2011-12 Bemidji State Women’s Hockey Game Notes Feb. 22, 2012 • Bemidji State Athletic Media Relations • Contact: Shawn D. Smith • Phone: 218-755-4619 • [email protected] 2011-12 Schedule Beavers set for playoff rematch against North Dakota Bemidji State (17-15-3; 11-13-1 WCHA) at September (5) North Dakota (20-10-3; 16-9-3 WCHA) 23 Thunder Bay Queens ^ W, 10-3 Feb. 24, 2:37 p.m. (Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D.) 30 Providence T, 0-0 Feb. 25, 2:37 p.m. (Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D.) (if necessary) Feb. 26, 2:37 p.m. (Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D.) October Local Radio: The River 92.1 FM 1 Providence W, 3-1 Play by Play: Kelly Schultz 7 at Ohio State * T, 4-4 (SH L) Online Radio: BeaverRadioNetwork.com 8 at Ohio State * L, 5-3 Live Stats: http://www.fightingsioux.com/liveStats/liveStats. 14 at Maine W, 3-2 (OT) dbml?SPID=6403&DB_OEM_ID=13500&LIST_SPORT_ID=W_ICE_ HOCKEY 15 at Maine W, 7-0 Live Video: http://www.fightingsioux.com/mediaPortal/player. 21 St. Cloud State * W, 8-1 dbml?&id=468346&catid=0&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=13500 22 St. Cloud State * W, 5-2 Twitter: @BSUBeavers 28 (2) Minnesota * L, 4-1 Facebook: www.facebook.com/bsubeavers 29 (2) Minnesota * W, 2-1 Players to Watch: Sr., D 25 Montana Vichorek (Moose Lake, Minn.) November 4 at Minnesota State * L, 2-1 (OT) 2012 WCHA Playoffs (First Round) 5 at Minnesota State * W, 1-0 Best-of-Three Series 10 Lindenwood ^ W, 11-0 (8) Minnesota State at (1) Wisconsin 19 at (6) Minnesota Duluth * L, 4-1 Eagles Nest Ice Arena, Verona, Wis. (7) St. Cloud State at (2) Minnesota 20 at (6) Minnesota Duluth * W, 4-3 Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minn. 25 (6) North Dakota #* L, 5-2 (6) Bemidji State at (3) North Dakota 26 (6) North Dakota #* W, 3-2 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D. (5) Ohio State at (4) Minnesota Duluth December AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, Minn. 9 (1) Wisconsin * L, 3-1 10 (1) Wisconsin * L, 6-1 30 at Robert Morris W, 3-2 31 at Robert Morris W, 3-2 Bemidji State Roster January No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Shoot/Catch Hometown 6 Minnesota State * L, 2-1 3 Abby Williams F 5-2 R-Jr. L Alexandria, Minn. 7 Minnesota State * W, 4-0 5 Alex Citrowske F 5-6 Fr. L Savage, Minn. 13 Ohio State * L, 5-3 6 Kristin Huber F 5-11 Fr. R Kelowna, British Columbia 14 Ohio State * W, 4-2 10 Emily Erickson F 5-9 R-Jr. L Coleraine, Minn. 20 at (2) Minnesota * L, 3-2 11 Whitney Wivoda F 5-8 Fr. L Fairbanks, Alaska 21 at (2) Minnesota * T, 3-3 12 Emily McKnight F/D 5-8 So. R Carman, Manitoba 27 at (1) Wisconsin * L, 3-2 (OT) 13 Molly Arola F 5-9 Jr. L Walker, Minn.. 28 at (1) Wisconsin * L, 1-0 14 Erika Wheelhouse D 5-3 Jr. L Crookston, Minn. 15 Marlee Wheelhouse D 5-1 Sr. R Crookston, Minn. February 16 MacKenzie Thurston F 5-7 Jr. L Ottawa, Ontario 17 Sadie Lundquist F 5-5 Jr. R Cloquet, Minn. 3 at (6) North Dakota * L, 5-2 18 Rachael Kelly F 5-5 Fr. R Rosemount, Minn. 4 at (6) North Dakota * L, 3-1 19 Tess Dusik F 6-0 So. R Oak Bluff, Manitoba 10 (9) Minnesota Duluth * L, 1-0 20 Jenessa Philipczyk F 5-7 Fr. L Stillwater, Minn. 11 (9) Minnesota Duluth * W, 2-0 22 Lauren Williams F 5-1 Sr. R Eagan, Minn. 17 at St. Cloud State * W, 3-2 23 Kristi King F 5-4 So. R Stillwater, Minn. 18 at St. Cloud State * W, 6-1 24 Alex Ehlert D 5-6 So. R Portage, Wis. 24-26 WCHA First Round 25 Montana Vichorek D 5-7 Sr. R Moose Lake, Minn. at North Dakota 2:37 p.m. 27 Kayleigh Chapman D 5-8 Fr. R Virden, Manitoba 28 Allie Duellman D 5-8 So. R Maplewood, Minn. March 29 Kimberly Lieder D 5-7 Sr. R Eagan, Minn. 2-3 WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF TBA 31 Alana McElhinney G 5-8 Sr. L Calgary, Alberta 35 Jessica Havel G 5-7 Jr. L Grand Rapids, Minn. Home games in bold 59 Danielle Williams F/D 5-10 So. R Waconia, Minn. 64 Natasha Kostenko F 5-11 Fr. R Fannystelle, Manitoba * Denotes WCHA game 88 Zuzana Tomcikova G 5-11 Sr. L Bratislava, Slovakia # Game held in Crookston, Minn. 91 Jamie Hatheway D/F 5-4 So. R Trenton, Ontario ^ Game held in Eveleth, Minn. All times Central Head Coach: Steve Sertich Assistant Coaches: Shane Veenker & Amber Fryklund Graduate Assistant Coach: Casie Hanson Head Coach Steve Sertich BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN’s HOCKEY Notebook Steve Sertich