Although hockey is not a school
sponsored sport, it is played by many students here at West. These
students spent countless hours practicing, driving to games and playing
their hearts out all with one goal in mind, to win the championship.
With a booming record of 26-11-2 it is no wonder that the team won the LLHH Championship. To learn a little more about the experience of
playing hockey on a team that represents Normal West we interviewed six
players that we thought could give us some good insight on the game.
Here are all the responses that we received from the players who were
interviewed.
Name/Age/Grade/Position
"Justin Wilhelm, age 16, Junior, Right Wing."
Q: What was your favorite part of the season? A: "Practices were the best. They were never boring and Fam just made them better. Plus getting to know Rich more was cash."
Q: What is your best memory of the season? A: "Winning the first Blackhawk Cup game, us vs. Conant."
Q: What team was the most fun to play? A: "Rochester since they were so poor."
Q: How many times did West beat Community? A: "Four out of six."
Q: What was the most fun game to play in? A: "First Blackhawk Cup game, us vs. Conant"
Q: Do you plan on playing next season? Why or Why not? A: "Yes, it will be a similar team and we will still be good."
Name/Age/Grade/Position
"Zac Allen, age 16, Sophomore, Left Wing."
Q: What was your favorite part of the season? A: "Winning LLHH championship"
Q: What is your best memory of the season? A: "Coaches speach before the games."
Q: What team was the most fun to play? A: "Community"
Q: How many times did West beat Community? A: "Everytime except for once, which didn't matter because they are bad."
Q: What was the most fun game to play in? A: "LLHH championship game because it is fun to whop on Normal."
Q: Do you plan on playing next season? Why or Why not? A: "Yes, because then we will dominate EVERY TEAM, and it is lots of fun playing hockey and having fun doing it."
Name/Age/Grade/Position
"Jake Thompson, age 17, Senior, Left or Right wing."
Q: What was your favorite part of the season? A: "Winning the LLHH championship against Normal and watching Matt Brown be a spectator from the penalty box"
Q: What is your best memory of the season? A: "When we played springfield and coach dared us to lose. As soon as he closed the door, someone was like, "you double dare us?" The sad part is we only won by one point."
Q: What team was the most fun to play? A: "Rochester or Decatur because we would mess around and still win by six or seven."
Q: How many times did West beat Community? A: "5 times, one exhibition loss, and one tie."
Q: What was the most fun game to play in? A: "The Pekin CIPHL playoff game because I got a hat trick on the leagues best goalie."
Q: Do you plan on playing next season? Why or Why not? A: "I'll probably play Phantoms inline and then I will be done because the closest tink to Mizzou is 35 minutes away."
Q: What was your favorite part of the season? A: "Beating Community in the Championship."
Q: What is your best memory of the season? A: "Beating Chatham in the first round of the playoffs because we came back from 5 goals down and won by 2."
Q: What team was the most fun to play? A: "Conant because they thought we would suck."
Q: How many times did West beat Community? A: "Five or six."
Q: What was the most fun game to play in? A: "Springfield league all-star game."
Q: Do you plan on playing next season? Why or Why not? A: "No because I want to focus on college"
Name/Age/Grade/Position
"Stephen Adler, age 16, Junior, Center."
Q: What was your favorite part of the season? A: "Beating Normal for the championship, and playing in the state tournament."
Q: What is your best memory of the season? A: "When our coach dared us to lose a game and when he left I asked 'Do you double dare us?'"
Q: What team was the most fun to play? A: "Community"
Q: How many times did West beat Community? A: "Four or Five"
Q: What was the most fun game to play in? A: "The championship, us vs. Community, and when we played Conant"
Q: Do you plan on playing next season? Why or Why not? A: "Probably, depending on what happens with the team. Because it will be my senior year so I'll want to play."
