BBemidji State Hockey curreNt record Beavers opeN league campaigN at No. 8 COlorado college Overall 1-1-0 Bemidji state officially begins second season in the cW Ha WCHA 0-0-0 Home 0-0-0 Away 1-1-0 settiNg tHe sceNe Neutral 0-0-0 Date: Oct. 14-15, 2011 Location: Colorado Springs, Colo. 2011-12 scHedule Time: 8:37/8:07 p.m. (MST) Date OppOnent tIMe/Result Venue: World Arena O2 Regina (Exh.) W, 7-0 Bemidji state Size / Capacity: 200x100 / 7,380 O7 at (1) Miami (Ohio) W, 5-3 colorado college Local Radio: KKBJ FM Mix 103.7 O8 at (1) Miami (Ohio) L, 3-2 Beavers tigers Play-by-play: Brian Schultz O14 at • (8) Colorado College 8:37 p.m. 1-1-0; 0-0-0 WCHA 0-0-0; 0-0-0 CCHA O15 at • (8) Colorado College 8:07 p.m. Internet Audio: beaverradionetwork.com O21 © • Michigan Tech 7:37 p.m. Local Television: None O22 © • Michigan Tech 7:07 p.m. iN tHe polls iN tHe polls Live Stats: www.cctigers.com O28 at • Minnesota Duluth 7:07 p.m. RV USCHO.com 7 USCHO.com Live Webstream: http://www.b2livetv.com O29 at • Minnesota Duluth 7:07 p.m. RV USAToday/USA Hockey 8 USAToday/USA Hockey N4 at Lake Superior State 6:00 p.m. n/a PairWise Rankings n/a PairWise Rankings N5 at Lake Superior State 6:00 p.m. N11 © • Nebraska-Omaha 7:37 p.m. N12 © • Nebraska-Omaha 7:07 p.m. top players 10-11 top players player to WatcH N19 © • North Dakota 7:07 p.m. Goals: Goals: Junior aaron Mcleod opens N20 © • North Dakota 5:07 p.m. Aaron McLeod 2 Tyler Johnson 20 the WCHA season after a ca- D2 at • St. Cloud State 7:37 p.m. reer weekend at Miami Oct. 7-8. Assists: Assists: McLeod helped BSU down the D3 at • St. Cloud State 7:07 p.m. nation’s No. 1 team, 5-3, Friday D9 © • Denver 7:37 p.m. Brad Hunt 3 Jaden Schwartz 30 Points: Points: with a career-best two goals, D10 © • Denver 7:07 p.m. and after an assist, three points. D16 © Alabama-Huntsville 7:37 p.m. McLeod/Hunt 3 Jaden Schwartz 17-30=47 The Junior now has 10-8=18 D17 © Alabama-Huntsville 7:07 p.m. Goals Against Avg: Goals Against Avg: carrer points, but in the Beavers’ last 28 games, D30 © Bowling Green 7:37 p.m. Dan Bakala 3.03 Josh Howe 2.94 McLeod has contributed 7-5=12. D31 © Bowling Green 7:07 p.m. J13 R at • Denver 8:37 p.m. J14 at • Denver 8:07 p.m. tHe matcH up The Bemidji State University men’s ice hockey team breaks the seal on it second season as members of the J27 © • Minnesota State 7:37 p.m. Western Collegiate Hockey Association this weekend as it hits the road for two-game set at Colorado College. J28 © • Minnesota State 7:07 p.m. The nationally-ranked Tigers welcome the Beavers to World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo. to open the series F3 at • Nebraska-Omaha 7:37 p.m. Friday at 8:37 p.m. (CST) before wrapping up the series Saturday at 8:07 p.m. (CST). F4 at • Nebraska-Omaha 7:07 p.m. Bemidji State is coming off of a 1-1 nonconference weekend at then-No. 1 Miami University (Ohio). The F10 © • Colorado College 7:37 p.m. Beavers knocked off the nation’s top-ranked team. 5-3, Friday before falling in the series finale, 3-2. F11 © • Colorado College 7:07 p.m. BSU finished its first season in the WCHA with an 8-15-5 mark in league play before making a run through the first round of the WCHA playoffs and winning its Red Baron WCHA Final Five quarterfinal match up with F17 F at • Minnesota 7:07 p.m. Minnesota Duluth, before bowing out to Denver in the semis. F18 F at • Minnesota 7:07 p.m. BSU returns 20 players from its 2010-11 roster, including Jordan George. The junior forward was the F24 © • Wisconsin 7:37 p.m. team’s scoring leader a year ago posting 17-19--36 points and the team top goaltender in senior Dan F25 © • Wisconsin 7:07 p.m. Bakala. Bakala saw time in 31 games, posting a 14-13-4 record with three shutouts, a .919 save percent- M2 at • Alaska-Anchorage 10:07 p.m. age and a 2.47 goals against average. Friday’s series-opener also serves as the Tiger’s official season-opener. CC played two game during M3 at • Alaska-Anchorage 10:07 p.m. the exhibition season defeating McGill, 3-2, Oct. 2 and dropping the U.S. Under-18 team Oct. 8, 5-0. M9-11 2 WCHA First Round TBA The Tigers capped the 2010-11 season 23-19-3 