BBemidji State Hockey

Game 26: Bemidji State (9-14-2; 5-12-2 WCHa) at minneSota State (12-11-6; 6-11-4 WCHa)

Current reCordOverall 9-14-2WCHA 5-12-2Home 4-7-1Away 3-7-1Neutral 2-0-0

2010-11 SCHeduleDate OppOnent tIMe/ResultO15 © •(2)northDakota l,2-5O16 © •(2)northDakota l,2-5O29 © •(3)MinnesotaDuluth l,2-3(ot)O30 © •(3)MinnesotaDuluth t,1-1(ot)N5 ® at •St.CloudState L,3-6N6 ® at •St.CloudState W,3-2(ot)n12 © •alaska-anchorage l,4-5n13 © •alaska-anchorage W,4-0N19 R at •(14)Denver L,1-3N20 R at •(14)Denver L,2-4n26 © northernMichigan l,0-4n27 © northernMichigan W,3-0D3 © •(4)nebraskaOmaha W,3-0D4 © •(4)nebraskaOmaha W,3-1D10 at Wisconsin L,2-3D11 at Wisconsin L,0-2D31 1 vs.FerrisState W,3-2J1 1 vs.(14)Union W,3-1J7 at Ala.-Huntsville W,3-1J8 at Ala.-Huntsville L,3-4J14 at •NebraskaOmaha T,2-2(ot)J15 at •NebraskaOmaha W,3-2(ot)J21 © •st.Cloudstate l,1-2(ot)J22 © •st.Cloudstate l,1-5F4 ® at •MinnesotaState L,1-2(ot)F5 ® at •MinnesotaState 7:07pmF11 at •MichiganTech 6:07pmF12 at •MichiganTech 4:07pmF18 © •ColoradoCollege 7:37pmF19 © •ColoradoCollege 7:07pmF26 at •NorthDakota 3:37pmF27 at •NorthDakota 3:37pmM4 ©F •Minnesota 7:37pmM5 ©F •Minnesota 7:07pmM11 2 WCHAFirstRound TBAM17 3 WCHAFinalFive TBA

scheduleKey• WCHAregular-seasongame1MariucciClassic;Minneapolis,Minn.2WCHAFirstRound;Campussites3 RedBaronWCHAFInalFive;St.Paul,Minn.(x)opponentnationalranking(USATodaypoll)

2010-11WCHa StandinGS

Overall WCHa

W l t W l t pts

NorthDakota 18 8 2 14 6 0 28

Denver 16 6 5 12 4 3 27

MinnesotaDuluth 17 5 4 12 4 3 27

NebraskaOmaha 15 10 2 11 6 2 24

Wisconsin 19 8 3 11 7 2 24

ColoradoCollege 16 12 1 10 9 0 20

Minnesota 11 10 4 8 8 3 19

AlaskaAnchorage 9 13 3 8 11 2 18

St.CloudState 11 13 3 7 10 2 16

MinnesotaState 12 11 6 6 11 4 16

uBeMIDJIstate 9 14 2 5 12 2 12

MichiganTech 3 21 3 1 17 1 3

(ThroughFeb.4,2011)

Game 26 - Bemidji State at minneSota StateVerizonWirelessCenter•Mankato,Minn.•February5,2011•7:07p.m.

Bemidjistatenotables:uBemidjiStatewasdefeatedbyMinnesotaStateinovertimelastnight,2-1.ThegamemarkstheseventhovertimegameoftheseasonforBSU(2-3-2)anditsfourthinitslastfivegames.BSUisnow5-12-2inWCHAplayand9-14-2overalland2-3-2inovertimethisseason.

uTheBeavershavestruggledinFridayeveningcontestsin2010-11.Lastnight’sseries-openinglossmakestheBSU3-9-1(.269)onFridayswitha1-8-1(.150)markonFriday’sinleagueplay.

uLastnight’slossinextratime,markstheBeavers’secondconsecutiveOTloss.BemidjiStatealsotooka2-1losswhentheyhostedSt.CloudStatefortheirseriesopenerJan.22.BSUis20-20-40inovertimesincethe1999-2000season.TheBeavershaveescapedovertimewithatleastatieinover75-per-cent(60-of-80)ofovertimeaffairsinthelast11seasons.

uTheBeaversnowhavethreeovertimelossesinsevenextratimegames(2-3-2)thisseason,whichmatchesBSUteamsof2002-03,2004-05and2005-06fortheBSUDivisionI-eramarkforOTlossesinaseason(3).

