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2021–22 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season

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2021–22 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season
Conference 3rd CCHA
Home ice Sanford Center
Rankings
USCHO NR
USA Today NR
Record
Overall 19–20–0
Conference 14–12–0
Home 11–11–0
Road 8–9–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach Tom Serratore
Assistant Coaches Travis Winter
Mike Gibbons
Captain(s) Ethan Somoza
Alternate captain(s) Brad Johnson
Owen Sillinger
Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2021–22 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season is the 66th season of play for the program. The represent Bemidji State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season and for the first season in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). The Beavers are coached by Tom Serratore, in his 21st season, and play their home games at Sanford Center.

Season[]

Bemidji State joined with six other members of the WCHA to restart the CCHA for the 2021–22 season. The Beavers began the year with a difficult string of games, going 1–3 against non-conference teams that would both make the tournament. While the losses put them near the bottom of the standings, BSU was able to stay in the polls and keep their NCAA hopes alive with a sweep of Northern Michigan. The Beaves spent November hovering around 20th in the polls but a couple of losses knocked them out for good come December.

The chief problem for Bemidji State during the first half of their season was inconsistent goaltending. Tom Serratore had used all three of his netminders at times but none performed at a high level. Eventually the team went with freshman Mattias Sholl as the primary starter but the young goalie still was getting used to the college game.

After losing four consecutive game to ranked teams in December, Bemidji State had dropped down to .500 but, because of the poor record against good teams (2-8 against eventual tournament teams), the Beavers had very little to buoy themselves in the standings. Both the offense and defense played well for a three game stretch, however, that ended rather abruptly; BSU went 1-8 over a month-long stretch, only once score more than 2 goals (the solitary win) and surrendering 5 goals in five separate games. The losing streak made it impossible for the Beavers to make the tournament without a conference championship and put them in jeopardy of having to play on the road in the quarterfinals. The only thing that arrested their free-fall was a date with the worst team that season, St. Thomas, who was playing its first season at the Division I level.

The uninspired play to end their year did not bode well for Bemidji State in the conference tournament. Despite their play of late, the team recovered in the postseason and the defense led them to a pair of victories over Bowling Green. The conference semifinal could hardly have gone better for the Beavers as the offense finally reappeared during the third period, potting 3 goals in 5 minutes to lead them to a stunning upset of Michigan Tech.

Bemidji State was now just one win shy of making the tournament but standing in their way was the best team in the country, Minnesota State. Despite the pressure from the Mavericks, Sholl played probably his best game of the season and held MSU off of the scoresheet for the first half of the game. The Beavers took a lead half way through the second but lost it on a power play goal just before the end of the period. After neither team was able to score in the third, Bemidji State found themselves in the improbable position of needing just one goal to continue their year. Unfortunately, just three minutes into overtime, Minnesota State scored and ended the Beaver's run. 50 minutes later, after the Mavericks had been awarded the trophy and both teams had returned to their locker rooms, the game-winning goal was called off after additional replay angles revealed that the puck had not crossed the goal-line between the pipes but instead gone under the goal cage.[1] Bemidji State's season was given new life and, after a warm-up period for both teams, the game was resumed. Unfortunately, like a boxer on their last legs, the Beaver's comeback only lasted until the next shot. Two minutes after resuming play, the Mavericks scored their second overtime goal, this time with no controversy, and the Beavers were knocked out.

Departures[]

Player Position Nationality Cause
Zach Driscoll Goaltender Flag of the United States United States Transferred to North Dakota
Ethan Gauer Defenseman Flag of the United States United States Transferred to St. Thomas
Darby Gula Defenseman Flag of Canada Canada Left program (retired)
Nick Leitner Defenseman Flag of the United States United States Left program (retired)
Aaron Miller Forward Flag of the United States United States Graduation (signed with Jokipojat)
Tyler Vold Defenseman Flag of the United States United States Graduation (retired)

Recruiting[]

Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Tony Follmer Defenseman Flag of the United States United States 20 O'Fallon, MO
Donte Lawson Forward Flag of the United States United States 20 Taconite, MN
Jakub Lewandowski Forward Flag of Poland Poland 19 Torun, POL
Alexander Lundman Forward Flag of Sweden Sweden 20 Norrköping, SWE
William Magnuson Defenseman Flag of the United States United States 19 Chaska, MN
Mattias Sholl Goaltender Flag of the United States United States 20 Hermosa Beach, CA
Jere Väisänen Forward Flag of Finland Finland 21 Espoo, FIN

Roster[]

