The Upper Montgomery Lightning have begun play in the spring 2024 hockey season. The spring season is designed for incoming high school students to get acclimated to the speed of high school hockey. Upper Montgomery has ten new student athletes that are competing with the program this spring. Several of the new students are defenders and will provide significant depth to the junior varsity program next season. There is also the possibility that up to three of the new members of the program could play in some varsity games next season.
With Ilan Shterenberg taking over as the varsity goalie, Porter Stutsrim-Lyons will handle the goaltending duties for the Lightning junior varsity next season.
Several returning skaters are competing this spring, and their participation will help the newcomers adjust to the higher level of competition in high school hockey. As with each new spring season, the speed of the game catches the new students off guard for the first couple of weeks. Then, the skaters settle in and begin to adjust and play faster.
All of us at Upper Montgomery wish to congratulate Nathan Cassel and the rest of the MYHA 16U AA team that reached the championship game at USA Nationals. The MYHA 16U AA team was the first Maryland team in the history of youth hockey to advance and play for a USA Hockey championship. Despite a heartbreaking outcome of losing with four seconds left in overtime, the Lightning are very proud of Nathan and his teammates for their historic accomplishment.
#UML, #Bleed Green, #Go Bolts!