BSUBeavers Bemidji State University Men’s Ice Hockey CURRENT RECORD GAMES 3-4 - BEMIDJI STATE AT (1) MINNESOTA Overall 1-1-0 Minneapolis, Minn. • Oct. 24-25, 2014 • 8:12 / 7:00 p.m. • Mariucci Arena (200x100/10,000) WCHA 0-0-0 Radio: KKBJ 103.7 FM • Online: www.beaverradionetwork.com • Play-by-play: Brian Schultz (Brian Bissonette) Home 0-1-0 TV: BTN • Play-by-play: Fred Pletcsh (Rob Andringa, Jamie Hersch) Away 1-0-0 Neutral 0-0-0 Web stream: btn2go.com 2014-15 SCHEDULE Bemidji State notables: DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT • The Bemidji State University men’s ice hockey team returns after an idle week with a nonconference road series at No. O10 at (2) North Dakota W, 5-1 1 University of Minnesota this weekend. The series will get underway at 8:12 p.m. Friday Saturday’s series finale is set O11 (2) North Dakota L, 2-1 for 7:00 p.m. at Mariucci Arena. O24 at (1) Minnesota 7:00 p.m. O25 at (1) Minnesota 7:00 p.m. • BSU defeated then-No. 2 North Dakota, 5-1, in its 2014-15 season opener before dropping a 2-1 series-finale in its last O31 • Alaska Fairbanks 7:37 p.m. action Oct. 10-11. N1 • Alaska Fairbanks 7:07 p.m. • The Golden Gophers hold a 16-1-1 advantage in the all-time series and a 10-1-0 mark when hosting the Beavers at N7 at • Minnesota State 7:07 p.m. Marriucci Arena. N8 at • Minnesota State 7:07 p.m. N14 • Michigan Tech 7:37 p.m. • The Beavers seek their first victory over Minnesota since a Nov. 15, 2009, 6-2 win at Mariuccia Arena— a streak streak N15 • Michigan Tech 7:07 p.m. stretching 10 games (0-9-1). N21 at • Bowling Green 6:07 p.m. N22 at • Bowling Green 6:07 p.m. • Cory Ward leads all BSU players into the series versus Minnesota. In six career games versus the Gophers, Ward has N28 St. Cloud State 7:37 p.m. four goals. N29 St. Cloud State 7:07 p.m. D5 at • Alaska Anchorage 10:07 p.m. • Matt Prapavessis also has four points (2g-2a) in eight games versus Minnesota. D6 at • Alaska Anchorage 7:07 p.m. • Since the reorganization of college hockey, BSU is 0-2-0 versus teams hailing form the B1G conference. BSU’s only two D12 • Northern Michigan 7:37 p.m. other meetings came Oct. 18-19 of last season when BSU hosted the Golden Gophers. D13 • Northern Michigan 7:07 p.m. J9 • Alabama-Huntsville 7:37 p.m. • Tom Serratore, who is in his 14th season serving as head coach at BSU, is 212-208-56 (.504). J10 • Alabama-Huntsville 7:07 p.m. J6 at • Lake Superior State 6:37 p.m. • Serratore opened the 2014-15 campaign with a roster featuring seven players without a single game of collegiate J17 at • Lake Superior State 6:07 p.m. hockey experience, however, he returned his top for scorers form a year ago in Cory Ward (18g-11a), Markus Gerbrandt J23 1 Minnesota Duluth 4:00 p.m. (15g-10a), Matt Prapavessis (5g-17a) and Brendan Harms (7g-14a). J24 1 Minnesota/Minnesota State 4/7 p.m. J30 • Bowling Green 7:37 p.m. • Freshmen Gerry, Leo and Myles Fitzgerald are one of 27 sets of brothers playing collegiate hockey this season and Fri- day became the second known set of triplets ever to play college hockey. They follow Brian, Craig and Glen Seabury, who J31 • Bowling Green 7:07 p.m. played for UMass-Lowell in 1989-90. The Fitzgeralds opened 2014-15 as the Beavers’ third forward line. F6 at • Michigan Tech 6:07 p.m. F7 at • Michigan Tech 4:07 p.m. • Brendan Harms netted two goals in the Oct. 10 win, marking the second multi-goal game of the sophomore’s career. F13 at • Northern Michigan 6:07 p.m. F14 at • Northern Michigan 6:07 p.m. • Harms opened the seasons with the first short-handed goal of his career. In 38 games last season, BSU netted just two F20 • Alaska Anchorage 7:37 p.m. short-handed goals. F21 • Alaska Anchorage 7:07 p.m. F27 at • Ferris State 6:07 p.m. • Markus Gerbrandt added a goal and an assist in the Oct. 10 victory, marking the seventh multi-point game of his career. F28 at • Ferris State 6:07 p.m. Last season he tied Matt Prapavessis with a team-leading six multi-point games. M6 • Minnesota State 7:37 p.m. • Freshman Michael Bitzer made 25 saves en route to a victory in his collegiate debut in net Oct. 10. He was 19-19-6 M7 • Minnesota State 7:07 p.m. last season in 51 games with the Lincoln Stars of the NAHL. The