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Hockey Team Wins
Maccabi Games Medal
H
ockeytown strikes again.
The Detroit hockey
team — wearing Detroit
Red Wings-style uniforms — won
a bronze medal this month at the
JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest
in Miami, Fla., beating St. Louis-
Kansas City 5-0 in the third-place
game behind the shutout goaltend-
ing of Gabe Barish.
This was the second year for
hockey in the Maccabi Games.
Detroit hockey players gather for a pre-game talk
during the JCC Maccabi Games in Miami, Fla.
Last year, Detroit fell one victory
short of making the medal round in
Stamford, Conn.
It was a veteran Detroit team that
earned a bronze medal. Twelve of
the 17 players were back from last
year’s team.
Twelve teams participated
once again in Maccabi Games
hockey, but this year they were
split between Miami and Albany,
N.Y., playing during the same week.
Players ages 13-16 were eligible.
“There weren’t as many teams
in Miami (six) as there were in
Stamford (12), but it still was tough
competition,” said Detroit coach
Mark Weiss. “I was very impressed
once again with the level of talent
I saw. This time, though, it didn’t
come as a surprise.”
Thanks to permission granted
by the Red Wings to use their logo,
Detroit played with home and away
Red Wings-style uniforms with the
players’ last names on the backs.
“We looked awesome,” Weiss said.
“The Red Wings were extremely
supportive.”
As always, Weiss said, the
Maccabi Games were a memo-
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rable week.
“I’m sure our players had a great
time, like I did,” he said.
The Florida Panthers IceDen,
official practice facility of the NHL’s
Panthers, was the Maccabi Games
hockey venue in Miami. Weiss said
several NHL players stopped into
the facility to practice during the
Maccabi Games.
Detroit went 2-1-1 in round-
robin play.
After losing 3-1 to Toronto,
Detroit beat Los Angeles-
Vancouver-Chicago-Alberta 4-1
and St. Louis-Kansas City 4-1.
Then came a thrilling 1-1 tie
with Orange County (Calif.).
Down 1-0, with Barish pulled for
an extra attacker, Detroit’s Marcus
Frankel scored the equalizer with
about a minute left in the game.
The tie earned Detroit the No.
2 seed in the medal round and a
much-appreciated bye in the first
round.
Orange County beat Detroit 3-1
in the medal round semifinals,
but Detroit rebounded with the
win over St. Louis-Kansas City.
Toronto beat Orange County 8-5
in a wild gold-medal game.
Teams played three 12-min-
ute periods in the medal round.
Games were two 22½-minute
halves in round-robin play.
David and Jacob Charlip were
Detroit’s assistant coaches and
Dylan Resnick once again was the
team captain.
“Dylan was a perfect captain
last year, so it was a no-brainer to
name him captain this year,” Weiss
said.
Most of Detroit’s players —
including Resnick — will be too
old to participate in the Maccabi
Games next year.
FIVE SWIMMING MEDALS
Detroit swimmer Mila Tchernenko
won five Maccabi Games medals
in Miami.
The Windsor, Ont., resident won
gold in the 400-yard medley relay,
silver in the 200 freestyle, 200 free-
style relay and 400 freestyle relay
and bronze in the 200 medley
relay.
“Mila was proud and happy
to be a part of the Detroit del-
egation,” said her mother, Inna
Turkova. “It was a wonderful
experience and a memorable trip.
She’s already looking forward to
next year’s Maccabi Games.”
THREE CHAMPIONS
Champions were crowned Sunday
in the InterCongregational Men’s
Club Summer Softball League play-
offs at Community Sports Park in
West Bloomfield.
The league was split into divi-
sions for the first time, so there are
three champs instead of one. Six
teams were in each division.
Temple Israel (5) beat Temple
Israel (6) 19-10 in the Greenberg
Division title game, Temple Beth
El defeated Temple Israel (3) 26-8
in the Koufax Division title game
and Temple Shir Shalom (2) beat
Congregation Shaarey Zedek 13-7 in
the Rosen Division title game.
Details about the games will be in
upcoming sports columns. •
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STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
One Earth Writing, a nonprofit that
connects teens across racial, religious
and socioeconomic divides through
writing, is accepting applications for its
2017-2018 Ambassadors programs.
Teenagers (grades 7-12) are invited
to submit a writing sample and letter
of application by Sept. 25 at www.
oneearthwriting.org/ambassadors/
apply.
One Earth Writing Ambassadors are
teenagers interested in exploring their
writing talent through a lens of iden-
tity. They are open-minded youth with
a desire to lead, who will participate in
regular writing workshops led by One
Earth Writing CEO/Founder Lynne
Golodner, as well as co-facilitate peer
workshops.
There will be two Ambassadors
programs accepted for the 2017-2018
academic year. A maximum of 15 stu-
dents are accepted to each class, at
no cost to teens. This fall’s program is
sponsored in part by a donation from
Varnum Law.
Interested teens must write a one-
page letter explaining why they are
interested in becoming a One Earth
Writing Ambassador, why they will
be a unique and interesting fit for this
diverse group of student writers, and
what they hope to do with the leader-
ship and writing skills they gain with
One Earth Writing.
For information, call (248) 376-0406
or email lynne@oneearthwriting.org. •
Richard Jacobs from Congregation Shaarey Zedek congratulates Phil Mintz (36) from Bais
Chabad Torah Center following Shaarey Zedek’s 11-10 win in the InterCongregational
Men’s Club Summer Softball League Rosen Division semifinals.
During the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival
Patron Evening and the viewing of On the Map
with filmmaker Dani Menkin, money was raised
by auctioning off two basketballs signed by
the 1977 Tel Aviv basketball team who won the
European Cup. Best known as one of the play-
ers was Tal Brody. Here are auctioneer Morton
Plotnick, filmmaker Dani Menkin, and basket-
ball winners Billy Berris and Rob Cohen.