Beavers return home to host No. 14 Tommies
BSU Women’s Hockey hosts St. Thomas for WCHA series
The Bemidji State University Women’s Hockey team returns to home ice for the first time since October 4 and hosts No. 14 University of St. Thomas for a two-game, Western Collegiate Hockey Association series at Sanford Center.
The Beavers (2-5-1, 0-5-1 WCHA) make their Sanford Center return and host the Tommies (7-5-0, 2-4-0 WCHA) beginning Friday, Nov. 7 at 3:02 p.m. The teams will then close out their WCHA series Saturday at 2:02 p.m.
Each game will be streamed exclusively online at Big Ten Plus with the Beaver Radio Network providing play-by-play. The Beaver Radio Network broadcast will also be available online at www.beaverradionetwork.com or on the radio dial at FM 94.3.
The Bemidji State Women’s Hockey team returns to its home ice this weekend for the first time since October 3-4 where they are 2-2-0 this season.
The Beavers are back from a WCHA road trip to Minnesota State University, Mankato where they earned their first league point in the series.
The Beavers fought hard in game one erasing a one-goal deficit with 4:24 to play after redshirt sophomore Isa Goettl scored a power-play goal to even the game and send it to overtime. The Beavers later fell in the shootout to the Mavericks capturing their first point in WCHA play.
The Beavers were stymied by Maverick goaltender Kaydence Roeske in game two after she stopped all 25 shots by BSU to claim a 2-0 shutout victory.
Sophomore Morgan Smith factored in on both goals by BSU in game one to lead the team with a goal and assist over the weekend.
Senior Ava Hills made back-to-back starts in a series for the first time with the Beavers and stopped 67-of-71 shots for a .944 save percentage and 1.94 goals against average.
Hills has been terrific in her first games with the Beavers after transferring from Saint Anslem. She has started the last three games and boasts a 1.71 GAA and .958 save percentage on the season.
Hills leads WCHA goaltenders in saves per game (34.25), save percentage (.958) and is second in goals against average (1.71).
Hills is fourth among all goaltenders in Division I in save percentage and 13th in goals against average.
The trio of Hailey Armstrong, Morgan Smith and Kate Johnson lead the Beavers’ offense this season with each totaling six points on the season.
Armstrong leads the team with six goals with Johnson pacing the team with five assists and Smith has scored two goals and added four assists.
Bemidji State leads the WCHA averaging 14.25 blocked shots per game.
BSU ranks fifth in the WCHA with a power-play percentage of .154 (4-of-26) and fifth on the penalty kill with a percentage of .842 (16-of-19).
The Beavers have scored a power-play goal in four-of-eight games this season.
Armstrong’s six goals are tied for the 10th most in the WCHA.
Bemidji State is 9-6-1 all-time against the Tommies since their series started in 2021-22.
The Beavers have dominated play at home against UST and are 6-1-1 when hosting the Tommies.
The Beavers won three-of-four games against St. Thomas last season including both games at Sanford Center.