Men’s Hockey 2009-10 BRADHUNT CHRISMCKELVIE SOPHOMORE D SENIOR F First-Team All-CHA MATTREAD Team Captain JUNIOR F CHA Player of the Year First-Team All-CHA Bemidji State University 2010 Midwest Regional Media Guide BBemidji State Hockey cuRRenT RecoRd Bemidji STaTe SeTS ouT To defend midweST ReGional TiTle Overall 23-9-4 no. 9 Beavers draw michigan in ncaa Regional Semifinal CHA 14-3-1 Home 12-3-0 Away 10-5-3 SeTTinG THe Scene Neutral 1-1-1 Date: March 27-28, 2010 Overtime 3-1-4 Location: Fort Wayne, Ind. Time: 7:30 p.m./8:00 p.m. (EST) Venue: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 2009-10 ScHedule Size / Capacity: 200x85 / 10,511 Date OppOnent time/Result Bemidji State michigan O 9 © (RV) air Force W, 3-1 Local Radio: KKBJ FM Mix 103.7 O10 © (RV) air Force W, 7-3 BeaveRS wolveRineS Play-by-play: Brian Schultz O23 at Northern Michigan T, 3-3 (ot) 23-9-4; 14-3-1 CHA 25-17-1; 14-13-1 CCHA O24 at Northern Michigan W, 5-0 Analyst: Brian Bissonette O31 at • Ala.-Huntsville W, 2-1 (ot) Internet Audio: www.kkbjfm.com N1 at • Ala.-Huntsville W, 2-1 (ot) in THe pollS in THe pollS Local Television: ESPN Syndication n6 © • Robert morris W, 2-0 10 USCHO/CSTV 11 USCHO/CSTV Play-by-play: Brian Schultz n7 © • Robert morris W, 6-1 N14 F at Minnesota L, 1-4 9 USAToday/USA Hockey 11 USAToday/USA Hockey Analyst: Brian Bissonette N15 F at Minnesota W, 6-2 11 Inside College Hockey 12 Inside College Hockey Webcast: http://www.ESPN360.com n20 © • ala.-Huntsville W, 6-1 n21 © • ala.-Huntsville W, 6-3 playeR To waTcH N27 1 (1) Miami (Ohio) W, 3-2 2009-10 leadeRS 2009-10 leadeRS N28 1 Ohio State L, 1-2 (ot) Goals: Goals: Bemidji State’s Brad Hunt enters D4 © • niagara W, 8-2 the NCAA Tournament riding a Ian Lowe 20 Louie Caporusso 20 four-game assist scoring streak. D5 © • niagara W, 3-2 Assists: Assists: The sophomore defender is cur- D11 © minnesota state l, 1-5 rently third on the team in scoring D12 © minnesota state l, 2-3 Brad Hunt 26 Carl Hagelin 30 with seven goals and a team- J2 at Western Michigan T, 0-0 (ot) Points: Points: leading 26 assists. His career- J3 at Western Michigan W, 3-0 high 33 points in 2009-10 places J15 at • Niagara L, 4-6 Matt Read 19-21=40 Carl Hagelin 17-30=47 him fifth among the nation’s top J16 at • Niagara W, 4-3 Goals Against Avg: Goals Against Avg: blueliners in scoring. In addition, J22 © minnesota Dultuh W, 4-1 Hunt leads the Beavers on the power play with five Dan Bakala 2.21 Bryan Hogan 2.33 goals and 12 assists for 17 points. J23 at Minnesota Duluth W, 5-4 (ot) J29 © • Robert morris W, 5-1 J30 © • Robert morris l, 2-5 THe maTcH up F12 at • Robert Morris L, 2-5 The Bemidji State University men’s ice hockey team has extended its schedule to include the NCAA Division I Tournament F13 at • Robert Morris W, 5-2 for the second consecutive season. BSU’s road to the Frozen Four begins at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort F19 © • niagara W, 3-2 Wayne, Ind. The Beavers, who earned their first at-large bid and make their fourth trip to the tournament since 2005, open F20 © • niagara W, 6-1 Midwest Regional play Saturday, Mar. 27. when they face University of Michigan at 6:30 p.m. (CST). BSU and Michigan F26 at (RV) Nebraska-Omaha W, 3-1 join Miami University and University of Alabama-Huntsville in a race for the Midwest Regional Championship and a trip to F27 at (RV) Nebraska-Omaha L, 2-3 the Frozen Four at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich. M5 at • Ala.-Huntsville W, 3-2 The 2010 College Hockey America (CHA) regular-season champion Beavers (23-9-4), who set out to defend their 2009 Midwest Regional title, have spent a school-record 22 consecutive weeks ranked among the nation’s top 15 NCAA M6 at • Ala.-Huntsville T, 2-2 Division I teams and open tournament play with 6-0-1 record versus its Midwest Region counterparts. The team enters M 12 2 4/Niagara - semifinal L, 4-5 the weekend with 23 wins, leaving it one victory shy of setting a new BSU Division I-era mark for wins, surpassing the M 13 C 2 2/Robert Morris - 3rd place T, 3-3 (ot) 2004-05 squad’s 23-win season. M 27 E 3 (11) 3/Michigan 6:30 p.m. Michigan (25-17-1) punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament by way of the 2010 Central Collegiate Hockey As- M 28 U 3 (1)1/Miami/4/Ala.