Harriton’s Kat Moose is Main Line Girls Athlete of the Week (March 11-17)

The junior goalie has been a standout netminder for the Lower Merion Liberty girls ice hockey team this winter, leading the squad to its best-ever record (11-6), one of the best records in the Intercounty Scholastic Hockey League Girls American Division, and a first-ever Flyers Cup appearance. In the Flyers Cup opener March 6, she recorded 40 saves on 42 shots and was named the MVP of the game for Lower Merion Liberty, which includes players from both Lower Merion and Harriton. Lower Merion Liberty head coach Lauren Patterson noted that Moose is one of the best puck-handling goalies in the league and added, “Kat’s work ethic is unmatched, even coming to every game and practice for our JV girls team. Having her in net, our team plays without the fear of making a mistake because they know Kat can come up big when we need her to – it has just made the entire team that much more confident and is a huge reason we became a playoff contender and Flyers Cup nominated. Plus, to have a goalie that never gets down on herself or her teammates no matter what adversity is thrown her way, you can’t begin to imagine how rare of quality that is, and how much that positively impacts every player around her.” Moose is also the junior assistant goalie Coach for one of the 12U Little Flyers girls teams.

Fun facts – Kat Moose

Favorite book: The Game, by Ken Dryden.

Favorite author: Marie Lu.

Favorite TV show: Supernatural.

Favorite movie: Miracle.

Favorite athlete: Igor Shesterkin.

Favorite pre-game pump-up song: Enter Sandman by Metallica.

Favorite team: New York Rangers.

Favorite place to visit: Oregon.

Person I most admire, and why: “My stepdad, Chris Lagan. He is a man who had to step into the position of being a parent very late in my life, and he has been there for me ever since. He taught me how to play hockey and many other things.”

Family members: stepfather Chris Lagan, mother Laura Moose, father (deceased) Ellis Moose, little brother Henry Moose, pet cat Matu, dog Nimitz.

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Kat Moose (photo courtesy of Kat Moose)