DATE: Dec. 10, 2004
Bemidji State 8, Niagara 3

Series Updates
• BSU improves to 9-11-4 all-time against Niagara, 9-10-4 in regular-season College Hockey America play...
• BSU improves to 6-2-3 against Niagara at John Glas Fieldhouse and has lost at home to Niagara just once in the last five seasons...
• BSU has won each of the last four regular-season meetings in the series, tying the longest streak by either team in the series. Niagara also won four consecutive regular-season meetings from Nov. 19, 1999 to Jan. 6, 2001...

BSU Team Notes
• BSU improves to 856-390-69 (.677) in its 1,315th game and its 49th year of varsity competition.
• Bemidji State improves to 24-4-2 in its last 30 regular-season games against College Hockey America opposition.
• The win was BSU’s 50th all-time victory in regular-season College Hockey America play (50-37-13).
• BSU is 4-1-0 in CHA play for the second consecutive year, tied for the school’s best-ever five-game start against CHA opposition.
...with a win tomorrow night, BSU can move into a first-place tie atop the CHA standings with Ala.-Huntsville.
• Bemidji State’s eight goals scored tonight were its most-ever in a game against Niagara...
...its previous high for goals against Niagara was seven, set in a 7-4 BSU victory on Feb. 1, 2002...
...the teams combined for 11 goals (8-3), which tied the high-water mark for the series first set in BSU’s 7-4 win in 2002.
• After scoring nine goals against Bentley on Nov. 12, BSU has two games this year with eight or more goals scored...
...BSU last had two games with eight or more goals scored in 2001-02; def. Connecticut, 9-0 (10/26/01); def Findlay, 9-4 (11/9/01).
• Bemidji State scored four goals in the first period for the first time in its Division I era (since 1999)...
...its most goals in the first period since March 13, 2004 vs Findlay in the CHA Tournament quarterfinals (four goals)
...its most goals in the first period of a regular-season CHA game since Feb. 27, 2004 at Air Force (four goals)
...its most goals in any period against Niagara since Feb. 1, 2002 (five goals in second period)
• BSU went 0-for-9 on the power play...
...snapping a streak of eight consecutive games with a power-play goal dating back to Nov. 12 vs Bentley. It had been the second-longest streak in BSU’s Division I era.
...nine power-play opportunities tied with seven others for fifth-most in a game in BSU’s Division I era...
...0-for-9 tied for second-lowest power-play efficiency in a game in BSU’s Division I era; BSU also went 0-for-9 at Minnesota State on Nov. 5 of this year...
...Niagara’s nine penalties killed is tied for third-most in a game in BSU’s Division I era...
• Niagara went 0-for-10 on the power play...
...10 power-play opportunities tied for fourth-most by an opponent in BSU’s Division I era...
...0-for-10 is the worst power-play performance by an opponent in BSU’s Division I era. The Purple Eagles have set that record in consecutive games against BSU; they went 0-for-9 on Nov. 20, 2004 to set the previous record in the last meeting between the teams.
...BSU’s 10 penalties killed are tied for second-most in its Division I era, and most in a game it held an opponent without a power play goal.
...the Purple Eagles are now 1-for-32 (.031) against BSU on the power play this season and are scoreless in their last 19 chances...
...the Purple Eagles are now 18-for-123 (.147) all-time against BSU on the power play...
• BSU has not allowed a power-play goal in its last 205:05 of game time, the seventh-longest streak in its Division I era...
...the last power-play goal scored against BSU came at 17:02 of the second period at Wayne State on Nov. 23, 2004.
• BSU scored just one goal in the third period, snapping a streak of three consecutive periods with three or more goals.
• Bemidji State out-shot Niagara, 34-17, in the contest and has now run its streak of consecutive games without being out-shot on its home ice to 27. BSU has not been out-shot at home since Dec. 7, 2002.
• Niagara managed just 17 shots on net, its fewest ever against BSU and tied for 10th-fewest by an opponent in BSU’s Division I era.

BSU Head Coach Tom Serratore
• Improved to 54-50-16 in 120 games at Bemidji State.
• Improved to 38-17-9 in 64 games at Bemidji State against College Hockey America competition.
• Improved his career record against Niagara to 8-6-2 in 16 games, 8-5-2 in 14 regular-season CHA games.

Player Notes
• Bemidji State’s first line of Brendan Cook (Sr, LW; Reston, Manitoba), Andrew Murray (Sr., C; Selkirk, Manitoba) and Luke Erickson (So., RW; Roseau, Minn.) had a game for the ages. The trio combined for 5-9=14 points, including 3-6=9 points in the first period alone.
...Cook, Murray and Erickson have now combined for 15-29=44 points in nine games playing together on the first line this season (4.89 ppg)
...for the season, Erickson, Murray and Cook rank 1-2-3 on the team, respectively, in scoring and have combined for 20-34=54 of the team’s 50-83=133 points (40.6 percent).

