2022–23 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season was the 67th season of play for the program, the 23rd at the Division I level and 2nd in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). The Beavers represented Bemidji State University, played their home games at Sanford Center and were coached by Tom Serratore, in his 22nd season.

2022–23 Bemidji State Beavers
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceT–4th CCHA
Home iceSanford Center
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall14–17–5
Conference12–11–3
Home7–6–4
Road7–11–1
Coaches and captains
Head coachTom Serratore
Assistant coachesTravis Winter
Mike Gibbons
Dylan Schoen
Captain(s)Ross Armour
Kyle Looft
Alternate captain(s)Elias Rosén
Will Zmolek
Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey seasons
« 2021–22 2023–24 »

Season

edit

From the start of the season, Bemidji State had to contend with the loss of its 5 top goal scorers from the previous season. Early on, the defense stepped up and played a major role in the Beavers' success. The team earned a split with then-#2 St. Cloud State and were undefeated in conference play by early November. They cooled off a little after that but were still in a good position by the end of the fall semester. The Beavers rounded out the first half of their season with a road sweep of Minnesota State and reappeared in the USA Today poll.

Unfortunately for Bemidji State, the lack of scoring punch caught up with them and the team stumbled in the second half of their season. After January 1, Bemidji scored more than 2 goals in just 4 of their 16 games. While they won all of those matches, they went 1–10–1 in the other contests and ended up slipping to 5th in the CCHA standings.

Bemidji State opened their playoff run with an abysmal performance against Northern Michigan, allowing a season-high 7 goals. With their back to the wall, the Beavers were much better in the rematch and held the Wildcats to 1 goal after 60 minutes. Again, however, the team could barely score themselves and could only force the match into overtime. Mattias Sholl managed to stop the first two shots but the third, coming just after the 1-minute mark, found the back of the net and ended the Beavers' season.[1]

Departures

edit
Player Position Nationality Cause
Alex Adams Forward   United States Graduation (retired)
Nicholas Cardelli Forward   United States Graduation (retired)
Alex Ierullo Forward   Canada Graduation (signed with Ontario Reign)
Bradley Johnson Defenseman   United States Graduation (signed with Trois-Rivières Lions)
Tyler Jubenvill Defenseman   Canada Graduation (retired)
Tyler Kirkup Forward   Canada Graduation (signed with Reading Royals)
Lukas Sillinger Forward   Canada Transferred to Arizona State
Owen Sillinger Forward   Canada Graduation (signed with Cleveland Monsters)
Sam Solenský Forward   Slovakia Signed professional contract (HK Nitra)
Ethan Somoza Forward   United States Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits)

Recruiting

edit
Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Logan Acheson Defenseman   Canada 20 Edmonton, AB
Vincent Corcoran Defenseman   United States 21 Plainfield, IL
Adam Flammang Forward   United States 20 St. Michael, MN
Kirklan Irey Forward   United States 21 Bismarck, ND
Jackson Jutting Forward   United States 21 Savage, MN; transfer from Colorado College
Mitchell Martan Forward   United States 24 Whitby, ON; graduate transfer from Canisius
Kaden Pickering Forward   United States 23 Madrid, NY; graduate transfer from St. Lawrence
Lleyton Roed Forward   United States 20 White Bear Lake, MN
Patrik Satosaari Defenseman   Finland 21 Jyväskylä, FIN
Mitchell Wolfe Defenseman   United States 20 Andover, MN

Roster

edit

As of July 8, 2022.[2]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1   Gavin Enright Junior G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1999-08-26 Farmington, Minnesota Green Bay (USHL)
2   Tony Follmer Sophomore D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 2000-10-26 O'Fallon, Missouri Lincoln (USHL)
3   Jack Powell Junior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1999-09-11 Alexandria, Minnesota Aberdeen (NAHL)
4   Will Zmolek (A) Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1999-04-02 Rochester, Minnesota Cedar Rapids (USHL)
5   Will Magnuson Sophomore D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-10-16 Chaska, Minnesota Bismarck (NAHL)
6   Mitch Wolfe Freshman D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-07-19 Andover, Minnesota Des Moines (USHL)
7   Kyle Looft (C) Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1998-06-27 Mankato, Minnesota Cedar Rapids (USHL)
8   Adam Flammang Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-11-09 St. Michael, Minnesota Cedar Rapids (USHL)
9   Carter Jones Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1999-05-15 Hillyard, Washington Trail (BCHL)
11   Eric Martin Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 2000-06-05 Calgary, Alberta Drumheller (AJHL)
12   Patrik Satosaari Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 2001-06-18 Jyväskylä, Finland Pelicans U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
13   Donte Lawson Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 2000-11-03 Taconite, Minnesota Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL)
14   Mitchell Martan Graduate F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1998-06-30 Whitby, Ontario Canisius (AHA)
15   Logan Acheson Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 2002-04-24 Edmonton, Alberta Spruce Grove (AJHL)
16   Jere Väisänen Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2000-07-10 Espoo, Finland Amarillo (NAHL)
17   Ross Armour (C) Graduate F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1998-02-07 Trail, British Columbia Trail (BCHL)
18   Kaden Pickering Graduate F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1998-12-17 Madrid, New York St. Lawrence (ECAC)
19   Brad Belisle Senior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1998-01-26 Thunder Bay, Ontario Aberdeen (NAHL)
20   Kirklan Irey Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 2001-01-08 Bismarck, North Dakota Sioux City (USHL)
21   Alexander Lundman Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 2001-06-17 Norrköping, Sweden HV71 J20 (J20 Nationell)
22   Austin Jouppi Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 2000-04-18 Duluth, Minnesota Bismarck (NAHL)
23   Aaron Myers Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1999-09-28 Thief River Falls, Minnesota Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL)
25   Vincent Corcoran Freshman F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2001-09-21 Plainfield, Illinois Wichita Falls (NAHL)
26   Jakub Lewandowski Sophomore F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 2001-10-25 Toruń, Poland Vítkovice U20 (Extraliga juniorů)
27   Jackson Jutting Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 2001-02-27 Savage, Minnesota Colorado College (NCHC)
28   Elias Rosén (A) Senior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1999-01-04 Mora, Sweden Tri-City (USHL)
29   Lleyton Roed Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 2002-08-08 White Bear Lake, Minnesota Tri-City (USHL)
30   Mattias Sholl Sophomore G 5' 9" (1.75 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 2000-09-30 Hermosa Beach, California Youngstown (USHL)
35   Michael Carr Senior G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1998-06-08 Columbus, Ohio Cornwall (CCHL)