As of September 13, 2021.[2]

# S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Flag of Minnesota Enright, GavinGavin Enright Sophomore G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1999-08-26 Farmington, Minnesota Green Bay (USHL) —
2 Flag of Missouri Follmer, TonyTony Follmer Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 2000-10-26 O'Fallon, Missouri Lincoln (USHL) —
3 Flag of Minnesota Powell, JackJack Powell Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1999-09-11 Alexandria, Minnesota Aberdeen (NAHL) —
4 Flag of Minnesota Zmolek, WillWill Zmolek Junior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1999-04-02 Rochester, Minnesota Cedar Rapids (USHL) —
5 Flag of Minnesota Magnuson, WillWill Magnuson Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-10-16 Chaska, Minnesota Bismarck (NAHL) —
6 Flag of Slovakia Solenský, SamSam Solenský Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1998-08-25 Michalovce, Slovakia Johnstown (NAHL) —
7 Flag of Minnesota Looft, KyleKyle Looft Junior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1998-06-27 Mankato, Minnesota Cedar Rapids (USHL) —
8 Flag of Minnesota Lawson, DonteDonte Lawson Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2000-11-03 Taconite, Minnesota Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) —
9 Flag of California Somoza, EthanEthan Somoza (C) Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1996-05-17 Simi Valley, California Bloomington (USHL) —
11 Flag of Alberta Martin, EricEric Martin Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 2000-06-05 Calgary, Alberta Drumheller (AJHL) —
12 Flag of Saskatchewan Sillinger, OwenOwen Sillinger (A) Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1997-09-23 Regina, Saskatchewan Penticton (BCHL) —
13 Flag of Washington (U.S. state) Jones, CarterCarter Jones Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1999-05-15 Hillyard, Washington Trail (BCHL) —
14 Flag of Ontario Ierullo, AlexAlex Ierullo Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1997-07-30 Woodbridge, Ontario Newmarket (OJHL) —
15 Flag of Manitoba Jubenvill, TylerTyler Jubenvill Senior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1999-11-30 Gilbert Plains, Manitoba Cedar Rapids (USHL) —
16 Flag of Finland Väisänen, JereJere Väisänen Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 2000-07-10 Espoo, Finland Amarillo (NAHL) —
17 Flag of British Columbia Armour, RossRoss Armour Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1998-02-07 Trail, British Columbia Trail (BCHL) —
18 Flag of Missouri Johnson, BradBrad Johnson (A) Senior D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1996-01-23 Chesterfield, Missouri Fargo (USHL) —
19 Flag of Ontario Belisle, BradBrad Belisle Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1998-01-26 Thunder Bay, Ontario Aberdeen (NAHL) —
20 Flag of Saskatchewan Sillinger, LukasLukas Sillinger Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2000-09-14 Regina, Saskatchewan Penticton (BCHL) —
21 Flag of Sweden Lundman, AlexanderAlexander Lundman Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 2001-06-17 Norrköping, Sweden HV71 J20 (J20 Nationell) —
22 Flag of Minnesota Jouppi, AustinAustin Jouppi Sophomore F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2000-04-18 Duluth, Minnesota Bismarck (NAHL) —
23 Flag of Minnesota Myers, AaronAaron Myers Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1999-09-28 Thief River Falls, Minnesota Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) —
25 Flag of Minnesota Adams, AlexAlex Adams Senior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1997-12-30 Grand Rapids, Minnesota Minot (NAHL) —
26 Flag of Illinois Cardelli, NickNick Cardelli Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 1997-06-06 Wood Dale, Illinois Youngstown (USHL) —
27 Flag of Manitoba Kirkup, TylerTyler Kirkup Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1998-04-03 Virden, Manitoba Virden (MJHL) —
28 Flag of Sweden Rosén, EliasElias Rosén Junior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1999-01-04 Mora, Sweden Tri-City (USHL) —
29 Flag of Poland Lewandowski, JakubJakub Lewandowski Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 2001-10-25 Toruń, Poland Vítkovice U20 (Extraliga juniorů) —
30 Flag of California Sholl, MattiasMattias Sholl Freshman G 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2000-09-30 Hermosa Beach, California Youngstown (USHL) —
35 Flag of Ohio Carr, MichaelMichael Carr Junior G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1998-06-08 Columbus, Ohio Cornwall (CCHL) —

Standings[]

