I just returned from a family vacation and had a voice mail from Coach Macchione of Washington Township that he and his son Chris had resigned. This comes on the heels of 2 days prior to my vacation, I was the guest speaker at the banquet for Washington Township hockey club, where my speech was centered around the job Coach Macchione and Chris had done over the last four years, 64-11-6, one championship. I spoke about the courage it took by Coach Macchione to suspend the second leading scorer for conduct detrimental to his team and thus hurting his clubs chances in the playoffs. I don’t pretend to know the intricacies of running a youth hockey club, but I would think that besides wins and losses, also important is the development of the players as young men.

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Well another season has come and gone, Moorestown repeated as champs, and could three-peat. Sean Fleming set the points record in a season, six players with forty or more goals. Daisy Mase saves the season for Eastern. These are just a few of the stories from this past year. While some people knock Fleming that he hangs at center ice, you still have to have some skills to score 110 points. Eastern would not have had a team if at the eleventh hour Daisy didn’t step up to play in nets. Sophomore forward Alec Nicolai breaks out and scores 40 goals, Eddie Sarin, who arguably is the best two-way player in the league, scores 50 goals. Junior Andrew Heinz went from 20 points last season to 70 points this year.

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Ryan Marker scored with six minutes left in the third period to break a 3-3 tie and give Washington Township a 4-3 victory over Cherokee in the opening round of the Flyers Cup. Township will meet Pennsbury, a team they upset 2 years ago, Thursday night at Grundy. In front of a disappointing crowd, both teams seemed sluggish, not sure if the layoff between games hurt them as it’s been almost 2 weeks since the season ended for both teams.

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Evan Smith stopped 28 shots and Galen Wood scored twice as Shawnee captured the JVB championship with a 5-0 win over Holy Cross. Michael Peccini scored the lone goal in the first period as Shawnee led 1-0. They blew the game open in the second period scoring three goals in a span of three minutes to take a commanding 4-0 lead. First Wood scored a power play goal to make it 2-0 and ninety seconds later Brett Yoncak scored unassisted to make it 3-0.

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Athan Blaine scored twice and Michael Wilson added a goal as the Virtua Wings of Steel won the Atlantic District Championship with a 3-0 win over the Woodbridge Rangers. It’s the first title for the Wings in there 10 year history. The Wings defeated the Hammerheads on Saturday by the same 3-0 score, as Danny Wheeler and Glen Schulz shared the goaltending duties and did not allow a goal. The Wings finished the regular season undefeated at 18-0, and were led on offense by Mike Wilson who scored 21 goals.

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In the NHL, the standard for forwards/centers that they had a good season was they scored 20 goals. That meant that you were productive, despite taking 80 games to accumulate the twenty goals. Michael Wilson is 13 years old and plays on the Virtua Wings of Steel sled hockey team, and in 18 games this season Michael scored 21 goals. What makes this more impressive is that he could have score so much more. This season the Wings were by far the most superior team in the Atlantic Sled Hockey League, going 18-0 and winning the championship.

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Alec Nicolai scored twice as Moorestown defeated Holy Cross 5-3 in the Title game last night at the Igloo. In front of a standing room only crowd Holy Cross broke through first scoring short-handed as Ryan Badger scored a wrap around goal against Craig Rushmore. Nicolai tied the game about four minutes later as he banged home his shot just under the crossbar. Twenty-two seconds later Tyler Woyshner gave Moorestown the lead for good scoring from in close. Late in the period Rushmore stopped a breakaway to keep Moorestown ahead at 2-1 heading into the second period.

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Nick Cyr scored a power play goal with two minutes left in the game as Holy Cross defeated Cherokee 2-1 and will meet Moorestown on Wednesday night at the Igloo. With Moorestown having gone through the tournament undefeated, they need to win just one game to repeat as champions. Holy Cross must win Wednesday night and then again on Friday in order to be crowned champions.

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Washington Township had six different players score as they defeated Cherokee 7-4 in the JVA Championship game held at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Doug Sanders led Township with two goals; Jake Toran led Cherokee with two goals. After a scoreless first period Chris Moore gave Cherokee a 1-0 early in the second period. That lead held up for two minutes, when Kevin Mello tied the score for Township at 1-1. Less than a minute later Pat Curiale gave Township the lead for good scoring an unassisted goal for a 2-1 advantage.

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The SJHSIHL had four teams invited to participate in the 31st Flyers Cup tournament. Cherokee, Cinnaminson, Eastern and Washington Township were selected from the league. Cherokee and Township will actually play each other at Hollydell on Monday March 15th at 7:15. Township the #5 seed overall in the AA division will be the home team. Cherokee, which just knocked out Township in the playoffs, comes in as the 12th seed.

