OCTOBER 21 • 2021 | 33

quick hits
BY STEVE STEIN 

If all goes well, the JCC 

Maccabi Games will return in 
2022 in San Diego, Calif.
The last time the Maccabi 
Games were held was in 
Detroit in 2019. The COVID-19 
pandemic caused the cancella-
tion of the annual gathering of 
Jewish teens in 2020 and 2021.
Prospective Detroit athletes 
and their parents can take the 
first step toward making their 
way to southern California next 
summer by attending an infor-
mation meeting on Zoom at 
either 4 p.m. Nov. 21 or 4 p.m. 
Dec. 12.
To RSVP, go to www.
maccabidetroit.com. Zoom links 
will be sent out the morning of 
each meeting.
For more information, contact 
Detroit Maccabi delegation 
head Karen Gordon at 
karengordon44@icloud.com.
The San Diego JCC Maccabi 
Games will be held July 30 
through Aug. 5, 2022, hosted 
by the Lawrence Family JCC on 
the Jacobs Family Campus.

Detroit athletes can compete 
in swimming, tennis, dance, 
golf, volleyball, soccer, hockey, 
baseball or basketball.
There will not be an ArtsFest 
in San Diego to reduce the 
number of participants, in case 
the pandemic is still causing 
gathering issues.
“Baby steps,” said Gordon, 
who acknowledged much is still 
not known about what the San 
Diego Games will look like.
“We don’t know if kids will 
come out of the woodwork and 
flock to San Diego, or if families 
will still be leery next summer 
about having their kids partici-
pate in a large event,” she said.
The Maccabi Games began in 
1982. Organized and conducted 
by the JCC Association of North 
America, the event has grown 
into the largest Jewish sports 
competition in North America.

Somebody needed 
to score the first goal 
of the season for 
the Michigan State 
University hockey 
team.
That guy turned out 
to be junior center 
Josh Nodler from Oak 
Park.
Playing on the 
Spartans’ new first line in the 
first period, Nodler took a pass 
from right wing Griffin Loughran 
in front of the Air Force net and 
put the puck past goalie Alex 
Schilling for the game’s first goal.
“That was cool to score our 
first goal of the year,” Nodler 
said.
The Spartans lost the Oct. 8 
game 3-2 in overtime at home at 
Munn Ice Arena, but they beat 
Air Force 5-1 the next night.

Nodler played a role 
in Michigan State’s first 
goal of that game. This 
time, Nodler’s shot 
was saved, the puck 
popped into the air, 
and Loughran batted it 
home.
Besides playing on 
the Spartans’ top line, 
Nodler has a leadership 
role on the team this season. 
He’s one of three assistant cap-
tains, as voted by his teammates.
“It’s nice to know I have the 
respect of the team,” Nodler said.
A 5-foot-10, 195-pound Berkley 
High School graduate, Nodler 
was selected by the Calgary 
Flames in the fifth round (150th 
overall) of the 2019 NHL draft.
The Flames will retain their 
rights to him through next sea-
son.

JCC Maccabi Games Zoom 
Meetings Scheduled

Nodler’s First Goal of the Season
Breaks the Ice for the Spartans

DETROIT MACCABI

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Josh 
Nodler

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