Troy High School has many athletic clubs and teams students can join, including its very own girls hockey team that was recently formed in 2019. Although it’s still fairly new, there are rumors going around that the team is splitting up. Brendan Kischnick, Troy United Girls Hockey team head coach, has responded to those rumors in a recent interview.

 “We do have some trouble right now with the amount of girls playing on the team,” Kischnick stated.

“Some girls quit, some girls go and do other things,” the head coach says. When asked if recruitment issues were the problem, Kischnick replied with a stern “yes.” The coach goes on about how recruitment has been a “problem.” 

“Last year we had about 38 girls with the team, this year we’re down to 15.” The news is a mystery to why girls aren’t joining this year’s Troy United Girls Hockey team.

Junior Solanda Mills, who has been with the Troy United Girls Hockey team since her freshman year, gave her thoughts on if the team will break up. 

“It’s really unclear right now,” Mills expressed. “We have gotten a few new girls this year but the issue with that is we can’t put them on the varsity team,” the junior hockey player confessed. 

Mills goes on about the other difficulties the young hockey team are facing. “Because so many people have quit, we have less people to share the cost of the ice build, because hockey is really expensive.” 

“The price has shot up really high, and I think that’s scaring even more people away because not everybody can pay 2,000 dollars for the season.” Mills added on saying, “Hockey equipment is a whole separate thing. The 2,000 is just for the ice build split between all of us. Most of the equipment are hand-me-downs.” 

When asked if there have been any cliques or gossip groups within the hockey team that would spread this rumor, Mills said, “There used to be somewhat of a separation, but we mostly all get along. We joined this team all together.” Mills declared with confidence. 

While there are just enough girls to play this season, the Troy United Girls Hockey team are still looking for more players. It has not been declared by the hockey players nor coaches that the team will split. However, the Troy United Girls Hockey team is always open to new players. The team still awaits a final conclusion if the team is continuing or ending.