2025–26 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season

2025–26 Bemidji State Beavers
men's ice hockey season
2025–26 Bemidji State Beavers; men's ice hockey season
Conference	CCHA
Home ice	Sanford Center
Record
Overall	12–17–3
Conference	10–11–3
Home	7–8–0
Road	5–9–3
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Tom Serratore
Assistant coaches	Travis Winter; Joe Wegwerth; Jackson Keane
Captain	Kirklan Irey
Alternate captain(s)	Vincent Corcoran; Adam Flammang; Mitchell Wolfe
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The 2025–26 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season will be the 70th season of play for the program, the 26th at the Division I level and 4th in the CCHA. The Beavers will represent Bemidji State University, play their home games at Sanford Center and be coached by Tom Serratore in his 25th season.

Season

Departures

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Rhys Chiddenton	Forward	Canada	Transferred to Canisius
Tony Follmer	Defenseman	United States	Graduation (signed with Orlando Solar Bears)
Austin Jouppi	Forward	United States	Graduation (retired)
Jackson Jutting	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Kansas City Mavericks)
Donte Lawson	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák)
William Magnuson	Defenseman	United States	Graduation (retired)
Eric Martin	Forward	Canada	Graduation (signed with Indy Fuel)
Carter Randklev	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Wichita Thunder)
Mattias Sholl	Goaltender	United States	Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits)
Jere Väisänen	Forward	Finland	Graduation (signed with Kiekko-Espoo)

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Age	Notes
Max Hildebrand	Goaltender	Canada	21	Martensville, SK
Oscar Karlsson	Forward	Sweden	20	Linköping, SWE
Vincent Labelle	Forward	Canada	23	Ottawa, ON; transfer from Ottawa
Connor McClennon	Forward	Canada	23	Wainwright, AB; transfer from Alberta; selected 178th overall in 2020
Max Namestnikov	Forward	United States	21	Wolverine, MI
Oliver Peer	Forward	Canada	22	Burlington, ON; transfer from New Brunswick
Hudson Thornton	Defenseman	Canada	21	Winnipeg, MB
Maxon Vig	Defenseman	United States	19	Bismarck, ND; selected 209th overall in 2025
Ben Vigneault	Defenseman	Canada	21	Boischâtel, QC
Vann Yuhas	Forward	Canada	21	Medicine Hat, AB; transfer from Merrimack

Roster

As of August 29, 2025.^[1]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1	Max Hildebrand	Freshman	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	2004-06-29	Martensville, Saskatchewan	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)	—
2	Maxon Vig	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	2005-11-17	Bismarck, North Dakota	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)	MTL, 209th overall 2025
4	Patrik Satosaari	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-06-18	Jyväskylä, Finland	Lahti Pelicans U20 (U20 SM-sarja)	—
5	Hudson Thornton	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2003-11-04	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)	—
6	Mitch Wolfe (A)	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	2002-07-19	Andover, Minnesota	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)	—
7	Isa Parekh	Sophomore	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	157 lb (71 kg)	2003-09-27	Toronto, Ontario	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)	—
8	Vincent Labelle	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	2002-09-03	Ottawa, Ontario	Ottawa (OUA)	—
9	Jaksen Panzer	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2004-04-08	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)	—
11	Adam Flammang (A)	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	2001-11-09	St. Michael, Minnesota	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)	—
12	A. J. Macaulay	Senior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2002-04-12	Bonnyville, Alberta	Alaska (NCAA)	—
13	Ben Vigneault	Freshman	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2004-06-04	Boischâtel, Quebec	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)	—
14	Alexi Sylvestre	Sophomore	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2004-08-27	Sainte-Martine, Quebec	Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL)	—
15	Connor McClennon	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	2002-06-25	Wainwright, Alberta	Alberta (CWUAA)	PHI, 178th overall 2020
16	Oscar Karlsson	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2005-07-18	Linköping, Sweden	Linköping HC J20 (J20 Nationell)	—
17	Noah Quinn	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	2003-06-02	Nelson, British Columbia	Cranbrook Bucks (BCHL)	—
18	Max Namestnikov	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	2004-02-06	Wolverine, Michigan	Guelph Storm (OHL)	—
19	Vann Yuhas	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2004-02-20	Medicine Hat, Alberta	Drumheller Dragons (AJHL)	—
20	Kirklan Irey (C)	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	2001-01-08	Bismarck, North Dakota	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)	—
21	Vince Corcoran (A)	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2001-09-21	Plainfield, Illinois	Wichita Falls Warriors (NAHL)	—
22	Oliver Peer	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2003-03-09	Burlington, Ontario	New Brunswick (AUS)	—
23	Luke Roelofs	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2003-03-17	Minnetrista, Minnesota	Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)	—
25	Tory Lund	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2004-07-30	Sartell, Minnesota	El Paso Rhinos (NAHL)	—
26	Reilly Funk	Senior (RS)	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2000-12-23	Portage, Manitoba	Northern Michigan (CCHA)	—
27	Jake McLean	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	2002-07-27	North Vancouver, British Columbia	Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)	—
28	Kasper Magnussen	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	2004-02-19	Fredrikstad, Norway	Leksands IF J20 (J20 Nationell)	—
29	Ryan Henderson	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2004-06-10	Lethbridge, Alberta	Drumheller Dragons (USHL)	—
33	Trent Wiemken	Sophomore	G	6' 0" (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2004-03-23	Fargo, North Dakota	Austin Bruins (NAHL)	—
35	Raythan Robbins	Junior	G	5' 11" (1.8 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	2002-06-05	Anchorage, Alaska	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)	—

