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DATE: Dec. 16, 2005
BSU announces first 10
members of team to honor 50th season of intercollegiate
competition
 BEMIDJI, Minn. - Bemidji State University
and the BSU men’s ice hockey program today announced the first
10 members, in alphabetical order, of BSU’s 50 Legends for 50
Years Team, established to recognize the top 50 players in the
history of a program which this season is celebrating its 50th
season of intercollegiate competition.
The first 10 honorees, in alphabetical order, are center
Bernie Adlys (1992-96), center Mike
Alexander (1982-86), wing Dale
Baldwin (1976-80), center Omer
Belisle (1991-95), defenseman Greg
Biskup (1984-88), defenseman Jude Boulianne,
Sr. (1968-71), wing/defenseman Jude
Boulianne, Jr. (1991-95), defenseman Drey
Bradley (1981-84), defenseman Charlie
Brown (1968-71) and wing Terry Burns
(1966-69).
This year, Bemidji State University and the BSU Athletics
Department come together to celebrate the 50th season of
competition for one of the most celebrated collegiate men’s
ice hockey programs in the history of the sport. The 2005-06
season represents the 50th season of intercollegiate
competition for the Beaver men’s ice hockey program, which
played its first game on January 18, 1948. The BSU program was
on hiatus for 10 years in the 1950s due to the lack of a
facility in which to compete.
Throughout 2005-06, Bemidji State athletics will pay
special tribute to the men who helped establish the Beaver
program over the last 49 seasons. To celebrate this historic
anniversary, BSU is announcing a lineup of the 50 greatest
players in the history of the program and will recognize those
men at a special pre-game ceremony during the Robert Morris
series, Feb. 17-18, 2006.
The remaining 50 Legends for 50 Years lineup will be
announced 10 players at a time, in alphabetical order, at
various times throughout the season leading up to the Robert
Morris series. Other events associated with the anniversary
celebration are planned and will be announced at later dates
throughout the year.
• Bernie Adlys (C; 1992-1996; Waterloo,
Ontario) – During the 1995-96 season, Adlys led Bemidji State
in both assists (30) and points (17-30=47). In 116 games
played at BSU, Adlys finished his collegiate career tied for
22nd among BSU’s career scoring leaders with 129 points. Adlys
was a member of three consecutive NCAA Division II national
championship teams from 1993 to 1995. During his time at BSU,
the Beavers went 65-32-9.
• Mike Alexander (C; 1982-1986; Apple
Valley, Minn.) – A member of both the 1984 and 1986 NCAA
Division II national championship teams, Alexander is BSU’s
all-time scoring leader with 98-154=252 points and ranks third
all-time at BSU with 98 career goals. As a freshman Alexander
led the Beavers with 38 assists, and as a junior he led the
team in goals (31), assists (32) and points (31-32=63) along
with a team-high 10 power-play goals.
During Alexander’s
senior campaign in 1985-86, he set school single-season
records for assists (58) and points scored (32-58=90) and
again led the squad with 10 power-play goals. His 58 assists
in 1985-86 helped him to a BSU-record 154 for his career.
During his time at BSU, the Beavers went 113-21-4.
• Dale Baldwin (RW; 1976-1980; Oxbow,
Saskatchewan) – A captain in his senior year, Baldwin was a
member of the back-to-back NAIA championship teams in 1979 and
1980 before the team moved to NCAA Division II in 1981.
Baldwin is the 12th-leading scorer in BSU history with 163
points in 119 games and ranks fifth all-time with 93 goals
scored.
During the 1979-80 season, Baldwin set a school
record with a team-leading 43 goals, including a single-season
record six short-handed goals. Baldwin’s 13 career
short-handed goals are another BSU standard. In 1979-80,
Baldwin also led BSU in total points (71), the third-highest
single-season total in school history, and power-play goals
(9). During Baldwin’s career at BSU, the Beavers went
100-19-4.
