Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey

The Bemidji State Beavers are a women's college hockey team Bemidji, Minnesota representing Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota, United States. They play at the NCAA Division I level, and compete in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association(WCHA).
==History==
The Bemidji State University intercollegiate women's ice hockey program began competition in the 1998–1999 season. The first head coach was Ruthann Cantile. She was head coach from the program's founding to the start of WCHA play, and the beginning of national NCAA Championships in 2001.
Over the next several years, Bemidji State met with little success, while playing against the best teams in the nation, in conference play. The Beavers were able to recruit 2002 German Olympian Defender Nina Zieganhals in 2003. After disappointing seasons under Jason Lesterberg (2000-01) and Bruce Olson, who left the program during the 2005-06 season, Bemidji State hired Steve Sertich for the 2006-07 season. Sertich presided over the team for eight years until his retirement in 2014.
at Bemidji State University On February 27, 2010, Bemidji State ended its 14-game playoff losing streak in a 2–1 victory over St. Cloud State.http://www.bsubeavers.com/news/default/18/2323/ The next day, the Beavers defeated St. Cloud State in Game 3, and advanced to the WCHA Final Face-Off for the first time in school history. Zuzana Tomcikova had 27 saves and the win was the Beavers 12th win of the season. It ties the school record for most wins in a season (accomplished in 2001–02).http://www.bsubeavers.com/news/default/11/2329/ The Beavers advanced to play the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in the WCHA semi-finals but were eliminated.
On October 16, 2010, Alana McElhinney made a career-high 56 saves. In the game, Bemidji State had its first-ever win over a No. 1-ranked team as they defeated the Mercyhurst Lakers by a 5–3 mark. In addition, this was the second women's game ever played at the new Bemidji Regional Event Center.
October 29–30, 2010: Erin Cody had the biggest weekend of her collegiate career. She was involved in all seven of the Bemidji State's goals, as the Beavers swept St. Cloud State. Cody had five goals and two assists, and was a factor in both game-winning goals. Cody earned the First Star of the Game honors in both games. In the first game, Cody scored a natural hat trick (a power-play, shorthanded, and even-strength goal). All three goals were scored in the first period and set a Beavers record for most goals scored by a single player in one period. In the second game, Cody had two goals and two assists.
On January 28, 2012, the Badgers hosted a record crowd of 12,402 at the Kohl Center as Wisconsin swept the Bemidji State Beavers. Alex Rigby made 28 saves to obtain her sixth shutout of the campaign. Her rival between the pipes, Bemidji State goaltender Zuzana Tomcikova made 32 saves.http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1112/201201/jan31wcw.pdf
The Beavers made history on March 7, 2015 as they defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers by a 1–0 tally in the semifinals of the WCHA Final Face-Off. The game-winning goal was scored by Stephanie Anderson in the third period. Beavers goaltender Brittni Mowat made 37 saves, registering her seventh shutout of the season, a new program record. In addition, it marked the first time that the Beavers advanced to the championship game of the WCHA Final Face-Off.
On February 29, 2020, the Bemidji State Beavers beat the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in the fourth overtime period of their WCHA Quarterfinal match, making it in the longest game in WCHA women's ice hockey history, and the second longest in NCAA history. Beaver forward Reece Hunt scored the game winning goal at 8:43 of the fourth overtime. The game lasted four hours and 50 minutes, with 128:43 of on-ice time. The final score was 2-1.http://www.wcha.com/women/recaps20.php?wbmjmnd1.f29 The victory marked Jim Scanlon's 100th win as head coach for Bemidji; he is the first coach in the women's ice hockey program's history to reach 100 wins.https://www.bsubeavers.com/athletics/staff/7326/jim-scanlan/
==Arenas==
*John S. Glas Field House (1998-2010)
*Sanford Center (2010-present) opened as Bemidji Regional Events Center renamed within a few weeks of opening
==Head Coaches==
*Ruthann Cantile (1998-2001) 26-62-3
*Bruce Olson (2001-2005) 34-91-13
*Steve Sertich (2005-2014) 81-174-33
*James Scanlan (2014-present) 100-106-15
==Year by Year Record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1998-99 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	22 	2 	20 	0 	 	
1999-00 	24 	5 	17 	2 	54 	117 	12 	6th 	L, QF 9-2 (Wisconsin) 	35 	15 	18 	2 	119 	138
2000-01 	24 	6 	17 	1 	62 	142 	13 	6th 	L, QF 5-2 (Wisconsin) 	34 	9 	24 	1 	93 	183
2001-02 	24 	7 	11 	6 	64 	84 	20 	5th 	L, QF 5-3 (Ohio St) 	33 	12 	13 	8 	97 	104
2002-03 	24 	5 	13 	6 	49 	104 	16 	5th 	L, QF 4-3 (ot) (Ohio St) 	33 	9 	17 	7 	75 	123
