This season the CCHA takes a look every week celebrating some of the greatest teams in college hockey. For the week of Januray, 23rd 2013 the CCHA's "Team of the week" is the 1991 CCHA Champion Lake Superior State Lakers. Former Vernon Lakers forward Sandy Moger was on that 91 Championship Lakers team. Moger played one season in Vernon (1986-1987) In 13 games with the Lakers Moger collected (5-4-9). Moger was drafted in 1989 #176 overall in the 9th Round by the NHL Vancouver Canucks. Moger played parts of five seasons in the NHL with Boston & LA.Sandy Moger's Player Profile:
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?statsleague=WC&player=42412
'Celebrate the Legacy' Team of the Week
January 23, 2013
Led by senior forwards Jim Dowd, Tim Breslin and Jeff Napierala, senior defenseman Karl Johnston, junior defenseman Mark Astley, junior forward Sandy Moger, sophomore forward Doug Weight, sophomore goalie Darrin Madeley, freshman forward Clayton Beddoes and freshman defenseman Steven Barnes, Lake Superior finished the 1990-91 regular season in first place (26-2-4) in the nine-team CCHA standings, five points ahead of second-place Michigan.
The Lakers lost conference games to only Michigan (OT) and Ferris State in Jeff Jackson’s first season as head coach of the Lakers, and got two goals each from Dowd, Breslin and senior forward Tim Harris in a sweep of Illinois-Chicago, 5-3 and 3-1, in a best-of-three CCHA playoff quarterfinals to earn their fourth straight trip to Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena to face No. 4 Western Michigan in the semifinals. The Lakers rolled over the Broncos, 11-4, behind Weight’s natural hat trick and five-point night from Dowd (2-3-5) to set up a matchup with Michigan in the final. In the CCHA Championship game, Madeley made 27 saves and Beddoes scored twice, including the game winner on a spinning move in the slot in overtime, to give Lake Superior a 6-5 victory over the Wolverines. The win was the Lakers first CCHA playoff title and Beddoes’ four-point night (2-2-4) earned him the playoff MVP award.
In the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals at home, Lake Superior’s season came to an end when, after splitting the first two games with Clarkston, the Lakers lost the decisive game three, 4-3, to the Golden Knights and ended the season with a 36-5-4 overall record. The 1990-91 Lakers set program records that included most wins (36), most consecutive wins (15) and longest unbeaten streak (28). Jackson was named CCHA Coach of the Year, Dowd was CCHA Player of the Year and Napierala was Best Defensive Defenseman. Dowd, Weight, Johnston and Madeley were named to the All-CCHA First Team, Astley made the Second-Team and Beddoes and Barnes made the All-Rookie squad.
As part of the ‘Celebrate the Legacy’ final season, the CCHA is looking for all the players who have their name engraved on the Mason Cup, the CCHA’s playoff championship trophy.
We need your help!
Check out the roster of the 1991 Lakers’ championship team at CCHA.com as part of the CCHA’s ‘Search for Mason Cup Champions’ and call us (248-888-0600) or email us at: pcolvin@ccha.com, if you know where any of 1991 Lakers are.
1991 Lake Superior State Lakers
Head Coach: Jeff Jackson
Assistant Coach: Ron Rolston
Assistant Coach: Jim Roque
Mark Astley
Steven Barnes
Clayton Beddoes
Tim Breslin
Paul Constantin
David Divita
Jim Dowd
Vince Faucher
Tim Harris
John Hendry
Dean Hulett
Karl Johnston
Doug Laprade
Darrin Madeley
Kurt Miller
Sandy Moger
Jeff Napierala
Jay Ness
Jim Peters
Brandon Reed
Michael Smith
Doug Weight
Darren Wetherill
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