-Huntsville 7 p.m. sociation (CCHA) Tournament championship and the automatic bid that accompanies it. Michigan’s berth into the 2010 tournament marks its 20th consecutive appearance. The Wolverines open tournament play as one of the hottest teams in the country winning their last six games and eight of their last nine. All Times Central subject to change without notice THe RivalRieS Despite combining for nearly 4,000 collegiate games dating back to the mid-1940s, Saturday’s semifinal match up be- schedule Key tween Bemidji State and Michigan marks the first meeting between the pair of iconic collegiate hockey programs. How- • CHA regular-season game ever, a win over the Wolverines would pit the Beavers versus either No. 1 seed Miami University (Ohio) or the fourth seed 1 Subway Holiday Classic; Grand Forks, N.D. University of Alabama-Huntsville, which are both much more familiar to BSU. 2 CHA Tournament; Lewiston, N.Y. UAH and BSU were bitter rivals at the NCAA Division II level before becoming charter members of College Hockey 3 NCAA Midwest Regional; Fort Wayne, Ind. America in 1999-2000. Bemidji State and Ala-.Huntsville have met 66 times with BSU owning a 35-27-4 advantage in the series, which includes a 5-0-1 record this season. (x) opponent national ranking (USA Today poll) Although the BSU-Miami series is not quite as extensive, recent meetings between the teams have been significant. x/ opponent tournament seed The RedHawks hold a 3-1-0 edge in a series that stretches back to 2000. BSU and Miami met in last year’s Frozen Four semifinal where the RedHawks got the best of Bemidji State, 4-1, and advanced to the national title game. The Beavers television Key got their revenge in November knocking off then top-ranked MU, 3-2 in the Subway Holiday Classic in Grand Forks, N.D. © Midcontinent Communications (Bemidji only) ® Midcontinet Cable (multi-market, Minnesota only) THe unpaRalleled TRadiTion F FSN North The 2009-10 season represents the 11th at the NCAA Division I level, and the 54th year of intercollegiate competition, for a C CBS College Sports BSU program which has assembled one of the finest traditions in all of American collegiate sports. E ESPN Syndication u BSU owns 13 NAIA, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III national titles. U ESPNU u The Beavers have captured 22 conference titles in 54 seasons of intercollegiate competition. u BSU won the CHA regular-season championship in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, becoming the league’s first repeat regular- season titlest and has captured the last three championships consecutively (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10). u In 2009, the Beavers became the first No. 16 seed ever to reach the Frozen Four. In just its 10th year of competition at the NCAA Division I level, only Denver reached 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 966-467-86 (.664) in 1,519 games and has the highest all-time winning percentage of the 58 programs which currently comprise NCAA Division I ice hockey. Bemidji STaTe Hockey 2010 postseaSon media Guide BBemidji State Hockey GeneRal noTeS STandinGS & RankinGS naTional pollS 2009-10 CHa standings THe coacHeS usa today / usa Hockey magazine u Bemidji State’s tom Serratore (Bemidji State ‘86) is in his ninth season in his current Overall CHa post at BSU and has an overall record of 163-126-32 (.556). He has directed the Beavers • Week 24: mar. 22, 2010 team pts lW rec W l t W l t pts to seven consecutive seasons of at least .500 hockey. Serratore’s teams have won CHA Regular-Season Championships five times in the last seven years and made trips to the 1 uMiami (Ohio) 486 (23) 2 27- 7-7 uBemiDJi st 23 9 4 14 3 1 29 NCAA Tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2009 after conference tournament titles, with a 2 Boston College 457 (7) 4 25-10-3 Robert Morris 10 19 6 6 9 3 15 2009 appearance in the Frozen Four. He is a five-time CHA Coach of the Year recipient 3 Denver 453 (3) 1 27- 9-4 4 North Dakota 436 (1) 5 25-12-5 Ala.-Huntsville 12 17 3 6 10 2 14 and was Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Runner-up in 2009. uGordon "Red" Berenson is in his 26th season as head coach of the University of 5 Wisconsin 415 3 25-10-4 Niagara 12 20 4 6 10 2 14 Michigan ice hockey program.