2023 Players of the Month

Grant Mahler

December 2023

Age: 11

Hockey Nickname: Mahlzy

​​Team: 2012 AAA Ohio Blue Jackets

Jersey Number: 34

Years playing hockey: 6 years

​Years with LHSS: 2 years

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Favorite hockey moment:

Recently his forward line mates and him received player of the game together. Their line scored 5 out of his team's 7 goals.


Favorite team and player: 

Columbus Blue Jackets / Auston Matthews

Pre-game meal and routine:

He always starts a new day of hockey with a clean tape job. He learned to tape his stick when he was a mite and never looked back.


​Other interests:

Golf, riding his bike with friends, and collecting sports cards


Other fun facts:

He had the opportunity to interview Nick Foligno when he was in the 3rd grade while he was home remote learning during the Covid period. He thought it was super cool and he was so funny!


Jack Goodwin

November 2023

Age: 14

Hockey Nickname: Goody

​​Team: 2009 AA Capitals

Jersey Number: 49

Years playing hockey: 9 years

​Years with LHSS: 5 years

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Favorite hockey moment:

Winning the tournament championship against the Meramec Sharks in 2021


Favorite team and player: 

Columbus Blue Jackets / Jack Roslovic

Pre-game meal and routine:

Sushi (usually between games)


​Other interests:

Lacrosse and fishing


Other fun facts:

His favorite subject in school is Algebra and he has 2 Labrador Retrievers named Norris and Delilah


Johnny Carly

October 2023

Age: 12

Hockey Nickname: Sonic or Johnny Hockey

​​Team: U12 AA Thunderbirds

Jersey Number: 18

Years playing hockey: 3.5 years

​Years with LHSS: 1 year

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Favorite hockey moment:

Scoring the OT winning goal to get his team into the Championship game


Favorite team and player: 

Columbus Blue Jackets / Johnny Gaudreau

Pre-game meal and routine:

Subway


​Other interests:

Travel baseball, street hockey, and rollerblading


Other fun facts:

His was in the USA Hockey magazine and he has seen the Stanley Cup in person!


Abby Guttman

September 2023

Age: 13 (almost 14!)

Hockey Nickname: Gutty

​​Team: U14 Ohio AAA Blue Jackets

Jersey Number: 9

Years playing hockey: 10 years

​Years with LHSS: 3 years

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Favorite hockey moment:

Being selected to attend the USA Multi-District camp this past summer


Favorite team and player: 

Columbus Blue Jackets / Artemi Panarin

Pre-game meal and routine:

Braiding her hair


​Other interests:

Field hockey and running


Other fun facts:

She can do a headstand for 5 minutes


Drew, Clay, & Brielle Marcum

August 2023

Drew

Age: 13

Hockey Nickname: Markie

​​Team: 2010 Ohio AAA Blue Jackets

Jersey Number: 26

Years playing hockey: 6 years

​Years with LHSS: 2 years

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Favorite hockey moment:

Playing in the Quebec PeeWee International Tournament last year


Favorite team and player: 

Colorado Avalanche / Cale Makar

Pre-game meal and routine:

He tries to picture himself in different situations in the game and envisions what he's going to do, so that when those things happen he doesn't have to think. He can just react.


​Other interests:

Baseball, swimming, volleyball, drawing, reading, chess, lifting/working out


Other fun facts:

A couple of years ago he wrote a letter to Cale Makar and included a signed picture of himself (kind of as a joke). He wrote a really cool letter back to Drew and included his rookie card, also signed.

He and his brother visited the Hockey Hall of Fame when they were in Toronto this summer and got to see the Stanley Cup up close.

