The Lafayette hockey team ended the regular season with an 12-7-2 record and were seeded ninth in the Challenge Cup bracket.

Matched up against the eighth-seed DeSmet Spartans, the Lancers held on to the memory of  a 5-1 loss to the Spartans earlier in the season.

High school hockey playoffs consist of the best of two games, with a short mini game if the teams are tied after the two games.  The first game of the series Lafayette fell to DeSmet 4-0.  Coming into the second game, the team knew the season was on the line.

Having one of the top performances of the season, the Lancers held a 1-1 tie up until about 1:30 left on the clock.  If the game ended in a tie, it would still count as a loss, so Coach Lindsay Middlebrook made the critical decision of pulling sophomore goalie Drew Voglar, who attends McCluer North but plays for the Lancers.

After a little time in the offensive zone, DeSmet cleared the puck down the ice and scored the empty net goal, securing the 2-1 win over the Lancers, knocking them out of the playoffs and ending the season for Lafayette varsity hockey.