Cougars look to defend Section 1A title with added depth
Cougars look to defend Section 1A title with added depth By Mary Rominger | January 29, 2021 at 9:14 PM CST - Updated January 29 at 9:18 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) â The Mankato East-Loyola boysâ hockey program owns a 3-and-1 record to start the 2021 season, as the team looks to defend the Section 1A title.
The Cougars returned their senior core - Layten Liffrig, Jacob Schreiber, JD Kragh, Brett Borchardt and Hayden Guillemette - who helped lead the team to obtain two section titles in three years, along with a state tournament appearance last year.
âLast year we talked about, after we won the section championship, super hard to win a section championship with five forwards and two or three defensemen,â Head Coach Adam Fries said.