With so many players who are new to the sport, they have really focused on the basics. Cutler said the girls began practicing when the boys began their regular season games. And she said it’s “crazy to see how fast they are with everything.'įor the girls team, slow and steady has been the pace. She’d search YouTube for terms like “best hockey players in history” or find team highlights, and watch everything the pros did.

She added that after she started practicing, she began looking up videos on the internet. 'My dad is getting us Devils tickets,' Cutler said. Players, parents, families and friends began to follow the development of the team, which is coached by MHS hockey coach Connor Smith. 'Getting super into it' seems to be the theme for the young program, which is not yet officially affiliated with Montclair High School. So, then we all did it and got super into it.' And then a bunch of my friends were like, let's just do it.

“I just did some skating, like just for fun when Edgemont would freeze over. I just thought it was interesting,' she said. Despite having no hockey experience, and even very little hockey-watching experience, she jumped on the ice. What did matter was that a group of girls - many of whom had never skated before, much less played hockey - got a chance to put the skills they had been developing all season on display.Ĭutler, who plays left or right wing on the forward line, said she had heard about efforts to put a girls team together this past summer. The white team beat Cutler's blue squad, but the score really didn't matter. The game had everything - a loud cheering crowd ('I think they broke the stands,' Cutler said), checking and a game-ending shootout.Īfter three periods of action, the two teams - both made of Montclair girls - were deadlocked at 5-5 and went into penalty shots. That's especially true of the recent Blue and White scrimmage the team had at Clary Anderson Arena on Thursday, Jan. 'So, she ended up with a hat trick for the season: one goal, one assist and stitches.'įor Mia Cutler, who normally plays soccer, it's the memories on the ice, not the stitches, that will remain.

'She finally felt like a real hockey player,' her father, Evan Cutler, said.

Mia ice skating game