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- Junior Varsity Rockville/Magruder Game Previewby chucklevineThe Upper Montgomery Lightning open the 2026 – 2027 regular season on Friday evening, September 25th when the Lightning junior varsity faces off against the Rockville/Magruder Rams. Game time is 9:00 pm at Rockville Ice Arena. Upper Montgomery will be trying to duplicate last season’s fine showing culminating with an eventual loss in the Montgomery… Read more: Junior Varsity Rockville/Magruder Game Preview
- Lightning Strike Blog–September 2026by chucklevineThe Upper Montgomery Lightning will begin the 2026 – 2027 high school ice hockey season at the end of the month when the junior varsity begins play. The junior varsity will have a nice combination of experienced returning student-athletes paired with several exciting newcomers. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of the prior two seasons,… Read more: Lightning Strike Blog–September 2026
- Lightning Strike Blog–August 2026by chucklevineThe Upper Montgomery Lightning have begun off-ice workouts in preparation for the 2026 – 2027 high school ice hockey season. The program has a total of 24 student-athletes participating during the upcoming season. The breakdown is five goalies, six defenders, and thirteen forwards. Several students will be varsity-only student-athletes based on their grade in high… Read more: Lightning Strike Blog–August 2026
- Breaking News: Lightning Senior Defender Brady Berkhammer Named to MSHL All-State Second Team, Inducted into Hall of Fameby chucklevineIn late February, the Upper Montgomery Lightning program was informed that senior defender Brady Berkhammer was named to the Maryland Student Hockey League (MSHL) All-State Second Team. It is the first time in six seasons that the Lightning have had a student-athlete recognized at the state level. For Berkhammer, his senior season saw a mammoth… Read more: Breaking News: Lightning Senior Defender Brady Berkhammer Named to MSHL All-State Second Team, Inducted into Hall of Fame
- Lightning Strike Blog–May 2026by chucklevineEarlier this month, the Upper Montgomery Lightning held its annual year-end team celebration. The 2025-2026 Lightning varsity squad once again advanced to within one game of making the Maryland Student Hockey League (MSHL) state playoffs. This is the third time in the last four seasons that the program advanced to the quarterfinals of the Montgomery… Read more: Lightning Strike Blog–May 2026