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Moorestown completed its run through the double elimination tournament undefeated as they beat Holy Cross 7-1. A five goal third period blew the game open for Moorestown, and they will host the winner of the Cherokee Holy Cross game at the Igloo this Wednesday. Moorestown needs to win one more game, while there opponent must win two. After a scoreless first period, which Moorestown outshot Holy Cross 11-5 but could not get one past CJ Byrd, they jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Alec Nicolai and Tyler Woyshner scored goals three minutes apart early in the second period.

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Alex Zucker stopped all 27 shots and Blake Hamilton scored his first goal of the season as Cherokee blanked Washington Township 2-0 at Hollydell on Friday night. The loss eliminated Township from the tournament. Township dominated the first period out-shooting Cherokee 16-2, but Zucker made several big stops, including stoning Ryan Marker down low to keep the game scoreless through the first period. Defensively Cherokee did an outstanding job in shutting down Eddie Sarin, constantly shadowing him and always putting a body on him when he tried to set-up in the slot.

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Eric Naccarelli scored two goals as Washington Township defeated Williamstown 6-3 in playoff action at Hollydell on Wednesday night. With the loss the season comes to an end for the Braves, but with just 5 seniors, the Braves should be a force to reckon with next season. Township playing its second game without senior forward Louie DeAngelo, dismissed from the team, had goals from five different players and will play again on Friday night at Hollydell against the winner of Shawnee-Cherokee.

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Steven Petitte was the lone goal scorer in the shootout as Holy Cross upset Washington Township 4-3 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees and will meet Moorestown on Monday night at the Igloo, with the winner going to the Championship game on Wednesday night. Township jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first six minutes of the game as Eddie Sarin and Ryan Marker both scored.

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Cherokee led 3-1 with less than five minutes remaining, but Moorestown stormed back scoring four goals in the final four minutes to defeat Cherokee 5-3 and advance in the winner’s bracket and will meet Holy Cross on Monday night. Mike Eni had three goals for Moorestown. Herbie Hutchinson scored the only goal of the first period on the power play as Cherokee led 1-0.

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The Eastern Vikings stormed back from a 5-1 deficit with five goals in the third period, but Jacob Mitchell scored his second goal of the game thirty seconds into overtime as Lenape defeated Eastern 7-6 and eliminated the Vikings from the playoffs. Mitchell and Alec Goldstein exchanged goals eighteen seconds apart early in the first period before Kyle Young put Lenape up 2-1 at the nine minute mark.

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Tim Pagliuso scored with two minutes left in the second overtime as Shawnee defeated Cherry Hill East 7-6 and stayed alive in the double elimination tournament. Cherry Hill East saw its season come to an end. Dan Desrochers led East with two goals. East had a 5-3 lead entering the third period, but goals by Ian Smith and Mike Molinari tied the score at 5-5 with eight minutes left in the game. Bryan Ross scored at the six minute mark to give Cherry Hill East a 6-5 lead.

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In keeping with our tradition, SJIceHockey.com is pleased to announce our annual hockey awards given to the players we feel stood out. This year was more difficult than in the past as we had many players in all our categories, but after many discussions here are the selections:

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Dalton Bew scored two goals and added two assists and Mark Vandenberg stopped all 13 shots as Mainland defeated Lower Cape May 4-0 to capture the Tier III championship. Mainland dominated the first period firing 20 shots but could only manage one goal as Cape May goalie Brandon Adams was excellent in nets. Bew scored the lone goal late in the period and Mainland led 1-0. Bew set-up Jesse Solanik midway through the period and the lead grew to 2-0.

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Cherokee averaged less than five goals a game during the regular season, but in there playoff opener against Rancocas Valley they erupted for eleven as they easily defeated RV 11-1 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Anthony Santisi led Cherokee with three goals, Jason Spieker and Anthony Williams added two goals apiece. Wade Sander had the lone goal for RV. Defensively, Cherokee took away Fleming, never allowing him to get going offensively, and totally throttling the RV offense.

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Mike Law had a hat trick and Brandon James and Joe Laird added two goals each as Mainland outlasted Cherry Hill West 12-9 in Tier III playoff action. James Privito led West with six goals and Marty Bell added three. The two teams combined for eleven goals in the first period, with Mainland scoring seven, including goals by Dalton Bew, Austin Klock and Bill Tomlin as well as Law and James.

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Tyler Woyshner scored four goals and Mike Eni added a hat trick as Moorestown opened defense of its crown with a 9-4 win over Shawnee in playoff action at the Igloo. Shawnee led 3-2 early in the second period before Moorestown scored six consecutive goals to take control of the game in the third period. Robert Willwerth scored ninety seconds into the game as Shawnee led 1-0. We stayed that way until the final minute of the period; Woyshner tied the game at 1-1 with Alec Nicolai getting the assist. Then with twelve seconds left in the period, Nicolai gave Moorestown a 2-1 lead, but Shawnee scored the tying goal right before the buzzer as Gregory Nagy got credit for the goal.

