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Lumberjacks Win 3rd Consecutive Nat'l Title

The MSU-Bottineau Lumberjacks defeated the Erie Community College Cats (NY) 4-1 in the 2009 NJCAA National Title Game at Saranac Lake, New York Sunday afternoon. The Jacks have now won seven NJCAA national hockey titles, the last three consecutively in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Championship press release from Minot Daily News

Lumberjacks Win at National Semi Finals 4-3

National Championship matchup with Erie Community College scheduled for 1:00pm Central time.

Post-game comments with Ron Gullet (.mp3 format)

National Championship Game Link 1:00 CST 3/01/09

Sunny 101.9 may also broadcast the championship game.

Bottineau Hosts ND State Bantam B2 Tournament (2-28-09)

Botnohockey.com will be providing a dedicated page for the tournament. We are investigating the possibilities of video streamng and archiving of all games. Not promising, just investigating. Check back for additonal details.

Lumberjacks Ready to Defend National Title (2-28-09)

Today's broadcast at:

http://www.nccc.edu/athletics2.aspx

Monroe Community College Press Release after 2-27 Victory

The MSU-Bottineau Lumberjacks meet up with the Monroe Community College Tribunes in the Semi-finals of the NJCAA National Tournament today at 5:30 pm Central time. The tournament is hosted by North Country Community College of Saranac Lake, NY. Saranac Lake Community Center is just a few miles away from the site of the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid.

Monroe Community College is no stranger as an opponent for the Lumberjacks. MSU-B defeated the Tribunes for the national title in 2007 at the Lumberdome in Bottineau. The two teams met up again last year in the NJCAA title game with the Lumberjacks once again victorious.

Tonight's game is at 5:30 CST and may be heard by streaming audio media at:

http://www.nccc.edu/athletics2.aspx

Archived games of the entire tournament can also be accessed at this site.

Thye MCC Tribunes earned the right to play the Lumberjacks by defeating host team NCCC 21-3 in the preliminary round on Feb. 27.

The other semi-final game features Erie Community College vs. Mohawk Valley Community College. at 3:30 pm CST Erie led Mohawk 5-1 at 2:0 min. left of 3rd period

Bismarck Century Advances to State (2-21-09)

Serhienko Scores Both Goals for Bottineau

After the first period, Century leads Bottineau 2-1. Shots are 16-6 in favor of Century. (Seth Serhienko got Bottineau on the board first. Century's goals were scored by Matt Andre and Tanner Megal.)

3:20 into the 2nd period Jace Kusler scores for Century increasing their lead to 3-1.

Matt Andre gets his second of the game to make it 4-1 at 10:37 of the 2nd.

End of the 2nd, CHS leads Bottineau 4-1. Shots are 27-14 in favor of Century.

Megal scores his second of the game on a penalty shot to make it 5-1. Bottineau then gets a two-man advantage and Sarhienko scores his second of the game to make it 5-2. Still 1:46 on the pp and 4:17 in the game.

FINAL: Century 6-2 over Bottineau. Tanner Megal from Seth Blair with 9.7 seconds left. The Patriots are headed to that state tournament.

BHS Wins 2nd Tourney Game in 2 OT (2-20-09)

Seth Serhienko scores 42 sec into 2nd OT

Game Summary

Hazen/Beulah takes the lead on Bottineau at 1-0 with 5:52 left in the 1st period.

At the end of the 1st period and with just 11 players dressed, Hazen/Beulah holds the 1-0 lead over Bottineau. Shots are 11-10 in favor of Hazen/Beulah.

Bottineau scored twice in a 28 second span to take a 2-1 lead over Hazen/Beulah. Hazen/Beulah comes back to tie it up at 2 with 4:16 left in the 2nd.

Score still tied at 2 after 2 periods of play. Shots 22-19 in favor of Bottineau.

Bottineau scores a power play goal to take a 3-2 lead with 6:54 left in regulation.

Hazen/Beulah makes it a 3 all game with just 34.5 seconds left in regulation. WOW! It is now end of regulation. . . shots are 30-24 in favor of Hazen/Beulah.

