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Prather Signs with Lake Tahoe Lakers
July 20, 2021 — Bloomington Blades 2021 graduate Eli Prather has signed with the Lake Tahoe Lakers, the team has announced. The Lakers are a 2021 expansion team in the USPHL Premier Pacific Division. Congratulations Eli and best of luck as you continue your hockey career!
Blades Advance to 4A State Championship Game
February 28, 2021 — In an historic program first, the Bloomington Blades will play for the 2021 ISHSHA Class 4A Championship on Saturday, March 6. The Blades opened the double-elimination playdown weekend on Friday night with a 4-1 loss to the Southwest Michigan Blades. On Saturday the Blades rallied to defeat Penn 7-3 and then won a rematch against Southwest Michigan by a score of 2-1, the winning goal coming in the last 10 seconds of regulation play. In the semifinal round today, the Blades defeated Hoosier League rival Carmel Gold by a score of 4-2 to advance to the championship game. The Blades will take on Culver Academy on Saturday March 6 at 5:45pm at the Kube Sports Complex in Hammond.
ISHSHA State Tournament Seedings Announced
February 7, 2021 — The Indiana State High School Hockey
Association has announced seedings
for the 2021 State Championship tournament. The Bloomington
Blades are seeded 5th in the eight-team Class 4A bracket.
Playdowns are a double-elimination format and will take place
February 26th to 28th in Fort Wayne. The State Final games
will be played at the Ice Box in South Bend on March 6th.
2019-20 Season Wrap-Up
April 15, 2020 — The Blades wrapped up the hockey season
with the Blue team qualifying for the 5A division of the ISHSHA state
tournament, a program first. The Blue team finished with a 26-13-1
record, and a runner-up finish in the Hoosier League Championship
Division tournament.
The White team finished with a 6-10 record and a first-time
appearance in the Hoosier League Commissioner Division tournament.
Congratulations to all our players, coaches, and volunteers for a
great season!
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual meeting and awards night was
conducted virtually via an online Zoom conference. Some notable
achievements were recognized:
- Layton Cockerham (#43, Sr) was a Hoosier League All-Star.
- Mitchell Knipstein (#48, Sr) qualified for the 2020 Academic All-State team, was White Team Captain, and was voted a Blue and White Team Best Teammate.
- Ian Knox (#13, Sr) qualified for the 2020 Academic All-State team, and was a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete.
- Aidan Lowinger (#30, Sr) was an Alternate Captain, Hoosier League All-Star, won the ISHSHA Hobey Baker High School Character Award, qualified for the 2020 Academic All-State team, was a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete, and was voted Blue Team MVP.
- Hayden Streib (#4, Sr) was voted a Blue Team Best Teammate, and was a Hoosier League All-Star.
- Henry Streib (#31, Sr) was a Hoosier League All-Star, qualified for the 2020 Academic All-State team, and was a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete.
- Nick Stright (#14, Sr) was Blue Team Captain, won the ISHSHA Robert Gillikin Award for Mental Attitude, qualified for the 2020 Academic All-State team, and was a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete.
- Vincent La Bella (#17, Jr) was an Alternate Captain, and won the Blue Team Mr. Hustle award.
- Logan Patzner (#44, Jr) was a Blades 2019-20 Scholar Athlete, was voted the Blue Team Most Improved player, and won the White Team Mr. Hustle award.
- Eli Prather (#27, Jr) was an Alternate Captain.
- Noah Cochran (#19, So) was voted a White Team Best Teammate.
- Teagan Hill (#35, So) was a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete.
- Steven Lukes (#89, So) was an Alternate Captain, and 2019-20 Scholar Athlete.
- Payton Reynolds (#15, So) was a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete.
- Cruz Timbrook (#28, So) was a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete.
- Vincent Kreft (#9, Fr) was a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete.
- Gavin Patzner (#23, Fr) was a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete and voted White Team Most Improved player.
- Matthew Schmidt (#18, Fr) was an Alternate Captain, a 2019-20 Scholar Athlete and voted White Team MVP.
Nick Lightfoot and Allan Streib were inducted into the Bloomington
Blades Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was established in 2019
to recognize significant contributions and long-term dedication to
the program by a coach or volunteer.
The Bloomington Blades High School Hockey Association membership also
elected the Board of Directors for the upcoming (2020-21) year:
- President: John Hill
- Vice President: Coy Timbrook
- Secretary: Lori Patzner
- Treasurer: Nicole Lukes
- Compliance Coordinator: Neil Patzner
- Team Manager: Jared Cochran (continuing term)
- At Large: Joe Pavich (continuing term)
All board positions are effective as of April 1, 2020.
