Underclassmen take over boys hockey team
This year’s Stillwater boys hockey season started on Nov. 13. Stillwater will have its positives and negatives but with the help of the coaches and captain, the team could make it to state.
This years team is going to include underclassmen due to the fact that the team lost 13 seniors last year. The team will be looking for leadership in the captains and the few returning players.
“Last year we had 13 seniors,” Assistant Coach Pete Hamilton said “This years team will be mostly younger guys.”
The varsity team last year had mostly seniors which leaves the team searching for leadership. Hopefully with the help of the coaches and returning players this team could make it to state.
Hamilton said, “Last year we had a talented group of sophomores.” The sophomores then are the juniors now who will make up the majority of the hockey team this year.
There is not a lot of confidence yet, but I think the coaches are doing a good job getting the guys ready and by the first game we will be back to normal like any other year.”
— Matthew McGinley
This year’s juniors to look out for would include Adam Eisele, Teddy Sagissor and Joe Raleigh. Last year these four players showed excellent skill and leadership throughout the season in the past year.
“There is not a lot of confidence yet, but I think the coaches are doing a good job getting the guys ready and by the first game we will be back to normal like any other year.” said senior and captain Matthew McGinley.
Last year the team went 22-3 with the help of Noah Cates, Luke Manning and Matthew Stanton, who graduated last year. This year the juniors and sophomores are going to have to step up to the plate to continue the reputation Stillwater has had.
McGinley said “White Bear is always the biggest rival in the conference and Cretin is always another good conference game.” These are going to be the most competitive team that Stillwater will face this year.
Last year in both games against Cretin-Derham Hall Stillwater came out on top. With the first game’s score being 5-2 and the 2nd being 9-2. White Bear is a different story, When Stillwater had a close loss, 2-1. But they pulled through at the second game going 4-0.
If this season goes well, the 2017-2018 team could get a state title. “Our goal is… to win a conference championship…then to win a section championship…and then put ourselves in a place to win a state championship.” coach Hamilton said.
Alyssa is a junior at Stillwater Area High school. She is a social media editor who is writing about sports for her traditional story. Outside of school...
I really enjoyed reading these stories. They both had a good amount of information with strong quotes. While they were separate stories it was interesting to learn that both boys and girls teams plan on building for the future with their younger players.
I think that the boys hockey story was really well done overall. It was very informative and for those that don’t follow the team very much will now have a better understanding of how tough it will be after losing 13 seniors. The quotes were very informative and also very impactful towards the story.
The boys hockey story was very good. It had a lot of good facts and you did good research on your topic. You also included good and reasonable quotes and had good facts to go with your quotes.
The boys hockey story was done very well and the author also did a lot of good research and had very good quotes and facts. The quotes were very good in helping connect to the story and you did a very good job explaining the story so that anyone could read it and understand it.
I think both the boys and girls hockey stories were done very well. They were both very informative about not only the team, but other teams that they have played or are scheduled to play. The whole article flowed very well and there was a lot of strong quotes from the players and coaches. Also I liked the pictures that went with the article because I thought they provided color and a little sneak peek of the teams on the ice.
In the article it said that the majority of the team was juniors but in the headline it said underclassmen, which juniors are not, so maybe adjust the focus or title to fit each other better. Also, i may be wrong, but I don’t believe Teddy is the main goalie of the team and therefor would not be the one to watch because there is someone ahead of him I believe. The timeline is a bit confusing at first but once I figured it out it was pretty cool.
The boys article was very confusing, because wording and since you named three players and then wrote that there were four players to look out for. As Susan said, Jesse Brown should be the one to look out for since he is one of the top junior goalies in the state. Overall though, it was a very informative article considering the youth of the team.
This article was researched well, however had some improvements. You mentioned there were four players to watch for, and only mentioned three. Teddy Sagisor was mentioned as a player to watch, but he is the backup goalie to Jesse Brown, one of the best goalies in the state. i think this was a missed opportunity to show the talent on the team. overall this was an informative article, considering the youth of the team
I really liked this article. The topic was interesting and the headline pulls the reader in to read more. Overall this was a well thought out article but I did notice some small errors throughout. I also liked the action shots though as they showed what goes on in practice.
This article was very well researched and informative for both people that follow the team and those who don’t. The quotes were very well chosen and related very well to the topic of losing so many seniors and underclassmen taking over the team.