By Warren Kozireski —
Plattsburgh senior captain Jake Lanyi final season completed second on the Cardinals with 16 assists in 26 video games. As of the vacation break, the 6’0”, 185 lb. heart led the group with eight assists in ten video games and was atop the group leaderboard with ten factors.
In his last go-round in school hockey, the Enterprise main is getting just a little nostalgic throughout his final journey to visiting arenas.
“In fact, I’m it’s inconceivable to not,” Lanyi stated in early December. “It’s been an unbelievable three (plus) years right here and I wouldn’t commerce it for something. You’re going to be nostalgic and I’m going to overlook it when it’s over.”
“Jake has sort of seen all of it with our program,” Plattsburgh head coach Steve Moffat stated. “He’s received a championship however was a child who wasn’t within the line-up on a regular basis when he began and now, he’s captain.
“I believe that’s a reasonably cool story for him and the fellows actually look as much as him. He’s an emotional child and the fellows get behind that and I assumed he performed he performed one in all his greatest video games of the 12 months tonight (at Buffalo State Dec. 7) and did an excellent job main by instance.”
Jake’s father, Ed, a Rochester native, performed hockey at then-Canton ATC captaining them his second 12 months after which for Elmira School within the early 1980’s.
Raised in Westchester, Jake Lanyi performed for the Westchester Categorical Peewee and Elite Hockey Academy earlier than leaping to the Connecticut Wolf Pack at 15 years previous and the Jr. Rangers in 2016-17.
Two extra years with the P.A.L Islanders after which again to the Jr. Rangers within the NCDC the place he mixed to tally 49 factors in 79 video games.
“It simply labored out that method,” Lanyi stated. “16-U I used to be in Connecticut and 18-U I went to P.A.L. after which juniors is sort of wherever you find yourself and so they wished me again in Connecticut, so I went there.
“(Then) clearly being a New York man the SUNYAC colleges had been on the radar. Appeared like an excellent match for me and it5 has been for 4 years now and glad I made that selection.”
Lanyi performed each hockey and lacrosse whereas at North Salem HS, however Plattsburgh is glad hockey received out.
“I like hockey an excessive amount of; how will you not love this.”
(Images supplied by Plattsburgh Males’s Hockey and Athletic Division)