Standings

2025–26 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Bemidji State	4	3	0	1	2	0	1	9	11	8	10	5	4	1	33	29
Bowling Green	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	8	13	10	6	2	3	1	15	17
#18 Augustana	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	7	7	6	8	5	3	0	21	14
#16 Michigan Tech	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	3	8	5	3	0	28	24
#17 Minnesota State	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	6	5	8	4	2	2	21	18
#15 St. Thomas	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	6	9	3	5	1	32	37
Ferris State	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	8	1	7	0	17	30
Lake Superior State	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	8	3	4	1	28	29
Northern Michigan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	10	0	10	0	14	39
Championship: March 20, 2026 † indicates conference regular-season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated November 3, 2025

Schedule and results

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Regular Season
October 3	10:00 pm	Alaska Anchorage*	Avis Alaska Sports Complex • Anchorage, Alaska		Robbins	W 9–2	775	1–0–0
October 4	8:00 pm	Alaska Anchorage*	Avis Alaska Sports Complex • Anchorage, Alaska		Hildebrand	W 5–0	651	2–0–0
October 10	7:07 pm	St. Cloud State*	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Robbins	L 2–3	2,456	2–1–0
October 11	6:07 pm	at St. Cloud State*	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, Minnesota	The CW	Hildebrand	L 2–4	3,345	2–2–0
October 17	7:07 pm	Minnesota Duluth*	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+, My9	Hildebrand	L 3–7	2,694	2–3–0
October 18	6:07 pm	Minnesota Duluth*	AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minnesota	My9	Hildebrand	L 1–5	5,232	2–4–0
October 24	7:07 pm	Augustana	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Robbins	W 1–0 ^OT	2,818	3–4–0 (1–0–0)
October 25	6:07 pm	Augustana	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	W 3–2	2,613	4–4–0 (2–0–0)
October 31	6:07 pm	at Bowling Green	Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio	Midco Sports+	Robbins	T 4–4 ^SOW	1,863	4–4–1 (2–0–1)
November 1	5:07 pm	at Bowling Green	Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	W 3–2 ^OT	2,189	5–4–1 (3–0–1)
November 7	7:07 pm	Lake Superior State	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Robbins	W 4–1	2,137	6–4–1 (4–0–1)
November 8	6:07 pm	Lake Superior State	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	W 3–2 ^OT	2,263	7–4–1 (5–0–1)
November 14	6:07 pm	at Michigan Tech	MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan	Midco Sports+	Robbins	T 2–2 ^SOW	2,893	7–4–2 (5–0–2)
November 15	5:07 pm	at Michigan Tech	MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	L 1–2 ^OT	3,026	7–5–2 (5–1–2)
November 21	7:07 pm	Northern Michigan	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Robbins	W 7–3	2,032	8–5–2 (6–1–2)
November 22	6:07 pm	Northern Michigan	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Robbins	W 6–2	2,417	9–5–2 (7–1–2)
November 28	7:37 pm	#6 North Dakota*	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Robbins	L 3–5	4,243	9–6–2
November 29	6:07 pm	at #6 North Dakota*	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, North Dakota	Midco, TSN2	Hildebrand	L 1–2 ^OT	11,573	9–7–2
December 5	7:07 pm	at Augustana	Midco Arena • Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Midco Sports+	Robbins	L 1–3	2,540	9–8–2 (7–2–2)
December 7	7:07 pm	at Augustana	Midco Arena • Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	T 4–4 ^SOW	2,290	9–8–3 (7–2–3)
January 2	7:07 pm	Minnesota*	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota (Exhibition)	Midco Sports+, Fox9+	Hildebrand	T 3–3 ^SOW	4,231
January 9	7:07 pm	Michigan Tech	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Robbins	L 2–5	2,103	9–9–3 (7–3–3)
January 10	6:07 pm	Michigan Tech	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	L 3–4	1,793	9–10–3 (7–4–3)
