The Upper Montgomery Lightning have qualified for the Montgomery Hockey Conference division one playoff tournament for the first time in program history. The Lightning received the 10th seed and will play at 7th seed Richard Montgomery on Friday night at Rockville Ice Arena. Game time is 9:20 pm. The playoff game between Upper Montgomery and Richard Montgomery will be a rematch of a game played last month, won by Richard Montgomery 4-1. The game was tied 1-1 late in the second period and was much closer than the final score indicates. Upper Montgomery played the first game against Richard Montgomery without senior defender James Botti and 9th grade forward Nathan Cassel. Upper Montgomery generated many scoring changes without two of its top four offensive weapons but could not put the puck behind Rockets netminder Henry Darko.
The full playoff bracket is below:
Montgomery Hockey Conference Division One Varsity Playoffs—-Round 1
All games will be played on Friday, February 11.
Whitman (9) at Wootton (8)—8:15pm—Cabin John—Winner plays at (1) Churchill on Friday, February 11th.—Whitman wins 2-0.
Sherwood (12) at Blair (5)—8:45pm—Rockville Rink 3—Winner plays at (4) Quince Orchard on Friday, February 11th.—Blair wins 5-4 (shootout 4-3).
Rockville (11) at St. Johns (6)—9:00pm–Rockville Rink 1–Winner plays at (3) BCC on Friday, February 11th.—St. Johns wins 2-1 (shootout 3-0)
Upper Montgomery (10) at Richard Montgomery (7)—9:20pm Rockville Rink 2—Winner plays at (2) Walter Johnson on Friday, February 11th.—Richard Montgomery wins 4-2.
Montgomery Hockey Conference Division One Varsity Playoffs—-Winner Advances to State Playoffs
All games will be played on Friday, February 18.
Whitman (9) at Churchill (1)
Blair (5) at Quince Orchard (4)
St. Johns (6) at BCC (3)
Richard Montgomery (7) at Walter Johnson (2)