Beavers host third-straight ranked opponent in No. 10 St. Cloud State
BSU Women’s Hockey hosts No. 10 St. Cloud State at Sanford Center
The Bemidji State University Women’s Hockey returns to home ice and hosts No. 10 St. Cloud State University for a Western Collegiate Hockey Association series at Sanford Center.
The Beavers (3-8-1, 1-8-1 WCHA) host the Huskies (4-9-1, 1-8-1 WCHA) for a two-game league series beginning Friday, Nov. 21 at 3:02 p.m. Game two will then be held 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.
Bemidji State makes its return to Sanford Center for the first time since Nov. 7-8. The Beavers face their third-straight ranked opponent this weekend in the No. 10 Huskies. Bemidji State has faced a ranked opponent in five-of-seven series in the first two months of the season.
BSU is looking to bounce-back after being swept by No. 2 University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The Beavers were outscored 15-4 in the series falling 2-6 in game one and 2-9 in game two.
Sophomore Morgan Smith led the Beavers scoring two goals in the season while Isa Goettl (1g-1a), Izy Fairchild (2a) and Kate Johnson (2a) each had two points. Smith continues to lead the Beavers in her second season after leading the Beavers during her freshman year. This season, she has totaled nine points (4g-5a) in 12 games after posting 20 points (11g-9a) in 37 games in 2024-25. Her career goals per game average of 0.31 is the sixth best in BSU history.
She is followed by junior Kate Johnson who has eight points (1g-7a) in 12 games. She is three points shy of tying a career-best for the Warroad, Minn., native.
Bemidji State has five skaters with five or more points this season including sophomore Izy Fairchild. After a slow start to the season, Fairchild has a three-game point streak with three points over the last three games (1g-2a). Fairchild and Smith each lead the team with a current three-game point streak.
BSU’s blueline has been led by junior St. Cloud State transfer Carmen Bray who has recorded four assists in her first season with the Beavers. She snapped a six-game point-less streak with an assist in game one against the second-ranked Gophers last weekend.
Head coach Amber Fryklund has split time in net between sophomore Kaitlin Groess and senior Ava Hills. Groess leads the team with seven starts while Hills has made five. Groess has earned all three of the Beavers victories this season and has posted a 4.05 goals against average and .884 save percentage. Hills leads BSU with a 3.60 GAA and .914 save percentage which ranks fifth in the WCHA. Hills leads the WCHA averaging 33.7 saves per game.
Bemidji State leads the WCHA averaging 13.8 blocked shots per game. Freshman defender Katy Comstock leads the team and is sixth in the WCHA with 23 blocked shots despite her 5-foot 0-inch stature.
Bemidji State is 51-56-10 in 117 career meetings with St. Cloud State. SCSU has gotten the better of the Beavers as of late and are on a 12-game winning streak versus BSU dating back to 2022. BSU is 26-26-4 when hosting the Huskies.
Junior Hailey Armstrong leads BSU with three career points (2g-1a) against the Huskies. Sophomore Kaitlin Groess has a 2.56 GAA and .938 save percentage in three career starts versus the Huskies. Head coach Amber Fryklund is 0-4-0 in two seasons coaching against St. Cloud State.