LSSU Lakers 2016-17

[Dirty Dream No. 2]

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Yay LSSU!

[LakerBaker]

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The good ship Laker had a great weekend, man, and head coach Damon Whitten is steering them in the right direction.

Here is a recap of the weekend from Randy Russon of www.hockeynewsnorth.com and www.saultthisweek.com

http://www.hockeynewsnorth.com/ncaa/...laker-victory/

Lake Superior State Lakers flashed a new-look offense en route to a 6-1, opening-night win over the Michigan State Spartans before a Friday crowd of close to 2,800 at Taffy Abel Arena.

After scoring the fewest goals among any team in the 10-member Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 2015-2016, the offensive splurge served as a nice welcome sign to the 2016-2017 campaign for Lake State.

The six goals were the most the Lakers have scored in a single game since October of 2013.

In Friday’s 6-1 non-conference romp over Michigan State, sophomore defenseman Owen Headrick sparked the Lakers with a goal and two assists. The Garden River First Nation product is a graduate of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.

Another defenseman, freshman Kris Bindulis — formerly of the Soo Eagles juniors — had a goal and an assist for Lake State.

In front of a nearly capacity crowd inside Taffy Abel Arena on the final night of Great Lake State Weekend, Lake Superior State defeated Michigan State 7-3, to claim the series sweep. LSSU scored four goals in the first period Saturday (Oct. 15) to take a 4-0 lead into the break, tallied two in the second period and finished with a goal late in the third.

The Lakers improved to 2-0 with the victories and combined for 13 goals in the series, the most by a Lakers team since outscoring Western Michigan 13-1 in November 2005. Saturday's seven goals were also the most by the Lakers since defeating Robert Morris 7-6 on Jan. 2, 2009.

Freshman Max Humitz opened the scoring 6:26 into the first for the Lakers with a power play goal and the second goal in just his second collegiate game. Senior captain Gus Correale then scored an even strength goal just over mid-way thru the first and Gage Torrel's even-strength marker put the Lakers ahead 3-0, just 40 seconds later.

Correale's second goal, a shorthanded tally, came two minutes after Torrel and gave the Lakers a 4-0 heading into the first intermission. The shorthanded strike by Correale, assisted by Diego Cuglietta and freshman Collin Saccoman, would eventually record as the game winner.

20 minutes of action and 13 shots were all freshman goaltender John Lethemon would see after getting the start for the Spartans in game two. Lethemon, making his collegiate debut, saved just nine shots in recording the loss and was replaced by junior Ed Minney to start the second period. Minney finished the game by allowing three goals on 17 shots.

The Spartans tallied two goals within 1:18 of each other to cut into the Lakers lead 4-2, early in the second period with even-strength tallies from Logan Lambdin and Zach Osburn.

LSSU responded with a pair of goals to go up 6-2 with an even strength goal by Anthony Nellis and a power-play marker by Mitch Hults. The goal for Nellis was his second point on the night and third for the weekend. Hults' tally capped a four-point weekend for the Stoughton, Wis., native after tallying three assists in Friday's 6-1 victory.

MSU tallied their third and final goal with 18 seconds left in the second period to head to the second intermission trailing 6-3. Gordon Defiel started his second consecutive game in net and made 30 saves while the Spartans outshot the Lakers 33-30.

J.T. Henke's goal with 2:22 left in the final frame drove home the final nail and wrapped up a three point night for the junior and a four point weekend.

After scoring a goal and adding two assists on Friday, Garden River, Ont., native Owen Headrick dished out three assists on Saturday evening and led the Lakers with six points for the weekend.

A crowd of nearly 3,500 were on hand at Taffy Abel Arena to watch the Lakers finish off the sweep of the Spartans, the first time LSSU swept their former Central Collegiate Hockey Association rivals since hosting MSU five years earlier on Oct. 14-15, 2011.

The Lakers 2-0 start to the season is their first since opening the 2013-14 season with a sweep at home over Robert Morris on Oct. 11-12, 2013.

LSSU opens Western Collegiate Hockey Association play on the road next weekend against Alabama-Huntsville. The Lakers and Chargers are slated for consecutive 7:07 p.m. CT starts on Oct. 21-22.

Ringy Dingy!

[sm2pk]

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Feels as if we are back in the 90s with the way this team played over the weekend. The WCHA site has the video of the goals scored last night and Fridays game but there is no sound with it.

[LSSULaker889294]

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So far, the WCHA's record against NC team has been really, really bad. At least the Lakers are 2-0 so far in NC play.

[Bill]

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Press release from the CCHL on Matthew Barnaby's commitment to the Lakers:

http://www.centraljuniorhockeyleague...ws/news_463283

[sm2pk]

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Huntsville is going to be a tough series . They beat Ferris twice and tied Mi Tech at Tech .

