BURTON, Mich.--Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference East Division top-seed Lawrence Tech will advance to next weekend's MCHC Vezina Cup after defeating No. 8 Adrian, 14-1, on Friday and No. 4 Michigan, 4-1, on Saturday at the Crystal Fieldhouse. The MCHC East Tournament was hosted by Michigan-Flint.

The Cup final four is set for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24 at Patterson Ice Arena in Grand Rapids, with West #1 Hope playing East#3 Oakland in one semifinal (7 p.m.) and East#1 LTU versus West#3 Calvin (8 p.m.). Friday's semifinal winners will meet on Saturday in the championship game.

The Blue Devils, who are nationally-ranked No. 2 in the latest Division 3 by the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 3 poll, improve to 24-4-1 on the season, tying the program record for victories in a season set by the 2022-23 squad that went 24-6-2.

Adrian Recap (Boxscore)
Freshman Jeff Rand sparked the offense--which established a season high with 14 goals against the Bulldogs--with a career high with three goals and four points. Junior Gavin Holmes also had four points on two goals and two assists, and sophomore Luke Radu dished four assists.

Lawrence Tech got all the offense it would need with four goals 11 minutes and 51 seconds apart in the first period by senior Connor Juhasz, Holmes, freshman Tommy Walsh and classmate Logan Barnes. 

Senior Mitchell Sehlmeyer and sophomore Benjamin De Haas joined Rand and Holmes with multiple-goal games for LTU, which sealed the win with six goals in the third period.

Adrian's Anthony Alfonsi spoiled junior Griffin Foster's shutout bid with his eighth goal at the 11:10 mark in the final period on a freed from Brian Tanner.

The Blue Devils went 3-for-8 on the power-play and killed off all five man-advantage opportunities for the Bulldogs, who drop to 5-18 on the season.

Michigan Recap
Lawrence Tech defeated the nationally No. 20-ranked Wolverines with two goals in each the second and third periods. 

Connor Chi actually put Michigan up 1-0 with an unassisted goal just 2:44 after the opening face-off.

In the second period, LTU scored two late goals by freshman Will Jentz (2:21) and senior Zachary Rais (1:02) only 79 seconds apart.

The Blue Devils got insurance tallies in the third period from Holmes and DeHaas at 15:29 and 2:03, respectively.

Sophomore Owen Przybylo (9-1-1) got the win after making 33 saves, including all 18 he faced in the third period to keep UofM off the scoreboard.

Aaron Loch stopped 26 shots for the Wolverines, who drop to 18-8-1.