End of 1st OT. Shots were 8 - 4 in favor of Bottineau. They will take a 12 minute break and then play a full 17 minute period (if necessary).

Bottineau (Seth Serhienko) scores 42 seconds into the 2nd OT to beat Hazen/Beulah 4-3 in the second loser-out game of the West Region Tourney. Great game by both teams! Very gutsy effort by the 11 players for Hazen/Beulah!!! (Not just today, but both tourney games.)

Click here for updates to all WDA tournament games via northdakotapreps.com forum

Williston 5, Bottineau 3, Final WDA 1st Round

Game Summary (click here)

Click here for updates to all WDA tournament games via northdakotapreps.com forum

Game 1: Bismarck 7, Dickinson 1 (Final)
Game 2: Century 3, Mandan 0 (Final)
Game 3: Williston 5, Bottineau 3 (Final)

Click here for WDA Tournament Pairings

Bantam Update Highlights (2-19-09)

Below is a link to the complete Bantam highlights on the Bantam team page. Highlights you will want to look for details of include: Bottineau Bantams moved up from B state tournament to A2 state tournament; Bantams take 2nd in A League Border Cup Tournament; Bantams on top of NDAHA B League; Bantams 2nd in Canadian League; Bantam co-op with Rugby deemed a success.

Read more about the Bottineau-Rugby Bantam team here.

Bantam Official Team Photo
(Click on photo to enlarge)
Photos of team receing Border Cup Trophy next update

 

BHS JVs Host Rugby Tonight at 7:30 (2-03-09)

PeeWee Hockey Update (2-03-09)

2/01/09 Bottineau-Rugby finished SWRHL play with a 5-5 tie against
Killarney. After two periods, Bottineau-Rugby had carried the play and had
a convincing 4-1 lead. In the third period, Killarney played with more
urgency, scoring 4 goals. Scoring came from Bedlion (2), Grant (2), and
Hill. Monson faced 22 shots. Bottineau-Rugby host Devils Lake (Sat) and
Langdon (Sun) in Rugby.

1/31/09 Bottineau-Rugby hosted the Grand Forks Jets, winning 7-2. Blue had a hat trick to lead all scorers. Other goals came from Amsbaugh, Bedlion, Grant, and Schaan. Monson faced 8 shots.

Bottineau Girls 19U Season Update (2-03-09)

Bottineau Avalanche Stats Page -- Updated 2-03-09

Thanks to all that have participated, volunteered and followed the Girls 19U team this year. We want to announce that the girls will only have 1 game left in Bottineau before finishing out the 2008-09 hockey season. More>>>>

Bottineau Varsity Girls Hockey (2/03/09)

While BHS and the girls had originally planned on fielding a Girls HS Varsity program for the 2009-10 season, a decision was made a couple of weeks ago to participate in the NDAHA League for one more year. This decision was not taken lightly, but the consensus was almost unanimous that our program needs 1 more year at the NDAHA level to learn, grow and become more confident before participating at the High School level. More>>>>

Bismarck Century Rolls Over BHS Teams (1-31-09)

The Bismarck Century varsity hockey team built an early 3-0 lead over the Bottineau High School Braves and never looked back enroute to an 8-3 win over the Braves.

Earlier, the Bottineau High School JV team stuck with the Bismarck Century Patriots for two periods before enduring a five goal onslaught in the third period. at the end of the first period, Century led 2-0. With 3:50 left in the 2nd period Andrew Lorenz scored the only goal of the period with assistance from Ryan Gottbreht. At the end of the 2nd period, Century led by only one goal, 2-1. With five goals added by the Patriots in the third period, the final score was Bismarck Century 7, BHS JVs 1.

Novice On Road This Weekend; Last Home Game Feb. 7 (1-31-09)

The Novice team will be on the road this weekend to play 2 league games. They willplay league leading Bossevain East on Saturday @ 2:00 and travel to Killarney on Sunday to face the Shamrocks at 12:15.

The team is starting to play together and jumped up to 3rd position in the East after a win at Wawanesa and a huge tie against Souris. Souris had defeated them 5-1 and 8-1 in the previous 2 meetings.

