Beavers aim to ‘get back on the horse’ in Reilly Funk’s return to Marquette

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The Bemidji State men’s hockey team’s fifth-year forward entered the transfer portal after his redshirt sophomore season two summers ago. He’s played 62 games at Bemidji State, totalling 14 goals and 24 assists as one of the Beavers’ top centers. For the first time since he transferred, Funk is headed back to Marquette, Michigan, this weekend for a pivotal two-game series. Bemidji State junior Kasper Magnussen (28) one-times a shot during the first period against Bowling Green on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at the Sanford Center. You go through stretches in life and hockey where you’re going to go through stuff that you have to fight through.