overall and a 13-13-2 mark in league play to finish M1517 3 WCHA Final Five TBA sixth. A healthy Jaden Schwartz returns to the CC line up for 2011-12. The sophomore led the Tigers in scor- All Times Central ing a year ago with 17 goals and a team-high 30 assists, despite missing 15 games due to injury. CC also Subject to change without notice returns the services of its goaltender corps. Joe Howe led the crew posting a 2.94 goals agasint average Schedule Key and .903 save percentage playing in 36 games. • WCHA regular-season game tHe rivalry 2 WCHA First Round; Campus Sites The Beavers and Tigers enter the weekend with a very short history. The teams have logged just six previous 3 WCHA Final Five; St. Paul, Minn. head-to-head contests with CC holding a 3-2-1 edge in the series and a 3-1-0 advantage in Colorado Springs. (x) opponent national ranking (USA Today poll) With that said, BSU was unbeaten in two WCHA meetings with the Tigers a year ago. The teams played the Feb. x/ opponent tournament seed 18 series opener to a 5-5 tie before BSU captured a 2-1 victory Feb. 19. The BSU-CC series got its start with a Television Key single nonconference game Dec. 12, 2000. © Lakeland Public Television (state-wide) tHe uNparalleled traditioN ® MidContinent Communications (local markets) The 2011-12 season represents the 13th at the NCAA Division I level, and the 56th year of intercollegiate com- F Fox Sports North petition, for a BSU program which has assembled one of the finest traditions in all of American collegiate sport. R RootSports (local market) u BSU owns 13 NAIA, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III national titles. C CBS College Sports u The Beavers have captured 21 conference titles in 55 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 seven NHL players, six Olympians and 82 All-America honorees. u BSU has compiled an all-time record of 982-487-91 (.658) in 1,562 games. Beaver Hockey 2011-12 game Notes BBemidji State Hockey geNeral Notes staNdiNgs & raNkiNgs NatioNal polls 2011-12 WCHa standings tHe coacHes usa today / usa Hockey Magazine u Bemidji State’s tom serratore (Bemidji State ‘86) is in his 11th season has an • preseason: sept. 26, 2011 Overall WCHa overall record of 179-147-38 (.544) as BSU’s head coach. In addition to directing team pts lW rec the Beavers to seasons of at least .500 hockey in seven of the last eight seasons, W l t W l t pts 1 Boston College 495 (27) 5 2-0-0 Serratore’s teams won CHA Regular-season championships five times since 2003-04 Alaska Anchorage 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Notre Dame 428 (3) 2 1-1-0 and made trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010, with a 2009 3 uDenver 399 (2) 4 0-0-0 uBemidji state 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 appearance in the Frozen Four. He is a five-timeCHA Coach of the Year recipient and 4 uMiami 384 1 1-1-0 Colo. College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 was Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Runner-up in 2009. 5 Michigan 338 9 3-0-0 uIn 13 seasons at the helm of the Colorado College men’s hockey program, scott Denver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 uNorth Dakota 328 3 1-1-0 Owens has posted a 281-169-41 (.614) overall record. A 1979 graduate of CC, Owens Michigan Tech 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Boston University 314 (1) 6 1-0-0 has led the Tigers to three WCHA regular-season titles and seven appearances in the 8 uColorado College 306 7 0-0-0 Minnesota 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NCAA Tournament. His teams have average better than 23 wins per season since he 9 uMinnesota Duluth 252 10 1-1-0 Minnesota Duluth 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 took over the program. 10 Yale 234 (1) 8 0-0-0 Minnesota State 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 Union 163 11 1-0-0 last for tHe Beavers 12 Western Michigan 146 13 2-0-0 Nebraska-Omaha 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bemidji State University officially opened its 56th season of intercollegiate hockey Oct.