After winning their pool with 3 straight victories, the Lakers advanced to the national semifinal where they beat Eastern Washington University. 

In the championship game against Central Region rivals Michigan State, the Lakers came out firing and 33 seconds into the game, they took a 1-0 lead on Captain Ryan Welch's goal. 

The Lakers continued the onslaught by scoring 2 goals within 3 minutes of each other. CJ Pobur and Scott Rood gave the Lakers a 3-0 lead after 1 period.

Michigan State gained some momentum back early in the 2nd with a goal of their own, but the Lakers proved to be too tough, depositing 3 more past MSU goal Drake Todd en route to a 6-1 victory and a National Championship.

Grant Lyon was named the games 1st star after making 37 saves on 38 shots. Lyon won all 4 of the games he started in the tournament and finished with a 1.50 GAA. 

Josh Lavigne won the only game he started in net at Nationals in a thrilling 6-5 OT victory during pool play. Lavigne stopped back to back Colorado State odd-man rushes before Welch scored the game winner with just 38 seconds left in overtime. 

The Tournament MVP was awarded to Laker forward Brad Keough. Keough scored 3goals and dished out 5 assists in the Lakers' 5 National Tournament games.

The Lakers finish out the season ranked #1 in the final national rankings and had a number of players make the All-Tournament Teams:

Tournament MVP: Brad Keough

All-Tournament 1st Team: Brad Keough

All-Tournament 1st Team: Grant Lyon

All-Tournament 2nd Team: Derek Williams

All-Tournament 2nd Team: Shane McCusker 

Tournament Results:

Pool Play

Grand Valley State 5, Temple 1

Grand Valley State 6, Colorado State 5 (OT)

Grand Valley State 4, William Patterson 1

Semifinal

Grand Valley State 8, Eastern Washington 3

Final

Grand Valley State 6, Michigan State 1