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Garret Quinn had two goals and one assist and Eric Naccarelli had two goals and two assists as Washington Township began its playoff run with a 10-3 win over Lenape. Kyle Young scored all three goals for Lenape. This could be a good sign for Coach Macchione as usually Sarin and DeAngelo are leading the charge, but tonight the second and third lines were major contributors and that should only help the Minutemen as they try and win the title.

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Louie DeAngelo scored two minutes into the first overtime as the South defeated the North 6-5 in the second annual Junior-Senior Showcase game held at Hollydell. Eddie Sarin led the South with two goals and two assists, and was named the games MVP. Postponed by the storm from last week, and with snow hitting us hard this week, there was a good crowd on hand and they saw some good clean hockey. The South scored the lone goal of the first period as Eastern’s Billy Bascou scored at the nine minute mark. Despite both teams having offensive fireworks on all 3 lines, the goalies dominated the first period as Alec Zucker from Cherokee and Craig Rushmore from Moorestown were very stingy in goal.

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Holy Cross scored four first period goals and held off Delran 6-4 in playoff action at the Igloo. Steve Petitte scored two goals, both in the first period to lead Holy Cross. The teams exchanged goals less than one minute apart at the ten minute mark as Petitte gave Holy Cross 1-0 lead but Cody Myers quickly tied the game at 1-1 for Delran. With two straight power plays Holy Cross took advantage as Petitte scored on the first man advantage and about one minute later Trevor Alspach made it 3-1 scoring on the power play.

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Lenape upset Eastern 11-10 as they won the shootout 3-1, in a wild and crazy game at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night in a first round game in the SJHSIHL double elimination Tournament. In a game where the teams combined for 20 goals and 97 shots in regulation and the two five minute overtimes, we had to go to a shootout to decide a winner, but not without some controversy. More on that later.

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Jesse Gimbel scored three goals as Delran began the playoffs with a 5-4 win over Clearview in the opening game played at Hollydell. Ed Moore led Clearview with two goals. After a scoreless first period Gimbel put Delran up 1-0 scoring in the opening minute of the second period. Ray Norfo made it 2-0 at the ten minute mark as he picked up a loose puck in the slot and found the back of the net. Marc Horowitz was strong in goal for Delran and kept Clearview off the board until the five minute mark when Mike Vulpio scored a short-handed goal to cut the lead to 2-1. The goal was the first of the year for the young defenseman.

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Andrew Heinz had a hat trick as Rancocas Valley handled the Eastern Vikings 8-4 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Sean Fleming set the regular season record for points as he added two goals and four assists and finished the season with 110 points, shattering the record set by Sean Sullivan in the 2003-2004 seasons. Fleming now owns the record in all 3 categories, as he set the goals record as well this year with 54, edging former line mate Mike Walsh, who set the mark last year. Coincidentally, Fleming set the assist mark last year with 58.

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Jason Spieker snapped a 4-4 tie with ninety seconds left in the game to give Cherokee a 5-4 win over Eastern. With the victory Alec Zucker completed his regular season at 9-0-4. Zucker, who shares the goaltending duties with freshman Dan Navarra, will be one of the net-minders in this week’s Junior-Senior Showcase at Hollydell on Friday evening. Cherokee jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Anthony Santisi and Anthony Williams. Matt Herbert, who led the Vikings with two goals, finished a 2-on-1 break with Billy Bascou late in the period to cut the lead to 2-1. Zucker had stoned Bascou earlier in the period on a break.

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Ryan Badger scored twice and CJ Byrd stopped 29 shots as Holy Cross edged Shawnee 3-2 in SJHSIHL action at the Igloo. Evan Powell scored his second goal of the season early in the first period as Holy Cross led 1-0. Byrd had a busy period stopping all 11 shots. Badger made it 2-0 early in the second period scoring his 17th goal of the season. Shawnee did not generate much offense as Byrd stopped all 5 shots he faced.

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Mike Eni scored three goals and Tyler Woyshner and Matt Olbrich added two goals each as Moorestown took care of Clearview 11-1 in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell. Moorestown took away any thoughts of an upset putting up seven goals in the first period. Woyshner opened the scoring just seconds into the game and when Willie Sulpizio made it 2-0 just one minute into the game, it looked like it was going to be a long night for Clearview.

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Five different players scored as Cinnaminson defeated Delran 5-2 at the Igloo on Friday night. With the win Cinnaminson clinched fourth place in the division, as they hold the tie-breaker against Holy Cross. The game was tight heading into the third period as Cinnaminson led just 2-1 on goals by Kevin Rafferty and Sean Gault with Randy Khinkis scoring for Delran. Both goaltenders were solid in nets especially Marc Horwitz who had stopped 20 of 22 shots. Kevin Roth, while facing just 13 shots, kept Delran at bay as they were 0-5 on the power play through two periods.

