Athletic Results- Boys Hockey

Junior Varsity Boys Sweep First Three Games

By: Maggie Cross

At the end of each of their three games this weekend, the NSA JV hockey team left the ice with sweat dripping from their faces and their lungs gasping for air but always victorious.

The team also managed to follow in the Varsity’s footsteps, sweeping the three game weekend against the Boston Junior Mariners to remain undefeated.



National Sports Academy’s logo





The boys dominated their opponents outscoring them by a combined total of 19 to 2. The first gamed ended with a score of 7-0. Mike McDaniel played solid in net earning himself his first shutout of the year.

When the buzzer rang ending the second game the boys racked up another win outscoring the Mariners by a score of 8-1. Alex Kwok, Co Captain of NSA lit the lamp three times for his first hat trick of the year. Stefan Demetz was a brick wall in net allowing only one puck past him.

The third and final game kept people on the edge of their seat until the every end. Despite the convincing 4-1 win the main separation between the two teams this game was what Head Coach Chris Crawford described as a strength of the NSA team “conditioning.” Jake Ruby played superb in goal only allowing the Mariners to celebrate one time.



Boston Jr. Mariner’s logo



 “Proud, very proud,” is how Coach Chris Crawford described his feelings on the team’s performance.  “We only had a week and

a half on the ice and a couple days to work on systems,” he finished.

“Our strengths are definitely our conditioning and offense,” Crawford stated, adding, “we can still work on our defensive zone coverage.”



The boys continue to work hard on the ice improving as a team and off ice improving their chemistry. The team has many games to come with opponents better than, equal to, and lesser than the team they previously faced.

“My goal for next year is to have half of my players at the ability and physically prepared to play on the varsity team” said Coach Crawford “As long as we are playing well our record does not matter” he finished.