The main challenge for a lot of prep schools at the start of this coming season will be making up for lost time.
Because a true prep season essentially was non-existent in 2020-21, most teams weren’t able to spend enough time together to build up the chemistry that’s so crucial to success at the prep level year in and year out.
Without a season, most prep schoolers went out on their own to find meaningful games. While a lot of them did manage to find some semblance of a season, it wasn’t with their usual prep squads.
Now, with things on track to return to normal for 2021-22, how will that lack of chemistry and a history of playing together impact teams’ play out of the gate?
For Kiernan Gately and the Highlanders at The Frederick Gunn School, that won’t be as much of an issue.
This article appeared in the print edition of the September/October 2021 New York Hockey Journal magazine.
