By: Andrew Browning <[email protected]>

According to sophomore and forward Jon Micah Goeller, despite the Icehounds’ youth, the team has the mentality that it can continue to compete at a high level.

“As a team we’ve gotten younger, but we have a core group of returning players with more confidence,” Goeller said.

Goeller said the long-term goal for the team is to repeat as State Champions this season. “Of course we’d like to repeat with a State Championship, and we’d really like to win league and continue to do well in tournaments.”

One tournament coming up for the Icehounds is the Indy Jones Tournament. Goeller said it is one of the team’s biggest tournaments of the year, and many of the games will be played in Carmel from Nov. 23 to 25.

Goeller said he has set some personal goals for the season, but he puts the team’s success ahead of his own.

“I want to become an all-around better player and become more of a leader on the ice,” Goeller said. “But I really want to help recapture the State Title.”