Standings

edit
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Minnesota State †* 26 16 9 1 2 4 1 52 83 56 39 25 13 1 126 81
#13 Michigan Tech 26 15 7 4 0 1 0 50 68 54 39 24 11 4 103 88
Bowling Green 26 12 12 2 0 2 1 41 89 76 36 15 19 2 114 114
Northern Michigan 26 14 12 0 3 0 0 39 82 77 38 21 17 0 123 103
Bemidji State 26 12 11 3 3 1 2 39 73 63 36 14 17 5 94 97
Ferris State 26 9 14 3 1 2 3 34 62 91 37 14 19 4 92 131
St. Thomas 26 10 14 2 1 1 0 32 69 81 36 11 23 2 86 117
Lake Superior State 26 8 17 1 2 1 1 25 52 80 36 9 25 2 71 118
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

edit
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 7 7:07 PM Arizona State* Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl L 0–3  1,955 0–1–0
October 8 6:07 PM Arizona State* Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Enright W 5–4 OT 2,031 1–1–0
October 21 6:07 PM at Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice ArenaHoughton, Michigan FloHockey Sholl W 5–2  3,260 2–1–0 (1–0–0)
October 22 5:07 PM at Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice ArenaHoughton, Michigan FloHockey Sholl T 2–2 SOW 3,092 2–1–1 (1–0–1)
October 28 7:07 PM #2 St. Cloud State* Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl W 3–1  2,651 3–1–1
October 29 6:07 PM at #2 St. Cloud State* Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota FOX 9+ Enright L 1–4  4,023 3–2–1
November 4 7:07 PM Ferris State #20 Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl T 2–2 SOL 2,036 3–2–2 (1–0–2)
November 5 6:07 PM Ferris State #20 Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Enright W 2–1 OT 1,639 4–2–2 (2–0–2)
November 11 6:07 PM at Northern Michigan Berry Events CenterMarquette, Michigan FloHockey Sholl L 0–2  2,506 4–3–2 (2–1–2)
November 12 5:07 PM at Northern Michigan Berry Events CenterMarquette, Michigan FloHockey Sholl W 4–1  2,875 5–3–2 (3–1–2)
November 25 7:07 PM North Dakota* Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl T 3–3 OT 3,712 5–3–3
November 26 6:07 PM at North Dakota* Ralph Engelstad ArenaGrand Forks, North Dakota Midco Enright L 2–4  11,470 5–4–3
December 2 7:07 PM St. Thomas Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl W 6–4  2,064 6–4–3 (4–1–2)
December 3 6:07 PM St. Thomas Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl T 2–2 SOW 1,617 6–4–4 (4–1–3)
December 9 7:07 PM Lake Superior State Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl L 2–3 OT 1,334 6–5–4 (4–2–3)
December 10 6:07 PM Lake Superior State Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl W 4–1  1,286 7–5–4 (5–2–3)
December 15 7:07 PM at #16 Minnesota State Mayo Clinic Health System Event CenterMankato, Minnesota KEYC Sholl W 4–3 OT 4,531 8–5–4 (6–2–3)
December 16 7:07 PM at #16 Minnesota State Mayo Clinic Health System Event CenterMankato, Minnesota KEYC Sholl W 4–1  4,524 9–5–4 (7–2–3)
December 31 5:07 PM #3 Minnesota* Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota (Exhibition) FloHockey, FOX 9+ Enright L 1–2  4,373
January 6 7:07 PM Minnesota Duluth* Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl T 1–1 OT 2,136 9–5–5
January 7 6:07 PM at Minnesota Duluth* AMSOIL ArenaDuluth, Minnesota MY9 Enright L 2–5  5,821 9–6–5
January 13 6:07 PM at Bowling Green Slater Family Ice ArenaBowling Green, Ohio FloHockey Sholl L 2–4  3,009 9–7–5 (7–3–3)
January 14 6:07 PM at Bowling Green Slater Family Ice ArenaBowling Green, Ohio FloHockey Sholl L 2–5  3,339 9–8–5 (7–4–3)
January 20 7:07 PM Northern Michigan Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl W 4–0  1,808 10–8–5 (8–4–3)
January 21 6:07 PM Northern Michigan Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey, FOX 9+ Sholl L 2–5  1,773 10–9–5 (8–5–3)
January 27 6:07 PM at Lake Superior State Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan FloHockey Enright W 3–2  2,356 11–9–5 (9–5–3)
January 28 5:07 PM at Lake Superior State Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan FloHockey Enright L 2–3  1,478 11–10–5 (9–6–3)
February 3 7:07 PM #12 Michigan Tech Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl L 0–2  1,931 11–11–5 (9–7–3)
February 4 6:07 PM #12 Michigan Tech Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl L 2–3  2,845 11–12–5 (9–8–3)
February 10 6:07 PM at Ferris State Ewigleben ArenaBig Rapids, Michigan FloHockey Sholl L 2–3  1,947 11–13–5 (9–9–3)
February 11 5:07 PM at Ferris State Ewigleben ArenaBig Rapids, Michigan FloHockey Sholl W 6–2  1,847 12–13–5 (10–9–3)
February 17 7:07 PM #13 Minnesota State Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl L 1–4  1,892 12–14–5 (10–10–3)
February 18 6:07 PM #13 Minnesota State Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl W 2–1 OT 2,103 13–14–5 (11–10–3)
February 24 7:07 PM at St. Thomas St. Thomas Ice ArenaMendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl L 1–3  775 13–15–5 (11–11–3)
February 25 7:07 PM at St. Thomas St. Thomas Ice ArenaMendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Sholl W 7–2  924 14–15–5 (12–11–3)
CCHA Tournament
March 3 6:07 PM at Northern Michigan* Berry Events CenterMarquette, Michigan (Quarterfinal Game 1) FloHockey Sholl L 3–7  3,116 14–16–5
March 4 5:07 PM at Northern Michigan* Berry Events CenterMarquette, Michigan (Quarterfinal Game 2) FloHockey Sholl L 1–2 OT 2,269 14–17–5
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Central Time.
Source:[3]

