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38 April 4 • 2013
JN
Cranbrook-Kingswood's Jewish hockey players: Spencer Applebaum
(starting goaltender, sophomore), Jack Blumberg (defenseman, sophomore),
Jeremy Loewenstein (assistant captain, forward, senior) and Zach Feldman
(defenseman, senior).
Steve Stein
Contributing Writer
j
eremy Loewenstein watched
from the stands in 2010
when his brother Alex helped
the Cranbrook-Kingswood High
School hockey team win the Division 3
state championship.
Alex was a senior that season.
Jeremy, a freshman hockey player at
the school in Bloomfield Hills, hoped
someday to also be a state champion.
That "someday" came to be on
March 9 at Compuware Arena in
Plymouth — the same site as his
brother's victory three years earlier.
Jeremy, now a senior, and
Cranbrook-Kingswood defeated Sault
Ste. Marie 4-2 and won the Division 3
state championship.
The victory ended a two-year state
title drought for the Cranes, who have
won 16 state championships, the most
of any high school hockey team in
Michigan, including eight since 2000.
None of this year's nine seniors were
on the 2010 team. This season was their
final opportunity to add to Cranbrook-
Kingswood's hockey legacy, which
made the state title even more special.
"I was the first player to hop off our
bench when the championship game
ended" Jeremy said. "I think it was the
first time I'd ever cried because I was so
happy. That was an unbelievable scene
there. It seemed like our whole school
was at the arena watching us play"
Jeremy said watching his brother
win the state title in 2010 motivated
him throughout his high school hock-
ey career.
Disappointing losses in the state
semifinals and quarterfinals in
2011 and 2012 fueled Cranbrook-
Kingswood's fire this season.
"We only lost three seniors from last
year's team. None of us who were back
this year wanted to feel like we felt at
the end of last season" Jeremy said.
An assistant captain, Jeremy played
in all 31 Cranbrook-Kingswood games
this season and had nine goals and
eight assists for the No. 1-ranked
Cranes (28-2-1), who won their final
11 games.
Assistant coach Patrick Ronayne
said the forward was the team's best
penalty-killer, "and he had the respect
of his peers"
Jeremy was named to the Division 3
All-State team by the Michigan High
School Hockey Coaches Association.
Jewish Teammates
Also named to the All-State team was
Cranbrook-Kingswood sophomore
goalie Spencer Applebaum, who
emerged from among a trio of net-
minders to become the Cranes' top
man between the pipes by the end of
the season.
Coach Andy Weidenbach displayed
his confidence in Applebaum by putting
him in goal for Cranbrook-Kingswood's
final three post-season games.
Applebaum beat Grosse Pointe
University Liggett 7-2 in the quarterfi-
nals and Riverview 7-0 in the semifi-
nals before making eight saves, several
of them tough ones, against Sault Ste.
Marie (record, 22-9) in the state cham-
pionship game.
He finished with a 12-2-1 record, two
shutouts, a 1.9 goals-against average
and a .906 save percentage in 15 games.
He had a combined five wins
and a tie against perennial pow-
ers Birmingham Brother Rice, Novi
Catholic Central and Orchard Lake St.
Mary's. Catholic Central was a Division
1 state finalist.
Jeremy Loewenstein said Applebaum
was a difference-maker for Cranbrook-
Kingswood.
"This was Spencer's first year on the
team, but he played with the poise of
an older player" he said. "We fed off
his energy. He played a great game in
our tie against Brother Rice. The final
score was 1-1, but they easily could
have won 3-1 or 4-1:'
There were two other Jewish players
on the Cranbrook-Kingswood roster.
Both played in all 31 games.
Senior Zach Feldman had two goals
and 28 assists. His 30 points were the
most on the team for a defenseman.
Versatile sophomore Jack Blumberg
had five goals and 14 assists playing
forward and defense.
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