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.
Season 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.
Departures Alex Adams Forward Graduation (retired) Nicholas Cardelli Forward Graduation (retired) Alex Ierullo Forward Graduation (signed with Ontario Reign) Bradley Johnson Defenseman Graduation (signed with Trois-Rivières Lions) Tyler Jubenvill Defenseman Graduation (retired) Tyler Kirkup Forward Graduation (signed with Reading Royals) Lukas Sillinger Forward Transferred to Arizona State Owen Sillinger Forward Graduation (signed with Cleveland Monsters) Sam Solenský Forward Signed professional contract (HK Nitra) Ethan Somoza Forward Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits)
Recruiting Logan Acheson Defenseman 20 Edmonton, AB Vincent Corcoran Defenseman 21 Plainfield, IL Adam Flammang Forward 20 St. Michael, MN Kirklan Irey Forward 21 Bismarck, ND Jackson Jutting Forward 21 Savage, MN; transfer from Colorado College Mitchell Martan Forward 24 Whitby, ON; graduate transfer from Canisius Kaden Pickering Forward 23 Madrid, NY; graduate transfer from St. Lawrence Lleyton Roed Forward 20 White Bear Lake, MN Patrik Satosaari Defenseman 21 Jyväskylä, FIN Mitchell Wolfe Defenseman 20 Andover, MN
Roster As of July 8, 2022.
Standings
Schedule and results
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Scoring statistics F 36 13 18 31 6 D 36 4 24 28 18 F 32 14 8 22 30 D 36 4 17 21 24 LW 33 8 10 18 8 F 36 7 10 17 13 RW 36 5 9 14 10 F 24 4 9 13 6 F 23 3 10 13 4 F 33 4 8 12 12 LW/RW 35 9 1 10 10 D 36 5 3 8 19 F 34 4 3 7 24 RW 32 5 1 6 22 F 35 3 1 4 6 F 23 1 3 4 2 D 35 1 2 3 4 D 12 0 3 3 0 D 20 0 3 3 4 D 15 0 1 1 2 F 1 0 0 0 0 G 70 0 0 0 C 8 0 0 0 7 D 10 0 0 0 2 D 26 0 0 0 6 G 30 0 0 0 2 D 35 0 0 0 17 Total 94 144 238 258
Goaltending statistics 30 1778:42 11 13 5 67 661 1 .908 2.26 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
PollWeekPre 1 23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 (Final) USCHO.comNR-NRNRNRNR20NRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNR20NRNRNRNRNRNR20NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.
Awards and honors Elias Rosén CCHA First Team Mattias Sholl CCHA Second Team Lleyton Roed CCHA Rookie Team
Players drafted into the NHL 2023 NHL entry draft 5 132 Eric Pohlkamp † San Jose Sharks † incoming freshman
References