Troy Jutting and Minnesota State have agreed to a contract extension that will keep the coach with the Mavericks through the 2012-13 season. The four-year extension is to a contract that was expiring this offseason. Troy Jutting enters his 10th season as Minnesota State’s coach in the fall. Jutting has a 142-162-44 record in nine … Read more
Niagara will host the final CHA tournament at Dwyer Arena on March 12 and 13, 2010, the league announced. The CHA is disbanding after the 2009-10 season. Niagara and Robert Morris are moving to Atlantic Hockey; Bemidji State is moving to the WCHA; and Alabama-Huntsville has applied for admission to the CCHA. Dwyer Arena also … Read more
Another head coach is leaving college for a new USA Hockey venture. Scott Paluch has stepped down at Bowling Green to be a regional manager of USA Hockey’s American Development Model. Assistant coach Dennis Williams will be the interim head coach for the 2009-10 season. His move comes just a month after Brown’s Roger Grillo … Read more
As anticipated, the WCHA voted Friday to admit Bemidji State and Nebraska-Omaha beginning with the 2010-11 season, making the conference a 12-team league. The expansion is the league’s first since Minnesota State joined in 1999-2000. The vote, which puts the Bemidji State program back on solid ground only months after it became the first No. … Read more
Bemidji State did not get the answer it was looking for from the WCHA on Tuesday. But it also did not get the answer it dreaded. The WCHA did not vote on the Beavers’ application for admission to the league at the end of its meeting Tuesday. Instead, it voted to open the door for … Read more
Officials from Bemidji State have made their argument for admission to the WCHA. Now, they wait. The contingent from the group that hopes to be the 11th member of the WCHA made a presentation to the league and its member schools Monday at meetings in Marco Island, Fla. The WCHA will discuss matters Tuesday, but … Read more
Bemidji State makes its pitch to the WCHA on Monday, and it’s bringing along a large group. According to a story in the Bemidji Pioneer, the school is sending eight people to Marco Island, Fla., for an hourlong presentation. They are: • Jon Quistgaard, school president; • Bill Maki, vice president for finance and administration; … Read more
The NCAA tournament and Frozen Four exposure was valuable for Bemidji State, but it also lost its starting goaltender after everything settled down. The Boston Bruins confirmed Wednesday that they have signed goaltender Matt Dalton to an entry-level contract. Dalton, who had two years of eligibility remaining, held Notre Dame and Cornell to one goal … Read more
Dave Starman sums up the Frozen Four and looks ahead to next season in a series of letter to coaches and players.
For a Bemidji State fan in the nation’s capital, the sights and sounds must have been awe-inspiring. Said to a fan wearing an Alaska Anchorage jersey and a North Dakota hat: “Hey WCHA! Root for the Beavers!” A sign near the Bemidji State student section: “SIOUX FOR BEAVERS” The George Mason pep band adopted Bemidji … Read more
If there was an undoing for Bemidji State this season, it was exactly what played out Thursday on the Verizon Center ice. Not being outplayed, like coach Tom Serratore and his players said they were in a 4-1 loss to Miami in the Frozen Four semifinals. Not a shortfall of scoring like the Beavers experienced … Read more
Colors Both games, for all intents and purposes, feature teams with the same color schemes (green for Bemidji and Vermont, red for Miami and Boston University. Fours This game marked the first time two number four seeds met in the Frozen Four. The only other four seed to make the Frozen Four was Notre Dame. … Read more
In the growing tale of how Bemidji State got here to be the darlings of the Frozen Four, don’t forget how close the Beavers got to having their season end. In the CHA tournament’s championship game, Robert Morris took the Beavers to overtime before succumbing on Matt Read’s second goal of the night. One bad … Read more
Miami vs. Bemidji State Thursday, 5 p.m. ET, Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. Miami RedHawks Record: 22-12-5, 17-7-4-2 CCHA (t-second) Seed: No. 13 overall, No. 4 West Road to Frozen Four: Beat Denver 4-2, beat Minnesota Duluth 2-1 2008 NCAA tournament: Lost in Northeast Regional final A month ago, the Miami RedHawks were reluctant spectators. Having … Read more
More Than a Win Despite what had to be a crushing defeat, being so close to a Frozen Four berth and coming up empty-handed, Cornell head coach Mike Schafer saw more significance to Bemidji State’s triumph than just a ticket to Washington, D.C. “A big congratulations to Bemidji and Tom Serratore and their whole team,” … Read more
When Bemidji State opened its 5-1 win over Notre Dame with a goal just 1:42 in, the Beavers may have taken the Fighting Irish and many college hockey fans by surprise, but nobody who has seen the Beavers play in the second half would have thought it out of the ordinary. That’s because a strong … Read more
Don’t Mess with the CHA The Beavers came into this NCAA tournament as the CHA playoff champions in the league’s second-to-last season, and Bemidji head coach Tom Serratore wants the conference to get respect come tourney time next year. “I’m hoping that we get our automatic bid next year,” said Serratore. “I think it would … Read more
The Bowling Green men’s ice hockey program could be in danger of folding, that according to a report in Wednesday’s Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune. According to the report, the University’s Board of Trustees is looking at potential budget cuts after the state school reported an expected shortfall of between $6 and $10 million when the … Read more
Sources within Atlantic Hockey have confirmed to USCHO.com that Niagara and Robert Morris will join the league as full members beginning with the 2010-2011 season. The schools will be affiliate members of Atlantic Hockey next season, using league officiating crews. An official announcement from the league detailing the decision will be released within the next … Read more
There’s a first time for everything, but that doesn’t mean that there will be a next time. Scott Brown examines the future of the fledgling State of Minnesota Hockey Showcase.