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Former Sea Dogs goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel made 47 saves to help the Mercyhurst Lakers defeat the Canisius Golden Griffins 5-2 in the single-game elimination first round of the Atlantic Hockey America playoffs on Tuesday.
The victory advances the Lakers, who finished last in the AHA regular season with a 5-18-3 record, to the quarterfinals. Mercyhurst will face the top-seeded Bentley Falcons in a best-of-three series that begins on Friday.
Out of the 63 teams in college hockey, the Lakers were ranked 62nd by the NPI rankings with an overall record of 6-26-3. Only Alaska-Anchorage was worse.
Gravel went 3-20-3 with a 3.29 goals against average and a .904 save percentage in the regular season.
A number of other conferences begin their playoffs on Friday.
In the NCHC, Matteo Mann and Colorado College will face defending national champion Western Michigan in the first round. In the CCHA, Noah Reinhart and Michigan Tech will take on Bowling Green.
Over in the ECAC, Nate Tivey and Quinnipiac have a bye through to the quarterfinals after winning the regular season. The Bobcats are ranked seventh in the NPI.
The independent schools, meanwhile, are taking part in the inaugural United Collegiate Hockey Cup. That event, which began Thursday in the St. Louis suburbs, is being hosted by Charles Savoie and Lindenwood.
The Hockey East and Big Ten regular seasons conclude this weekend.
Here's a look at how former Sea Dogs skaters have performed in their first college hockey seasons as of Thursday.
| Player | Team | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Charles Savoie | Lindenwood | 21 | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| Noah Reinhart | Michigan Tech | 36 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| Kale McCallum | Providence | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| Cam MacDonald | New Hampshire | 30 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Nate Tivey | Quinnipiac | 34 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Matteo Mann | Colorado College | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Kale McCallum and Providence College, who will finish first in the Hockey East regular season, currently sit sixth in the NPI.
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