The Lakers represented Lake Superior State University and were coached by Damon Whitten, in his 8th season.
A bad stretch in November also cost Lake State and put the Lakers on the wrong side of .500.
Lake Superior began postseason play at home against Northern Michigan and laid an egg in the first game.
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.