The Spring 2022 high school hockey season has officially been reclassified as Titletown for the Upper Montgomery Lightning program. Both Upper Montgomery teams, Team White and Team Green won the spring league championships in their respective divisions. Congratulations to all the student athletes that participated on their success and achievement.
Upper Montgomery Team White dominated its division all season finishing with an undefeated record of 11-0. Team White completed its undefeated spring season with a thrilling 4-3 victory over a Sherwood team that played its entire varsity roster in the spring league finale.
Team White raced out to a 4-0 lead on goals by Olivia Robbins (wrist shot from the left faceoff circle), Chris Hassett (deflection from the high slot), Ryan Jacobson (slap shot from the high slot), and what turned into the eventual game winner from Adam Levine (rebound off a two on one rush with Hassett). Team White held on and prevailed, preventing Sherwood from tying up the game while dealing with some tough officiating calls going in Sherwood’s favor. Those calls allowed the Warriors to cut the lead to a single goal early in the third period. Freddie Horowitz made 41 saves for the victory. There was elite talent on the ice at the conclusion of the game with three AAA skaters and eight AA skaters playing out the final minute. Upper Montgomery played excellent defensive hockey over the final eight minutes of regulation to close out the game victorious.
Team Green performed better as the season progressed and entered the playoffs as the third seed in their playoff bracket. After a convincing 4-2 win over Rockville, Team Green next faced top seeded BCC in the spring league final. In a back and forth affair, Team Green won the game on a shorthanded goal by Hunter Cameron with one minute left. Team Green was able to prevent BCC from scoring on the last minute powerplay with their goalie pulled. The win gave the Upper Montgomery program a sweep of the high school spring league championships. Team Green goals were scored by Hunter Cameron (breakaway), Andrew Botti (wrist shot from the high slot), James Botti (deflection from the low crease area), and Cameron again (finished off a two on one pass from James Botti) for the shorthanded game winner. Landon Bernard recorded the win in net with 22 saves.
With the playing portion of the 2021 – 2022 season now officially finished, the student athletes will use the summer months to focus on on-ice skills development and off-ice strength and conditioning. Coach Todd will again run his Premier Hockey Boot Camp in which several of the Lightning student athletes will participate along with approximately thirty student athletes from other high school programs.