 Breslin joined the Fighting Saints for his high school senior year and played an additional season after graduation . His performance in Dubuque helped earn a scholarship to Lake Superior State University ( LSSU ) . In his freshman season with the Lakers , Breslin contributed 6 goals and 20 points , as LSSU finished first in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association ( CCHA ) . Advancing to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament , the Lakers defeated Merrimack College and University of Maine to reach the championship game . In the title game LSSU defeated St. Lawrence to earn its first National Championship . For the 1988 – 89 season Breslin improved to 7 goals while remaining at 20 points . LSSU finished second in the CCHA and in the 1989 NCAA Tournament they lost to eventual national champion Harvard in the quarterfinals . In his junior season Breslin continued to produce at about the same pace , registering 8 goals and 25 points . The Lakers again finished second in the CCHA , and in the 1990 NCAA Tournament they advanced to the quarterfinals for the second straight year where they were defeated by national champion runner @-@ up Colgate . 
