2021–22 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season was the 56th season of play for the program, the 49th at the Division I level and the 42nd season in the CCHA conference. The Lakers represented Lake Superior State University and were coached by Damon Whitten, in his 8th season.

2021–22 Lake Superior State Lakers
men's ice hockey season
Conference4th CCHA
Home iceTaffy Abel Arena
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall18–18–1
Conference13–13–0
Home13–7–1
Road5–11–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachDamon Whitten
Assistant coachesMike York
Zack Cisek
Mike Gugin
Captain(s)Louis Boudon
Alternate captain(s)Dustin Manz
Miroslav Mucha
Jacob Nordqvist
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Season

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Lake Superior State joined with six other members of the WCHA to restart the CCHA for the 2021–22 season.

The Lakers were hoping to build upon their first NCAA tournament appearance in 25 years with a strong performance. Unfortunately, they lost three critical games in the first two weeks. While they went undefeated in their succeeding seven games, the strength of their opponents kept them out of the polls. A bad stretch in November also cost Lake State and put the Lakers on the wrong side of .500.

The defense looked like it had recovered during a weekend split with top-ranked Minnesota State but then the offense flagged the following week against lowly Ferris State. The team went up and down in their play for several months but began to show a bit more consistency towards the end of the season. However, despite the improvement, Lake Superior was too far down the PairWise rankings to make the tournament without a conference championship.

Lake Superior began postseason play at home against Northern Michigan and laid an egg in the first game. The Lakers allowed the first five goals of the game and were only able to score with less than 5 minutes to play. They were much better in the rematch, winning 3–2 to tie the series and force a deciding rubber match. After surrendering the first goal, the Lakers reeled off three in a row to build a 3–1 lead early in the second period. Northern Michigan replied with a deluge of goals, scoring four times in the span of 8 minutes to take a commanding lead. Lake State was unable to add to their total for most of the third and were forced to pull Ethan Langenegger in desperation. The ploy worked once but the Wildcats managed to stop a tying goal from being scored and the Lakers' season was over.

Departures

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Player Position Nationality Cause
Alex Ambrosio Forward   Canada Graduate transfer to Canisius
Ashton Calder Forward   United States Transferred to North Dakota
Hampus Eriksson Forward   Sweden Graduate transfer to Northern Michigan
Niko Esposito-Selivanov Forward   Germany Signed professional contract (Hannover Indians)
Chase Gamelin Forward   United States Graduation (retired)
Lukas Kälble Defenseman   Germany Graduate transfer to Clarkson
Michael Mannara Defenseman   Canada Transferred to York
Mareks Mitens Goaltender   Latvia Graduation (signed with Binghamton Devils)
Yuki Miura Forward   Japan Graduation (signed with Iowa Heartlanders)
Will Riedell Defenseman   United States Graduate transfer to Ohio State
Pierre-Luc Veillette Forward   Canada Left program (signed with Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5)

Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Timo Bakos Forward   Germany 21 Augsburg, GER
Cole Craft Forward   Canada 20 North Bay, ON
Easton Hesse Goaltender   Canada 21 Beaumont, AB
Grant Hindman Defenseman   United States 19 Oakland, MI
Logan Jenuwine Forward   United States 23 Romeo, MI; transfer from Arizona State
Sebastian Miedema Defenseman   Sweden 21 Gävle, SWE
Josh Nixon Forward   Canada 21 Mississauga, ON
Brett Roloson Forward   United States 20 Newport Beach, CA
Harrison Roy Forward   United States 21 Lakeville, MA; transfer from Boston College
Dawson Tritt Forward   United States 21 Spokane, WA
Jordan Venegoni Forward   United States 21 Livonia, MI
Jared Westcott Forward   United States 22 Imperial, MO; transfer from Penn State
Jake Willets Defenseman   United States 22 Erie, MI; transfer from Ferris State

