Lawrence Tech Claims 2026 WHAC Hockey Tournament Title

DEARBORN, Mich. - For the first time in program history, Lawrence Tech Ice Hockey has claimed the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) tournament title. The Blue Devils did it the hard way, winning three games in three days to claim the tournament title and a berth to the ACHA national tournament. 

The Blue Devils defeated and top two seeds in the tournament on consecutive days. In the semifinals on Saturday, LTU scored the golden goal in overtime to upset #2 Cleary. #1 Indiana Tech used some overtime magic of its own to defeat #4 UM-Dearborn in the semifinals and setup Sunday's matchup. 

The Blue Devils came out firing with Bradley Scott scoring unassisted in the seventh minute of the first period. Indiana Tech found the equalizer in the 17th minute with a power play goal from Michael Dalaly, assisted by Ryan Doucette. Lawrence Tech created some breathing room in the second period, outscoring Indiana Tech 2-0. The Blue Devils got goals from Adrian Gonzalez-Marin (assisted by Kevin Bond and Bradley Scott) and Maximus Nguyen (assisted by Avery Pittman). 

That lead would not hold for long. Indiana Tech scored goals in the third and fourth minutes of the third period to stun LTU and knot the game up at three all. Joey Mocnik scored the first from Luke Anderson & Ethan Dominy and Ethan Dominy scored the equalizer from Luke Anderson & Aidan Dufort. The game remained tied 3-3 until late in the third when a Warrior defensive miscue opened an opportunity for Adrian Gonzalez-Marin who did not squander it, finding the net at the 15:39 mark for the game winner. 

Lawrence Tech becomes the first three seed to win the WHAC hockey tournament. 

All-Time Tournament Champions (seed)
2017-18: UM-Dearborn
2018-19: (2) Indiana Tech
2019-20: (1) UM-Dearborn
2020-21: (1) Indiana Tech
2021-22: (1) Indiana Tech
2022-23: (2) UM-Dearborn
2023-24: (1) Indiana Tech
2024-25: (1) Indiana Tech
2025-26: (3) Lawrence Tech