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With the discussions until the wee hours of the morning, the SJHSIHL Junior-Senior Showcase, to be held at Hollydell on Friday February 5th has been announced. With the teams broken up into two teams, North and South, the following is how the two teams will be divided:

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Eric McDowell scored three goals and Kevin Joyce added two as Cinnaminson defeated Cherry Hill East 10-5 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Cinnaminson needs 3 out of four points in their last two games to clinch fourth place in the division. Dan Desrochers traded in his goalie pads for a stick, led East with two goals. East jumped out to a 1-0 lead with Desrochers scoring just three minutes into the game, but Joyce tied the score at 1-1 scoring midway through the period. Goals by Jason Haddon at the three minute mark and right before the period ended Joseph Carfagno collected his 12th goal of the season as the Pirates led 3-1 after one.

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Kevin Mello scored his first career varsity hat trick as Washington Township had little trouble in defeating Eastern 12-2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Eddie Sarin also scored three goals as Township remained tied for the lead with Moorestown. Matt Herbert scored both Eastern goals. Township out-shot Eastern 37-12 as defensively the Vikings gave little help to goalie Daisy Mase. After Mello and Herbert exchanged goals in the opening three minutes, Township took the lead for good as Louie DeAngelo scored his 37th of the season down low. Mello made it 3-1 converting a nice pass from Justin Cogbill at the five minute mark and Eric Naccarelli scored the first of his two goals late in the period for a 4-1 advantage through one period.

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Sean Fleming had five goals and five assists as Rancocas Valley doubled up Williamstown 12-6 in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell. Jonathan Ruiz led Williamstown scoring four goals, bringing his season total to 30. Ruiz scored the first two goals of the game in the opening four minutes as Williamstown jumped on RV early and led 2-0. RV would then proceed to score nine of the next ten goals to take a commanding 9-3 advantage. Fleming led the charge, as he usually does, scoring two first period goals and setting up Wade Sander and Andrew Heinz as RV led 4-2 after one.

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Needing someone to play in goal as both net minders were unavailable, junior forward Dan Desrochers stepped up and play just good enough as Cherry Hill East defeated Clearview 6-5 in action played at Hollydell. It was a night where being short-handed paid off for East, as they scored 3 short-handed goals as well. Eric Simone put East ahead 1-0 late in the first period as he scored with Clearview on the power play. Later on the same penalty Clearview got the equalizer as Rob Savastano tied the game at 1-1. East took a 3-1 lead in the second period as Zac Bellace scored on a shot from just over the red line and Jared Hand picked up a loose puck and scored down low just six minutes into the period.

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Sophomore Dalton Bew scored three goals and Brandon James added three to lead undefeated Mainland past Cherry Hill West 11-1 in Tier III action in the SJHSIHL. Mainland clinched the top spot in the division with the win. In a dominating opening period, Mainland launched 25 shots, with Bew getting two of his goals in the period. The first came short-handed early in the period, two minutes later James made it 2-0. West goalie Andy Home kept his team close as he stopped numerous chances. Mainland scored a goal late in the period as Bew scored with the assist going to Kyle Lomangino.

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Seven different players scored as Holy Cross defeated Cherry Hill East 7-1 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Mark Sanchirico scored the lone goal of the first period in the final thirty seconds as Holy Cross led just 1-0 after one. Evan Asroff got the equalizer early in the second period, but that would be the only goal CJ Byrd would surrender for Holy Cross in capturing his eleventh win on the season.

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In just his third game of the season, James Privito scored five goals as Cherry Hill West shutout Lower Cape May 8-0. Andy Home stopped all 30 shots he faced in recording his first shut-out of the season. West has won two in a row and Privito has scored a combined 11 goals in both wins. Privito could be returning at the right time as he led Black Horse to the Tier III Title last year.

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Moorestown scored three consecutive goals in the third period to snap a 3-3 to take a 6-3 lead and hold off the charging Williamstown Braves in winning 6-5 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Chris Carnivale and Tyler Woyshner led Moorestown with two goals each. Allan Haynes had a hat trick for the Braves. Haynes scored two goals in the opening stanza to give Williamstown a 2-1 lead, after Woyshner had scored a power play goal for Moorestown. Carnivale tied the game at 2-2 scoring on the power play at the eight minute mark.

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Eddie Sarin had a hat trick and Louie DeAngelo added a goal and three assists as Washington Township defeated Clearview 8-2 before a packed house at Hollydell. Both Sarin and DeAngelo broke the single season record for points in a season set by Fred Brewer with 76 points back in the 2004-05 seasons. Sarin, a junior currently leads the team with 81 points; DeAngelo is second with 78 points. Township led 2-0 after one period as Sarin scored both goals four minutes apart, with DeAngelo assisting on both.