• Brendan Cook scored a career-high 2-3=5 points, with his three assists also establishing a career high...
...scored career points no. 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78; career goals no. 42 and 43; career assists no. 33, 34 and 35...
...against College Hockey America opponents, scored career points no. 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54; career goals no. 32 and 33; and career assists no.
...previous high: 2-2=4 points at Wayne State (1/23/2004); 2 assists at Wayne State (11/23/2004)...
...set a College Hockey America record with his eighth career short-handed goal at 11:46 of the first period...
...extended his personal scoring streak to six games...
...scored his fourth multi-point game of the season and 15th of his career; scored his first multi-goal game of the season and seventh of his career; scored his first multi-assist game of the season and just the second of his career...
...set a BSU Division I-era record with 1-3=4 points in the first period; three first-period assists tied BSU’s Division I-era record for assists in a period set by Riley Riddell against Union College on Nov. 2, 2001.
...sixth player in BSU’s Division I era to score three or more points in a period, and first since Andrew Murray (1-2=3 points) and Luke Erickson (1-2=3 points) in the second period at Connecticut on Nov. 28, 2003.
...Cook scored on all four BSU goals in the first period and dating back to BSU’s final goal at Lake Superior State on Dec. 4 had a hand in five consecutive BSU goals. He assisted on the final goal at Lake Superior State and each of BSU’s first two goals tonight, tying the BSU Divison I era for consecutive BSU goals with an assist.

• Luke Erickson (So, W; Roseau, Minn.) scored a goal and four assists; the four points and three assists tied his respective career highs...
...scored career points no. 49, 50, 51 and 52; career goal no. 17 and career assists no. 33, 34 and 35...
...against College Hockey America opponents, scored career points no. 25, 26, 27 and 28; career goal no. 10 and career assists no. 16, 17 and 18...
...became the ninth player in BSU’s Division I era to reach 50 career points scored...
...moved into a tie for ninth place on BSU’s career Division I-era goal-scoring list (17) with teammate John Haider.
...moved into a tie for seventh place on BSU’s career Division I-era assist-scoring list (35) with teammate Ryan Huddy.
...extended his career-long scoring streak to nine games, tying BSU’s Division I-era record set last year by Cook.
...5-14=19 points during nine-game scoring streak (2.11 ppg).
...four points tied his career high set at Wayne State on Jan. 23, 2004; three assists tied his career high set two games ago at Lake Superior State (12/3/2004)...
...scored on three consecutive BSU goals at 17:02 of the 1st (assist), 7:26 of the second (goal) and 11:34 of the second (assist).

• Andrew Murray (Sr, C; Selkirk, Manitoba) scored a career-high 2-3=5 points, with two goals and three assists each tying his career high and the five points setting a new career standard...
...scored career points no. 91, 92, 93, 94 and 95; career goals no. 36 and 37; career assists no. 56, 57 and 58...
...against College Hockey America foes, scored career points no. 46, 47, 48, 49 and 50; career goals no. 16 and 17; and career assists no. 31, 32 and 33...
...tied BSU’s Division I-era record with his fourth consecutive multi-point game, dating back to Nov. 23, 2004 at Wayne State...
...two goals ties career high set on seven previous occasions; three assists ties career high set at Niagara on Dec. 14, 2002; five points establishes new career high (prev: 4 at Niagara, 2/1/02).
...fifth multi-point game this season, team-leading 21st of his career; first multi-point game this season, team-leading eighth of his career; second multi-assist game this season, team-leading 10th of his career.
...tied BSU’s Division I-era record by scoring three consecutive BSU goals; he scored BSU’s final goal at Lake Superior State on Dec. 4 and scored each of the team’s first two goals tonight...
...dating back to the Lake Superior State game on Dec. 4, Murray scored on five consecutive BSU goals.
...now stands just five points shy of Marty Goulet’s BSU Division I-era career scoring record (100; 1999-2003), moved into sole possession of third on its Division I-era career goal-scoring list (37) and extended his own career record for assists (58).
...extended personal scoring streak to four games (5-7=12 points during streak; 3.00 ppg)...
...has scored in eight of BSU’s last nine games (6-10=16 points in last nine games; 1.78 ppg)...
...had 2-1=3 points in the first period, just the seventh player in BSU’s Division I era to score three or more points in a period...
...also had 1-2=3 points in the second period at Connecticut on Nov. 28, 2003; joins Riley Riddell (0-3=3 in 2nd at Union, 11/2/2001; 1-2=3 in 3rd at Findlay, 1/11/2002) as the only players in BSU’s Division I era to score three or more points in a period twice in their career.
...Murray scored the first goal of a game for the first time since Feb. 21, 2003 at Ala.-Huntsville and for just the fourth time in his career.

• Shane Holman (So, F; Hibbing, Minn.) assisted on Ryan Huddy’s goal ta 8:42 of the second period for his first collegiate point.

• Ryan Huddy (Jr, F; Stony Plain, Alberta) scored two goals...
...scored career points no. 49 and 50; career goals no. 14 and 15.
...against College Hockey America opponents, scored career points no. 33 and 34 and career goals no. 11 and 12.
...became 10th player in BSU’s Division I era to reach 50 career points scored.
...fourth multi-point game this season, ninth of career; first multi-goal game this season, second of his career.
...Huddy’s second goal was the eventual game-winner. It was just his second career game-winning goal, and first since an overtime goal against Wayne State on Nov. 16, 2002.

• Peter Jonsson (Sr, D; Astorp, Sweden) assisted on Garrett Roth’s goal at 6:59 of the third period...
...scored career point no 44; scored career assist no. 38
...moved into sole possession of 41st place on BSU’s career scoring list for defensemen with 7-37=44 career points.

• Layne Sedevie (So, G; Bismarck, N.D.) saved 14 of 17 shots faced and picked up his career-high seventh win of the year in goal...
...improved to 6-1-0 in his last seven starts...
...improved to 4-0-0 in four career starts against Niagara...
...improved to 10-1-1 in 11 career starts against College Hockey America foes...
...Ryan Gale’s goal against Sedevie at 7:18 of the first period snapped Sedevie’s streak of consecutive scoreless minutes in net at 64:25.

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