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Steve Stein | Contributing Writer W ill it be Stephen Friedland or Nolan Rogow? In either case, there once again will be a Jewish goalie working between the pipes every night for the Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood High School hockey team. Friedland and Rogow are vying to be the starting goalie for the defend- ing Division 3 state champion Cranes. Whoever wins the job will replace the graduated Spencer Applebaum, who was 18-3 last year with six shutouts, a 1.71 goals-against average and .916 save per- centage. "We haven't made a decision yet on our starting goalie. We'll give both guys an opportunity to win the job during the first half of the season" said Cranbrook- Kingswood coach Andy Weidenbach. Some hockey coaches are comfortable having goalies who split playing time, but not Weidenbach. "It's better to have a No. 1 goalie than two No. 2's," he said. Applebaum was Weidenbach's No. 1 goalie last season. Friedland and Rogow, two of Applebaum's three backups, each played in only one game, with Friedland getting a shutout. Friedland had the upper hand over Rogow in the early going this season, starting four of Cranbrook-Kingswood's first five games. One was a 3-0 shutout of Livonia Stevenson on Nov. 27 on home ice at Wallace Arena during the Cranbrook- Kingswood Thanksgiving Tournament. Friedland stopped 39 shots. Rogow suffered a neck injury the next night in the first period against Brighton and had to taken out of the tournament championship game. Brighton won 6-2. "A Brighton player knocked him into the net," Weidenbach said. The coach said Friedland is playing with confidence. "He's doing a good job playing the angles on shots, moving the puck and con- trolling the game," he said. Cranbrook-Kingswood was 3-2 through Nov. 28. The Cranes were 25-2-4 a year ago as they won a record 17th Michigan High School Athletic Association state championship. MORE ABOUT SARAH Early Thanksgiving week deadlines and logistical issues didn't allow the comple- tion of an interview with Sarah Kovan, a 2016 Rhodes Scholar winner and women's soccer player from Michigan State University, who was profiled in this space in the Dec. 3 edition. After deadline, Kovan said she attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem after her freshman year at MSU in sum- mer 2013. She said she took classes that focused on the history of Israel and its current conflicts. The classes were titled, "Emergence of the State of Israel" and "Israeli Politics and Society." She said the courses provided opportu- nities to have discussions with other MSU students studying at the university and other university students and gave her "an extremely insightful look into the com- plexity of the conflicts." The Okemos resident will be pursuing a two-year master's degree in develop- ment studies with a focus on international health at Oxford University in England after she graduates next year from MSU with bachelor's degrees in comparative cultures and politics and human biology. She's the 17th Rhodes Scholar in MSU history. DROP THE PUCK It'll be Chanukah Night tonight (Dec. 10) at Joe Louis Arena when the Red Wings take on the Montreal Canadiens. The Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit is working with the Red Wings on the promotion. Group rate tickets are available at detroitredwings.com/chabad. Use the promo code CHANUKA. The Chabad will receive a small portion of ticket sales. Festivities will include a lighting of the 26-foot-tall "Menorah in the D" for the fifth night of Chanukah at 5 p.m. in Campus Martius Park in Downtown Detroit. ON THE AIR Detroit sports broadcasting veteran Matt Dery has a new gig. He's co-hosting "Dery and Sharp" from 3-7 p.m. weekdays on WMGC 105.1 FM along with veteran Detroit Free Press sports columnist Drew Sharp. They're replacing Drew Lane, who was unable to sign a new contract with Greater Media Inc. Dery hosted his own mid-day show on WMGC before he began filling in Oct. 19 for the departed Lane. * Send sports news to stevestein502004@yahoo.com. 44 December 10 • 2015 Friendly Goalie Rivalry sports » TONY AWARD ® 2012 BEST SCORE BEST CHOREOGRAPHY WINNER! © Disney Detroit Opera House t Dec. 15–27 ticketmaster.com, 800-982-2787; Fisher Theatre & Opera House box offices. Info: BroadwayInDetroit.com, 313-872-1000. 6:30PM Dec. 20. Groups (12+): Groups@BroadwayInDetroit.com or 313-871-1132. BEGINS IN 2 WEEKS! 2054020 000000