Highland Park Giants

Dylan Lansky earns MVP honors at the Illinois High School Hockey All-State Game Sunday at Fifth Third Arena. Lansky had 1 goal and 3 assists to lead the White team to a 6-4 come from behind victory. This caps off a monumental career for Lansky who became the first Highland Park player to make the All State team 2 years in a row. Lansky also led the IHSHL in scoring back to back years and ends his career as Highland Park’s all time leading scorer. Congratulations to Dylan on his achievements and for representing Highland Park in the hockey community.

Highland Park Varsity Hockey Senior Captain, Dylan Lansky, was selected to the 2025 AHAI Boys Illinois High School All-State Team! The game will be played at Fifth Third Arena in Chicago on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 3:30 pm.  This year commemorates the 38th Anniversary of the AHAI High School All-State event. Congratulations to Dylan on this well-deserved honor and the experience of representing Highland Park High School on the All-State Team. This marks back-to-back achievements for Lansky, who earned his selection to the All-State Team as a Junior last year as well.  Congratulations again and good luck!

The HP Giants Varsity Hockey Team wins Citrus Tournament Classic in Tampa Bay, FL over MLK Weekend. Giants go 3-0-1 on the weekend and beat Winnipeg 5-3 in the Final. Dylan Lansky had 2 goals and Owen Silverman, Ben Lichtenfeld, and Cole Rosenbloom also scored in the finale. Sophomore goalie, Graham Spencer went 2-0 in the tournament and stopped 25 shots in the Championship. (photo attached below). The Giants are back at it this week with 2 more games before the League and State Playoffs begin! Thanks to all the students for their outstanding support this season!

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The Highland Park Varsity Giants Ice Hockey Team beat Deerfield 4-3 Wednesday night in an epic OT shootout thriller to win THE Rivalry Game and secure the District 113 Cup for the 3rd time in 4 years!

The Seniors carried the way in this instant classic over their fiercest rival in a game for the ages. In front of a packed house reaching capacity at Glacier Ice Arena, the Giants got goals from Charlie Cohen in the 1st and Owen Silverman in the 2nd before Dylan Lansky broke a 2-2 tie midway through the 3rd to go up 3-2.  Deerfield then struck back with less than 5 minutes remaining to tie it at 3 at the end of regulation.  A 3 x 3 ten (10) minute sudden-death overtime ensued as both squads pushed it to the limit with one scoring chance after the next.  The back-and-forth action was relentless, and the energy was palpable.  AJ Caplan was sensational in net stopping multiple point-blank opportunities from the Warriors.  All the skaters played their hearts out and stretched the boundaries of sheer exhaustion.  Ultimately the 10-minute OT ended scoreless forcing a sudden death shootout.  After Deerfield tallied first, Dylan Lansky matched and scored on a beautiful move to tie the shootout at 1-1.  Teams traded chances back and forth (but to no avail) until the 5th round.  That’s when Owen Silverman skated to center ice to take his turn at shootout glory.  A few strides in and a sneaky quick move around the DF goalie, Silverman backhanded the puck into the back of the net, and pandemonium erupted.  The Giants had done it in euphoric fashion to beat Deerfield 2-1 in the shootout. The student spirit and support played a huge role in rallying the Giants to Victory and returning the Cup home! Thank you for showing out in BLUE!

The JV Hockey Team is also playing great hockey and has found a wonderful mid-season stride.  Going for their second consecutive tournament win, the JV Giants beat Chicago North, D211, Libertyville, and the Ice Cats to go 4-0 in Group Play in this weekend’s Thanksgiving Tournament in Buffalo Grove.  They then skated tough against top-ranked Stevenson for 3 periods before falling 2-1 in the 3rd period of the Championship Game.  An overall great effort for these young Giants as they take a commendable 2nd place/runner-up trophy back to Highland Park.

The Highland Park JV Hockey Team WINS the Wright Angles Midwest High School Hockey Tournament in Madison, WI this weekend! The talented, young Giants stormed through the competition in Group Play, beating Prep 7-1, Lincoln Way 3-1, and Chicago Central 3-1, before overcoming Prep again in the Championship Game 4-3 in a thrilling OT classic! Brody Siegel, Tyler Lansky, and Charlie Faletti scored in regulation, while Luke Pieti and Max Glazier both lit the lamp in the OT shootout for the finale win.  Huge character win for the JV squad that is really developing into mid-season form.  Will Romo was sensation in net blocking both breakaways in the OT shootout and going 4-0 on the weekend while only allowing 6 goals all tournament!

Sunday, September 27th was an event to be remembered.  The stands were packed with members of the community.  All were gathered to honor Hornets's # 98 Cooper Roberts.  Cooper was tragically shot and injured during the Highland Park July 4th parade in 2022.  You can still donate here: http://hornetsledhockey.org