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Bemidji State women's hockey head coach Amber Fryklund announced on Thursday that Hailey Armstrong, Raeley Carney and Morgan Smith will captain the Bemidji State Women鈥檚 Hockey team for the upcoming 2025-26 season.
Amber Fryklund gave an honest assessment of her first season as Bemidji State鈥檚 head coach. While she鈥檚 pleased with the Beavers鈥� commitment to individual and collective growth, she鈥檚 not satisfied with where they finished in the WCHA.
Bemidji State will play each of the seven WCHA teams four times, twice at home and twice on the road. For the first time since the 2021-22 season, however, the Beavers will not play in a holiday tournament.
Alyssa Watkins isn't fond of rollercoasters. So when the Bemidji State senior captain was asked to represent the Beavers at Valleyfair in Shakopee 鈥� the site of the 2025 Hockey Day Minnesota celebration 鈥� Watkins put on a brave face.
With less than two minutes left in regulation, it looked as if the Bemidji State women鈥檚 hockey team would add at least one more WCHA point to its season total.
The Bemidji State women鈥檚 hockey team was shut out for a third consecutive game on Friday afternoon at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.
Kenda Fortin is one of 14 collegiate hockey players who were nominated for the Hockey Humanitarian Award. Bemidji State women's hockey head coach Amber Fyklund also returned from the U18 World Championships.
The sophomore forward for the second-ranked Ohio State women鈥檚 hockey team scored four times to beat Bemidji State in the first half of its weekend series.
With seven goals and six assists, freshman Morgan Smith already exceeded last year's highest individual point total for the Bemidji State women's hockey team. However, it didn't come easy. The Manitoba native had to learn the ropes in the WCHA en route to a breakout season.
Despite a trio of power-play goals, the Bemidji State women鈥檚 hockey team fell in its first game at the University of Minnesota Showcase on Friday afternoon against Penn State.
The fifth-year forward for Minnesota scored thrice and assisted on another in the Gophers鈥� 4-1 win over the Bemidji State women鈥檚 hockey team at the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum Face-Off Classic at the Lakeville Hasse Arena.
Amber Fryklund turned a childhood of hockey adversity into a once-in-a-lifetime coaching opportunity. Bemidji State's head coach went from being the little kid on the outdoor rinks in Hibbing to being behind Team USA's bench.
