BBemidji State Hockey current record Beavers look to protect 8-0-0 league rocord at niagara Overall 14-4-2 no. 11 Bemidji state heads east for second cHa road series of 2009-10 CHA 8-0-0 Home 8-2-0 Away 5-1-2 setting tHe scene Neutral 1-1-0 Date: January 15-16, 2010 Overtime 2-1-2 Location: Lewiston, N.Y. Time: 6:05/6:05 p.m. (CST) Home Ice: Dwyer Arena 2009-10 scHedule Size / Capacity: 200x85 / 2,100 Date OppOnent Bemidji state niagara O 9 © (RV) air Force W, 3-1 Local Radio: KKBJ FM Mix 103.7 O10 © (RV) air Force W, 7-3 Beavers purple eagles Play-by-play: Brian Schultz O23 at Northern Michigan T, 3-3 (ot) 14-4-2; 8-0-0 CHA 5-12-2; 1-3-1 CHA O24 at Northern Michigan W, 5-0 Internet Audio: www.kkbjfm.com O31 at • Ala.-Huntsville W, 2-1 (ot) Local Television: none N1 at • Ala.-Huntsville W, 2-1 (ot) in tHe polls in tHe polls Webcast: http://www.b2livetv.com n6 © • Robert Morris W, 2-0 11 USCHO/CSTV nr USCHO/CSTV n7 © • Robert Morris W, 6-1 N14 F at Minnesota L, 1-4 11 USAToday/USA Hockey nr USAToday/USA Hockey N15 F at Minnesota W, 6-2 12 Inside College Hockey nr Inside College Hockey 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: Senior forward tyler Lehrke D4 © • niagara W, 8-2 has 4-3=7 career points versus Matt Read 12 Ryan Olidis 11 the Purple Eagles. Earlier this D5 © • niagara W, 3-2 Assists: Assists: season, the Park Rapids, Minn. D11 © Minnesota State L, 1-5 native posted a goal and two as- D12 © Minnesota State L, 2-3 Brad Hunt/Matt Read 15 Chris Moran 19 sists to help the Beavers sweep J2 at Western Michigan T, 0-0 (ot) Points: Points: NU. With 13-19=32 points in 106 J3 at Western Michigan W, 3-0 games during his career, Lehrke J15 at • Niagara 6:05 pm Matt Read 12-15=27 Chris Moran 3-19=21 has accounted for nearly 21 per- J16 at • Niagara 6:05 pm Goals Against Avg: Goals Against Avg: cent of his scoring and one third of his goal total in 12 games against Niagara. J22 © Minnesota Dultuh 7:35 pm Dan Bakala 1.71 Chris Noonan 3.20 J23 at Minnesota Duluth 7:07 pm J29 © • Robert Morris 7:35 pm J30 © • Robert Morris 7:05 pm tHe matcH up F12 at • Robert Morris 6:05 pm The No. 11 Bemidji State University men’s ice hockey team makes its final regular-season trek to Dwyer Arena this weekend F13 at • Robert Morris 6:05 pm to battle College Hockey America rival Niagara University in a two-game set. The series set for a 6:05 p.m. (CST) puck drop F19 © • niagara 7:35 pm Friday with the finale getting underway Saturday at 6:05 p.m. F20 © • niagara 7:05 pm The Beavers enter the series 14-4-2 overall with an unblemished 8-0-0 mark in CHA play. The team opens the series after F26 at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 pm posting a 1-0-1 record at Western Michigan University two weeks ago (Jan. 2-3) in its last action. After posting the first 0-0 F27 at Nebraska-Omaha 8:05 pm overtime tie in BSU history versus the Broncos Saturday, the Beavers bounced back Sunday to down WMU, 3-0 and escape M5 at • Ala.-Huntsville 5:30 pm Kalamazoo, Mich, with the series win--BSU’s seventh of the season. M6 at • Ala.-Huntsville 3:00 pm The Beavers have fared well on the road in 2009-10 posting a 5-2-1 record and are unbeaten in their last three contests M 12 2 CHA Semifinal Round TBA on opponent’s ice. M 13 C 2 CHA Championship TBA The Purple Eagles welcome Bemidji State to Dwyer Arena with a 5-12-2 overall record, a 1-3-1 mark in league play. It’s been a rocky road for NU this season. Although the team was winless in its first 10 outings, its gone 5-4 since securing its first win of the season Nov. 18. Niagara is coming off a 1-1-0 series versus St. Lawrence (2-7 and 4-3) and returns to league All Times Local play since it was swept by the Beavers (8-2, 3-2) in Bemidji, Minn. Dec. 4-5. Subject to change without notice Schedule Key tHe rivalry • CHA regular-season game The Bemidji State/Niagara series got its start Nov. 5, 1999--just the Beavers’ third series playing at the NCAA Division I level. 