Roster

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As of August 20, 2021.[1]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1   Ethan Langenegger Sophomore G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 2000-09-10 Kamloops, British Columbia Salmon Arm (BCHL)
3   Tyler Williams Sophomore F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2000-05-16 South Lyon, Michigan Nanaimo (BCHL)
4   Jacob Bengtsson Sophomore D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1999-05-08 Stockholm, Sweden Waterloo (USHL)
5   Arvid Henrikson Junior D 6' 5" (1.96 m) 211 lb (96 kg) 1998-02-23 Stockholm, Sweden Austin (NAHL) MTL, 187th overall 2016
6   Jake Willets Junior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-08-06 Monroe, Michigan Ferris State (CCHA)
7   Mitchell Oliver Senior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-06-17 Kelowna, British Columbia Alberni (BCHL)
8   Logan Jenuwine Sophomore F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998-05-15 Romeo, Michigan Arizona State (NCAA)
9   Dustin Manz (A) Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1999-09-21 Vanderbilt, Michigan Prince George (BCHL)
10   Miroslav Mucha (A) Senior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1997-10-07 Bytča, Slovakia Minot (NAHL)
11   Dawson Tritt Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-09-01 Spokane, Washington Lone Star (NAHL)
12   Brandon Puricelli Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-02-04 Ellisville, Missouri Minnesota Duluth (NCHC)
13   Sepncer DenBeste Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-02-17 Marquette, Michigan Johnstown (NAHL)
14   Brett Roloson Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 2000-12-29 Worcester, Massachusetts Minot (NAHL)
15   Jacob Nordqvist (A) Senior D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1998-02-12 Gothenburg, Sweden Madison (USHL)
16   Harrison Roy Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 2000-01-17 Lakeville, Massachusetts Boston College (HEA)
17   Sebastian Miedema Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 2000-09-09 Gävle, Sweden Sioux Falls (USHL)
18   Cole Craft Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2001-06-29 North Bay, Ontario Lincoln (USHL)
19   Joshua Wildauer Sophomore F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1999-06-16 Dearborn Heights, Michigan Coquitlam (BCHL)
20   Grant Hindman Freshman D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2002-05-16 Oakland, Michigan Youngstown (USHL)
21   Jordan Venegoni Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-08-16 Livonia, Michigan Amarillo (NAHL)
22   Timo Bakos Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 2000-07-28 Augsburg, Germany Rosenheim (Oberliga)
23   Artyom Borshyov Sophomore D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2000-08-22 Vitebsk, Belarus Northern (NCDC)
24   Josh Nixon Freshman F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2000-05-09 Mississauga, Ontario Maryland (NAHL)
25   Jeremy Gervais Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-01-09 Prince George, British Columbia Salmon Arm (BCHL)
26   Jack Jeffers Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997-09-21 Oakville, Ontario Alabama Huntsville (WCHA)
27   Benito Posa Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-01-16 Grand Blanc, Michigan Des Moines (USHL)
28   Jared Westcott Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-07-18 Imperial, Missouri Penn State (Big Ten)
29   Louis Boudon (C) Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1998-10-04 Grenoble, France Northeast (NAHL)
30   Easton Hesse Freshman G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2000-06-28 Beaumont, Alberta Bonnyville (AJHL)
31   Seth Eisele Junior G 6' 5" (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-10-30 Lake Elmo, Minnesota Lone Star (NAHL)

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Minnesota State †* 26 23 3 0 2 0 0 67 115 28 44 38 6 0 178 60
#14 Michigan Tech 26 16 8 2 2 4 0 54 93 53 37 21 13 3 118 75
Bemidji State 26 14 12 0 1 1 0 42 83 81 39 19 20 0 118 121
Lake Superior State 26 13 13 0 1 1 0 39 69 64 37 18 18 1 107 104
Northern Michigan 26 12 13 1 3 0 1 35 86 99 37 20 16 1 132 136
Bowling Green 26 11 14 1 2 1 0 33 67 87 37 15 19 3 94 119
Ferris State 26 9 16 1 2 2 0 28 66 99 36 11 24 1 90 135
St. Thomas 26 3 22 1 0 4 0 14 45 112 36 3 32 1 61 168
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 2 8:07 PM at #17 Omaha* Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Eisele W 4–3 OT 3,397 1–0–0
October 3 7:07 PM at #17 Omaha* Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Langenegger L 0–3  2,837 1–1–0
October 8 7:30 PM at #3 Michigan* Yost Ice ArenaAnn Arbor, Michigan BTN+ Eisele L 1–6  5,246 1–2–0
October 9 7:00 PM at #3 Michigan* Yost Ice ArenaAnn Arbor, Michigan BTN+ Langenegger L 4–7  5,141 1–3–0
October 15 7:07 PM St. Thomas Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger W 3–1  0 2–3–0 (1–0–0)
October 16 6:07 PM St. Thomas Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Eisele W 6–3  1,646 3–3–0 (2–0–0)
October 22 7:00 PM Union* Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger W 7–4  1,109 4–3–0
October 23 7:00 PM Union* Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Eisele W 5–2  965 5–3–0
October 29 7:07 PM St. Lawrence* Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger T 2–2 OT 1,151 5–3–1
October 30 7:07 PM St. Lawrence* Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Eisele W 7–1  1,136 6–3–1
November 5 7:07 PM at #18 Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice ArenaHoughton, Michigan   Langenegger W 3–2 OT 2,610 7–3–1 (3–0–0)
November 6 6:07 PM at #18 Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice ArenaHoughton, Michigan   Eisele L 0–2  2,429 7–4–1 (3–1–0)
November 12 7:07 PM Bemidji State Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger L 2–4  1,273 7–5–1 (3–2–0)
November 13 6:07 PM Bemidji State Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Eisele L 4–5  0 7–6–1 (3–3–0)
November 19 7:07 PM at Bowling Green Slater Family Ice ArenaBowling Green, Ohio   Langenegger L 1–5  2,561 7–7–1 (3–4–0)
November 20 7:07 PM at Bowling Green Slater Family Ice ArenaBowling Green, Ohio   Langenegger L 2–6  2,625 7–8–1 (3–5–0)
November 26 7:07 PM #1 Minnesota State Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger W 1–0  822 8–8–1 (4–5–0)
November 27 6:07 PM #1 Minnesota State Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger L 0–3  1,014 8–9–1 (4–6–0)
December 3 7:07 PM at Ferris State Ewigleben ArenaBig Rapids, Michigan   Langenegger W 3–0  1,344 9–9–1 (5–6–0)
December 4 6:07 PM at Ferris State Ewigleben ArenaBig Rapids, Michigan   Langenegger L 1–3  1,640 9–10–1 (5–7–0)
December 10 7:07 PM #19 Northern Michigan Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger W 7–2  500 10–10–1 (6–7–0)
December 11 6:07 PM #19 Northern Michigan Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Eisele W 4–1  790 11–10–1 (7–7–0)
January 7 8:07 PM at Bemidji State Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota   Langenegger L 1–5  2,165 11–11–1 (7–8–0)
January 8 7:07 PM at Bemidji State Sanford CenterBemidji, Minnesota   Eisele L 1–5  2,609 11–12–1 (7–9–0)
January 14 7:07 PM #19 Michigan Tech Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger L 0–3  1,077 11–13–1 (7–10–0)
January 15 6:07 PM #19 Michigan Tech Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger L 0–3  1,175 11–14–1 (7–11–0)
January 21 7:07 PM USNTDP* Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan (Exhibition)     W 5–1   
January 28 6:37 PM at #20 Northern Michigan Berry Events CenterMarquette, Michigan   Eisele W 6–1  2,288 12–14–1 (8–11–0)
January 29 6:37 PM at #20 Northern Michigan Berry Events CenterMarquette, Michigan   Eisele L 1–2 OT 2,564 12–15–1 (8–12–0)
February 11 7:07 PM Ferris State Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Eisele W 5–3  1,037 13–15–1 (9–12–0)
February 12 6:07 PM Ferris State Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger W 4–0  1,310 14–15–1 (10–12–0)
February 18 8:07 PM at St. Thomas St. Thomas Ice ArenaMendota Heights, Minnesota   Eisele L 1–2  643 14–16–1 (10–13–0)
February 19 8:07 PM at St. Thomas St. Thomas Ice ArenaMendota Heights, Minnesota   Langenegger W 5–1  521 15–16–1 (11–13–0)
February 25 7:07 PM Bowling Green Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Eisele W 5–1  1,192 16–16–1 (12–13–0)
February 26 6:07 PM Bowling Green Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Langenegger W 3–1  1,396 17–16–1 (13–13–0)
CCHA Tournament
March 4 6:07 PM Northern Michigan* Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan (Quarterfinal game 1)   Eisele L 1–5  1,050 17–17–1
March 5 6:07 PM Northern Michigan* Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan (Quarterfinal game 2)   Langenegger W 3–2  1,100 18–17–1
March 6 6:07 PM Northern Michigan* Taffy Abel ArenaSault Ste. Marie, Michigan (Quarterfinal game 3)   Langenegger L 4–5  850 18–18–1
Lake Superior State Lost Series 1–2
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[2]

Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Louis Boudon C 36 15 29 44 31
Miroslav Mucha RW 37 10 25 35 8
Jacob Bengtsson D 36 3 24 27 63
Brandon Puricelli RW 24 13 9 22 10
Logan Jenuwine F 27 9 11 20 4
Josh Nixon RW 37 8 12 20 16
Harrison Roy F 29 7 12 19 8
Jacob Nordqvist D 36 5 11 16 24
Dustin Manz C 34 7 7 14 10
Jake Willets D 35 6 8 14 32
Benito Posa F 26 5 6 11 24
Dawson Tritt F 33 4 6 10 14
Mitchell Oliver D 35 3 6 9 48
Timo Bakos F 35 6 2 8 0
Joshua Wildauer C 34 2 6 8 12
Cole Craft RW 23 2 3 5 27
Arvid Henrikson D 35 0 5 5 56
Jeremy Gervais D 16 0 4 4 10
Artyom Borshyov D 35 0 4 4 10
Brett Roloson F 29 1 2 3 0
Tyler Williams C 19 1 1 2 0
Easton Hesse G 1 0 1 27
Jack Jeffers F 1 0 0 0 0
Sebastian Miedema D 3 0 0 0 0
Jared Westcott F 4 0 0 0 0
Spencer DenBeste F 7 0 0 0 4
Seth Eisele G 16 0 0 0 0
Ethan Langenegger G 22 0 0 0 0
Grant Hindman D 26 0 0 0 10
Total 107 193 300 453

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Ethan Langenegger 22 1313 10 11 1 58 602 3 .912 2.65
Seth Eisele 16 900 8 7 0 41 419 0 .911 2.73
Empty Net - 18 - - - 5 - - - -
Total 37 2231 18 18 1 104 1021 3 .908 2.80

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (Final)
USCHO.com NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR
USA Today NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.[4]

Awards and honors

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Player Award Ref
Jacob Bengtsson CCHA Second Team [5]
Louis Boudon
Josh Nixon CCHA Rookie Team [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Roster". Lake Superior State Athletics. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Lake Superior State 2021-22 Team Schedule". College Hockey Inc. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Lake Superior State Univ. 2021-2022 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "Four teams represented on All-CCHA Second Team". CCHA. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "Six teams represented on CCHA All-Rookie Team". CCHA. March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.