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Maxine Mass '20 Recruiting Profile
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Hi, my name is Maxine Mass and I am currently playing for the Omaha Lady Jr. Lancers 19U Tier 2 team. I am very committed to my team and the sport of hockey. I started playing when I was 5 or 6 years old for a local IP program in Omaha. I did not start playing girls hockey until after mites. Since then, I've played for the same organization, the Omaha Lady Jr. Lancers. I like to play a selfless game and make plays to help my teammates. I also really like to get physical along the boards and in the corners whenever there's a loose puck which is probably my favorite part of the game. Throughout my career so far, I've been taught by many types of coaches. Because of that, I have not only learned new skills and systems but also how to be a good teammate and what my role is for the team.
In the upcoming season, I look forward to participating after training hard throughout this summer. For 10 weeks and 5 days each week, I trained for 2 hours of on-ice skills, an hour of strength and conditioning, and an hour of shooting/stick handling which is more training than I've done in years past. With that amount of training and new knowledge of the game, I felt more empowered than I ever have to pursue hockey. I hope to play my best season of hockey this year and to continue to grow with what I've learned and am going to learn in the coming years.
In recent years, I've become disciplined throughout my academics while also balancing sports giving me the time management skills needed in order to play a collegiate sport. I am in many college credit classes with a local community college which will put me ahead of some of my colleagues for when I attend college.
As a player, I will train to be the best I can so that I can play to the highest level I can, while also getting my school work done, and having a backup plan for after hockey. I hope to gain a better understanding of where I might fit in the game and of the game itself. This past summer I learned way more than I have in the past and I'm excited to see what else there is to learn. Hockey is definitely something I want to be an ambassador for in the future for my community as well as the women's community. With that being said, I would like to have more experience myself. I am open to any opportunity out there.
All the best,
Maxine Mass
Athletics
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 4 seasons
- 2018 Omaha Lady Jr. Lancers (19U Tier 2 )
- 6 goals, 8 assists, 14 points, +13 +/-, 2 PIM Junior season after 26 games played. My coach was unable to gather stats from our last 3-4 tournaments because of a personal event. https://www.omahahockey.net/page/show/4465272-girls-19u-2018-2019-?subseason=548856
- 2017 Omaha Lady Jr. Lancers (NE) (19U Tier 2)
- 10 goals, 20 assists, 30 points, +35 +/-, 6 PIM Sophmore season after 37 games played
- 2016 Omaha Lady Jr. Lancers (U19 Tier 2)
- 16 goals, 6 assists, 22 points, -9 +/-, 7 PIM Freshman season after 45 games played.
- 2015 Omaha Lady Jr. Lancers (U19 Tier 2)
- 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points, +5 +/-, 2 PIM This season I did not play entirely with this team. I subbed and was brought in occasionally to play with them while I played with the 15U Lady Lancers.
Coach References
- Travel / Club Coach
- Rick Lacroix
- Private Coach
- Christian Graham
- Travel / Club Coach
- Jim Murcek
- Travel / Club Coach
- Tim Vanderloo
- Private Coach
- Brian Fuss
Events
- Camp/Event
- NXT Level Hockey Academy
- 7/08/19 to 8/09/19
- 1 hour of dryland training (shooting pucks, stick handling, skating treadmill, and other sports games), 1 hour of weightlifting, and 2 hours of on-ice skills 5 days a week for 5 weeks. This was very similar to the last camp, although it was with some of the boys' high school players which helped us grow stronger strength-wise and play at a higher speed with more intensity.
- Camp/Event
- NXT Level Hockey Academy
- 6/03/19 to 7/05/19
- 1 hour of dryland training (shooting pucks, stick handling, skating treadmill, and other sports games), 1 hour of weightlifting, and 2 hours of on-ice skills 5 days a week for 5 weeks. Here I spent the camp with my teammates and some of the younger age groups, but I definitely learned the most I ever have and gained the most skill, especially in handling the puck which is one of the areas I grew the most in, and shooting in stride.
- Camp/Event
- The Goalie Club
- 7/09/18 to 7/13/18
- Here I accompanied my team's goalie, Jadine, and throughout the week I spent 6 hours a day working on improving the strength and accuracy of my shot on the goalies at the camp. The main coach was Des Christopher.
- Camp/Event
- Summer Powerskating
- 6/25/18 to 8/09/18
- Every summer my team and other girls from our program would meet once a week to work on power skating and dryland with the 19U Tier 2 head coach, Jim Murcek for about 4 years. This was a good chance for my team and I to go back to some of the basics and work on the little skills we would need to be the best we could.
- Camp/Event
- Central District Development Camp Tryouts 2017-2018
- 3/23/18 to 3/25/18
- I was on team red wearing #28. I also played alongside Abbey Murphy who is one of the top prospects of my graduating class as well as many other top 2002 girls. This is when I realized some of the opportunities I was missing out on. Being able to compete alongside them made me feel like I could do a lot more than I already had.
- Camp/Event
- 19U Vipers AAA Summer Hockey 2017, Independent AAA Classic
- 5/19/17 to 5/21/17
- This was by far one of my favorite tournaments. I felt like I really fit in with the competition. Some of the teams there included the 19U MAP girls program, the Train gain, Bauer Vapor, and the Madison Capitols.
- Camp/Event
- USA Hockey Tier 2 Nationals
- 4/05/17 to 4/10/17
- This was the first time any girl's team from Nebraska made nationals. It also opened up my perspective for the game being able to see so many girls competing for the same title. It was one of the biggest honors to be able to be there with my team, where I was one of the youngest. And this year, 2019-2020, I hope to help lead my team there once again, and not just make it there but also compete there.
Training
- NXT Level Hockey Academy
- 1 year
- https://www.nxtlevelhockeyacademy.com/meet-the-team 10 weeks, 5 days a week, 2 hours of on-ice 1 hour of strength and conditioning and 1 hour of stickhandling/shooting/sports per day.
- Power Skating
- 4 years
- Help from the 19U Head coach through the summer once a week
- Advanced Strength and Conditioning
- 3 years
- I've been able to take an advanced weights class at my high school twice a year for 3 years. Here we did mostly weights, but I gained lots of my strength from it. I also competed in the all-school Kinsel Games which is a Crossfit challenge that only the top athletes at the school compete in.
Additional Sports
- Track
- 4 years
- Varsity Team
- Drake Relays Qualifier
Statistics
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. Dual Credit classes: Chemistry, College Algebra, Trigonometry, and Composition, and more this upcoming year including Health Exploration, Calculus 1, Statistics, American Lit, American Government, and Public Speaking.Are you in AP/IB classes?
Yes. Lang and CompRegistered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
YesAwards and Activities
- AwardsNational Honor Society, Honor Roll, and Academic All-Conference
- ActivitiesVolunteering for the Cornhusker State Games, Freshman Mentoring Program, and spending time with my family and dogs