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Minnesota State †* 26 23 3 0 2 0 0 67 115 28 42 37 5 0 172 54
#14 Michigan Tech 26 16 8 2 2 4 0 54 93 53 37 21 13 3 118 75
Bemidji State 26 14 12 0 1 1 0 42 83 81 39 19 20 0 118 121
Lake Superior State 26 13 13 0 1 1 0 39 69 64 37 18 18 1 107 104
Northern Michigan 26 12 13 1 3 0 1 35 86 99 37 20 16 1 132 136
Bowling Green 26 11 14 1 2 1 0 33 67 87 37 15 19 3 94 119
Ferris State 26 9 16 1 2 2 0 28 66 99 36 11 24 1 90 135
St. Thomas 26 3 22 1 0 4 0 14 45 112 36 3 32 1 61 168
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 1, 2022

Schedule and results[]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
October 2 6:07 PM at #8 North Dakota* #14 Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, North Dakota (Exhibition)     L 1–2  11,812
Regular Season
October 8 7:07 PM vs. #5 Minnesota Duluth* #15 Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Carr L 2–4  3,436 0–1–0
October 9 7:07 PM at #5 Minnesota Duluth* #15 AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minnesota My9 Enright L 1–2  5,374 0–2–0
October 15 7:07 PM vs. #7 North Dakota* #20 Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Enright L 3–4  4,242 0–3–0
October 16 6:07 PM at #7 North Dakota* #20 Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, North Dakota   Carr W 4–3 OT 11,314 1–3–0
October 22 5:37 PM at Northern Michigan #19 Berry Events Center • Marquette, Michigan   Sholl W 5–4  2,684 2–3–0
October 23 5:37 PM at Northern Michigan #19 Berry Events Center • Marquette, Michigan   Sholl W 4–3  2,975 3–3–0
October 29 7:07 PM vs. Bowling Green #17 Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl L 2–3  2,402 3–4–0 (0–1–0)
October 30 6:07 PM vs. Bowling Green #17 Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Enright W 2–1  2,304 4–4–0 (1–1–0)
November 12 6:07 PM at Lake Superior State Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Enright W 4–2  1,273 5–4–0 (2–1–0)
November 13 5:07 PM at Lake Superior State Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Enright W 5–4  0 6–4–0 (3–1–0)
November 19 7:07 PM vs. Michigan Tech #20 Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Enright L 3–4  2,278 6–5–0 (3–2–0)
November 20 6:07 PM vs. Michigan Tech #20 Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl W 4–3  2,142 7–5–0 (4–2–0)
November 24 8:00 PM at Arizona State* #20 Oceanside Ice Arena • Tempe, Arizona   Sholl W 4–3  861 8–5–0
November 26 8:00 PM at Arizona State* #20 Oceanside Ice Arena • Tempe, Arizona   Enright L 4–6  0 8–6–0
December 3 7:07 PM at St. Thomas St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota   Enright W 5–2  664 9–6–0 (5–2–0)
December 4 7:07 PM at St. Thomas St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota   Sholl W 6–1  567 10–6–0 (6–2–0)
December 10 7:07 PM vs. #1 Minnesota State Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl L 1–5  2,941 10–7–0 (6–3–0)
December 11 6:07 PM vs. #1 Minnesota State Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl L 1–3  3,212 10–8–0 (6–4–0)
December 31 6:07 PM vs. #7 St. Cloud State* Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl L 1–4  3,433 10–9–0
January 1 6:07 PM at #7 St. Cloud State* Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, Minnesota Fox9+ Enright L 2–5  4,634 10–10–0
January 7 7:07 PM vs. Lake Superior State Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl W 5–1  2,165 11–10–0 (7–4–0)
January 8 6:07 PM vs. Lake Superior State Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl W 5–1  2,609 12–10–0 (8–4–0)
January 14 6:07 PM at Bowling Green Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio   Sholl W 5–3  3,686 13–10–0 (9–4–0)
January 15 6:07 PM at Bowling Green Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio   Sholl L 2–3 OT 2,465 13–11–0 (9–5–0)
January 21 7:07 PM vs. Ferris State Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl L 1–2  2,446 13–12–0 (9–6–0)
January 22 6:07 PM vs. Ferris State Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl L 2–5  2,681 13–13–0 (9–7–0)
January 28 6:07 PM at #18 Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan   Sholl L 2–5  2,043 13–14–0 (9–8–0)
January 29 5:07 PM at #18 Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan   Sholl L 2–5  2,333 13–15–0 (9–9–0)
February 4 7:07 PM vs. Northern Michigan Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl L 1–2  2,557 13–16–0 (9–10–0)
February 5 6:07 PM vs. Northern Michigan Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Enright W 5–3  2,120 14–16–0 (10–10–0)
February 18 7:07 PM at #1 Minnesota State Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota CCMk–14 Enright L 1–5  5,058 14–17–0 (10–11–0)
February 19 6:07 PM at #1 Minnesota State Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota CCMk–14 Sholl L 1–5  5,130 14–18–0 (10–12–0)
February 25 7:07 PM vs. St. Thomas Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl W 5–3  2,275 15–18–0 (11–12–0)
February 26 6:07 PM vs. St. Thomas Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota   Sholl W 4–3 OT 2,112 16–18–0 (12–12–0)
CCHA Tournament
March 4 7:07 PM vs. Bowling Green* Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota (Quarterfinal game 1)   Sholl L 1–2  1,422 16–19–0
March 5 6:07 PM vs. Bowling Green* Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota (Quarterfinal game 2)   Sholl W 4–2  1,601 17–19–0
March 6 5:07 PM vs. Bowling Green* Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota (Quarterfinal game 3)   Sholl W 3–1  1,512 18–19–0
Bemidji State Won Series 2–1
March 12 5:07 PM at #13 Michigan Tech* MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, MI (Semifinal)   Sholl W 5–2  2,634 19–19–0
March 19 6:07 PM at #1 Minnesota State* Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota (Championship)   Sholl L 1–2 OT 5,126 19–20–0
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Central Time.
Source: [3]

