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Hutten’s leadership skills 
were needed Jan. 24 in the 
Wildcats’ 4-2 victory over 
Berkley/Royal Oak. The 
win was the Wildcats’ third 
straight. It pushed them above 
the .500 mark to 9-8 for the 
season.
“We weren’t getting any calls 
from the officials and the guys 
were getting frustrated, so I 
tried to calm the guys down 
and tell them we had to play 
through it,” Hutten said. “We 
tuned out the noise in the third 
period and went out and won 
the game.”
Down 2-1, Novi scored late 
in the second period to make 
it 2-2 and scored twice in the 
third period.
Hutten isn’t one of the 
biggest guys on the ice — he’s 
5-foot-10, 150 pounds — but 
Lis said he makes up for that 
with his skating ability, skills 
and vision.

“Lucas is great about finding 
gaps in the neutral zone and 
getting the puck into our 
offensive zone,” Lis said.
Before starting his senior 
season at Novi, Hutten played 
hockey for Detroit last sum-
mer on a multi-delegation 
team that made it to the medal 
round at the JCC Maccabi 
Games in San Diego, Calif. His 
father Scott Hutten was one of 
the team’s coaches.
Looking into the future, 
Lucas wants to play hockey in 
college. That most likely will 
happen on a club team at a 
major university while he is 
studying kinesiology (human 
body movement).
“I’m almost 100% certain 
this won’t be my last season 
playing hockey,” he said. 

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LAURA HUTTEN

Lucas Hutten and his father Scott 
Hutten at the JCC Maccabi Games 
last summer in San Diego, Calif.

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