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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. ❑ Please send sports news to sports@ thejewishnews.com