As we complete our 14th season covering the SJHSIHL we are pleased to announce our annual award recipients. This year there seems to be more balance throughout the league and with the playoffs upon us we could be in for a few surprises. Listed below are the 2011-2012 winners:

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Facing elimination, top seeded Cherokee had a tough battle against rival Shawnee but was able to pull away in the third period for a 5-2 win. The loss ended the season for Shawnee. Cherokee moves on and will play Washington Township next Monday night. This game was tightly played and with Shawnee coached by Tim Fingerhut they are always in the game. Shawnee struck first as Alex Churchill put them up 1-0 five minutes into the game. Cherokee came right back as Dylan Bradley got the equalizer just fourteen seconds later.

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The SJHSIHL traveled to West Chester last night and played a group of All Stars from the CPIHL and won 8-6. Seven different players scored, with Cole Zucker leading the attack with two goals. The game started out with both teams feeling each other out and with a 20 minute period, the shifts were short and the action did not pick up until late in the period when Jared Hand put the South Jersey team on top with just over two minutes left. That goal seem to open the flood gates as about one minute later Zucker converted a nice feed from Taylor Olson for a 2-0 advantage. Vada Mangum got the start and surrendered just one goal in the final thirty seconds as Kenny Gross scored his first of two on the night to cut the lead to 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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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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The SJHSIHL has put together an All-Star team consisting of juniors and seniors to participate in an All Star Tourney that will compete against teams from other Pennsylvania high school leagues. Each All Star team will play 2 games and showcase their skills in front of local college coaches as well as a selection committee that will ultimately select 20 skaters and 2-3 goalies to represent Team Philadelphia in America’s Showcase, a tournament that features players from all around the country competing against each other.

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Kelly Farinella stopped 27 shots and Cole Zucker and Dave Mazzilli scored two goals each as Cherokee defeated Shawnee 5-2 at the Igloo in Mt. Laurel on Monday night. Lawrence Walker scored both Shawnee goals. With the win the Chiefs clinched the number one seed for the playoffs. Walker gave Shawnee a 1-0 lead scoring a power play goal just four minutes into the game. Zucker would tie the score at 1-1 at the nine minute mark and that’s how the period would end.

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Rich Busch scored in the final minute as Williamstown rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie Shawnee 3-3 in SJHSIHL action at Hollydell on Friday night. Jonathan Ruiz scored the lone goal of the first period as the Braves led 1-0. Jesse Pagliuso scored both Shawnee goals in the second period, one early on the power play to tie the game at 1-1. Then with just over five minutes left he gave Shawnee its first lead at 2-1 with Vinny Misiewicz getting the assist.

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