Scoring statistics[]

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Sillinger, OwenOwen Sillinger C 39 17 30 47 41
Ierullo, AlexAlex Ierullo LW 39 16 26 42 28
Sillinger, LukasLukas Sillinger F 37 17 21 38 54
Rosén, EliasElias Rosén D 38 7 19 26 18
Somoza, EthanEthan Somoza LW 38 10 12 22 8
Martin, EricEric Martin F 39 3 16 19 8
Kirkup, TylerTyler Kirkup C/LW 39 12 6 18 39
Armour, RossRoss Armour F 34 8 8 16 18
Zmolek, WillWill Zmolek D 38 5 10 15 26
Väisänen, JereJere Väisänen F 37 6 2 8 8
Adams, AlexAlex Adams F 36 4 4 8 6
Looft, KyleKyle Looft D 39 3 5 8 46
Johnson, BradleyBradley Johnson D 39 2 6 8 53
Myers, AaronAaron Myers F 21 1 4 5 2
Magnuson, WilliamWilliam Magnuson D 34 0 5 5 4
Solenský, SamSam Solenský C/RW 29 3 1 4 6
Lewandowski, JakubJakub Lewandowski F 18 2 2 4 6
Jouppi, AustinAustin Jouppi F 25 1 2 3 8
Jubenvill, TylerTyler Jubenvill D 39 1 2 3 31
Lawson, DonteDonte Lawson F 6 0 1 1 0
Jones, CarterCarter Jones F 15 0 1 1 0
Sholl, MattiasMattias Sholl G 26 0 0 0 0
Powell, JackJack Powell D 3 0 0 0 0
Carr, MikeMike Carr G 4 0 0 0 0
Lundman, AlexanderAlexander Lundman LW/RW 12 0 0 0 2
Enright, GavinGavin Enright G 13 0 0 0 0
Cardelli, NicholasNicholas Cardelli RW 14 0 0 0 10
Follmer, TonyTony Follmer D 26 0 0 0 4
Bench - - - - - 4
Total 118 184 302 428

[4]

Goaltending statistics[]

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Sholl, MattiasMattias Sholl 26 1463 13 13 0 67 629 0 .904 2.75
Enright, GavinGavin Enright 14 712 5 6 0 40 320 0 .889 3.37
Carr, MikeMike Carr 4 149 1 1 0 10 66 0 .868 4.01
Empty Net - 23 - - - 4 - - - -
Total 39 2348 19 20 0 121 1015 0 .893 3.09

Rankings[]

Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings
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 (Final)
USCHO.com 14 15 20 19 17 20 NR 20 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR
USA Today 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.[5]

References[]

  1. ↑ "College hockey is just as mad in March", Dead Spin, March 22, 2020. Retrieved on March 31, 2020. 
  2. ↑ 2020–21 Roster. Bemidji State University.
  3. ↑ Bemidji State 2021-22 Team Schedule. College Hockey Inc. Retrieved on February 2, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bemidji State Univ. 2021-2022 Skater Stats", Elite Prospects. Retrieved on March 2, 2020. 
  5. ↑ USCHO Division I Men's Poll. USCHO.com. Retrieved on November 26, 2019.
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