enters Last Time Out for the Beavers his sixth season as • Bemidji State picked up its first sweep since Dec. 30-31 with two victories over St. Cloud State head coach of the BSU University at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud last weekend. The Beavers were led by their women’s hockey program. potent power play which set a school record with five goals on the man advantage last Saturday. Sertich has helped propel BSU was led by Montana Vichorek and Emily Erickson, each of who tallied five points in BSU’s the program to heights 6-1 win over the Huskies. never seen before. At the conclusion of the 2010-11 season, the Quick Take - North Dakota team finished in sole • UND is led by the nation’s leading scorer Jocelyne Lamoureux, who paces the nation’s fourth-best possession of fifth place scoring offense. North Dakota is hard to defend with three of the best offensive players in the nation in the Western Collegiate with J. Lamoureux, Monique Lamoureux-Kolls and Michelle Karvinen. UND is coming off a series split at Hockey Association, a No. 2 Minnesota last weekend in Minneapolis. North Dakota leads the season series 3-1-0 against the program best. The same Beavers with a loss coming earlier this season at Sanford Center. season saw the Beavers open their new home, The Minnesota Five the Sanford Center, and claim the best home winning • After going 0-for-26 on the power play over the previous five games, BSU broke out of its record in program history going 9-5-2 on home ice. The funk in convincing fashion against St. Cloud State University. Saturday, the Beavers set a school Beavers also captured their first-ever wins over a top- record with five power-play goals all of which came from its top power-play unit consisting of ranked team, a 5-3 win over then-No. 1 Mercyhurst all Northern Minnesota goals; Emily Erickson, Sadie Lundquist, Montana Vichorek, Erika Oct. 16, 2010, and their first-ever win over Minnesota Wheelhouse and Marlee Wheelhouse. The group went 5-for-6 overall on the man advantage Duluth, a 1-0 win Nov. 5, 2011. led by M. Wheelhouse’s two goals and Vichorek’s four assists. Vichorek returned to the squad Saturday after missing Friday due to a graduate school interview and was the main facilitator or In the spring on 2010, Seritch was inducted into goal scorer on four of the five power-play neters. the Minnesota High School Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame. The honor, which is bestowed by the Minnesota Redemption Song Hockey Coaches Association, is given to coaches that • The Bemidji State University women’s hockey team will look to redeem itself against UND this have outstanding contributions to the sport of hockey weekend as they open the WCHA Playoffs. BSU lost a heart-wrenching series against North in the state of Minnesota. Dakota last season as Monique Lamoureux-Kolls tallied an overtime goal to end the Beavers’ season. BSU is 1-3-0 against UND this season but is ready to redeem itself against North Dakota Under his tutelage, the BSU women’s hockey team has in a rematch against their rivals this weekend. posted its most conference wins in a single season, with nine in both 2009-10 and 2006-07. Sertich has The Road to the FINAL FACEOFF also coached two Olympians while at Bemidji State, • BSU will look to get back to the WCHA FINAL FACEOFF for the second time in program history Nina Ziegenhals who played for Team Germany in the as they open up WCHA Playoffs this weekend. The Beavers only appearance in four-team tour- 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and Zuzana nament came following the 2009-10 season. The Beavers made it to the semifinals where they Tomickova who played for Team Slovakia in the 2010 were knocked out by University of Minnesota Duluth, 7-3. Winter Olympics in Vancouver Leave it to Lundquist During summer 2008, Sertich served as an assistant • It might be a coincidence but the Beavers are 13-3-2 this season when their leading scorer, coach for the U.S. Women’s Under-22 Select team Sadie Lundquist, picks up an assist or a goal on the game. Lundquist was held scoreless in that played in the annual three-game Women’s five-straight games from Jan. 27 to Feb. 10 during which BSU went 0-5. The BSU junior has Under-22 Series with Canada, which took place from scored in the last three games helping the Beavers to three straight victories.