From the backwaters of Sault Ste. Marie (hard to argue with that point)...
 
Lake State's enrollment is 3,500 in a town of 16,000. We are a long ways
from anywhere (which is how most Yoopers like it)
 
The U.P. is a hockey hotbed and Laker hockey has obviously been
successful with 5 national championships (2 NAIA 1972 under Ron Mason  &
74 with Rick Comely; 3 NCAA). The Lakers were immediate hit with NAIA
runner-up finishes from '68 through '70.
 
Just couldn't let the backwater thing do :-)
 
Aren't several of the top hockey schools smaller (not many are public
however)  CC, etc.
 
Mark
 
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