The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings do battle this weekend as the Bemidji State University Men’s Hockey team travels to Houghton, Mich., for a two-game, CCHA series with (RV) Michigan Technological University.

The Beavers (7-4-1, 5-0-1 CCHA) step foot in John MacInnes Student Ice Arena as the top-ranked team in the CCHA while the Huskies (7-3-0, 4-0-0 CCHA) aim to seize the top spot. Both teams enter the weekend’s action undefeated in conference play and each riding three-game winning streaks.

The teams begin battle Friday evening beginning with game one of their two-game series at 6:07 p.m. CST. The teams will then play game two Saturday at 5:07 p.m. CST.

Winners of their last three, the Beavers enter week seven of the regular season No. 1 in the CCHA standings totaling 14 points with a 5-0-1 record in league play.

The Beavers haven’t lost a league game and are unbeaten in their last six games.

Vibes are high within the BSU locker room after the Beavers swept Lake Superior State University last weekend earning five-of-six points in the series.

Bemidji State opened the series with the Lakers with a commanding 4-1 victory in game one and then went to overtime for the fourth time in six games Saturday night winning 3-2 in the extra frame.

Four of the Beavers’ six conference games have gone into overtime with BSU scoring three game-winning goals during the 3-on-3 period.

The Beavers’ three overtime winning goals this season is the most across Division I men’s hockey.

Senior Adam Flammang led the Beavers factoring in on three of the Beavers’ seven goals over the weekend after he scored twice and added an assist.

Flammang has scored a goal in each of the last four games and leads the team with at least point each of his last seven games (4g-5a). The St. Michael, Minn., native leads the team with 14 points (5g-9a) despite missing two games due to injury and is 11th across all of DI averaging 1.40 points per game.

13 Beavers recorded a point in their series with the Lakers with Flammang, Kasper Magnussen (1g-1a), Vann Yuhas (2a) and Alexi Sylvestre (2a) each recording two points or more.

Senior defenseman Mitch Wolfe scored the go-ahead goal in Saturday’s win and was named the CCHA Defenseman of the Week blocking three shots defensively and was a +2 skater. He earned the award for the second time in his career.

Bemidji State leads the nation with 18 skaters who have scored this season boasting its team depth.

Bemidji State has scored three or more goals in each of its last four games and is outscoring teams 18-11 during its six-game unbeaten streak.

Flammang’s 14 points this season paces the team and is followed closely by junior Oliver Peer (6g-7a) and junior Kasper Magnussen (3g-8a).

The line of Flammang, Peer and Magnussen has scored 14 of the Beavers’ CCHA leading 40 goals (35-percent).

The Beavers are sixth in the nation with 40 goals scored this season and are 18th averaging 3.33 per game.

The Beavers rank third in the CCHA and 24th nationally allowing just 2.67 goals per game.

Head coach Tom Serratore has split time in net between junior Raythan Robbins and freshman Max Hildebrand.

Hildebrand leads BSU netminders with seven starts while Robbins follows with five.

Robbins paces the team with a 1.97 GAA and .920 save percentage and is 3-1-1 on the season while Hildebrand is 4-3-0 with a 3.22 GAA and .885 save percentage.

Hildebrand has had the hot glove as of late and is 3-0-0 over the last five games posting a 1.95 GAA and .923 save percentage.

Bemidji State reentered the USCHO.com Top-20 national poll and is receiving votes for the first time since Oct. 27 but remains unranked in the USA Hockey College Hockey Poll.

The all-time series between the Huskies and Beavers is nearly split down the middle but MTU holds a slight advantage over BSU with a 25-24-9 series record. However, the Beavers have won the last two meetings which were played at MacInnes Ice Arena in Houghton. In Houghton, the Beavers are 9-11-7 against the Huskies.

Flammang and Magnussen pace the team with six points in their careers against MTU with Magnussen also leading the team with five goals scored against the Huskies.

Head coach Tom Serratore is 24-25-9 when coaching against the Huskies in his 25 seasons at the helm of the Beaver Men’s Hockey program.

2025-26 is the 70th season of Beaver Hockey and its 27th season in Division I.