[PerkyforPrez]

Huntsville is going to be a tough series . They beat Ferris twice and tied Mi Tech at Tech .

I agree, UAH has a history of playing the Lakers very tough in recent years even when on paper it should have been a push over. That's why they play the game.

[Bill]

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I assume out of town fans noticed that the YesFM link is now working at the Lakers website and they were able to listen to the stream of the games this past weekend?

[Deman]

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The new USCHO poll is out for the week, and Lake State got 6 votes/points.

While it's a way off from being ranked, people noticed this weekend. Hopefully we can keep it up & get on the board.

[jsmithe]

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Congratulations to Owen Headrick for being named WCHA co-defensive player of the week. Also kudos to J.T. Henke (offensive player nomination) and Brayden Gelsinger (rookie player nomination): http://wcha.com/men/pres1617/201610/oct17wpm.php

[Bill]

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Former Laker Matt Bruneteau has joined the coaching ranks:

http://www.gomustangsports.com/sport...20161017ka98ey

[Laker Dude]

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I assume out of town fans noticed that the YesFM link is now working at the Lakers website and they were able to listen to the stream of the games this past weekend?

Thanks for the post. I did not check prior to the weekend. I have the video package, so usually i just use the stream to hear the post game interview with Whitten.

[LakerBaker]

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I assume out of town fans noticed that the YesFM link is now working at the Lakers website and they were able to listen to the stream of the games this past weekend?

Thanks Bill great information as always, man

After scoring an NCAA best six points in last weekend's sweep over Michigan State, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association has named Lake Superior State sophomore defenseman Owen Headrick the league's Co-Defensive Player of the Week.

Headrick, from Garden River, Ontario, led all NCAA skaters with five assists and six points, sparking the Lakers' season-opening sweep of visiting Michigan State. Headrick scored a goal and two assists in Friday's 6-1 victory over MSU and tallied three assists in the team's 7-3 win over the Spartans on Saturday. Prior to his consecutive three-point outings, Headrick had only one multi-point game during his freshman campaign, a two assist effort.

The Garden River, Ont., native finished with a +2 rating on the weekend, and was on the ice for three even strength goals and four power-play tallies by the Lakers. He also had nine shots on goal and blocked a pair of shots defensively. With the help of Headrick, the LSSU power play team hit on 6-of-16 (.375) opportunities on the weekend.

This is Headrick's first career WCHA weekly award.

Sharing the weekly title with Headrick, Michael Bitzer posted consecutive shutouts in Bemidji State's pair of 2-0 victories over Northern Michigan last weekend.

Other Lakers nominated for weekly awards, J.T. Henke (2-2--4) was an honorable mention for Offensive Player of the Week after tying for the points lead among WCHA forwards. Freshman Brayden Gelsinger received an honorable mention nod for the week's top rookie after tying for the national lead among freshmen with four points and was +2 in the weekend series.

You can hear more about the Good Ship Laker, and Owen Headrick tonite on the Hockey North Show on ESPN Radio station 1400 at 5 p.m. with www.hockeynewsnorth.com and www.saultthisweek.com Randy Russon and don't forget at 6 p.m. join the legendary Voice of the Lakers, Bill Crawford along with head coach Damon Whitten, for the Laker Hockey Show and Laker Hockey Talk on Thursday mornings at 8:30 as Bill Crawford and Damon Whitten preview the upcoming weekend's match up.

Ringy Dingy!

[Mogerfan]

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As I can't be there, I'll pledge some $$$.

I'll donate $50 per Laker win to the "Fund for LSSU."
Then I'll donate $10 per Laker goal straight to the Hockey team.

GO LAKERS!

Just settled up with the LSSU Foundation. That was a lot more expensive than I thought it would be! LOL!

I hope this is a sign of good things to come! GO LAKERS!

[LakerBaker]

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A great Hockey North Show tonite from www.hockeynewsnorth.com and www.saultthisweek.com Randy Russon.

Randy also has an original fresh article on super sophomore Owen Headrick, who was named one of the NCAA players of the week.

http://www.hockeynewsnorth.com/ncaa/...k-second-star/

Another day, another recognition for Lake Superior State Lakers highly-skilled sophomore defenseman Owen Headrick.

After being named Western Collegiate Hockey Association co-defensive player of the week by virtue of his one-goal, five-assist, six-point performance in the Lakers two-game weekend sweep of the Michigan State Spartans, Headrick has earned national recognition.

NCAA.com has named Headrick its second star of the week from among all Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association players.

Bemidji State senior goalie Michael Bitzer earned first-star honours and Holy Cross goalie Paul Berrafato was named third star behind Headrick, a 6-foot, 205-pound product of Garden River First Nation.

Formerly of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Headrick had 5 goals, 7 assists, 12 points in 39 games as a freshman for Lake State in 2015-2016. His 12 points were sixth-best on what was a low-scoring Lakers team.

Ringy Dingy!