Scoring statistics

edit
Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Lleyton Roed F 36 13 18 31 6
Elias Rosén D 36 4 24 28 18
Ross Armour F 32 14 8 22 30
Will Zmolek D 36 4 17 21 24
Mitchell Martan LW 33 8 10 18 8
Jere Väisänen F 36 7 10 17 13
Kaden Pickering RW 36 5 9 14 10
Eric Martin F 24 4 9 13 6
Carter Jones F 23 3 10 13 4
Jackson Jutting F 33 4 8 12 12
Alexander Lundman LW/RW 35 9 1 10 10
Kyle Looft D 36 5 3 8 19
Jakub Lewandowski F 34 4 3 7 24
Adam Flammang RW 32 5 1 6 22
Aaron Myers F 35 3 1 4 6
Kirklan Irey F 23 1 3 4 2
Will Magnuson D 35 1 2 3 4
Patrik Satosaari D 12 0 3 3 0
Vince Corcoran D 20 0 3 3 4
Logan Acheson D 15 0 1 1 2
Austin Jouppi F 1 0 0 0 0
Gavin Enright G 7 0 0 0 0
Brad Belisle C 8 0 0 0 7
Donte Lawson D 10 0 0 0 2
Mitch Wolfe D 26 0 0 0 6
Mattias Sholl G 30 0 0 0 2
Tony Follmer D 35 0 0 0 17
Total 94 144 238 258

[4]

Goaltending statistics

edit
Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Mattias Sholl 30 1778:42 11 13 5 67 661 1 .908 2.26
Gavin Enright 7 404:04 3 4 0 19 149 0 .887 2.82
Empty Net - 19:06 - - - 11 - - - -
Total 36 2201:52 14 17 5 97 810 1 .893 2.64

Rankings

edit
Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 (Final)
USCHO.com NR - NR NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR
USA Today NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.[5]

Awards and honors

edit
Player Award Ref
Elias Rosén CCHA First Team [6]
Mattias Sholl CCHA Second Team [7]
Lleyton Roed CCHA Rookie Team [8]

Players drafted into the NHL

edit
Round Pick Player NHL team
5 132 Eric Pohlkamp San Jose Sharks

† incoming freshman [9]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Saturday, March 4, 2023". College Hockey Inc. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022–23 Roster". Bemidji State University. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "2022-23 Men's Ice Hockey". Bemidji State Beavers. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "Bemidji State Univ. 2022-2023 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "All-CCHA First Team Honorees Revealed". CCHA. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  7. ^ "Six Are All-CCHA Second Team Selections". CCHA. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "CCHA All-Rookie Team Announced". CCHA. March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2023 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.