Lakers are lighting it up
The lowest-scoring team among the 10 Western Collegiate Hockey Association members in 2015-2016, Lake Superior State Lakers are lighting the lamp in a big way to begin the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Nice start for Headrick, Lakers
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. …[read more]
Michigan State v. Lake State
Lake Superior State Lakers will take to the ice of Taffy Abel Arena on Friday and Saturday nights for a pair of season-opening, non-conference matches with the visiting Michigan State Spartans. …[read more]
Ashton Calder clicks hat trick
Michigan Soo native and Lake Superior State Lakers recruit Ashton Calder is off to a sparkling start with the Surrey Eagles of the British Columbia Hockey League. …[read more]
Lake State season set to start
Led by third-year head coach Damon Whitten, the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association will begin the 2016-2017 season on Sunday when they play host to the Laurentian Voyageurs of Canadian Interuniversity Sport in an exhibition match. …[read more]
Here are the LSSU Lakers
As the Lake Superior State University Lakers prep for their third season under the watch of head coach Damon Whitten, the Division 1, Western Collegiate Hockey Association team will go with a 26-player roster. …[read more]
Jamie Henderson has a new job
Jamie Henderson, who helped the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to three championships in a five-year span — first as assistant coach, then as assistant general manager and then as general manager — has secured another high-level position in the sport. …[read more]
Soo Eagles forward to RPI
Sam Rappaport is moving on from the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for prestigious Rensselaer Polytenchic Institute, a Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association school. …[read more]
Owen Headrick makes NACS list
Garden River First Nation product Owen Headrick, fresh from an eye-opening season as a freshman defenseman with the Lake Superior State University Lakers, has been ranked as a potential late-round pick for the upcoming National Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Ron Mason never forgot LSSU
From one college hockey legend to another, Bill Crawford said Ron Mason “never forgot” his coaching roots that first sprouted at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Bowling Green to Sarnia Sting
Defenseman Jordan Ernst is bolting the Bowling Green Falcons of the Division 1, Western Collegiate Hockey Association for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Talking Lakers in the summer
Fans of the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association can tune in to four special radio shows over the course of the summer. …[read more]
A look ahead at ’16-17 Laker log
Along with the other nine teams in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, Lake Superior State Lakers know the whens and wheres for the 2016-2017, 28-game schedule against conference opponents. …[read more]
Laker Hall to welcome Hoffort
More than 25 years after backstopping the Lake Superior State Lakers to an improbable Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey championship, goalie Bruce Hoffort is headed to the school’s Hall of Fame. …[read more]
Is UNH recruit headed to Hounds?
Corson Green is a big defenseman with a future Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment — but the youngster seemingly still has some interest in playing for the Soo Greyhounds, who selected him in the fifth round of the 2015 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Headrick would be an NHL steal
His name does not appear on any official rankings chart but I am of the notion that Lake Superior State University Lakers freshman Owen Headrick would be an absolute steal for any National Hockey League team willing to take a flyer on the 1997 birth-year defenseman at next month’s draft. …[read more]
Lake State d-man turns pro
Lake Superior State Lakers senior defenseman Peter Spratte has signed a professional contract, joining the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League for the remainder of the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Erie almost had Owen Headrick
Top-seeded Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League came very close to persuading Owen Headrick to leave the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association during the 2015-2016 season but the freshman defenseman decided to remain in school, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Lakers eye smooth sailing ahead
Their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to the second-seeded Minnesota State Mavericks but the future outlook contains considerable promise for the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Tough playoff road for Lake State
They have a goalie with one of the best save percentages in the 10-team Western Collegiate Hockey Association but the seventh-place Lake Superior State Lakers have drawn a very-tough opponent in the second-place Minnesota State Mavericks for the first round of the playoffs. …[read more]
Laker underclassmen lead the way
They have two games to play in the 2015-2016 regular season — both on the road this weekend — and the youthful Lake Superior State Lakers have secured a playoff spot and assured themselves of at least seventh place in the 10-team Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Lakers clinch WCHA playoff spot
A three-point weekend has secured a playoff spot for the Lake Superior State Lakers and assured them of at least seventh place in the 10-team Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Lakers await Walt & the Wildcats
Winners of five of their last six games, Northern Michigan Wildcats are headed to the Soo for a pair of matches with the Lake Superior State Lakers this weekend. …[read more]
Lakers ring the victory bell
Lake Superior State Lakers halted a six-game losing skid tonight with a morale-boosting 3-0 home-ice win over the Bemidji State Beavers. …[read more]
Here come the NCAA recruiters
