This past Monday was a special night for MTA’s varsity hockey team. Senior Night has become a tradition in many schools, giving the team an opportunity to recognize and pay tribute to their Senior players. At MTA, the evening began with a special presentation, and each senior was presented with a sefer. Many parents were in attendance, as the Lions were about to take on the SAR Sting, a worthy contender.

Despite the pressure, the Lions quickly came out in front and never looked back, winning the night, 7-3. Since it was Senior Night, it only seemed fitting that senior captain Avi Glick had a hat trick with three goals, along with junior Chaim Simon—another hat trick!—and Shua Ratzker with one goal.

MTA started the game off strong, with early goals by Glick and Chaim Simon. Going into the second period, MTA was up 3-0 and hoped to keep up the seemingly perfect game so far. SAR could only watch as Simon scored again off an excellent assist from Ratzker. Ratzker wanted to get in on the goal fest, and less than a minute later scored a goal of his own on a sweet backhanded shot. After two late goals in the second period for SAR, the Lions were up 6-2 going to the third in this lopsided game.

After five minutes in the third with no action, Glick broke the silence with his powerful slap shot making it 7-2, and completed his hat trick. Later in the third period, SAR scored again, but MTA could just sit back and relax knowing they played an incredible game against a playoff contender, showing they could do real damage in the playoffs going forward!