Bemidji State University Men's Ice Hockey

Serratore has compiled a 244-240-67 record in 16 seasons at Bemidji State. The legacy Serratore was asked to continue when named the seventh head coach at Bemidji State in 2001 was one of the finest in all of college athletics. Serratore was hand-selected to succeed future Hockey Hall of Fame member R.H. Bob Peters, who won 702 games and 13 national championships at Bemidji State while carving out one of the true dynasties in the history of athletics at any level. BSU has continued to build success during each year of the Serratore era improving from 12 victories during his inaugural 2001-02 season to 14-14-8, then to 20- 13-3 in to 23-13-1 in and ultimately to 20-15-1 in 2009 en route to the schools first appearance in the Frozen Four. Bemidji States season was one not even a Caldecott Medalwinning author would have dreamed of penning. After beginning the season with one win in the first seven games, the Beavers finished the season with a 20-16-1, 12-5-1 (CHA) record with CHA Regular Season and Tournament titles, earning a spot in the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament. The postseason storybook began in Grand Rapids, Mich. where BSU, the unranked 16th seed, was pitted against Notre Dame--the No. 2 team in the land. It would take BSU just 1:42 to find the scoreboard and the team would build a 2-0 advantage heading into the first intermission. With 40 minutes gone, BSU led 3-0, then 4-0 in the opening minute of the third. A stunned Fighting Irish team and college hockey world was begining to take notice. . After their first NCAA Division I Tournament win, the Beavers continued to ride a wave of momentum into the Midwest Regional Championship game versus No. 9 Cornell. The Big Red scored first, but BSU would answer with four consecutive goals to over a top 10 team and a most unlikely spot in the 2009 Frozen Four in Washington, D.C. The Beavers once-in-a-lifetime ride would come to an end at the hand of Miami (Ohio) in the national semifinal, but not before the Beavers, the first 16th-seed to ever win its way into the Frozen Four, turned the hockey world on its ear, putting Bemidji State University and Bemidji, Minn. on the map in the process. BSU had six players garner recognition in the CHAs season-ending awards. Matt Read and Brad Hunt were selected First-team All-CHA, while Tyler Scofield and Matt Dalton pulled down second-team laurels. In addition, Hunt was picked as the leagues Rookie of the Year and both he and Ben Kinne earned spots on the CHA All-Rookie Team. In , Serratore led the Beavers to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Final Five Semifinals in their inaugural season as members of the league. After finishing the regular season with an 8-15-5-conference record, Bemidji State opened the WCHA playoffs as the No. 10 seed and faced fellow league newcomer University of Nebraska Omaha, the tournaments No. 3 seed, at the Quest Center in Omaha for a best-of-three-series. in two games with 4-2 and 3-2 victories to earn a spot in the WCHA Final Five at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. Making their first Final Five appearance, the Beavers, the No. 6 seed, opened play against Minnesota Duluth, the tournaments No. 3 seed. Shea Walters power-play overtime goal propelled BSU to a 3-2 victory and a spot in the semifinal game. In the semifinals, The University of Denver abruptly ended the Beavers season after scoring four unanswered goals in the third period to down the Beavers 6-2 in the first semifinal game of the 2011 WCHA Final Five. Serratore came to the Beaver hockey program after spending five years as the recruiting coordinator for Western Collegiate Hockey Association member St. Cloud State University. He helped the Huskies to a 96-84-15 record, including three 20-win seasons and four WCHA Final Five berths during his tenure. Serratore recruited several National Hockey League draft selections while at St. Cloud State, including Matt Cullen, Mark Parrish and Josh DeWolf. He also was an assistant coach for the 1998 WCHA All-Star Team, which participated in the Kolin Cup in Zug, Switzerland. Serratore began his coaching career as an assistant at Brainerd (Minn.) High School (1987-91). He took his first head job at Henry Sibley High School (1991-93), leading Henry Sibley to a Class A third place finish at the state tournament. Serratore knows first-hand the tradition of BSU mens hockey, having played two years under Peters in the mid-1980s. He was a two-year letter winner playing forward for BSU from 1985-87 and played in two NCAA Division III Tournaments. Serratore was a member of BSUs 1986 NCAA Division III national championship team and captained the 1986-87 team. He averaged 1.03 points per game in his BSU career (1986--20-23=43 points, 1987--12-27=39 points) and led the 1986-87 team with four game-winning goals. Serratore began his playing career at Mankato State, scoring 31-28-59 points in two seasons for the Mavericks before transferring to BSU. For his collegiate career, Serratore scored 63-78=141 points.   244-240-67 in 14 seasons (through 2014-15 season). Coleraine, Minn. Bemidji State, 87

Winter Assistant Coach Bemidji State University Head Mens Hockey Coach Tom Serratore announced the hiring of Travis Winter as assistant coach in 2014. The 2009 BSU graduate and former captain, returns to Bemidji State after getting his coaching feet wet in the United States (USHL) and North American (NAHL) Hockey Leagues.

Belisle Assistant Coach Ted Belisle is entering his 13th season on the coaching staff at his alma mater. Belisle was a captain on BSUs 2000-2001 team, the programs second year at the Division I level and its final season under legendary head coach R.H. Bob Peters. Belisle serves as Bemidji States recruiting coordinator, oversees the programs forwards and assists in the day-to-day operations of the team monitoring academics, strength and conditioning programs and video. Belisle came to BSU for the 2003-04 season and has helped the team to its  first three 20-win seasons in BSUs Division I era (2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06) and to the championship game of the CHA Tournament in five of six years with back-to-back championships in 2005 and 2006.  He was on the bench when BSU captured its first Division I-era conference title with a 2005 CHA regular-season crown and helped guide the first CHA program to make consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament (2005, 2006) an to the Frozen Four in 2009. Belisle has recruited or helped recruit BSU standouts such as Matt Climie, BSUs career leader in goals against average, shutouts, a two-time First-Team All-CHA pick and the 2005 CHA Pre-Season Player of the Year, now a member of the Phoenix Coyotes oraganization, as well as Tyler Scofield, Cody Bostock, Matt Read, Dan Bakala, Brad Hunt and 2010 CHA Rookie of the Year selection Jordan George. Belisle joined Tom Serratores staff after a two-year stint as a scout and assistant coach in the United States Hockey League. After serving one year on the scouting staff for the Sioux City Musketeers, Belisle spent the 2002-03 season as an assistant with the Sioux Falls Stampede. There, he oversaw recruiting, coached the teams defensive corps and was involved in budget management and day-to-day team operations. Belisle served as interim head coach for the Stampede for the last eight games of the 2002-03 season. He took over for Tony Gasparini, who left his position as head coach in March 2003 in a mutual agreement with the franchise. The Stampede went 3-5 under his guidance. Belisle played four years at Bemidji State from 1997-2001, during the programs transitional era into Division I. He played 90 games at forward during his career, scoring 10-12=22 points. The Belisle File Birthdate: Dec. 1, 1976 Hometown: Nipigon, Ontario, Canada Alma Mater: Bemidji State 2001 Family: wife, Jennifer