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Sophomore Ethan Klauka, Jason's brother, leads the team with 16 goals and senior Hunter Lidbeck is second on the team with 13.
Tomorrow, they get their biggest test of the season against No. 9 Wootton (13-2-1) in the MSHL semifinals.
"We're gonna have to backcheck coming back on defense and create traffic in front of the net," Grzybinski said. "There's a feeling in the locker room that these guys want to get back [to the finals] bad. They know they're still a great team, just a different team."
Wootton Breaks Out
Wootton's 9-2 win over Good Counsel in the South Region final Tuesday put the Patriots into the state semifinals for the second time in three years. Two years ago, Wootton had a 3-2 lead on Severna Park heading into the third period but couldn't hang on in a 4-3 loss.
Wootton led 3-1 after two periods on Tuesday, but neither the players nor Coach Dave Evans was overly pleased.
"We got into the locker room, and coach wrote two words on the board: poise and composure," senior Scott Futrovsky said. "We were getting some stupid penalties that were keeping them in the game."
Wootton responded with six goals from six players.
The game also marked the first time two longtime friends played as opponents instead of linemates. Wootton's Futrovsky and Good Counsel senior Alex Combs, who were born on the same day in October 1990, had never faced off against each other. They have played as club hockey teammates for years, beginning with Montgomery Youth Squirt B team five years ago.
"I remember back in pee wee, we would give each other goals all the time," said Combs, who scored Good Counsel's first goal and finished the season with 27. "Now I'm out there, and I have to go hit him and take the puck away. It was a ton of fun."
