BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY BEAVER MEN’S HOCKEY CURRENT RECORD GAMES 8-9: BEMIDJI STATE AT (6) BOWLING GREEN Overall 2-3-2 Bowling Green, Ohio • Jan. 7-8, 2021 • 6:07/6:07 p.m. (CT) • Slater Family Ice Arena (5,000 / 200x85) WCHA 0-0-0-0 Radio: WMIS 92.1 FM • Online: www.beaverradionetwork.com • Play-by-play: Brian Schultz Home 1-2-0 Local TV: None Away 1-1-2 Neutral 0-0-0 Web stream: FloHockey - http://bit.ly/2NGqUgN Live Stats: https://bgsufalcons.com/sidearmstats/mhockey/summary 2020-21 SCHEDULE Bemidji State notables: DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Nov. 22 (5) Minnesota State L, 5-0 • Bemidji State pushed its record to 2-3-2 following a 4-1 victory and a 2-2 (SO-L) tie in non-conference play at Lake Superior State Jan. 2-3. The beavers are now unbeaten in their last three contests (1-0-1). Nov. 23 (5) Minnesota State PPD Nov. 27 at Minnesota State PPD • Brendan Harris (3g) and Nick Cardelli (1g-2a) led BSU in scoring versus the Lakers both netting at least one point in each game. Nov. 28 at Minnesota State PPD Dec. 4 at Northern Michigan PPD • Sunday marked Cardelli’s first multi-point game of 2020-21. It was the fifth of his BSU career. His last came by way of a two- Dec. 5 at Northern Michigan PPD goal night to lead BSU to a victory over Minnesota State, Jan. 25, 2020. Dec. 12 Michigan Tech W, 6-3 • Saturday’s two-goal night marked Harris’s first collegiate multi-goal game and matched a single-game point high for the Dec. 13 Michigan Tech L, 3-0 senior (2g). Four times during his career he has netted two points in a game with the last coming Feb. 9, 2019 (2a). Dec. 18 at (5) Minnesota State L, 5-4 Dec. 19 at (5) Minnesota State T, 1-1 (SO-L) • Harris now leads the team in scoring with six points (4g-2a), after a three-goal weekend, and enters the Bowling Green series Jan. 2 at (rv) Lake Superior State W, 4-1 riding a four-game scoring streak (3g-2a). He has already surpassed his four-point (4a), injury-shortened (11 games) junior season. Jan. 3 at (rv) Lake Superior State T, 2-2 (SO-L) • Sophomore blueliner Kyle Looft was credited with his first collegiate goal Saturday on a seeing-eye puck that was knocked in Jan. 7 at (6) Bowling Green * 6:07 p.m. by a Laker defender. It was his 40th game in the green and white. Jan. 8 at (6) Bowling Green * 6:07 p.m. Jan. 15 Alabama-Huntsville * 7:07 p.m. • Freshman Lukas Sillinger recorded his first collegiate assist Saturday. With four points (2g-2a) he leads all BSU rookies and is Jan. 16 Alabama-Huntsville * 6:07 p.m. tied for third on the team. Jan. 29 Lake Superior State * 7:07 p.m. • Aaron Miller’s third-period, empty-net goal Saturday was the first of his senior campaign and his first since Feb. 14, 2020. Last Jan. 30 Lake Superior State * 6:07 p.m. season he was third on the team with a career-high 12 goals scored. Feb. 5 at Ferris State * 6:07 p.m. Feb. 6 at Ferris State * 6:07 p.m. • Through seven games, BSU’s scoring has been well distributed. Ten different players have scored goals, 17 players have at Feb. 12 Northern Michigan * 10:07 p.m. least one assist and only Harris (4), Ethan Somoza (3), Nick Cardelli (2) and Lukas Sillinger (2) have netted more than one goal. Feb. 13 Northern Michigan * 8:07 p.m. • No NCAA team allowed fewer than BSU’s 10 power-play goals last year (103-113). BSU’s .912 PK ranked second in the nation. Feb. 19 at Michigan Tech * 6:07 p.m. Feb. 20 at Michigan Tech * 5:07 p.m. • The BSU penalty-kill unit surrendered two power-play goals in Dec. 18, but has been flawless in the other six games this Feb. 26 Minnesota State * 7:07 p.m. season. In all, BSU is 16-for-18 (.889). Feb. 27 Minnesota State * 6:07 p.m. • BSU’s power-play woes continued Jan. 2-3 as the team went 0-for-13 on the man advantage. BSU is now 1-for-24 (.042) on the Mar. 12-13 WCHA Playoff Round 1 $ TBA season with its last power-play goal coming Dec. 18 game at Minnesota State. Since then, BSU is 0-for-15. Mar. 19-20 WCHA Playoff Round 2 $ TBA Mar. 26-28 NCAA Regionals • The Beavers have surrendered 20 goals through seven games (2.85). A year ago, BSU allowed 1.92 goals per game in 37 April 8-10 NCAA Frozen Four ^ games to rank