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The JV season wrapped up tonight in an away game against York. I would like to take the time to say how much fun it has been to work with all the players and coaching staff. While we did not have a winning season according to the stats, I believe it was a winning season for all involved. There are so many positives to take from our experience this year. We had at least 5 new players on our club at this level and some of those with very little skating ability. To look at one of our early games and comparing it to tonight's I think you would have to agree that there was much improvement throughout the season. Sure, there were mistakes along the way, but the coaching staff saw individual and team improvements as the year progressed. We certainly have a foundation to build on for next year. Thanks to all that made the JV team possible for the 09-10 season and we'll see you at the banquet.

Well we had about a 3 week hiatus since our last game due to the snow storms that blanketed our area in the beginning of the month. Normally that would bode well for a team from the standpoint of additional practices between games. We got on the board first with an early goal, but that was about it. After that we were relatively flat. One person said we lost the "pop" we had the last game and Coach Molloy summed it up with the word "urgency" during the post game talk. Defensively we got hung out to dry on multiple occassions and when you can't score on a 5-on-3 that pretty much tells you what the outcome of the game is going to be. On an individual basis some of the players did experiment with new techniques that proved to work for them, so that was a positive. There was no bickerring on the bench at each other and that's a very good positive. So, with one more game to play, we have to find a way to energize a spark in game conditions. Tonight's loss is not how one would want to end a season. The LS/CV team we have to play yet is by no means a pushover. We will have to be firing on all cylinders. I mistakenly handed out the "crunch" bar to Evan Matthews. While he had some decent hits in the 1st and 2nd periods, it had already been given to him previously. I'm pretty sure I can't get that back from him now. I will have to go out and get another "crunch" bar for Tanner Prime. Tanner took multiple hits along the boards, but kept getting back up to play. And you wondered why you spend so much money on equipment? Once we find out the date of our last game we will pass it on, but until then; we'll see you at practice Wednesday!

The MS team made the trek to KLA to face off against Annville Cleona/Northern Lebanon tonight and there was much talk pregame. With the JV playing tonight as well we would be short 3 skaters. And our goalie had the wrong time written down on their calendar. No big deal right. Try telling that to MS players. The philosophy was simple. Home or Away go out and play "our" game. I was a little worried the 1st half of the 1st period. I felt we got off to a slow start. They woke up we ended the period up 1-0. The 2nd and 3rd periods the players kept up their pace. Final score 5-1. A couple things we could have done better. The defense did a good job using the boards, but the forwards forgot how to use the board to get by the defender and passed to the middle only to get it picked off. Good coverage in the O-zone and at least 3 of our goals came from someone being in front of the net for the rebound. It was a good game and players that stepped up this week were Ted Granbois, Evan Matthews, and Connor McGuire. Everyone contributed none the less. The "crunch" bar was awarded to Solomon Stapleton. He put a nice hit on one of our opponent's players and received a decent hit himself in the second, only to bounce back up and get back in to the play. Very nice game! The foundation is built and some tweaking is required, but things look promising for the future both for the next 2 games this year and continuing into next year. Thank you to Mr. Basler, Mr. Eisenhour, and Mr. Prime for volunteering their services tonight.

Great middle school game tonight! I love watching this team play. And as to the last part of Chris's post, Derek's dad was VERY excited!