BEMIDJI S TAT E BSUBeavers.com 2012-13 Bemidji State University Women’s Hockey i A TEAM ABOVE ALL, ABOVE ALL A TEAM 2012-13 Bemidji State University Women’s Hockey 2012-13 BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA GUIDE Bemidji State Beavers The 2012-13 Bemidji State Women’s Ice Hockey Media Guide is a production of 2012-13 Quick Facts 2 the Bemidji State University Athletic Media Relations Department 2012-13 Rosters 3 Season Outlook 4 Executive Editors Coaches and Support Staff Jake Ford, Graduate Assistant, Athletic Media Relations Shawn Smith, Former Graduate Assistant, Athletic Media Relations Head Coach Steve Sertich 5-6 Assistant Coaches 7 Assistant Editors Support Staff 8 Brad Folkestad, Director of Athletic Media Relations Player Profiles Dax Larson, Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations Seniors 9-16 Juniors 17-21 Cover Design BSU Communications and Marketing Sophomores 22-27 Freshmen 28-30 Interior Content 2011-12 Season Review Shawn Smith, Former Graduate Assistant, Athletic Media Relations 2011-12 Stats/2012-12 Schedule 31-32 Brad Folkestad, Director of Athletic Media Relations Game-by-Game Recaps 33-44 History and Records Photography John Swartz, BSU Photo Service Individual Records 45-47 Goaltending Records 48 Team Records 49 Year-by-Year Leaders 50-51 All-Time Results 52-55 Year-by-Year Results 56-57 All-Time Awards 58 All-Time Roster 59 All-Time Stats 60-61 2012-13 Opponents Listed by date of first meeting 62-64 The WCHA The Western Collegiate Hockey Association 65 2011-12 Final Standings, Stats, and Awards 66-67 2012-13 WCHA Composite Schedule 68 This is Bemidji State The Campus/City 69-72 BSU Facilities 73-74 Media Information/BSU Staff 75-78 A TEAM ABOVE ALL, ABOVE ALL A TEAM 1 2012-13 Bemidji State University Women’s Hockey QUICK FACTS Bemidji State University Location: Bemidji, Minn Population: 30,000 (includes city and surrounding area) Founded: 1919 Enrollment: 5,360 Conference: Western Collegiate Hockey Association WCHA Members: Bemidji State; Minnesota; Minn Duluth; Minn State; North Dakota; Ohio State; St Cloud State; Wisconsin Affiliation: NCAA Division I Nickname: Beavers School Colors: Green (PMS 3305) and White Home Ice: Robert H Peters Rink at Sanford Center Ice size (capacity): 200 x 85 (4,373) President: Dr Richard Hanson Athletics Director: Dr Rick Goeb Athletics Trainer: Bill Crews Women’s Hockey Trainer: Corinne Dauksavage Athletics Trainer Phone: (218) 755-2769 Equipment Manager: Andrea Nichols Equipment Phone: (218) 755-2707 Senior Woman Admin /Compliance: Sarah Levesque Athletics Secretary: Debbie Slough Athletics Phone: (218) 755-2941 Athletics Fax: (218) 755-3898 Athletic Media Relations Director: Brad Folkestad Office Phone: (218) 755-4603 e-mail: bfolkestad@bemidjistate edu Assistant Director: Dax Larson Office Phone: (218) 755-2763 e-mail: dlarson@bemidjistate edu Hockey Contact: Jake Ford Office Phone: (218) 755-4619 e-mail: jford@bemidjistate edu Office Fax: (218) 755-3898 Hockey Press Box: (218) 441-4047 Web: www BSUBeavers com Mailing Address: Bemidji State University, PE 203 (Box 29) 1500 Birchmont Drive NE Bemidji, MN 56601 Team Information 2011-12 Record: 17-17-3 WCHA Record: 11-15-2 (35 