• Omer Belisle (C; 1991-1995; Thunder Bay,
Ontario) – En route to three straight NCAA Division II
National Championships from 1993 to 1995, Belisle climbed the
BSU record books, finishing 21st among the all-time scoring
leaders with 131 points. Belisle captained BSU’s 1995 squad
which went 24-7-3, finishing first in the Northern Collegiate
Hockey Association. During his time at BSU, the Beavers went
85-32-10.
• Greg Biskup (D; 1984-1988; Roseau,
Minn.) – Biskup finished his career as BSU’s third-leading
career scorer amongst defensemen (29-77=106), with his 29
goals ranking third amongst BSU’s defensemen. He ranks 40th on
BSU’s all-time scoring list.
Biskup captained BSU’s 1986
NCAA Division II national championship squad as a senior, a
team which went 25-9-1. During his time at BSU, the Beavers
went 98-38-7.
• Jude Boulianne, Sr. (D; 1968-1971;
Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan) – A member of three consecutive
NAIA Championship teams from 1968-69 to 1970-1971, Boulianne
accumulated 75 points in 80 games to rank him 16th on BSU’s
career scoring list for defensemen.
In his final season,
Boulianne led the Beavers with 26 assists. During his time at
BSU, the Beavers went 67-12-1 and won their conference each of
Boulianne’s three season’s on the ice.
• Jude Boulianne, Jr. (W/D; 1991-1995; St.
Anne, Manitoba) – Boulianne, Jr., the son of fellow 50 Legends
for 50 Years honoree Jude Boulianne, Sr., is BSU’s career
leader in both goals scored by a defenseman (39) and points
scored by a defenseman (39-76=115). His 76 career assists rank
him fourth all-time amongst Beaver defenders. Overall,
Boulianne’s 115 points has him tied for 32nd amongst BSU’s
all-time scoring leaders.
In his final season at BSU in
1994-95, the Beaver captain led his team in both assists (40)
and points (11-40=51) en route to BSU’s third consecutive NCAA
Division II national championship. During his time at BSU, the
Beavers went 85-32-10.
• Drey Bradley (D; 1981-1984; Hastings,
Minn.) – Bradley captained one of only six unbeaten teams in
the history of college hockey, BSU’s 31-0-0 NCAA Division II
national champion 1983-84 squad.
Bradley finished his
career with 26-71=97 points, sixth-most ever by a BSU
defenseman. He also ranks in the Top 10 on BSU’s career lists
for defensemen in goals scored (26, seventh) and assists (71,
sixth). His 52 points in 1983-84 remain the BSU single-season
standard for a blue-liner.
During his time at BSU, the
Beavers went 86-11-2.
• Charlie Brown (D; 1968-1971;
Minneapolis, Minn.) – In three seasons at Bemidji State, Brown
was three-for-three, helping BSU capture NAIA national
championships in 1969, 1970 and 1971. On Feb. 2, 1971 against
Saskatchewan, Brown set BSU single-game records for assists by
a defenseman (5) and points by a defenseman (0-5=5). During
his time at BSU, the Beavers went 67-12-1.
Brown was one of
five Bemidji State representatives on the 1970 U.S. National
Team, and he helped the U.S. Olympic Team to a silver medal at
the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Brown was one of
five Beavers to represent the United States in the Olympic
Games, and one of just two - along with fellow 1972 Olympian
Jim McElmury - to win a medal.
• Terry Burns (RW; 1966-1969; Swift
Current, Saskatchewan) – Burns is the only member in BSU men’s
ice hockey history to captain his team in each of his three
seasons. In doing so, Burns led his team in goals as both a
sophomore (17) and a junior (21). Burns also collected a
team-leading five power-play goals as a junior. Burns led the
school to its first national championship, helping propel BSU
to NAIA national titles in both 1968 and 1969. During his time
at BSU, the Beavers went 52-15-1.
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