The kids are improving with every game and should be a contender for the B banner when playoffs come around.

The Novice only have one home game left which will be Feb 7th against Killarney. Please come out and support them.

JVs Run Over Devils Lake at Cando (1-29-09)

The Devils Lake High School JV team scored the first point in a matchup vs. the Bottineau High School JV team on Tuesday night in Cando, but BHS controlled the puck the rest of the game. BHS tied the game 1-1 about 4 minutes before the end of the 1st period before buiding up a 4-1 lead by the end of the 2nd period. BHS tacked on two insurance goals in the third to account for the 6-1 final tally.

Fresh PeeWee Updates (1-29-09)

Bottineau-Rugby Undefeated in NDAHA League Play; 1st Place Clinched in SWML - East Division

1/25/09 On Sunday, Bottineau-Rugby improved to 18-1-3 on the season, with wins over Minot Ducks and Wawanessa-Glenboro. Bottineau-Rugby is
undefeated in NDAHA league play and will finish the season in first place in the Southwest Manitoba League - East Division.

Bottineau-Rugby defeated Minot Ducks 5-1 in and exhibition game Sunday
morning. Amsbaugh made his only appearance in net, facing 7 shots. Goals
came from Bedlion (2), Grant (2), and Hill. Goalie Monson skated as a
forward and tallied 2 assists.

Bottineau-Rugby defeated Wawanessa-Glenboro 18-6 in a wild shootout Sunday afternoon, to take sole possession of first place in the east side of the SWRHL. Blue led all scorers with 6 goals, Amsbaugh scored 4 goals, and Bedlion had a hat trick. Other goals came from Grant (2), Hill (2), and
Schaan. The Amsbaugh-Grant-Blue line tallied 27 points during the game.
Monson faced 19 shots.

On Saturday Bottineau-Rugby play Grand Forks Jets at home and finish SWRHL play Sunday at Killarney.

1/19/09

On Saturday, Bottineau-Rugby dominated Killarney, winning 7-0. Amsbaugh
has 4 goals, Bedlion, Hill, and Schaan each had a goal. Grant and Blue has
3 assists each. Monson was perfect in net, facing 26 shots. On Sunday,
Bottineau-Rugby won a close game against Souris 4-3. This close contest
was perhaps the most exciting game of the season, with high tempo play from start to finish. Bedlion scored the game winner with 5 minutes left in the third period. Other goals were scored by Blue (2) and Grant. Amsbaugh had 3 assists. Monson faced 22 shots.

Bottineau-Rugby improve to 16-1-3 with wins over Killarney and Souris. For
the season, Bottineau-Rugby has outscored opponents 150 (goals for) to 54
(goals against). As a group, players, coaches, and parents appear to have
good chemistry. The hallmark of this group is teamwork, especially the
ability to dominate play in the offensive zone. Beginning around
Christmas, team defense improved significantly. Bottineau-Rugby are off
Saturday and play Minot and Wawanesa-Glenboro on Sunday.

Novice Hockey Schedule (SWRHL) Posted (1-27-09)

Link to Novice Hockey schedule as pdf here

Additional Novice Note from Nov. 29: Bottineau Novice played the league champs on Saturday, with only 8 skaters, and only lost 5-1. Nic Costa scored the only goal. The two defense players played the entire game. They were Nic and Wyatt Haakenson. It was a well played game.

Link to True & Interesting Hockey Story (1-27-09)

NHL Black Hawks team shows compassion for general manager.

Atoms Team Update (1-27-09)

11-23-08 Botno Atoms @ Killarney MB 4 - 8 L

The Bottineau Atoms traveled to Killarney MB & made their initial appearance at the new "Shamrock Centre" Arena. The lil' Braves took control of the game with a initial goal within the 1st 4 minutes. Killarney managed to find the net with just seconds left in the 1st period. Killarney found the net 2 more times in the 2nd as Bottineau picked up another point making the score 2 - 3 going into the 3rd. Killarney put 5 more points on the board as Bottineau answered with 2 in the 3rd leaving the "Shamrock Centre" with the final score Bottineau 4 Killarney 8. The Bottineau Goalie, Andrew Haberman was forced to leave early due to an injury. He was replaced by Karsen Ceglowski, late in the final period.