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Matt Herbert scored two of his three goals in the third period as Eastern rallied from a 7-6 deficit with five goals in the third period and out-scored Williamstown 11-8 in action played at Hollydell. Williamstown was led by Rich Busch and Jacob DiStasio with two goals each. Williamstown led 2-1 heading into the second period, where both teams scored five goals, with Eastern scoring three consecutive goals with Alec Weinberg, Darren Plotkin and Cameron Dougherty doing the honors and the Vikings led 4-2. Williamstown would take its turn scoring three straight goals as Vince Salvadori, Allan Haynes and Jonathan Ruiz put the Braves up 5-4.

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Eastern got goals from Billy Bascou and Darren Plotkin to rally from a two goal deficit in the third period and salvaged a 5-5 tie in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. After a scoreless first period in which both net minders, Daisy Mase for Eastern and Kevin Roth for Cinnaminson each stopped all 11 shots they face. The second period the offense arrived, especially for Cinnaminson as they tallied five goals in the period.

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Cherokee played an almost perfect game defensively in skating to a 1-1 draw with Washington Township on Monday night at Voorhees. Coming into the game Township was averaging eight goals a game and their first line had combined for 196 points. It was obvious that Cherokee was determined to not let that line get going, and there scheme worked. Township had the best opportunity of the period to score as they had a two man advantage for a full two minutes late in the period that carried over into the second, but they failed to capitalize.

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Wade Sander and Sean Fleming each had a hat trick as Rancocas Valley defeated Shawnee 9-4 at the Igloo. RV jumped out to an 8-0 lead through two periods and never looked back. Just a sophomore, Sander, playing in just his fifth game, scored the games first two goals, three minutes apart with John Czarnick assisting on both. Fleming made it 3-0 at the five minute mark. In a wild second period, RV broke open the game scoring five times, while Shawnee would spend a majority of the period killing off 10 penalties.

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Eddie Sarin had three goals and two assists as Washington Township defeated Williamstown 7-4 at Hollydell on Friday night. With the 5 points Sarin tied the single season scoring record held by Fred Brewer, set in the 2004-05 with 76 points (35g-41a). The opening period was one of the most entertaining periods of the season as both teams had numerous chances, Township had 13 shots and Williamstown 15, but the goalies, Mike Stoever for Township and Troy Altbaum, were at the top of their game. Jonathan Smith finally got things going for Township in the last two minutes of the period putting home a rebound of a shot by Sarin.

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Bob Campbell had three goals and Eric Mitchell and Alex Stewart added two goals each as Clearview recorded their first win of the season beating Delran 8-6 ah Hollydell. Delran, led by Jesse Gimbel with a hat trick is still winless as well, jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but Clearview bounced back. Having watched a fair amount of Clearview games, despite being winless, the effort has been there and we haven’t sensed any disruption, although I’m sure there was frustration. The last regular season win was January 2009 against Township.

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Billy Bascou and Darren Plotkin scored four goals each as Eastern outscored Lenape 13-7 in SJHSIHL action played at Voorhees. Kyle Young led Lenape with three goals. Lenape led 3-2 after the opening period and expanded the lead to 4-2 early in the second period as Scott Kreifels scored a power play goal in the first eight seconds of the period. But the Vikings would erupt for six goals over the next nine minutes to take a commanding 8-4 lead after two. Besides Bascou netting three, also contributing were Joshua

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After spotting Cherokee a 1-0 lead after the first period, Cinnaminson took control of the game offensively, winning 5-3 and out-shooting Cherokee 36-12. Dan Navarra was superb in nets for Cherokee, or the score could have been a lot worse. Leading 1-0 on a goal by Cole Zucker, Cherokee spent most of the second period trying to clear the puck out of their zone, and with the man advantage Cinnaminson tied the game as Taylor Arcani scored his fourth goal of the season midway through the second period.

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Over the last several year Shawnee and Cherokee have been two of the top teams in the SJHSIHL and have played there share of tough games, this year both teams were hit hard by graduation but showed at the Igloo that they are both maturing and despite Cherokee winning 5-3, Shawnee was very much in the entire game. Pat Mohnacs scored the lone goal of the first period, on the power play as Cherokee led 1-0. Shawnee would take a 2-1 lead midway through the second period on goals by Vince Tascione and Robert Willwerth.

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Third period goals by Tyler Woyshner and Alec Nicolai keyed a furious rally for Moorestown as they came back to tie Cinnaminson 5-5 in SJHSIHL action played at the Igloo. Cinnaminson led 2-0 after the first period on goals by Anthony Ianuzzi and Eric McDowell, Moorestown would come back to tie early in the second period on goals by Alex Hashmi and Nicolai. Cinnaminson seemed to take control of the game midway through the period scoring three goals in a span of four minutes to take a 5-2 lead.

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Matthew Scheeper had his first hat trick of the season as Vineland doubled up Lower Cape May 6-3 in Tier III action. Lower Cape May took a 1-0 lead as Aaron Saylor scored his first goal of the season. That lead lasted until the final thirty-six seconds of the period when Scheeper scored a power play goal. Right after the center ice face-off, Scheeper scored again to give Vineland a 2-1 lead. The goals came seven seconds apart, an unofficial record for Vineland.

