Nov. 24—BEMIDJI — Following the Bemidji State men's hockey team's six-point sweep over Northern Michigan, three players are averaging a point per game or better.
All three of them play on the same line.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSenior forward and alternate captain Adam Flammang has six goals and 14 assists in 14 games. It's already eclipsed his single-season high (18 points in 2024-25). Flammang is tied with Michigan's Michael Hage with the sixth-most points in the country.
Junior center Oliver Peer leads the Beavers in goals with 10 in 16 games. He has 19 points this season, one behind Flammang and tied with five other players for the eighth-most in the nation.
Junior forward Kasper Magnussen just had his most productive series of the season. With three goals and one assist, he's sitting with 16 points in 16 games, which ties his output from a year ago in 37 games.
In 7-3 and 6-2 wins over Northern Michigan, they combined for six goals and seven assists.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn total, Peer, Flammang and Magnussen have combined for 55 of BSU's 154 recorded points this season. But where does the Bemidji State trio stack up against other lines in the CCHA?
Stiven Sardarian, Teydon Trembecky and Isaac Gordon work together on Michigan Tech's top line. Sardarian is tied with Peer at 19 points, but has played in two fewer games. Trembecky is tied for 18th in the conference with 12 points in 11 games. Gordon has eight points, totalling 41 for the trio in 14 games this season.
Minnesota State is in an advantageous position to take control of first place in the CCHA this weekend. The Mavericks took six points off of Michigan Tech at home and head to Marquette to play winless Northern Michigan, sitting five points behind Bemidji State. However, MSU's scoring has been more balanced than BSU's.
Luigi Benincasa, Liam Watkins and Alex Zetterberg make up Minnesota State's most high-powered line right now with 33 points in 14 games. Benincasa has a team-high 15 points on five goals and 10 assists.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNo player in the CCHA has more points per game than St. Thomas' Alex Gaffney. With 19 in 13 games, he's averaging 1.46 compared to Flammang's 1.43. But Gaffney's supporting staff hasn't been as productive as Flammang's so far.
Gaffney played on the wing against Bowling Green this weekend, with Lucas Wahlin and Ryan O'Neill beside him. The trio has combined for 39 points in 13 games, which is roughly half a point less than Peer, Flammang and Magnussen have averaged per game.
Bowling Green's top line of Quinn Emerson, Noah Morneau and Dominik Rymon arguably poses the biggest argument against them. While they've combined for 36 points in 12 games, the triad of Falcons has surged in November.
Emerson has 10 of his team-leading 14 points this month and has had multi-point games in three of his last four. Nine of Morneau's 12 points have come in November. Rymon has seven of his 10 points this month as well.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhile line combinations are always fluid, the trios that work tend to stay together. Through one third of the season, Peer, Flammang and Magnussen have proven to be the toughest line to slow down in the CCHA.
It's an argument that's in the early stages of forming outside the CCHA as well. No line has produced more points than Minnesota Duluth's Max Plante, Zam Plante and Jayson Shaugabay (69 in 16 games).
Michigan has two lines in the running. Hage, Will Horcoff and Nick Moldenhauer have totaled 53 points in 16 games after playing together last weekend against Ohio State. TJ Huges, Jayden Perron and Adam Valentini have combined for 56 points.
Like every team, Penn State has jumbled its lines, but one trio stands out. Carlie Cerrato, JJ Wiebusch and Matt DiMarsico have netted 57 points after playing together in a road series against Minnesota last weekend.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPeer, Flammang and Magnussen look to improve on their collective point total this weekend in a home-and-home series against No. 6 North Dakota, beginning at 7:37 p.m. on Friday at the Sanford Center.
* In going 4-for-9 on the power play, Bemidji State raised its season percentage to 23.3% (20th in college hockey).
* Oliver Peer has four multi-point games this season after a three-goal performance on Saturday.
* After missing last weekend's series against Michigan Tech with an injury, junior center Jake McLean returned to the lineup to score in Friday's win.
* Bemidji State recorded its first six-point sweep since March 1-2, 2024, against Minnesota State at home.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement* Connor McClennon had Bemidji State's first hat trick on Friday since Feb. 25, 2022, when Ross Armour did it against St. Thomas. McClennon was named CCHA Forward of the Week on Monday.
* Peer's hat trick marked the first time Bemidji State had back-to-back games with hat tricks since Feb. 2-3, 1991. It was the first time Bemidji State had back-to-back games with hat tricks as a Division-I team.
* Last weekend marked the first CCHA series in which Bemidji State finished both games in regulation this season.
* Junior goaltender Raythan Robbins made back-to-back starts for the first time in his career and stopped 31 of 36 shots.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLake Superior State 2, Ferris State 1
Michigan Tech 0, Minnesota State 3
Bowling Green 2, St. Thomas 2 (F/OT)
Lake Superior State 3, Ferris State 4 (F/OT)
Michigan Tech 2, Minnesota State 3
Bowling Green 2, St. Thomas 6
* Ferris State sophomore Christopher Lie was named CCHA Defenseman of the Week with three assists against Lake Superior State.
* Jack Silich and Max Dukovac scored their first goals this season for Ferris State in Saturday's 3-2 overtime win.
* Lake Superior State sophomore William Ahlrik went 35-15 on faceoffs against Ferris State.
* Lake Superior State sophomore Rorke Applebee stopped 55 of 59 shots on goal.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement* Noah Rupprecht made his first start in goal since Ferris State played Western Michigan on Oct. 10. The Long Island transfer and Thief River Falls native made 22 saves on 26 shots.
* Alex Zetterberg and Reid Morich scored their first goals for Minnesota State in the Mavericks' 3-0 win.
* Minnesota State senior goalie Alex Tracy was named CCHA Goaltender of the Week, making 39 of 41 saves.
* Minnesota State's 3-0 win was Tracy's ninth career shutout in four seasons.
* Minnesota State junior defenseman Evan Murr scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season. He's tied with senior forward Tristan Lemyre.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement* St. Thomas' Alex Gaffney scored an extra-attacker goal, his team-leading eighth this season, in a 3-2 overtime loss. He also scored two goals in Saturday's 6-2 win to earn CCHA Forward of the Week and move into a tie with Olver Peer for the league lead in goals.
* St. Thomas freshman forward Lucas Van Vliet won CCHA Rookie of the Week with a goal and an assist. He was also a plus-2.
* Bowling Green junior Breck McKinley and freshman Braydon Crampton each recorded two assists. They've combined for two goals and 15 assists to lead the Falcons in points on the blue line. McKinley recorded 26:06 of ice time on Friday and 29:06 on Saturday.
1-Michigan
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement2-Wisconsin
3-Michigan State
4-Denver
5-Minnesota Duluth
6-Western Michigan
7-Quinnipiac
8-Maine
9-North Dakota
10-UConn
11-Penn State
12-Northeastern
13-Dartmouth
14-Boston College
15-Minnesota State
16-Cornell
17-Massachusetts
18-Providence
19-Bemidji State
20-Union
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