• The Lakers will play their final regular season series at home this weekend, hosting the Northern Michigan Wildcats in a pair of games on Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22 at Taffy Abel Arena. Both Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) games are set for a 7:07 p.m. puck drop.

• Last weekend, the Lakers played a historic series against the University of Alabama Huntsville as Friday night's game was played in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. while Saturday night's game took place at the GFL Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It was the first time the Lakers played a NCAA game north of the border and the first NCAA Division I men's game played in Canada since January 7, 2012, when North Dakota and Clarkson played in Winnipeg.

• The Lakers would play the Chargers to a 0-0 tie on Friday with the Lakers taking the extra league point in the fifth round of the shootout. Lake State would record a 4-1 win on Saturday night in front of a crowd of 3,169 in Canada to clinch a berth in the WCHA playoffs for the second straight year. 

• Friday's game was a goaltending battle between Mareks Mitens and Chargers goalie Mark Sinclair as both netminders recorded shutouts in the 0-0 tie. The game ended in a scoreless tie after the first five minute overtime period but for WCHA purposes would continue to determine which team would receive the extra league point. After no goals were scored in the three-on-three overtime or from the first nine attempts of the shootout, Laker junior forward Yuki Miura netted a goal in the fifth round of the sudden death shootout to clinch the extra point. 

• Mitens would record his first shutout of the 2019-20 season, and the fourth of his career, as he stopped all 27 shots he faced in the 65 minutes of play.

• The Lakers recorded 47 shots on goal in the game, setting a new season high and topping the 40-shot margin for the second consecutive game.

• On Saturday, the Lakers posted a 4-1 win over the Chargers with the game's opening goal coming from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. native Ashton Calder. Calder capitalized on a breakaway to score his career-best 10th goal of the season. 

• Sophomore defenseman Jacob Nordqvist would net the game winning goal for the Lakers in the second period of the game. Both of Nordqvist's goals this season have stood as game winners and three of his five career goals have been game winning goals. 

• Five players on the Lakers roster played in their native country on Saturday night - Tyler Anderson, Alex Ambrosio, Brendan McKay, Brayden Gelsinger and Pete Veillette. Gelsinger notched a multi-point game in his home country with the game's third goal as well as an assist on Calder's goal. 

• The game's final goal was scored by Will Riedell, who was named WCHA Defenseman of the Week on Feb. 4, as he also notched an assist in the game to record his sixth point in the last four games. 

• Riedell has set new career highs in assists with 10 this season and points this season with 13. 

• Hampus Eriksson, Yuki Miura and Miroslav Mucha each recorded an assist in the game to all continue their season high point totals. 

• Eriksson reached the 20-point plateau for the first time in his career as he has five goals and 15 assists this season. 

• Miura's season totals have reached two goals and 12 assists while Mucha has posted highs in both goals with two, assists with five.

• Max Humitz, who tallied an assist in the game, leads the team in goals with 17 and points with 27 this season. Humitz is tied for second in the WCHA in goals. The senior captain has been named a Top Ten Finalist for the Senior CLASS Award.

• Humitz leads all current Lakers in career points with 103 (59G, 44A) in 142 career games, which also ranks first among his teammates. The Livonia, Mich. native leads all WCHA players in shots on goal this season with 129.

• Pete Veillette has set new career highs in goals (9), assists (10) and points (19).  In addition to his three game winning goals this season, which is tied for fifth in the WCHA, Veillette has also scored twice in the second overtime for the Lakers this season. 

• Hampus Eriksson and freshman forward Louis Boudon are tied for the team-lead in assists with 15 each this season. Boudon, who had an assist on Saturday night, has 19 points in his first collegiate season to rank sixth among WCHA freshmen in points.

 • Laker goaltender Mareks Mitens registered his career-best tenth win of the season on Saturday night as he stopped 24 of the 25 shots he faced in the game.

• Mitens has made 820 saves and faced 906 shots this season, which rank first and second in the WCHA. In the NCAA, Mitens has made the fifth most saves while ranking fourth in total shots faced. The Laker goalie has played more minutes (1936:26) than any other NCAA goaltender in 2019-20.

• Junior forward Yuki Miura leads the Lakers with 30 blocked shots this season and leads all WCHA forwards in the category.

• Freshman Dustin Manz leads the team with a .604 faceoff win percentage this season as he has won 200 of the 331 draws he has taken. Manz has the second best faceoff win percentage in the WCHA. Eriksson leads the team in faceoff wins with 336, which ranks sixth among all WCHA players. 

• The Lakers have five players among the top 36 scorers in the WCHA. The Laker offense has been evenly distributed this season as 24 players have recorded at least a point, 8 players with 11 or more points, five  players with 19 or more points and three players recording 20 or more points. 19 different players have registered a goal for the Lakers this season. 

•The Lakers and the Northern Michigan Wildcats will meet for the first time this season and the first time since Feb. 2019. Last season, the teams played each other four times, with the Lakers trailing the season series by a record of 1-3-0. In the last ten games between the WCHA rivals, the Lakers hold a 2-6-2  record. 

• In the all-time series between the two teams, the Wildcats hold the advantage in the series against the Chargers with a 72-42-13 record. 

• Nine current Lakers have registered at least a point against the Wildcats. Gelsinger leads the team with eight points in 10 games played (3G, 5A) while Humitz leads the team with six goals in the 12 games that he has played against Northern.