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The Detroit ice hockey team needed one more win to make it to the medal round at
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he Detroit ice hockey team
didn’t return home with
a medal, but it did help
make history last month at the
JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest in
Stamford, Conn.
Coach Mark Weiss’ team partici-
pated in the first Maccabi Games ice
hockey competition. The Maccabi
Games began in 1983 and have been
held almost every year since then.
“It was a fantastic hockey tour-
nament,” Weiss said. “The talent
was amazing. Like many coaches, I
thought we had a contending team
and when we got there, we found
there was great competition. It was a
pleasure to see it.”
Toronto White beat Fort Lauderdale
3-2 in the gold medal game. Greater
Washington defeated Toronto Blue 3-1
in the bronze medal game.
“The two best teams played for the
championship,” Weiss said.
Detroit went 3-3, playing in three
days of the four-day tournament.
Fort Lauderdale handed Hockeytown
two of its three defeats.
Each team played four pool games
to set up a bracket competition.
Detroit lost 4-2 to Philadelphia, beat
Sid Jacobson JCC (Long Island) 5-1,
lost 3-0 to Fort Lauderdale and beat
East Bay JCC (San Francisco) 5-0 in
pool play.
Detroit defeated Los Angeles
Westside JCC 4-0 to open bracket
play, but lost 6-2 to Fort Lauderdale
and ended up a win short of getting
to the medal round.
Dylan Resnick was Detroit’s cap-
tain. Also on the 18-player roster
— the maximum allowed — were
Blake Salesin, Cameron Young,
Daniel Zalesin, Eric Gal, Gabe Barish,
Gabe Schlussel, Henry Schwartz,
Isaac Mintz, Jeremy Kahan, Jonah
Greenblatt, Marcus Frankel, Matt
Segall, Matthew Jasgur, Michael
Potocsky, Miles Berlin, Ryan Berke
and Spencer Blatt.
Nate Resnick, Ira Schlussel and
Ethan Weinfield were Detroit’s assis-
tant coaches.
Weiss said Detroit players and
coaches also enjoyed the Maccabi
Games experience off the ice.
The trip home wasn’t much fun.
The Detroit entourage had to endure
an 8½-hour delay at LaGuardia
Airport in New York City before its
flight left Stamford is about 35 miles
from New York City.
“We made the best of the wait,”
Weiss said.
There were a dozen teams in the
Maccabi Games U16 ice hockey
competition. More than 200 players
ages 12-16 from the U.S. and Canada
participated. Organizers and coaches
are thinking there could be as many
as 24 teams next year with U16, U14
and girls’ divisions.
Ice hockey replaced inline hockey
at this year’s Maccabi Games, which
also were held in Columbus, Ohio,
and St. Louis. It isn’t known if inline
hockey, a longtime Maccabi Games
sport, will return next year.
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Bowling League continues to grow,
with 24 to 26 teams expected to com-
pete this season.
“We have almost everyone back
from last year and a few new teams,”
league president Justin Kaplan said
shortly before the league’s season
opening night Tuesday, Sept. 13, at
Drakeshire Lanes in Farmington
Hills.
“We’re not a typical league,” Kaplan
said. “We don’t require a 40-week
commitment. We have two halves of
12 weeks. Also, our handicap system
allows a 100 average bowler to be on
the same playing field as a 200 aver-
age bowler. We want our league to be
competitive and fun.”
Kaplan said social and career net-
working and mentoring among bowl-
ers also is a big part of the league
experience.
Each league team has a minimum
of four bowlers; some have five or six.
First-half league play will continue
Tuesday nights at Drakeshire through
Dec. 20. The second half will be from
Jan. 3-April 4. *
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