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igh school hockey is alive
and well in Bloomfield Hills.
"We stopped the bleeding
last year, and we're making even more
progress this year because the kids
are working hard and buying into our
system," said second-year Bloomfield
Unified coach Marshall Shencopp.
The Chargers' system calls
for aggressive skating, quick
puck movement and being
responsible defensively.
"It isn't an easy way to
play," Shencopp said. "It
takes a lot of effort and dis-
cipline. If the kids don't win
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another game this year, I'd
Mandel
still be very proud of them
because of what they've
accomplished."
Despite having an inexperienced,
thin roster of eight seniors, two
juniors, six sophomores and one
freshman, Bloomfield was 13-5-3
overall and 7-4-3 in Oakland Activities
Association Division II heading into
the home stretch of the season.
The Chargers won only six games in
2005-06 while playing for their third
coach in five years, but they shook the
reputation of being an undisciplined,
undedicated team that had a difficult
time attracting the best players from
feeder schools Andover and Lahser.
This year's Bloomfield squad is led
by an all-Jewish first line of senior
center Jonah Mandel, the team
captain and leading goal scorer, and
junior wingers Seth Haron and
Brent Hertz. All three are from
Andover.
Mandel, who had 21 goals and 21
assists in Bloomfield's 21 games, has
been a great addition to the team.
The 5-foot-8, 160-pounder played
for Bloomfield as a freshman, but he
opted for travel hockey the next two
seasons. He played for the Farmington
Hills Fire Midget A team as a sopho-
more and the Michigan Ice Dogs
Junior B squad as a junior.
"Jonah is aggressive, smart, a
strong skater, and he has great vision:'
Shencopp said. "There isn't much he
can't do as a hockey player."
Mandel said he left travel hockey so
he could play high school hockey in
his senior year. Plus, Shencopp was his
coach in the Southfield Warriors pro-
gram several years ago and he wanted
to play for him again.
"I'm happy about my decision to
play for Bloomfield," Mandel said. "I've
enjoyed being on the team and it's
been great getting a chance to play in
front of my friends!'
Bloomfield plays its home games at
the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield
Hills.
Haron and Hertz will be
Shencopp's first three-year
Bloomfield players next season.
"Seth and Brent have meant
so much to the team because
they demonstrate to the other
kids how we play,' Shencopp
said. "Brent is Mr. Reliable. He
plays every skating position,
wherever we need him."
Hertz certainly was reliable
in a Feb. 10 tie against Waterford
Kettering. He scored all three
Bloomfield goals.
Both Bloomfield goalies are Jewish.
Senior Jake Clark from Lahser is
the starter and sophomore Wade
Henney from Andover is his backup.
Clark made 29 saves in a brilliant per-
formance in Bloomfield's 4-2 victory
over Troy Feb. 17. The Chargers won
despite being outshot 31-12. Hertz
and Mandel scored first-period goals
to give Bloomfield an early 2-0 lead.
Sophomore forward David
Zuckerman from Andover rounds
out Bloomfield's Jewish group.
Shencopp calls Zuckerman "a little
ball of speed" who will see more play-
ing time in future years.
Shencopp's son, Devin, a former
Berkley High star, is a Bloomfield
assistant coach for the second year.
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Ageless
Detroit Red Wings defenseman
Mathieu Schneider is still going strong
at age 37. The all-time leading Jewish
scorer in NHL history and one of the
newest members of the Michigan
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame had nine
goals and 29 assists and a plus-10 rat-
ing heading into the end of February.
Schneider ranked fifth on the Red
Wings in points, and in the top 20
among NHL defensemen in goals,
assists and points.
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