2003-04 	24 	3 	20 	1 	29 	100 	7 	7th 	Did not qualify 	34 	5 	27 	2 	48 	139
2004-05 	28 	5 	22 	1 	48 	102 	11 	8th 	L, QF 6-3 (Minnesota) 	35 	9 	24 	2 	69 	121
2005-06 	28 	10 	18 	0 	60 	95 	20 	6th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Minnesota-Duluth) 	36 	11 	23 	2 	72 	119
2006-07 	28 	9 	15 	4 	53 	85 	22 	6th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Minnesota) 	36 	11 	20 	5 	66 	110
2007-08 	28 	1 	25 	2 	24 	94 	4 	8th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Minnesota-Duluth) 	36 	4 	29 	3 	38 	115
2008-09 	28 	3 	22 	3 	38 	109 	11 	8th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Minnesota) 	36 	6 	25 	5 	51 	125
2009-10 	28 	9 	12 	7 	47 	64 	28 	T-5th 	W, QF 2 games to 1 (St. Cloud St) L, SF 7-2 (Minnesota-Duluth) 	38 	12 	19 	7 	65 	98
2010-11 	28 	11 	13 	4 	53 	71 	39 	5th 	L, QF 2 games to 1 (North Dakota) 	35 	14 	17 	4 	70 	88
2011-12 	28 	11 	15 	2 	70 	73 	35 	6th 	L, QF 2 games to none (North Dakota) 	37 	17 	17 	3 	101 	85
2012-13 	28 	5 	22 	1 	40 	101 	16 	8th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Minnesota) 	34 	6 	26 	2 	49 	127
2013-14 	28 	8 	17 	3 	47 	88 	29 	6th 	L, QF 2 games to none (North Dakota) 	36 	11 	21 	4 	64 	104
2014-15 	28 	13 	14 	1 	58 	57 	41 	5th 	W, QF 2 games to 1 (Minnesota-Duluth) W, SF 1-0 (Minnesota) L, F 4-0 (Wisconsin)	39 	21 	17 	1 	86 	70
2015-16 	28 	17 	9 	2 	56 	51 	54 	3rd 	L, QF 2 games to none (Minnesota-Duluth) 	36 	22 	11 	3 	77 	68
2016-17 	28 	7 	18 	3 	49 	80 	25 	7th 	L, QF 2 games to 1 (Minnesota) 	35 	12 	20 	3 	67 	90
2017-18 	24 	9 	13 	2 	60 	68 	30 	5th 	W, QF 2 games to 1 (Minnesota-Duluth) L, SF 4-1 (Wisconsin) 	38 	16 	19 	3 	90 	96
2018-19 	24 	10 	12 	2 	49 	67 	32 	5th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Minnesota-Duluth) 	36 	13 	21 	2 	75 	103
2019-20 	24 	9 	13 	2 	48 	68 	29 	6th 	L, QF 2 games to 1 (Minnesota-Duluth) 	37 	16 	18 	3 	71 	91
2020-21 	20 	2 	16 	2 	24 	72 	12.5 	7th 	Did not qualify 	20 	2 	16 	2 	24 	72
2021-22 	28 	8 	18 	2 	43 	104 	25 	6th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Wisconsin) 	34 	11 	20 	3 	55 	117
2022-23 	28 	2 	26 	0 	23 	130 	6 	8th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Ohio State) 	36 	5 	30 	1 	40 	154
2023-24 	28 	3 	24 	1 	33 	144 	10 	8th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Ohio State) 	36 	4 	30 	2 	42 	181
==Olympians==
* Nina Ziegenhals, defenseman, Germany; 2002 Winter Olympics
* Zuzana Tomcikova, goaltender, Slovak Republic; 2010 Winter Olympicshttp://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/athletes/zuzana-tomcikova_ath1029528Uv.html
==World Championships==
* Stephanie Anderson, forward, North St. Paul, Minn. First Beaver player to win a gold medal in a world championship on April 4, 2015 when the United States National Team defeated Canada 7–5 to capture the 2015 IIHF World Championships in Malmo, Sweden.
* Ivana Bilic, Canada
==Beavers players in professional hockey==
Player 	Team 	League
Ivana Bilic 	Connecticut Whale 	NWHL
Tess Dusik 	Göteborg HC 	Swedish Hockey League Dam Div 1http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=371881
Jenn Sadler 	Mississauga Chiefs	CWHL
Eva Maria Beiter-Schwärzler	DSC Oberthurgau 	Swiss Women's Ahttp://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=372511
Zuzana Tomčíková 	Moscow Tornado 	EWCC-Womenhttp://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=370117
==Awards and honors==
*Kerigan Dowhy, WCHA Goaltender of the Month (February 2018) 
*Ivana Bilic, 2016 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year 
* Brittni Mowat, Goaltender, 2015 All-USCHO.com Women’s Second-Team
* Jim Scanlan, Head Coach, 2015 USCHO.com National Coach of the Year
* Alexis Joyce, Defenseman, 2015 All-WCHA Rookie Team
*Alexis Joyce, WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of January 24, 2017)
* Brittni Mowat, Goaltender, 2015 All-WCHA First Team
* Brittni Mowat, Goaltender, 2015 CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-Americans, First Team
* Zuzana Tomcikova, Goaltender, 2012 CCM Hockey Women’s Division I All-American: Second Team
* Zuzana Tomcikova, Goaltender, 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award nomineehttp://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/021810aaa.html
* Steve Sertich, Head Coach, 2010 WCHA Coach of the Year {{Citation | last = BSU | title = Steve Sertich: Head Coach | url=http://www.bsubeavers.com/athletics/staff-print/5505/steve-sertich/
* Zuzana Tomcikova, Goaltender, 2010 Co-WCHA Player of the Yearhttp://www.wcha.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/wcha/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/wchaw-2010awards-030410
* Jill Luebke, Goaltender, 2003 WCHA All-Rookie team 
* Anik Cote, Goaltender, 2003 WCHA Student Athlete of the Year
==See also==
* Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey
==References==
==External links==
* WCHA women's hockey website
* BSU Women's Ice Hockey
Category:College women's ice hockey teams in the United States