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You can always count on a packed house and rabid fans anytime Clearview and Washington Township play, and usually a competitive game, but tonight Washington Township was too much for Clearview in a 10-0 romp. Justin Cogbill, Ryan Marker and Eddie Sarin each scored two goals to pace the Township offense. Clearview’s best scoring chance came midway through the second period with Bob Campbell having a breakaway, but Brandon Cusumano making the save. The game started out competitive as Township scored just three goals in the opening period despite launching 16 shots. Johnny Rey opened the scoring at the nine minute mark ripping home a shot with Eric Naccarelli getting the assist.

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Vincent Tascione scored two third period goals twelve seconds apart as Shawnee defeated Cinnaminson 3-2 at the Igloo. Evan Smith was strong in nets along with solid play by his defensemen. After a scoreless first period, Ian Smith scored the lone goal of the second period to give Shawnee a 1-0 lead heading into the third period.

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Shawnee jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held off a late charge by Williamstown in the 4-3 victory at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Losers of four out of the first five games to start the season Shawnee has battled back to even there record at 8-8-1. Mike Peccini and Kyle Popielarski staked Shawnee to a 2-0 lead after the first period. The lead grew to 3-0 as Ian Smith scored on a short-handed breakaway in the first five minutes of the second period. Anthony Derbyshire got one back on the same power play as Williamstown cut the lead to 3-1.

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After a 1-1 first period, Lenape allowed three goals, 15 shots and took eight penalties all in the second period as they fell to Rancocas Valley 6-3 in action played at the Igloo. John Czarnick led RV with two goals. Tied at 1-1 on goals by Czarnick for RV and Tom Burns for Lenape, the second period began with Lenape taking a 2-1 lead on a goal by Scott Kreifels just thirty seconds in, that lead was short-lived as thirty five seconds later Andrew Heinz tied the game at 2-2 on a feed from Sean Fleming. It was here that the game turned as Lenape would commit eight penalties in a span of seven minutes.

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Louie DeAngelo scored five goals as Washington Township had no problem with winless Delran 10-0 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Township started out slow but Eddie Sarin got things going at the nine minute mark scoring on the power play. From there Washington Township would score four more goals over the next seven minutes, two more on the power play and led 5-0 after the first period. Besides two by DeAngelo, Township got goals from Dylan Smith and Jonathan Smith as well.

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Washington Township used a six goal first period and went on to an 8-3 win over Shawnee. Ed Sarin led Township with four goals and Louie DeAngelo added two goals and three assists. With Township missing both varsity goalies, one due to illness and one due to an injury, freshman Pat Finnegan got his second consecutive start and allowed three goals. The real story was for Shawnee, missing both goalies, forward Vincent Misiewicz started in nets, and after that six goal first, played solid over the final two periods allowing just two goals the rest of the way.

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With limited time and very limited resources there are always going to be teams we don’t see enough of, in this case I’m talking about Tier 3. This division consists of 4 teams, Mainland, Cherry Hill West, Vineland and Lower Cape May. They are a part of the SJHSIHL and I’m sure at times, not intentionally, might not feel they have a voice. They are playing an abbreviated schedule, total of 9 games, and so far Mainland is 6-0 and James Brandon leads the league in goals with 14 and points with 22. Vineland is in second place and is led in scoring by Matt Scheeper and Alex Mereianin each with seven goals.

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Joe Carfagno scored three goals and a dominating second period led Cinnaminson over Williamstown 7-3 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The win was the third straight for Cinnaminson. Jonathan Ruiz led Williamstown with two goals. The teams traded goals in the first period as Rich Busch scored for Williamstown and Eric McDowell scored the first of his two goals on the power play. Early in the second period Cinnaminson dominated play early as they kept the puck in the offensive zone in the opening minutes and took the lead as McDowell tallied his second at the thirteen minute mark.

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Andrew Heinz scored with less than one minute left in the game as Rancocas Valley rallied to tie Eastern at 6-6 in a game played at the Igloo. Darren Plotkin led Eastern with three goals; Andrew Fleming had a hand on all six goals with five assists and one goal, John Czarnick scored twice for RV. Eastern led 2-1 after the first period on goals by Plotkin and Sam Seigledorf sandwiched around one by Czarnick. The Vikings took a 4-1 lead scoring two goals about ninety seconds apart early in the second period. First, Nicky Bascou scored the first of his two goals on the evening, to make it 3-1 then Plotkin put home his second of the night and the lead was 4-1.

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Dylan Smith scored three goals and Eddie Sarin added three as Washington Township had little problem in a 9-1 win over Lenape. Kyle Young scored the lone Lenape goal. The hat trick was the first for the senior forward in his varsity career and with just three goals coming into the game; he saw his goals double for the year. Township was in control from the opening seconds as Sarin scored just thirty seconds in for a 1-0 lead. Louie DeAngelo and Smith would each score about one minute apart midway through the period as the lead grew to 3-0.