uTwenty-fivegamesintothe2010-11campaign,theBeaversalreadyhavesevengamesthathavebeenextendedtoovertimecomingwithinoneofits2009-10total(8).BSUhasplayedmoreOTgamesonlythreeseasonssincemakingthe jumptoNCAADivisionI forthe1999-2000season. In2002-03theBeaversplayed15OTcontestsandin2004-05and2009-10theteamplayedineightovertimecontests.

uThreeseemstobeamagicalthreshholdforBSUopponentsin2010-11.BSUis0-9-0(.000)whenitsopponentshavescoredthreeormoregoalsinagame.BSUis9-3-2(.766)whenholdingitsop-ponentstotwoorfewergoalsthisseason.

uTwenty-twoofBSU’s26skatershavenettedatleastapointthisseason.RookiesJeffJubinville,antonRacklinandGarrettladdalongwithsophomoreMattHartmannareallstillinsearchoftheirfirstcollegiatepoints.

uTheBSUpower-playhasstruggledtogetontrackinthesecondhalfof2010-11.Inthefirstninegamesbackfrombreak,theBeavershaveonlyfourgoalsonthemanadvantage(4-for-26)andareclickingatjust18percent.JamieMacQueenscoredBSU’slastpower-playgoalinthesecondperiodoftheteam’sJan.22game--theBeavershaveplayed85:08sincetheirlastgoalonamanadvantage.

uBSU’spenalty-killunitwasflawlesslastnightsnuffingoutallfouroftheMavericks’power-playop-portunities,includingafiveminutemajormidwaythroughthethirdframe.TheBeavershaveallowedjustthreemanadvantagegoalsintheirlastfivegamesand23opponentchances(.870).Theunithasnowheldopponentsscorelesson95-of-117opponentmanadvantageopportunitiesthisseason(.812).

uMattReadwillmakehis136consecutiveappearancefortheBeaverstonight.ReadhasnotmissedagamesincehesteppedoncampusatBSUinthefallof2007.HeremainssevengamesbehindMattPopeandJohnHaiderfortheBSUDivisionI-erarecordforgamesplayed(143).

uJuniordefensemanBradHuntwillplayinhis100thgameinthegreenandwhitetonight.

uFreshmanforwardJeffJubinville returnstothe lineuptonght for thefirst timesinceJan.1and jsuthissecondappearancesinceNov.26.

uStopping41of43shotslastnight,DanBakalasetanewcareer-highforsaves.HeisthefirstBSUgoaltendertostop41shotsormoreinagamesinceMattClimie(2004-08)turnedaway44ina4-2victoryoverAla.HuntsvilleDec.16,2006.

uSophomoreJordanGeorgescoredtheBeavers’lonegoallastnighttoincreasehisteam-leadingscoringtotalto10-15=25points.

uDanBakalahastwoassistsfromthecreasethisseasonandremainsjustonebehindMattDalton(2008-09)fortheBSUsingle-seasonrecord.Withthreeduringhiscareer,he’stwoshyofmatchingJimScanlan(1978-82)forthecareergoalieassistsmark.

uBSUhasmanagedjustthreegoalsinitslastthreegames--onegoaleachouting.ThelasttimeBSUwasheldtooneorfewergoalsinthreeconsecutivegameswasOct.20-27,2007versusMerrimackandSt.CloudState.

uMattReadhasapairofshort-handedgoalsthisseason,witheightduringhiscareerReadsitsjustonebehindBrendanCook(2001-05)fortheBeavers’DivisionI-erarecord(9).

uBSUenterstonight’sgamelookingtosalvageaseriessplitversustheMavericks,toavoidbeingsweptontheroadforthethirdtimein2010-11andforthefourthconsecutivemeetingwithMinnesotaState.

uDespitedroppingtheirseventhstraighttoMinnesotaState,theBeaverscontinuetoholda44-36-13advantageinanall-timeseriesthatdatesbacktothemid1970s.Sincebothteamsmadethejumptothemajorcollegehockeylevel,MSUhaswon16ofthe23meetings(16-5-2).uTheBeaverspostedarecordof10-6-3ayearagowhenplayingonSaturdayandare6-5-1in2010-11.

uBSUhascompiledanall-timerecordof975-482-88(.660)in1,545games.