As the summer reaches the midway point, the Upper Montgomery Lightning program is already deep in preparations for the upcoming hockey season. Many of the team’s student athletes are participating in various camps to improve their individual skill level. Coach Todd’s summer high school hockey boot camp, the Premier Hockey Camp, is finishing up with a few on ice and dryland sessions remaining.
The team is three weeks away from the beginning of organized dryland workouts. In seven short weeks the team will hit the ice for the first evaluation session scheduled for Monday evening, September 11. The only unknown at this juncture is if the conference will make any changes to the current roster of high schools that make up the Upper Montgomery program. There is discussion that either or both of Watkins Mill or Gaithersburg high schools may be shifted to a different cooperative program.
All of the team’s focus will be on qualifying for the Maryland state high school playoffs for the first time in team history. The upcoming season will be the fifteenth season that the green, white, and gold will battle it out against the best in Montgomery County. The Lightning are one of six programs with a legitimate shot at advancing through the Montgomery Hockey Conference playoff bracket and making a run into the state playoff tournament. Each student athlete will need to dedicate themselves to this goal, starting with the mid-August off ice dryland workouts.
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