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Coming off two straight losses and only averaging two goals in each of those defeats, Williamstown found some offense last night as Jonathan Ruiz scored four goals to lead Williamstown to an 8-5 win over Clearview. Bob Campbell led Clearview with three goals. Rich Busch added two for Williamstown. After spotting Clearview a 1-0 lead on a goal by Rob Savastano eight seconds into the game, Busch tied the score four minutes later poking home a loose puck. Ruiz gave the Braves a 2-1 lead with a blast from the slot and moments later would find the net from the top of the circle.

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Eddie Sarin had four goals and two assists and Louie DeAngelo added two goals and four assists as Washington Township defeated Eastern 8-4 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Township jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and never looked back. This was a game where Eastern could have made a statement, proving that they are one of the top teams, entering the game averaging over 7 goals a game and the top goal scorer in Billy Bascou. The Vikings never got anything going consistently on offend and Bascou was held to just one assist.

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These games are always exciting, because you don't who is going to show up for either team. The Cherokee Chiefs and the Moorestown Quakers like to play each other feisty and hard and this game didn't let me down. After getting thumped by the Chiefs the first time they played this season, it looked as if Moorestown came to play this game.

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Troy Altbaum stopped 37 shots as the Williamstown Braves defeated Cinnaminson 5-3 at Hollydell. The win was the seventh out of their last eight games and after starting the season 1-4, Williamstown has improved its record to 8-5. Balanced scoring and solid goaltending has guided the Braves through this streak. Five different players scored last night, with Jonathan Ruiz getting his team high 14th goal early in the period with Allan Haynes assisting. That goal gave Jonathan bragging rights as his older brother Tom, scored 13 goals in his sophomore season.

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Sean Fleming scored five times and Clearview surrendered four short-handed goals as Rancocas Valley edged Clearview 8-7 in SJHSIHL play at Hollydell. With the win RV evened its record at 6-6; Clearview is still searching for their first win. Ed Moore led Clearview with three goals. The story of this game was RV’s ability to create scoring opportunities while being a man down, and Clearview unable to generate much offense with the man advantage.

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Tyler Woyshner scored three goals as; including a short-handed goal with three minutes left in the game as Moorestown came away with a 6-3 win against Holy Cross in action played at the Igloo. Woyshner and Alec Nicolai scored first period goals to give Moorestown a 2-0 lead, with Cory Pedersen assisting on both goals. Pat Rushmore recorded his first varsity point assisting on Nicolai’s goal. Nick Cyr scored a short-handed goal for Holy Cross five minutes into the second period to cut the lead in half at 2-1.

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Scott Parker scored four goals and Vincent Tascione added three as Shawnee flew past Clearview 11-2 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Trailing 2-1 after the first period, Shawnee would score 10 goals over the final thirty minutes with 6 coming in the third period. Despite out-shooting Clearview 19-9 in the first period, Shawnee trailed 2-1 as Rob Savastano and Bob Campbell scored for Clearview sandwiched around a goal by Steve Nagy for Shawnee.

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Rich Busch scored two goals as Williamstown defeated Clearview 6-3 in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell on Friday night. With the win Williamstown improved to 6-5 on the season and moved into fifth place, Clearview is still searching for their first win of the season. Alex Stewart led Clearview with two goals. Busch gave Williamstown a 1-0 lead five minutes into the game Clearview would respond scoring twice over the final eight minutes to lead 2-1 heading into the second period.

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Coming into the game Washington Township was averaging eight goals per game but from the opening face-off it was quite clear that Holy Cross was not going to allow Washington Township to operate down low in the offensive zone and that part of the strategy worked as Township won 4-0. The problem stemmed from the lack of offense, as Holy Cross only had one shot each of the first two periods. Almost the entire first period was played in the Holy Cross zone and goalie CJ Byrd played strong in nets and just allowed a goal by Louie DeAngelo. Byrd stopped 12 shots and Holy Cross blocked at least another 12 shots while allowing the Township defenseman to run the offense.

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Jonathan Ruiz snapped a 1-1 game early in the third period scoring short-handed to propel Williamstown to a 4-2 win over Delran. The win put Williamstown at 5-5, while Delran is still searching for their first win of the season. Tyler Adams scored the lone goal of the first period as Delran led 1-0. Anthony Derbyshire tied the game at 1-1 scoring on the power play five minutes into the second period.

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Pat Mohnacs scored twice as Cherokee defeated Shawnee 4-1 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the win Cherokee moved into third place, one point ahead of Eastern. In a first period full of power play opportunities for Cherokee, they finally capitalized at the end of their third opportunity as Anthony Santisi gave his team a 1-0 lead. With another man advantage at the nine minute mark of the second period, Cherokee wasted no time capitalizing as Mohnacs scored his first goal of the game with Jason Spieker and Matt Maratea getting the assists.