fourth in the nation. SCHEDULE KEY • BSU has added the services of right-handed defender Ethan Gauer for second half of 2020-21. The freshman transfer from Alaska- • WCHA regular-season game Anchorage played for the Bismarck Bobcats of the NAHL from 2018-20. He logged 26 points (3g-23a) and was +8 in 102 games. ^ Mariucci Classic; Minneapolis 2 WCHA First Round; 3 WCHA Quarterfinals; 4 WCHA Championship $ Campus Sites • The Beavers no shift their focus to No. 6 Bowling Green. The Falcons enter the weekend 11-0-1 on the season, which includes ^ Pittsburgh, Pa. a 2-0-0-0 mark in WCHA play. x/ WCHA Playoffs seed (x) opponent national ranking (USA Today poll) • The series stands as the WCHA opener for BSU. Since 2012-13, the Beavers are 10-4-2 in the opening WCHA series of the All times Central season, which includes a 2-0-0 marker versus Bowling Green, and 4-2-2 in the first league game of the season. • BSU is 10-14-3 all-time versus Bowling Green and is 3-9-1 all-time at Slater Family Ice Arena, however, BSU swept the Falcons in the last meeting between the teams (4-1 and 4-2) in Bemidji. • Senior forward Aaron Miller leads all current Beavers versus the Falcons with six points (2g-4a) in eight career games versus the Falcons. Owen Sillinger has five pints (2g-3a) and is +4 versus BGSU, while Nick Cardelli is the only current Beaver with a game-winning goal versus BGSU. 2020-21 WCHA STANDINGS Overall WCHA • Zach Driscoll is the only BSU goaltender with any prior experience versus the Falcons. He is 3-2-1 in six career appearances W L T W L T 3/SW Pts with a .930 save percentage and a .182 goals against average. Bowling Green 11 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 • A year ago, BSU was 9-6-2 (.588) on the road and averaged 2.88 goals for and 1.94 goals against. The Beavers were 16-for- Michigan Tech 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 6 61 in the man advantage (.262) and 52-of-58 on the penalty kill (.897). Owen Sillinger let all returning players with 16 points Minnesota State 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 6 (7g-9a) on the road. •BEMIDJI STATE 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lake Superior State 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 • January has traditionally been BSU’s best month of the season. Since its moved to the NCAA Division I level in 1999-2000 the Ala.-Huntsville 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 team is 78-56-15 (.574) and is already 1-0-1 this season. Ferris State 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 • BSU went 14-3-2 from Jan. 1 to the end of the 2019-20 season. BSU trailed only Minnesota State (15-2-1) across the nation Northern Michigan 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 for wins lead during that time, while BSU’s (.798) winning percentage stood as the fourth-best second half winning percentage Alaska Fairbanks - - - - - - - - in the NCAA a year ago. Alaska Anchorage - - - - - - - - (Through Jan. 3, 2021) • This season BSU has already played three games versus teams among the top 10 in the country. The Beavers are 0-2-1 in those games. 2019-20 BEAVER HOCKEY 1 2020-21 NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHEBETICAL ROSTER No Name Pos Ht Wt Yr S/C Hometown (Previous League/Team) No Name Pos Yr 25 Alex Adams F Jr. 1 Gavin Enright G 6-1 161 Fr. L Farmington, Minn. (USHL-Green Bay) 17 Ross Armour F Jr. 2 Austin Jouppi F 5-11 171 Fr. R Duluth, Minn. (NAHL-Bismark) 19 Brad Belisle F So. 3 Jack Powell D 5-11 178 Fr. R Alexandria, Minn. (NAHL-Aberdeen) 26 Nick Cardelli F Jr. 4 Will Zmolek D 6-3 196 So. R Rochester, Minn. (USHL-Cedar Rapids) 35 Michael Carr G So. 5 Nick Leitner D 6-1 190 So. R Bemidji, Minn. (USHL-Green Bay) 33 Zach Driscoll G Sr. 1 Gavin Enright G Fr. 6 Sam Solensky F 5-10 180 So. L Michalovce, Slovakia (NAHL-Johnstown) 29 Ethan Gauer D Fr. 7 Kyle Looft D 6-3 206 So. L Mankato, Minn. (USHL-Cedar Rapids) 8 Darby Gula D Jr. 8 Darby Gula D 5-10 173 Jr. L Steinbach, Manitoba (MJHL-Steinbach) 21 Brendan Harris F Sr. 9 Ethan Somoza (C) F 5-11 185 Sr. L Simi Valley, Calif. (USHL-Bloomington) 14 Alex Ierullo F Jr. 11 Eric Martin F 5-11 165 Fr.