2022–23 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey season is the 67th season of play for the program, the 23rd at the Division I level and 2nd in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). The Beavers represent Bemidji State University, play their home games at Sanford Center and are coached by Tom Serratore, in his 22nd season.
==Season==
From the start of the season, Bemidji State had to contend with the loss of its 5 top goal scorers from the previous season. Early on, the defense stepped up and played a major role in the Beavers' success. The team earned a split with then-#2 St. Cloud State and were undefeated in conference play by early November. They cooled off a little after that but were still in a good position by the end of the fall semester. The Beavers rounded out the first half of their season with a road sweep of Minnesota State and reappeared in the USA Today poll.
Unfortunately for Bemidji State, the lack of scoring punch caught up with them and the team stumbled in the second half of their season. After January 1, Bemidji scored more then 2 goals in just 4 of their 16 games. While they won all of those matches, they went 1–10–1 in the other contests and ended up slipping to 5th in the CCHA standings.
Bemidji State opened their playoff run with an abysmal performance against Northern Michigan, allowing a season-high 7 goals. With their back to the wall, the Beavers were much better in the rematch and held the Wildcats to 1 goal after 60 minutes. Again, however, the team could barely score themselves and could only force the match into overtime. Mattias Sholl managed to stop the first two shots but the third, coming just after the 1-minute mark, found the back of the net and ended the Beavers' season.
==Departures==
Alex Adams 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Nicholas Cardelli	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Alex Ierullo 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Ontario Reign)
Bradley Johnson 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Trois-Rivières Lions)
Tyler Jubenvill 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Tyler Kirkup 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Reading Royals)
Lukas Sillinger 	Forward 		Transferred to Arizona State
Owen Sillinger 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Cleveland Monsters)
Sam Solenský 	Forward 		Signed professional contract (HK Nitra)
Ethan Somoza 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits)
==Recruiting==
Logan Acheson 	Defenseman		20	Edmonton, AB
Vincent Corcoran	Defenseman		21	Plainfield, IL
Adam Flammang 	Forward 		20	St. Michael, MN
Kirklan Irey 	Forward 		21	Bismarck, ND
Jackson Jutting 	Forward 		21	Savage, MN; transfer from Colorado College
Mitchell Martan 	Forward 		24	Whitby, ON; graduate transfer from Canisius
Kaden Pickering 	Forward 		23	Madrid, NY; graduate transfer from St. Lawrence
Lleyton Roed 	Forward 		20	White Bear Lake, MN
Patrik Satosaari	Defenseman		21	Jyväskylä, FIN
Mitchell Wolfe 	Defenseman		20	Andover, MN
==Roster==
As of July 8, 2022.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	36	13	18 	31 	6
 	D 	36	4 	24 	28 	18
 	F 	32	14	8 	22 	30
 	D 	36	4 	17 	21 	24
 	LW 	33	8 	10 	18 	8
 	F 	36	7 	10 	17 	13
 	RW 	36	5 	9 	14 	10
 	F 	24	4 	9 	13 	6
 	F 	23	3 	10 	13 	4
 	F 	33	4 	8 	12 	12
 	LW/RW	35	9 	1 	10 	10
 	D 	36	5 	3 	8 	19
 	F 	34	4 	3 	7 	24
 	RW 	32	5 	1 	6 	22
 	F 	35	3 	1 	4 	6
 	F 	23	1 	3 	4 	2
 	D 	35	1 	2 	3 	4
 	D 	12	0 	3 	3 	0
 	D 	20	0 	3 	3 	4
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	2
 	F 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	0 	0 	7
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	26	0 	0 	0 	6
 	G 	30	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	35	0 	0 	0 	17
Total	 	 	94	144	238	258
==Goaltending statistics==
 	30	1778:42	11	13	5	67	661	1	.908	2.26
 	7 	404:04 	3 	4 	0	19	149	0	.887	2.82
Empty Net	- 	19:06 	- 	- 	-	11	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	36	2201:52	14	17	5	97	810	1	.893	2.64
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 	26 	27 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR 	- 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	20 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	20 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	20 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.
==References==
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