Recruiters from the Division 1 and Division 3 ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association are doing — and in some cases, have done — their homework on a flock of front-line players from within the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Lakers need a winning weekend
They have lost five straight games and are in desperate need of victories as the Western Collegiate Hockey Association heads into the final four weekends of regular-season play. …[read more]
Robbie Payne strikes again
Leave it to Northern Michigan Wildcats high-scoring forward Robbie Payne to once again show a flair for the dramatic. …[read more]
Adrian College via Soo Eagles
Chase Matson gained a good reputation as a dependable, team-first, hard-working forward during two seasons with the Soo Eagles when they were members of the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Lakers in tough at Michigan Tech
As the Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season heads into the stretch run, the seventh-place Lake Superior State Lakers face the daunting task of playing the third-place Michigan Tech Huskies on the road as part of Winter Carnival weekend. …[read more]
NMU Wildcats in good position
With 10 games to play on the Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season slate, the Northern Michigan University Wildcats have a good shot at fourth place and home-ice in the first round of the playoffs. …[read more]
Payne puts up points at NMU
He was part of a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship team in 2010-2011 as a 40-goal scorer with the Soo Eagles and he’s now a sophomore forward with the Northern Michigan University Wildcats of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Denver Pierce “doing well” at NMU
Sault Ste. Marie area product Denver Pierce has earned a regular shift and words of praise from his coach as a freshman forward with the Northern Michigan Wildcats of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Lakers honour Gil and Gary
Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association held a “legacy night” on Sunday to honour the memory of two “much-loved” men who served the program with distinction for many years. …[read more]
Another JDM client gets D1 commit
Justin Kapelmaster of the Wichita Falls Wildcats of the North American Hockey League has become the second goaltender client of family advisor David Maciuk to get a Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment in the past week. …[read more]
Wisconsin via New Jersey via Soo
Goalie Jack Berry, who played for the Soo Eagles during the 2014-2015 season when they were members of the North American Hockey League, has committed to play for the Wisconsin Badgers of the Division 1, Big 10 Conference. …[read more]
WCHA serves up a Western sandwich
There are seven weekends to play in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season and the menu is stacked with healthy choices of consumption. …[read more]
Lakers to honour “much-loved” men
Lake Superior State Lakers will honour the memory of two “much-loved” gentlemen during Saturday’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association home game against the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves. …[read more]
Lake State freshman recognized
Freshman forward Diego Cuglietta of the seventh-place Lake Superior State Lakers, who scored the game-winner in a 1-0 overtime upset of the second-place Bowling Green Falcons on Saturday, has been named Western Collegiate Hockey Association rookie-of-the-week. …[read more]
Lakers played like men
Damon Whitten does not make it a habit to go overboard when praising his young Lake Superior State Lakers but the second-year head coach was gushing with pride following a 1-0 overtime win over the visiting Bowling Green Falcons on Saturday night. …[read more]
Hounds draft pick commits to Lakers
Owen Guy, a 1998 birth-year centre who was selected by the Soo Greyhounds in the fifth round of the 2014 Ontario Hockey League draft, has made a future commitment to play for the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Lakers head Wright into 2nd half
A busy second half to the 2015-2016 Western Collegiate Hockey Association season begins for the Lake Superior State Lakers this weekend with a pair of home games. …[read more]
Many NCAA options for NOJHLers
As the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has developed its share of talent for the Ontario Hockey League and the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League, many of its players aspire to combine the sport with an education at the National Collegiate Athletic Association level. …[read more]
Laker is WCHA rookie-of-the-month
Lake Superior State Lakers freshman forward Gage Torrel has been named Western Collegiate Hockey Association rookie-of-the-month for December. …[read more]
3 wins, 3 shutouts for Laker goalie
Another win, another shutout for freshman goalie Nick Kossoff of the Lake Superior State Lakers. …[read more]
Life of a third-string goalie
He is in his third season with the Lake Superior State Lakers and has appeared in just one game in his Western Collegiate Hockey Association career but junior goalie Aaron Davis continues to work hard and be a supportive teammate. …[read more]
Lakers prepping for 2016 portion
The holiday break will end for the Lake Superior State Lakers early next week as they head to Vermont for a pair of non-conference games as part of the Catamount Cup tournament. …[read more]
Glory days at Lake Superior State
They are three-time, Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association champions and the plan is for the Lake Superior State Lakers to return to the glory days that have eluded them since the mid-1990s. …[read more]
Raymond Brice to Michigan Tech
Houghton native Raymond Brice will realize a dream of playing for his hometown Michigan Tech Huskies of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Laker math: 4-4-4 = 12
Lake Superior State Lakers head into the holiday break tied for sixth place in the 10-team Western Collegiate Hockey Association with 12 points from a record of 4-4-4. …[read more]