2024 Spring/Summer LTU Magazine

SOUTHFIELD--You could make the case that Lawrence Technological University is becoming NCU, or National Championship University. (The Intercollegiate athletics version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.) On March 12, 2024, the LTU Blue Devils' hockey team captured its first-ever American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 3 national crown, becoming the third LTU program in the last 12 months to earn a national title, joining Women's Lacrosse in May 2023 and Men's Bowling in March 2023, both in the NAIA.

"I am very proud of our entire Blue Devils men's hockey program, which includes all 72 players and staff on both our National Champion D3 team and our Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference finalist D1 squad," said LTU head coach Ken Gaffney, who just completed his 15th season on the bench after a 4-2 ACHA clinching win over third-ranked and in-state rival Grand Valley State. "It has been a privilege to have the opportunity to coach the many outstanding student-athletes in the hockey program over my tenure. I am blessed to have the hardest-working college hockey coaching staff in the country and supportive efforts from our booster club."

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(Editor's note: Photos courtesy of @hockeyhousepod on X, formerly Twitter)