Depth and coronary heart can propel sports activities crew to the best of accolades. The Glenbrook North boys junior varsity ice hockey crew had masses of each and it confirmed with a season culminating in a kingdom championship.
Coached through Jeffrey Marks, the Spartans published a 56-4-1 ordinary season. Calling it the crew's "triple crown," Marks and his crew completed the ordinary scholastic season ranked No. 1, gained the Scholastic League championship with an undefeated record, and persevered the triumphing with out a blemish in an ideal postseason en course to the kingdom title.
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I'm very pleased with the lads. Our season began out in July 2021 and completed in March 2022 with a kingdom championship," stated Marks, who's assisted through Mike Silenzi. "Watching the lads develop in the machine is so rewarding, and I'm so proud of every and each one in every of them."
Marks, who has been education hockey for 17 years, has been main the Spartans due to the fact that 2015.
"Winning the SHL Championship is close to impossible, and triumphing kingdom coupled with the SHL Championship is crazy," Marks stated. "What a year.
This season, Avi Schoenberg changed into the main scorer withinside the SHL. Michael Reyderman additionally had a large season in purpose for GBN.
Marks stated the crew rallied thru COVID-19 and accidents in the course of the memorable season.
They had an absolute extremely good feel of crew comradery, that is crucial to any excessive acting sports activities crew," Marks stated. "They have been accountable, had a brilliant paintings ethic and absolutely had a ton of fun. They functioned as a robust group — whilst one participant changed into down, they rallied as a collection to upward push them up."