January 16	7:07 pm	at #19 St. Thomas	Lee & Penny Anderson Arena • Saint Paul, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Robbins	L 1–5	2,426	9–11–3 (7–5–3)
January 17	6:07 pm	at #19 St. Thomas	Lee & Penny Anderson Arena • Saint Paul, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	L 2–3	2,664	9–12–3 (7–6–3)
January 23	7:07 pm	Bowling Green	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	L 1–3	1,727	9–13–3 (7–7–3)
January 24	6:07 pm	Bowling Green	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	L 1–5	1,888	9–14–3 (7–8–3)
January 30	6:07 pm	at Northern Michigan	Berry Events Center • Marquette, Michigan	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	L 0–2	2,331	9–15–3 (7–9–3)
January 31	5:07 pm	at Northern Michigan	Berry Events Center • Marquette, Michigan	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	W 7–1	2,460	10–15–3 (8–9–3)
February 6	6:07 pm	Ferris State	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	L 3–6	1,593	10–16–3 (8–10–3)
February 7	5:07 pm	Ferris State	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	W 4–3 ^OT	1,951	11–16–3 (9–10–3)
February 13	7:07 pm	at #16 Minnesota State	Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	L 0–1	4,101	11–17–3 (9–11–3)
February 14	6:07 pm	at #16 Minnesota State	Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota	Midco Sports+	Hildebrand	W 1–0 ^OT	4,415	12–17–3 (10–11–3)
February 27	7:07 pm	St. Thomas	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+
February 28	6:07 pm	St. Thomas	Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota	Midco Sports+
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Central Time. Source:^[2]

Scoring statistics

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Rankings

Poll	Week
Poll	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	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	–	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
USA Hockey	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	–	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12.^[4]
Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.

References

^ "2025-26 Men's Ice Hockey". Bemidji State Beavers. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Bemidji State Beavers. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ "Bemidji State Univ. 2025-2026 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[1] "2025-26 Men's Ice Hockey". Bemidji State Beavers. Retrieved August 29, 2025.

[2] "2025-26 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Bemidji State Beavers. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[3] "Bemidji State Univ. 2025-2026 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

[4] "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

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Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Bemidji Sports Arena (1947–1949) Lake Bemidji (1949–1950) 17th Street Rink (1959–1960) College Rink (1960–1967) John S. Glas Field House (1967–2010) Sanford Center (2010–present)
Head coaches	Jack Aldrich (1947–1948) Eric Hughes (1948–1950) Vic Weber (1959–1964, 1965–1966) Wayne Peterson (1964–1965) Bob Peters (1966–1982, 1983–2001) Mike Gibbons (1982–1983) Tom Serratore (2001–present)
Seasons	1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Conference affiliations	ICHA (1966–1978) NCHA (1980–1999) College Hockey America (1999–2010) WCHA (2010–2021) CCHA (2021–present)
Culture & lore	North Star College Cup
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Mike Alexander (252 Points) Mark Eagles/Rod Heisler (100 Goals) Blane Comstock (70 Wins)
National championships	NAIA: 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1979 1980 D–III: 1986 D–II: 1984 1993 1994 1995 1997
Frozen Four appearances	2009
NCAA Tournament appearances	2005 2006 2009 2010 2021
Conference Tournament titles	CHA: 2005 2006 2009
Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN