Five TBA lion state-of-the-art hockey home, they also open play as members of America’s premier collegiate hockey league--the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. All Times Central With all that is on the line this weekend, it only seems fitting that the Beavers host the nationally-ranked Fighting Sioux, preseason WCHA favorites, for their season-opening series. A closer look shows the teams have far more in subject to change without notice common than school colors. Each team has assembled a tradition-rich history brimming with championships and now, while R.H. “Bob” Peters, the cornerstone of Bemidji State’s dynasty, is a graduate of UND and served as its head coach schedule Key in 1965 before taking the reigns of the BSU program. Moreover, with just over 100 miles separating the cities of Grand • WCHA regular-season game Forks, N.D. and Bemidji, Minn. the rivalry is natural. 1 Dodge Holiday Classic; Minneapolis, Minn. The Beavers are coming off of a season in which they posted a 23-10-4 record, won a College Hockey America 2 WCHA First Round; Campus Sites regular-season crown in the final year of the league’s existence and made a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the third time 3 WCHA Final Five; St. Paul, Minn. in five seasons. BSU has experienced a tremendous amount of success in its first outing of the season posting a 41-12-2 (x) opponent national ranking (USA Today poll) in season-openers since 1947. x/ opponent tournament seed North Dakota comes into the weekend after posting a 1-0-1 record on a season-opening trip to Alaska as a part of the Kendall Hockey Classic. The Sioux battled Alaska Anchorage to a 5-5 tie before defeating Alaska 3-1. television Key © Lakeland Public Television (state-wide) ® Charter Communications (local markets) F Fox Sports North THe rivalry R Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (local market) The 2010-11 season-opening series between the Beavers and Fighting Sioux marks a continuation of a series that has roots extending back to the early 1970s after a one-year hiatus. Since the first meeting between the teams Feb. 6, 1970, C CBS College Sports UND has built a 17-1-1 advantage, including a perfect 5-0-0 mark when facing BSU in Bemidji, Minn. Earning their only win E ESPN versus UND Feb. 7, 1970 (7-5), the Beavers enter the weekend in search of their first victory over the Sioux since Bemidji State made the jump to the major college hockey level prior to the 1999-2000 season--a stretch during which BSU is 0-14- 1 versus North Dakota. Despite UND’s dominance in the series, eight of the last 11 contests have resulted in a Sioux margin of victory of a goal, which includes UND’s last three trips to Bemidji. THe uNparalleled TradiTioN The 2010-11 season represents the 12th at the NCAA Division I level, and the 55th year of intercollegiate competition, for a BSU program which has assembled one of the finest traditions in all of American collegiate sport. u BSU owns 13 NAIA, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III national titles. u The Beavers have captured 21 conference titles in 54 seasons of intercollegiate competition. u In 2009, BSU became the first No. 16 seed to ever earn a spot in the Frozen Four. In just its 10th year at the NCAA Division I level, only one team, the 1958 Denver Pioneers, found its way to college hockey’s grandest stage faster. u BSU has developed six NHL players, six Olympians and 81 All-America honorees. u BSU has compiled an all-time record of 963-467-86 (.665) in 1,516 games. Bemidji STaTe Hockey 2010-11 Game NoTeS BBemidji State Hockey GeNeral NoTeS STaNdiNGS & raNkiNGS NaTioNal pollS 2010-11 WCHa standings THe coacHeS usa today / usa Hockey Magazine u Bemidji State’s tom Serratore (Bemidji State ‘86) is in his 10th season has an overall record Overall WCHa of 163-128-33 (.554) as BSU’s head coach. In addition to directing the Beavers to seven con- • Week 2: Oct. 11, 2010 team pts lW rec W l t W l t pts secutive seasons of at least .500 hockey, Serratore’s teams have won CHA Regular-season championships five times since 2003-04 and made trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2005, 1 Boston College 507 (31) 1 1-0-0 Alaska Anchorage 1 0 1 0 0 0 -- 2006, 2009 and 2010, with a 2009 appearance in the Frozen Four. He is a five-timeCHA Coach 2 uNorth Dakota 467 (3) 2 1-0-1 uBemidji state 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- of the Year recipient and was Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Runner-up in 2009. 3 Michigan 427 4 2-0-1 4 Miami 392 3 1-1-0 Colo. College 1 0 1 0 0 0 -- uIn his seventh season as head coach at North Dakota, Dave Hakstol has led the UND to an overall record of 156-84-25 (.635) and six consecutive trips to the NCAA Tourna- 5 Yale 345 5 0-0-0 Denver 1 0 1 0 0 0 -- ment, which includes three Frozen Four appearances. Hakstol, a player for the Sioux 6 Maine 300 7 1-0-1 Michigan Tech 2 0 0 0 0 0 -- from 1989-92, was an assistant at UND for four years prior to taking the reigns of the 7 uMinnesota Duluth 299 9 1-0-1 Minnesota 2 0 0 0 0 0 -- program. In 11 years since arriving at UND, Hakstol has helped the Sioux to nine NCAA 8 Denver 241 11 1-0-1 Tournament berths and three WCHA titles. 9 New Hampshire 226 8 1-1-0 Minnesota Duluth 1 0 1 0 0 0 -- 12 Cornell 137 10 0-0-0 Minnesota State 0 0 2 0 0 0 -- THe wcHa predicTioNS are iN... 13 uMinnesota 129 15 2-0-0 Nebraska Omaha 2 0 0 0 0 0 -- Entering its inaugural season in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), the 14 Alaska 71 12 1-1-0 Beavers garnered 46 points to finish ninth in the 40th Annual Grand Forks Herald Coaches’ North Dakota 1 0 1 0 0 0 -- 15 uWisconsin 46 13 1-1-0 Poll.