Bemidji State Pulse Check

• Bemidji State University had a successful weekend in Marquette, Michigan taking three points from Northern Michigan and was rewarded with multiple national rankings. The Beavers are ranked 15th in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll and 14th U.S. College Hockey Online/CBS College Sports Top 20.
• BSU tied 3-3 Friday night and won 5-0 Saturday. The 3-0-1 Beavers’ begin CHA play as they travel to Huntsville, Ala. Oct. 31-Nov. 1 for a two-game set versus long-time rival University of Alabama-Huntsville.
• The roster is made up with eight Minnesotans including Ryan Cramer and Chris McKelvie who are tied with the lead in goals on the team with each scoring three and adding an assist. Cramer is a graduate of International Falls High School. He played for Fargo-Moorhead of the NAHL for two seasons and Waterloo of the USHL for one season before joining the Beavers. McKelvie is the team captain after being an assistant captain last year. He's a New Brighton native and played in the Irondale program before spending three years in the Bozeman IceDogs in the NAHL. It could be the beginning of breakout seasons for both players who aren't acustomed to leading their team in scoring. Last year Cramer had two goals and two assists in 32 games. McKelvie had three goals and four assists last season in 37 games played.
• Matt Read is from Ilderton, Ontario and leads the team in points with two goals and five assists. Read was the CHA rookie of the year in 2008 and was all-conference last year as a sophomore. As a sophomore he scored 15 goals and had 25 assists. Read played a year in the USHL with Des Moines scoring 28 goals and adding 34 assists.
• Bemidji State which is the fifth Division one program in Minnesota, but the only one not currently in the WCHA gained acceptance to the conference this offseason. They get to play every other D1 team from Minnesota this year with the exception of St. Cloud State University. The Beavers play at the University of Minnesota in November, host Minnesota-State Mankato in December and have a home-and-home series with UMD in January.