Jared Hand scored two goals and Eric Simone added a goal and two assists as top seed EEW struggled but defeated Lenape/RV 3-0 in Tier II action played late on Friday night at Voorhees. After a scoreless two periods that saw Lenape/RV goalie Cliff Allison make several big saves to keep his team in the game. EEW finally broke through as Simone scored early in the third period lifting a back-hander under the crossbar to give the EEW a 1-0 lead.

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Alec Nicolai scored two goals as Moorestown defeated Washington Township 4-2 in playoff action at the Igloo on Friday night. Matt Olbrich scored the only goal of the first period as Moorestown controlled the play for most of the period launching 14 shots on Ryan McCusker but scored just the one goal. Goals by Pat Curiale on the power play and Jason Smith at the eight minute mark gave Township the lead at 2-1.

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The SJHSIHL has released the roster for the Junior-Senior Showcase game to be played on Friday, March 2nd at the Holleydell Ice Arena. Remember each club must have a minimum of one player selected with 18 skaters and 3 goalies chosen, and here are the players selected...

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The annual Junior/Senior Showcase game will be played on Friday night March 2nd at 8:30 at Hollydell. The game will feature the top juniors and seniors from the league as recognized by their coaches. The teams will be a combination of players from both Tier 1 and Tier II. The North squad will feature players from Cherokee 1 and Cherokee II, Washington Township, Williamstown, Holy Cross, Black Horse, Lenape/RV and Delran.

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Washington Township opened its playoff run with a 3-1 win against Shawnee on Monday night in SJHSIHL double elimination action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Ryan McCusker stopped 20 shots, including a penalty shot and Township got goals from Doug Sanders, Jason Smith and Garrett Quinn. After a scoreless first period Mack Kaiser was awarded a penalty shot by referee Tim Holz after being dragged down from behind on a breakaway. McCusker stoned him to keep the game scoreless and about one minute later Sanders scored down low with Pat Curiale getting the assist.

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Jonny Ruiz scored four goals and Jake DiStasio added two as Williamstown opened the playoffs with a 7-3 win over Clearview. The two teams had just played on Friday night with Clearview rallying from four down to win 7-6. But tonight there was no comeback as the Braves played better defense and when there was a lapse; Troy Altbaum was there to shut the door. The Braves jumped out early as Kyle Parks, who had another strong game with a goal and two assists, scored just three minutes into the game.

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In sports the one of the many sayings is it’s not how you start but how you finish. Look at the Giants, they got hot at the right time and unfortunately are celebrating another championship. Same can be said for the St Louis Cardinals last year. As we look back in the SJHSIHL, we used the last 6 games as a barometer to see who has been hot. Cherokee comes in as the favorite, rightfully so as they are the defending champs and finished atop of the Tier 1 division with just 2 losses. And in their last 6 games have gone 5-1. Clearview has won 4 games in a row and 5 out of 6, with the lone loss coming against Cherokee, a team they defeated earlier in the season.

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John Garbarino broke a 6-6 game scoring with less than four minutes left in the third period as Clearview rallied from a 6-2 deficit scoring five goals in the final period to edge Williamstown 7-6 in the regular season finale for both teams. The win catapulted Clearview into fourth place, as they win the first tie-breaker against Williamstown, which is most wins. The two teams will meet again Monday night in the first round of the playoffs, at Voorhees at 7:10.

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With leading scorer Ryan Magin suspended, Shane Corson stepped up and netted a hat trick and Tyler Graham also scored three goals as Black Horse edged Lenape/RV 9-8 in the season finale for both teams in Tier II. Sam Belanger scored three goals for Lenape/RV. The teams took turns leading by two goals. In the first period Lenape led 4-2 after one on goals by Belanger, Matt Cloud, Jordan Kreifels and Jeff Giquinto. Scoring for Black Horse was Graham and Corson.

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Last year it was Eddie Sarin, this year Jonny Ruiz and now Alec Nicolai, the latest player from the SJHSIHL to crack the 100 goal mark. Small in stature but big in heart and playmaking ability, Alec came in as a freshman and played in all 22 games his first season and scored 14 goals and in the playoffs had 2 goals and 10 assists as Moorestown won their first of 2 consecutive titles. He followed up with 40 goals in his sophomore season and him and line mate Tyler Woyshner were like poetry in motion as they developed a strong sense of timing and fed off each other’s talent as Woyshner would score 49 goals that year.

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