Clay

Age: 10

Hockey Nickname: Clay

​​Team: 2013 Ohio AAA Blue Jackets

Jersey Number: 13

Years playing hockey: 5 years

​Years with LHSS: 2 years

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Favorite hockey moment:

Last season his team had a really good string of games where they beat Chicago Mission, Cleveland Barons, Pittsburgh Pens Elite, and Oakland Jr. Grizzlies


Favorite team and player: 

Seattle Kraken / Connor Bedard

Pre-game meal and routine:

He likes to listen to music in the locker room with his teammates to get pumped up


​Other interests:

Golf, swimming, basketball, Legos, roller coasters, designing and building things, chess


Other fun facts:

His favorite holiday is Halloween. He loves Halloween so much that he gets crazy decorations (e.g., animatronics, gravestones, etc.) as Christmas presents. He builds haunted trails through his driveway, yard, and garage for kids to walk through before they get candy at his house. This year, he got a 12-foot skeleton to put in the yard!

Brielle

Age: 8

Hockey Nickname: B

​​Team: 2015 Battery Black (AA/AAA) // Cincinnati Lady Swords

Jersey Number: 8

Years playing hockey: 3 years

​Years with LHSS: 1 year

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Favorite hockey moment:

When she got mic'd up last year at one of her practices (for Miami Jr. Redhawks). It was so fun and the video they made of her was really funny.


Favorite team and player: 

Ohio AAA Blue Jackets / Drew Marcum & Clay Marcum


​Other interests:

Gymnastics/acrobatics, reading and writing, swimming, lacrosse


Other fun facts:

Her family calls her "Queen B". She picked #8 for her jersey because it's the number that looks most like "B".


Luke Huffnagle

July 2023

Age: 12

Hockey Nickname: Huff

​​Team: 2011 Ohio AAA Blue Jackets

Jersey Number: 9

Years playing hockey: 7 years

​Years with LHSS: 2 years

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Favorite hockey moment:

Beating Pens Elite last season


Favorite team and player: 

Columbus Blue Jackets / Kirill Kaprizov

Pre-game meal and routine:

Stretching and rolling


​Other interests:

Fishing, lacrosse, and golf


Other fun facts:

He has flat feet


Brayden Phillips

April 2023

Age: 13

Hockey Nickname: B Phills

​​Team: EPD U14 AA/AAA Spiders

Jersey Number: 14

Years playing hockey: 5 years

​Years with LHSS: 2 years

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Favorite hockey moment:

Winning States


Favorite team and player: 

Columbus Blue Jackets / Cale Makar

Pre-game meal and routine:

Listening to music, taping stick, stretching, and a fruit smoothie


​Other interests:

Fishing, lacrosse, soccer, and sport card collecting


Other fun facts:

He likes to learn about history/WWII, and he loves dessert. His favorite color is green, his favorite meal is chicken curry/rice/naan, and his favorite ice cream is cookie dough.


Owen Case

March 2023

Age: 17

Hockey Nickname: Caser/OC

​​Team: U16 Ohio AAA Blue Jackets

Jersey Number: 4

Years playing hockey: 14 years

​Years with LHSS: 3 years

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Favorite hockey moment:

Going to the PeeWee Quebec tournament and getting to play against teams from around the world.


Favorite team and player: 

Carolina Hurricanes / Jaccob Slavin

Pre-game meal and routine:

Jersey Mike's


​Other interests:

Hiking, skiing, surfing, golfing, and fishing.


Other fun facts:

He is a die-hard NC State Wolfpack fan.


Claire Clifford

February 2023

Age: 13

​​Team: Columbus Capitals 09 AA Blue

Jersey Number: 1

Years playing hockey: 9 years

​Years with LHSS: 1 year

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Favorite hockey moment:

Getting invited to play this summer in Prague for the U15 World Selects Invitational


Favorite team and player: 

Columbus Blue Jackets / Sean Kuraly

Pre-game meal and routine:

Gummy bears


​Other interests:

Reading and art


Nathan McBrayer

January 2023

Age: 18

​​Hockey Nickname: Breezy

Team: USHL Muskegon Lumberjacks

Jersey Number: 2

Years playing hockey: 15 years

​Years with LHSS: 9 years

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Favorite hockey moment:

Winning gold medal for Team USA at the World Jr. A Challenge


Favorite team and player: 

Columbus Blue Jackets / Alex Ovechkin

Pre-game meal and routine:

Chipotle


​Other interests:

Golf, watching football, hanging out with friends, travel, and trying new foods.


Other fun facts:

He has a mullet.

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