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 The Black Knights from Hempfield are looking to gain some ground in their 16th season with the CPIHL. The optimism last year showed some promise, but left the club holding the puck. The club is essentially still in a rebuilding phase loosing yet another player to the Junior B ranks and 4 seniors. The club is relying on bringing up their developmental players to fill the gap.
The club has done a fantastic job in its recruitment effort; that it will once again be able to put players on the ice at each level of play; Varsity, JV, and Middle School. This will enable our club to provide a more solid foundation in developing our players for advancement to the Varsity level in the coming years. The Knights have renewed their commitment to the players and parents of the JV and Middle School teams that these teams are purely developmental which will feed into the competitive level of play at the Varsity level; headed by returning head coach, Mike Brunozzi.
The Varsity squad will have 6 seniors leading the charge this year. Our senior rank includes goalies Colin Hilliard, Josh Oyler, and Steven Reichardt; forwards Alex Headings and Mike Way and defenseman Charlie Pease. Bolstering up our defensive core of returning player, junior, Ben Phillips will be are recent acquisitions of juniors Ben Blasdell and Brian Holland along with sophomores Zach Hollinger, Alex Murphy, Cam Weidman, and Casey Weiss. Helping the senior forwards take the puck into the offensive zone will be retuning sophomore Kyle Long. He will be joined by the acquisition of sophomore Jarrett Lehman and recent call up of freshman Devyn Tankesley.
The club will once again be challenged by the diversity in skill level of the Varsity players that it will seek assistance from the more experienced players to help the coaching staff reinforce some of the basic concepts of hockey and proper positioning during system’s drills. With the Tier 1 schedule getting ready to start the first week of November the practice sessions are tough and rigorous, but Hempfield plans on being ready to make a breakout for the Bears Cup. |
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