points; 6th) Letterwinners Returning: 20 Letterwinners Lost: 8 Newcomers: 8 Program History First Year of Hockey: 1998-99 Overall record: 148-311-55 ( 341) WCHA record: 94-232-46 ( 315) WCHA Tournament appearances: 11 WCHA Championships: none Years in NCAA postseason play: 0 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Steve Sertich Alma mater: Colorado College ‘74 Hockey Phone: (218) 755-4108 e-mail: ssertich@bemidjistate edu Record at BSU: 64-127-26 Career Record: 64-127-26 Assistants: Amber Fryklund (Bemidji State ‘03) Shane Veenker (Bemidji State ‘01) 2 A TEAM ABOVE ALL, ABOVE ALL A TEAM 2012-13 Bemidji State University Women’s Hockey TEAM ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. S/C DOB Hometown (Previous Team) 3 Abby Williams F 5-2 R-Sr L 7/21/89 Alexandria, Minn (Minnesota State University, Mankato) 5 Alex Citrowske F 5-6 So L 11/11/92 Savage, Minn (Prior Lake HS) 6 Kristin Huber F 5-11 So R 2/9/93 Kelowna, British Columbia (Pursuit of Excellence Academy) 8 Megan Lushanko F 5-3 Fr L 3/12/94 Chisago City, Minn (Chisago Lakes HS) 9 Kaitlyn Tougas F 5-3 Fr R 11/5/94 Thunder Bay, Ontario (Thunder Bay Queens) 10 Emily Erickson F 5-9 Sr L 10/10/89 Coleraine, Minn (Grand Rapids/Greenway HS) 11 Whitney Wivoda F 5-8 So L 4/30/93 Fairbanks, Alaska (Minnesota Crunch) 12 Emily McKnight D 5-8 Jr R 7/12/92 Carman, Manitoba (Warner Hockey School) 13 Molly Arola F 5-9 Sr L 1/1/91 Walker, Minn (Grand Rapids/Greenway HS) 14 Erika Wheelhouse D 5-3 Sr L 5/9/91 Crookston, Minn (Crookston HS) 16 MacKenzie Thurston F 5-7 Sr L 10/5/91 Ottawa, Ontario (Ottawa Junior Senators) 17 Sadie Lundquist F 5-5 Sr R 6/18/91 Cloquet, Minn (Cloquet HS) 18 Rachael Kelly F 5-5 So R 10/14/92 Rosemount, Minn (Rosemount HS) 19 Tess Dusik F 6-0 Jr. R 1/6/92 Oak Bluff, Manitoba (Balmoral Hall Prep) 20 Jenessa Philipczyk D 5-7 R-Fr L 7/28/92 Stillwater, Minn (Minnesota Thoroughbreds) 24 Alex Ehlert D 5-6 Jr R 12/27/91 Portage, Wis (Madison Capitals AAA) 27 Kayleigh Chapman D 5-8 So R 1/14/93 Virden, Manitoba (Warner Hockey School) 28 Allie Duellman D 5-8 Jr R 7/7/92 Maplewood, Minn (Roseville Area HS) 30 Abby Ryplanski G 5-4 So L 8/17/93 Winnipeg, Manitoba (Niagara University) 31 Alexane Rodrigue G 5-9 Fr L 12/17/94 Monkland, Ontario (Ontario Hockey Academy) 35 Jessica Havel G 5-8 Sr L 7/20/91 Grand Rapids, Minn (Grand Rapids/Greenway HS) 56 Hanna Moher F 5-6 Fr L 6/16/94 Milton, Ontario (Mississauga Junior Chiefs) 59 Danielle Williams D 5-10 Jr R 6/10/92 Waconia, Minn (Minnesota Thoroughbreds) 64 Natasha Kostenko F 5-11 So R 1/9/93 Fannystelle, Manitoba (Notre Dame Hounds) 74 Lauren Merkley D 5-7 Fr R 9/13/94 Mississauga, Ontario (Mississauga Junior Chiefs) 91 Jamie Hatheway D/F 5-6 Sr R 4/15/91 Trenton, Ontario (Durham Junior Lightning) 92 Ivana Bilic D 5-7 Fr L 8/21/94 Coquitlam, British Columbia (Warner Hockey School) - Stephanie Anderson F 5-9 So R 11/27/92 North St Paul, Minn (University of Minnesota) ROSTER BREAKDOWN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BY CLASS BY GEOGRAPHY 5 Alex Citrowske - SIT-trow-ski Seniors (8) United States Canada 8 Megan Lushanko - loo-SHANK-oh Molly Arola Alaska (1) British Columbia (2) 9 Kaitlyn Tougas - two-gus Emily Erickson Jamie Hatheway Whitney