The Atoms & the fans both enjoyed the atmosphere of the new arena & look forward to future trips.

The Bottineau goals were:

Austin Lorenz - 2 unassisted.
Nick Costa - 1
Karsen Ceglowski - 1

Assists:
Lorenz -1
Costa - 1

Saves:
Andrew Haberman - 25 saves
Karsen Ceglowski - 4

Novice Team Updates (1-27-09)

The Novice team hosted a league leading Souris team on Saturday. Once again they out shot and out played their opponent but ran into another good goal tender. With 5 players missing due to the holidays the coaches were very happy with the way they played. A special thanks to Wyatt Haakenson and Nic Costa for playing defense the entire game without a rest. They were defiantly our leaders for the game. Katie Kerslake and Kutter Moum rotated at center and were all over the ice and did a great job. It was a good game but a disappointing loss with the final being 1-4.

PeeWee Updates (1-27-09)

12/13/08 Bottineau-Rugby vs Fargo Angels

Bottineau-Rugby remain undefeated after this exhibition match prior to the
weekend blizzard. Bottineau-Rugby started the game strong, outshooting
Fargo 14-4 in the first period. The last 2 periods were lackluster for the
home team. Goals came from Amsbaugh (2), Hageness (1st of the year), and Schaan. Monson faced 23 shots. Bottineau-Rugby has a home game in the Canadian league on Saturday.

12/6/08 Bottineau-Rugby vs Grand Forks Thunder

Bottineau-Rugby kicked on their NDAHA season (in Rugby) with a decisive 6-1 win over GF-Thunder. Bottineau-Rugby outshot GF 28-18; Monson stopped 94% of shots faced. Scoring came from Amsbaugh (2), Blue (2), Grant, and Schaan. The team plays an exhibition match against Fargo Angles on Saturday and travels to Grafton on Sunday.

Bottineau broke its string of ties by defeating Souris 6-4 on Sunday.
Scoring for the Braves were Amsbaugh (2), Bedlion, Grant, Hill, and Schaan.

Monson faced 38 shots. The teams opens their North Dakota Amateur Hockey Association schedule Saturday in Rugby against the Grand Forks Thunder. Game time is 12:45.

11/23/08 Bottineau-Rugby @ Souris

Bottineau remains undefeated with 3 wins and 3 ties on the season. This
game ended in a 6-6 tie. Amsbaugh had a hat trick and 3 assists. Grant
had 4 points, Schaan had 3 points, Blue had 2 points, and Hill scored his
first goal of the season after recovering from a broken foot. Monson faced
35 shots.

11/22/08 Bottineau-Rugby @ Wawanesa/Glenboro

For the second time in two weeks, Bottineau tied Waw/Glen. The final score
was 5-5. Scoring for Bottineau came from Amsbaugh (2), Blue, Grant, and
Schaan. Monson faced 28 shots.

Lumberjacks Defeat Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep OT

(11-21-08) The MSU-B Lumberjacks (3-3) defeated the Shattuck-St. Mary's Sabres Prep (13-6-5) hockey squad 3-2 in overtime action at the Lumberdome Friday evening.

The two teams square off again at 3:00 pm Sat. Why are the Lumberjacks playing a prep team, you ask? Well, this is no ordinary prep team. Last year they defeated the Lumberjacks 7-3, 7-2 and 9-2. They are the 2007 and 2008 defending national champions and have had hockey greats such as Sidney Crosby, Patrick Eaves and Zach Parise playing on their team, pus lots of other great UND alumni.

For more on the Sabres, click the More link. >>More>>

Nov. Blue Line Bd. Minutes Now Posted (11-21-08)

Only approved minutes and pertinent information to update members will be posted. Click here for Nov. 2008 minutes. Next Blue Line Board meeting will be Dec. 10th at the Nelson Science Center @ 6 pm.