2019 Hoosier League All-Stars
December 18, 2019 — Congratulations to the following players selected as 2019 Hoosier League All-Stars!
- Layton Cockerham — Senior, Defenseman
- Aidan Lowinger — Senior, Goalie
- Hayden Streib — Senior, Forward
- Henry Streib — Senior, Defenseman
All-Star events start at 12:00pm on
Sunday, December 22 in Fishers at the Fuel Tank (players please arrive by 11:00am, and bring both light and dark jerseys).
2020 Team Indiana Tryouts
Here are the following dates and times for Team Indiana team tryouts:
TI Boys 2020-2021
18U
CANCELED: April 25, 2020 Fort Wayne Sport One
Due to COVID-19, the tryouts will be rescheduled for a later date.
16U
May 16, 2020 Fort Wayne Sport One
Between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Exact times and group assignments will come in the near future.
For more information contact Jack Manard at rihcoach@aol.com
TI U19 Girls 2020
January 12, 2020 at Henderson Ice Arena (Culver Academy). Open to
Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors who attend an Indiana High
School. Please see this linked
document
for more information.
New SafeSport requirements
June 24, 2019 — You may have seen recent emails from USA Hockey
describing some of the changes to the SafeSport program for this
season. One that we want to highlight is that any player who will be
17 or older by the end of 2019 must complete the online SafeSport
training that other adults in the program are required to
complete. This is mandated by new laws affecting USA Hockey and the US
Center for SafeSport starting this season.
What does this mean? It means that if you were born in 2002 or
earlier, you must complete the online Core Center for SafeSport
Training course before you can practice, play, or be added to a team
roster. Since our practices start in August, we are setting a deadline
of July 28 (the date of our pre-season team meeting) for this.
Step 1: If not already done, you and your parent(s) must complete
and pay for your USA Hockey player registration at
https://membership.usahockey.com.
Step 2: Using your registration confirmation number, register for
and complete the SafeSport training as described here:
https://www.usahockey.com/trainingregistration.
There is no additional cost for the training beyond your regular USA
Hockey registration fees. Plan for it to take 90 - 120 minutes to
complete. It does not have to be completed all at once. You can leave
and come back later if you don’t have time to finish it in one
session.
Again, if you were born in 2002 or earlier you must complete this
training before you can practice or play. Thanks for your
cooperation. Please do not put this off. We have no leeway in granting
exceptions to this new requirement, as it is being enforced at the
national level.
2018 All-Stars
December 12, 2018 — Congratulations to the following players selected as 2018 Hoosier League All-Stars!
- Ethan Baer — Senior, Forward
- Sam Franklin — Junior, Defenseman
- Aidan Lowinger — Junior, Goalie
- Austin Rawlins — Senior, Forward
All-Star events start at 2:00pm on
Saturday, December 22 in Fishers at the Fuel Tank (players please arrive by 1:00pm, and bring both light and dark jerseys).
Blades Win State Academic Honors
February 23, 2018 — For the first time in program history, the
Bloomington Blades have won the Henry G. Schallert Team Academic Award
from the Indiana State High School Hockey Association.
Given annually since 2003 to the team with the highest cumulative
grade point average, the Henry G. Schallert Team Academic Award is
named in honor of the father of Nate Schallert, one of the ISHSHA’s
longest serving volunteers. The senior Mr. Schallert was an educator
his entire life.
The team collectively achieved a 3.51 GPA, with two-thirds of the team
earning a 3.6 or higher. Special recognition goes to Sophomore
Ian Knox who leads the team with a GPA of 4.19, and Senior Sam Burris
who will graduate with a GPA above 4.0.
The Blades will receive recognition in the official program of the
state tournament. A plaque will be given to the captains before our
second game of the tournament, 10:30am Saturday, March 3 on the
Charles W. “Lefty” Smith Jr. rink at the University of Notre Dame.
2017 All-Stars
Decemnber 13, 2017 — Congratulations to the following players selected as 2017 Hoosier League All-Stars!
- Alec Appel — Senior, Defenseman
- Ethan Berkley — Senior, Forward
- Sam Burris — Senior, Defenseman
- Aidan Lowinger — Sophomore, Goalie
All-Star events start at 3:00pm on
Saturday, December 30 in Fishers at the Fuel Tank (players please arrive by 2:00pm).