Wivoda Ivana Bilic 11 Whitney Wivoda - WHY-vo-duh Jessica Havel Minnesota (13) Kristin Huber 13 Molly Arola - uh-roll-uh Sadie Lundquist Stephanie Anderson Manitoba (5) 19 Tess Dusik - doo-sick MacKenzie Thurston Molly Arola Kayleigh Chapman 20 Jenessa Philipczyk - phil-up-chick Erika Wheelhouse Alex Citrowske Tess Dusik 24 Alex Ehlert - AY-lert Abby Williams 28 Allie Duellman - DUAL-man Juniors (5) Allie Duellman Natasha Kostenko Allie Duellman Emily Erickson Emily McKnight 30 Abby Ryplanski - Ruh-PLAN-skee Tess Dusik Jessica Havel Abby Ryplanski 31 Alexane Rodrigue - ROD-reeg Alex Ehlert Rachael Kelly Ontario (6) 35 Jessica Havel - HAY-vuhl Emily McKnight Kristi King Lauren Merkley 64 Natasha Kostenko - kus-TANK-oh Danielle Williams 56 Hanna Moher - mower Sophomores (8) Megan Lushanko Hanna Moher Stephanie Anderson Jenessa Philipczyk Jamie Hatheway 92 Ivana Bilic -EVE-uh-nuh BILL-ich Kayleigh Chapman Erika Wheelhouse Alexane Rodrigue Shane Veenker - VAIN-kerr Alex Citrowske Abby Williams MacKenzie Thurston Amber Fryklund - FRICK-lund Kristin Huber Danielle Williams Kaitlyn Tougas Rachael Kelly Natasha Kostenko Wisconsin (1) Abby Ryplanski Alex Ehlert Whitney Wivoda Freshmen (7) Ivana Bilic Megan Lushanko Lauren Merkley Hanna Moher Jenessa Philipczyk Alexane Rodrigue Kaitlyn Tougas A TEAM ABOVE ALL, ABOVE ALL A TEAM 3 2012-13 Bemidji State University Women’s Hockey SEASON OUTLOOK The Bemidji State University women’s Lieder Vichorek, who contributed at both Special Teams hockey team is entering its 15th season of ends of the ice, finished third in the con- Though the team lost Montana Vichorek, NCAA play in 2012-13 and is coming off ference in scoring by a defenseman with its leader in power-play points, BSU does a 2011-12 campaign in which it finished 31 points and eighth in the league with 19 return many key pieces to a power-play unit 17-17-3 and had an 11-15-2-0 ledger in points on the power play that ranked fourth in the WCHA last season, the arguably the nation’s toughest confer- clicking at a 22 1 percent rate and tallying a ence, the WCHA The Beavers went unde- Returning to BSU in 2012-13 will be senior program-record 36 goals Sadie Lundquist feated in nonconference play, going 6-0-1 captain Erika Wheelhouse The Crookston, tied for sixth in the conference in goals on Minn native finished last year with 24 points the man advantage Erika Wheelhouse (14) After jumping out to a 6-2-2 start, including and finished the year and was rewarded for Emily Erickson (12) each had double-digit a 2-1 win over eventual national champion her efforts with an invitation to participate power-play points last year and MacKenzie Minnesota, Bemidji State achieved its first- at the 2012 USA Women’s Hockey National Thurston and Kristin Huber both saw time ever national ranking, eventually reaching as Festival in August in man-up situations high as No 7 After finishing in sixth place in the conference, the Beavers travled to Aside from Wheelhouse, the most expe- With an 86 6 percent success rate, the NCAA Tournament-bound and third-seeded rienced blueline returnees are Kayleigh Beavers’ penalty kill was also fourth in North Dakota in the first round UND ended Chapman, who skated in 28 games