1 Subway Holiday Classic; Grand Forks, N.D. In a rivalry featuring teams that have won the CHA crown each of the last six seasons and have finished one-two in the last 2 CHA Tournament; Lewiston, N.Y. four, BSU enters the series trailing NU 19-20-8 all-time, but have been beaten by the Purple Eagles just four times in the last (x) opponent national ranking (USA Today poll) 16 meetings (8-4-4). However, the Beavers have had their share of struggles at Dwyer over the years. The team is 7-13-3 at x/ opponent tournament seed the Falls since 2006, but are 5-1-2 (includes a win over Wayne State in the 2008 CHA Tournament) on NU’s ice since 2006, which includes a run of three straight road victories to cap the 2008-09 campaign. television Key © Midcontinent Communications (Bemidji only) tHe unparalleled tradition ® Charter Cable (multi-market, Minnesota only) The 2009-10 season represents the 11th at the NCAA Division I level, and the 54th year of intercollegiate competition, for a F FSN North BSU program which has assembled one of the finest traditions in all of American collegiate sports. C CBS College Sports u BSU owns 13 NAIA, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III national titles. u The Beavers have captured 21 conference titles in 53 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 captured the 2008-09 championship on the heels of a 2007-08 crown. BSU has also won CHA Tournament titles in 2005, 2006, and 2009 en route to participating in the NCAA Tournament. 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 957-462-84 (.665) in 1,503 games and has the highest all-time winning percentage of the 58 programs which currently comprise NCAA Division I ice hockey. Beaver Hockey 2009-10 game notes Bemidji State Hockey general notes standings & rankings national polls 2009-10 CHa Standings tHe coacHes u Bemidji State’s tom Serratore (Bemidji State ‘86) is in his ninth season in his current USa today / USa Hockey Magazine Overall CHa post at BSU and has an overall record of 154-122-31 (.555). He has guided the Beavers • Week 13: Jan. 4, 2010 W L t W L t pts to seven consecutive seasons of .500-or-better hockey. Serratore’s teams have won CHA Regular-season Championships four times in the last six years (2004, 2005, 2008 team pts LW rec uBeMiDJi St 14 4 2 8 0 0 16 and 2009) and made trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2009 after confer- 1 Denver 509 (33) 2 14-5-3 Robert Morris 5 12 3 1 4 2 4 ence tournament titles, with a 2009 appearance in the Frozen Four. He has been named 2 uMiami (Ohio) 436 (1) 1 13-4-5 3 Wisconsin 429 4 12-5-3 Niagara 5 12 2 1 3 1 3 CHA Coach of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009 and was Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Runner-up in 2009. 4 North Dakota 386 5 12-6-4 Ala.-Huntsville 5 11 2 1 4 1 3 uIn his ninth season at Niagara, Dave Burkholder has led the Purple Eagles to a pair 5 Yale 371 6 9-3-3 Through Jan. 11, 2010 of CHA regular-season titles, two CHA Tournament crowns and two trips to the NCAA 6 Michigan State 316 9 15-6-3 Tournament while posting an overall record of 149-133-30 (.526). 7 Ferris State 308 12 16-4-2 national polls 8 Cornell 253 7 8-4-2 Bsu caps 2008-09 at 20-16-1 9 Colorado College 248 3 12-7-3 Inside College USCHO.com Bemidji State wrapped up its 2008-09 CHA campaign, its 10th as a member of the 10 uMinnesota Duluth 223 13 14-7-1 USA Today/ NCAA Division I ranks, with a record of 12-5-1 to gain its fourth CHA regular-season 11 Bemidji State 184 10 14-4-2 USAHM Hockey title in the last six seasons. A pair of wins in the CHA Tournament and two more in the 12 Boston College 150 8 10-6-2 Midwest Regional guaranteed tom Serratore and his gang it’s seventh consecutive 13 Union 78 NR 12-4-5 season with a record of .500 or better as it finished at 20-16-1 overall--the team’s fourth 14 Mass.-Lowell 75 14 12-7-2 20-win season under Serratore.