Blue Line Annual Meeting Summary (11-19-08)

Click here to view the newly-elected and current board members from the Nov. 17 Bottineau Blue Line Hockey Club Annual Meeting. Complete minutes of the board meeting to follow soon. >>More>>

Girls 19-U Update (11-19-08)

We are excited to start this season with 18 Girls! The Bottineau Girls team will be competing in the North Dakota Amateur Hockey Association - NDAHA/USA.

The Bottienau Girls will be in the 19 year old & under bracket (19U).

We hope the season will be successful & lead us into HIgh School Hockey.

Our 1st game is here in Bottineau against Williston ND on Saturday 11/29/2008 at 12:15.

Atoms Update (11-19-08)

We are looking forward to the 2008 & 2009 season. We have a home game this weekend on Saturday 11-22-2008 at 5:45 against Souris MB.

11-08-08 Botno Atoms @ Boissevain East 11-3 W
11-15-08 Botno Atoms @ Glenboro MB 17-3 L

For more details on these games, visit the Atoms homepage or click the More link here: >>More>>

PeeWee Update (11-18-08)

11/16/08 Wawanesa-Glenboro 7-7 T
Bottineau-Rugby remains undefeated. This barn-burner ended in a 7-7 tie .
Down by 2 goals in the 3rd, Bottineau-Rugby came back to tie the game.
Goalie Monson had a game saving poke-check on a breakaway by J. Thompson (who scored all 7 goals for Wawa-Glen) with 30 seconds left in the game. Amsbaugh, Bedlion, and Grant each had 2 goals and Blue added another. Monson faced 31 shots. >>More>>

Novice Begins Action This Weekend (11-17-08)

The Novice will have their first game on Saturday Nov 22 @ 12:30 here at the Lumberdome against Bossevain and then make the trip to Killarney on Sunday the 23rd for a 2:00 o'clock game.

Team Mgrs - Coaches

Please submit rosters and team contacts (e-mail of managers and coaches) ASAP so we can keep the website updated. I am working on a system whereby a representative from your team could have direct website access to post your own team stories and pictures via a web interface without having to know HTML programming. For now, submit all info for the website to: info@botnohockey.com Thanks!

Blue Line Annual Meeting Mon. 11-17-08

The Bottineau Blue Line Club Annual Meeting is set for Monday, Nov. 17 at the Nelson Science Center on the MSU-B campus. All are welcome.

Jacks Downed Again 8-5 (11-16-08)

The Jacks put up a better fight Sunday afternoon, but the Steinbach North Stars proved too much once again, defeating the MSU-B Lumberjacks 8-5 at the Lumberdome. The game was tied 5-5 with as little as 7 minutes to go in the game.

Jacks Defeated by Steinbach 11-2 Saturday Night. (11-16-08)

The MSU-B Lumberjacks were defeated by the Steinbach North Stars 11-2 Saturday night at the Lumberdome. The second game in the series is scheduled for Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Steinbach is about 70 mi. northeast of Pembina or 64 Km southeast of Winnipeg. Steinbach, a city with a population of 11,000 residents will be hosting the Alan Cup in April of 2009.

Novice News (11-16-08)

The Novice will be practicing Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 and Fridays 5:15-6:15. Their Head coach will be Brent Moum, assisted by Jon Beyer. Team Manager will be Jana Costa. Returning veterans will be led by Nick Costa and Wyatt Haakenson with Kutter Moum, Clark Bolin and Katie Kerslake also bringing lots of experience from last year.

Gearing Up for 2008-09 Season (Updated 9-01-08)

Tue, Sept. 2nd: Nelson Science Center 7pm

This meeting is intended for Blue Line Board members, but, of course anyone is welcome to attend. Disregard previous notice.

Wed, Sept. 3rd: Holwell Auditorium 7 pm

Meeting for ALL people interested and involved in Bottineau Blue Line Hockey.

USA Hockey Online Registration (8-29-08)

All hockey players Initiation through Bantam are required to be members of USA Hockey. This year the Bottineau Blue Line Hockey Club is encouraging online registration for USA Hockey and State Affiliation. (It cuts down a lot on necessary paperwork.)

Please click on the link below to advance to the USA Hockey Registration site.

USA Hockey Registration Page

USA Hockey Registration Page Instructions

USA Hockey Main Website

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