Mason Cup on the line Friday night at Sanford Center as No. 20 Beavers host (RV) Huskies

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Two teams will battle Friday night at Sanford Center for an opportunity to hoist the Central Collegiate Hockey Association Mason Cup as tournament champions and earn a spot in the 2024 NCAA DI Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament.
 
The Bemidji State University Men’s Hockey team (20-15-2) hosts Michigan Technological University (18-14-6) Friday (March 22) for the winner-take-all, single-elimination game in front of a sold out Sanford Center.
 
The two teams begin their battle at 7:07 p.m., and is exclusively streamed online at FloHockey.tv with play-by-play and color commentary provided by Pat Micheletti and Ben Holden. Beaver Hockey fans can also tune in to a Beaver Radio Network broadcast on the radio dial at 92.1 FM or online at www.beaverradionetwork.
 
Bemidji State Notes

• The 2023-24 CCHA regular season champion Beavers reached their second CCHA Championship game in three years after defeating Ferris State University in the Quarterfinal round and then Lake Superior State in the Semifinals.
• The Beavers are seeking their first CCHA Playoff championship in program history and make their sixth appearance in the NCAA Tournament with the league’s automatic qualifier.
• Bemidji State earned the No. 1 seed in the CCHA Playoffs earning home-ice advantage throughout every round and hosts No. 3 seed Michigan Tech.
• BSU will attempt at its first conference tournament championship since 2009 and become the third team in its DI history to win the regular season championship and postseason championship in the same season.
• The last time the Beavers won the regular season and postseason was in their historical run in the NCAA Tournament in 2009 advancing to the program’s only NCAA Frozen Four.
• The Beavers last made the national tournament in 2021 advancing to the East Regional Final before falling to University of Massachusetts.
• The Beavers enter the CCHA Mason Cup Championship as one of the hottest teams in all of college hockey and boasts a program DI record nine-game winning streak, the second longest active winning streak in DI behind No. 1 Boston College who has won its last 10 games.
• The Beavers also boast an 11-game unbeaten streak (10-0-1) the longest in their DI history and is the longest unbeaten streak in Division I.
• The Beavers have not lost a game since Feb. 3 against…