Moorhead, Minn. native and 2012 Frank Brimsek Award M13-15 2 WCHA Playoffs First Round TBA as Minnesota’s top high school goaltender, posted 3.17 goals against average and a .903 save percentage a year ago. M20-21 3 WCHA Final Five TBA • The last BSU goaltender to earn a win in his collegiate debut was Andrew Walsh, who made 17 saves versus Michigan SCHEDULE KEY Tech in relief of Dan Bakkala, Oct. 11, 2011. • WCHA regular-season game 1 North Star College Cup; St. Paul, Minn. • Walsh opened his senior season making 30 saves and held the UND power-play unit scoreless on six attempts in a 2-1 2 WCHA First Round; TBA loss to No. 2 North Dakota Oct. 11. 3 WCHA Final Five; St. Paul, Minn. x/ WCHA Playoffs seed • Oct. 10, sophomore Ruslan Pedan posted an assist on Harms’ power-play goal. Last season, the defender led BSU net- (x) opponent national ranking (USA Today poll) ting 10 (3g-7a) of his 13 points (3g-10a) on the man advantage. All times Central • Matt Prapavessis logged the first assist of his senior season Oct. 10. He collected a career-high 17 assists last season to lead the team in assist scoring. His 22 points (5g-17a) placed him third on the team while he led all BSU defensemen in scoring. • Five Beavers made their collegiate debuts last Oct. 10-11 including: Michael Bitzer in net, blueliner Brett Beauvais and 2014-15 WCHA STANDINGS forwards, Jordan Heller, Myles, Gerry and Leo Fitzgerald. Overall WCHA W L T W L T Pts • Beauvais, M. Fitzgerald and G. Fitzgerald each notched their first collegiate points Oct. 11, when Myles posted a power- Bowling Green 3 1 0 2 0 0 4 play goal with assists from brother Gerry and Beauvais. Michigan Tech 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 • BSU was 2-for-11 (.182) on the power-play to open the season, but managed to get a goal on the man advantage in Alaska-Anchorage 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 each game. BSU finished the 2013-14 season 23-for-158 on the power-play (.146), while it was 18-for-122 (.148), ninth Alaska Fairbanks 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 in WCHA play. •BEMIDJI STATE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 • The BSU penalty-kill unit snuffed out 9-of-10 (.900) UND man advantage opportunities in the series. BSU finished the Ferris State 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2013-14 season 139-of-162 (.858). Minnesota State 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Northern Michigan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Bemidji State is 1-1-0 versus teams ranked among the nations’s top 15 this season after splitting with then-no. 2 North Lake Superior State 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 Dakota Oct. 10-11. BSU was 1-8-3 versus the top 15 in 2013-14. Ala.-Huntsville 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 • BSU has compiled an all-time record of 1,015-548-109 (.640) in 1,672 games. (Through Oct. 22, 2014) 2014-15 BEAVER HOCKEY 1 NUMERICAL ROSTER 2014-15 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No Name Pos Yr No Name Pos Ht Wt Yr S/C Hometown (Previous League/Team) 1 Michael Bitzer G Fr. 11 Nate Arentz F 6-0 193 So. L Lakeville, Minn. (USHL-Fargo) 3 James Hansen D Jr. 14 Kyle Bauman F 5-9 169 Fr. R Apopka, Fla. (NAHL-Wichita Falls) 4 Sam Windle D Sr. 28 Brett Beauvais D 5-11 187 Fr. L Summerside, P.E.I. (BCHL-Penticton) 5 Carter Struthers D So. 1 Michael Bitzer G 5-11 205 Fr. L Moorhead, Minn. (USHL-Lincoln) 6 Jay Dickman F Fr. 19 Phil Brewer (C) F 6-1 181 Sr. R Cambridge, Ontario (OJHL-Burlington) 7 Matt Prapavessis (C) D Sr. 27 Mitch Cain F 6-1 205 Sr. R Fort Frances, Ontario (USHL-Des Moines) 8 John Parker F Jr. 9 Phillip Marinaccio F So. 6 Jay Dickman F 6-6 225 Fr. L St. Paul, Minn. (NAHL-Austin) 11 Nate Arentz F So. 21 Gerry Fitzgerald F 5-8 162 Fr. R Port Alberni, British Columbia (BCHL-Victoria) 12 Graeme McCormack D Jr. 17 Leo Fitzgerald F 5-8 173 Fr. L Port Alberni, British Columbia (BCHL-Victoria) 13 Cory Ward F Jr. 26 Myles Fitzgerald F 5-7 153 Fr. R Port Alberni, British Columbia (BCHL-Victoria) 14 Kyle Bauman F Fr. 23 Markus Gerbrandt F 5-10 180 Jr. L Edmonton, Alberta (AJHL-Fort McMurray) 15 Jordan Heller F Fr.