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Pat Tricocci picked the perfect time to score his first goal of the season that came with twenty seven seconds left in the game as Rancocas Valley defeated Holy Cross 5-4 at the Igloo. Andrew Heinz led RV scoring a hat trick; Ryan Badger led Holy Cross with two goals. Holy Cross led throughout much of the game. In the first period Heinz scored twice in the opening five minutes to give RV a 2-0 lead. Holy Cross cut the lead to 2-1 as John Silverio connected for his third of the season at the eight minute mark.

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Louie DeAngelo scored four goals and Brandon Cusumano stopped 25 shots as Washington Township had little trouble with Williamstown in a 9-1 victory. Eddie Sarin chipped in with two goals and three assists, Rich Busch scored the lone Williamstown goal. Scoring five goals in the first period helped the Minutemen, with DeAngelo scoring twice, Sarin, Ryan Marker and right before the buzzer sounded Ryan Carr. Williamstown had had better second period offensively as they generated 14 shots, but Cusumano, who’s best save came on a short-handed breakaway by Kyle Parks, but Cusumano stoned him, and DeAngelo completed his hat trick and the period ended with Township in control at 6-1.

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Moorestown trailed 3-2 midway through the second period, but then exploded for four goals in a six minute span and went on to defeat Rancocas Valley 8-4 in action played at the Igloo on Monday night. Alec Nicolai led Moorestown with three goals; Andrew Heinz paced RV scoring two goals. RV led 1-0 early in the first as William Moliens scored his fourth goal of the season four minutes into the contest. Moorestown responded scoring two goals in less than two minutes as Nicolai tied the game at 1-1 at the nine minute mark, and Jack Ellison put Moorestown up 2-1 moments later.

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Billy Bascou scored four goals in leading the Eastern Vikings to a 9-4 win over Shawnee at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the win Eastern has moved to within two points of first place Washington Township and trails Moorestown but just one point. After jumping out to a quick 3-0 lead on two goals by Bascou and one by Darren Plotkin, Shawnee cut the lead to 3-2 scoring twice in the final two minutes of the period on goals by Vincent Tascione and Brendan Wainwright.

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Seven different players scored goals for Cinnaminson as they shut-out Clearview 7-0 in a SJHSIHL game played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Clearview only had seven players dressed and only trailed 1-0 after the first period as Derrick Yoder scored the lone goal for Cinnaminson. Cleaview goalie Collin Wiltsey faced 50 shots and while allowing seven goals was tested throughout the game. Kevin Roth, in nets for Cinnaminson faced just 13 shots in recording his second shut-out of the season and lowered his GAA to 2.59 third best amongst starters.

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Eddie Sarin scored four goals as Washington Township had little problem with Delran in a 10-1 victory. The win was the sixth straight for Township in front of a sparse crowd and gave the Minutemen a three point lead in the division. Louie DeAngelo opened the scoring early in the first period on a nice drop pass from Sarin. Kevin Mello made it 2-0 scoring his second goal of the year just about three minutes later. Delran did not generate much offense, but when they did Mike Stoever, starting just his fourth game in nets, was there to shut them down.

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Jonathan Ruiz scored a goal with under four minutes left in the game to snap a 3-3 tie and give Williamstown a 4-3 win over Holy Cross. The game was back and forth all night. First Holy Cross scored a power play goal early in the first period to jump out to a 1-0 lead. Two goals by Justin Cowley five minutes apart gave Williamstown a 2-1 advantage. Nick Cyr scored the first of his two goals on the night to tie the game at 2-2 as his shot seem to handcuff goalie Dan Matthews and just trickle into the net and that’s how the period would end.

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Washington Township capitalized on the man advantage as they scored five power play goals in defeating Cinnaminson 8-3 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Ryan Carr, Ryan Marker and Eddie Sarin led the offensive attack with two goals each and Louie DeAngelo had a goal and six assists. Donald Rudd led Cinnaminson with two goals. Coming into the game Cinnaminson, looking to rebound from an earlier 7-2 loss at the hands of Township, started back-up goalie Anthony Ianuzzi, in place of Kevin Roth. And despite giving up 8 goals, five were on the power play.

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Craig Rushmore stopped 31 shots as Moorestown defeated Holy Cross 4-2 at the Igloo on Monday night. With the loss Holy Cross is 0-2-2 in its last four games after starting the season with five straight wins. Moorestown led 1-0 after the first period as Alec Nicolai scored a power play goal, his eighth of the season. Most of the second period was scoreless until the final ninety seconds, when three goals were scored.

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Jonathan Ruiz scored three goals as Williamstown defeated Lenape 6-2 at Hollydell on Friday night. Coming off an embarrassing 10-0 loss at the hands of Eastern on Monday night, Williamstown rebounded nicely in getting there second win of the season. Taking control early was a key as Ruiz scored just three minutes into the game. Dominic Carusone made it 2-0 as he picked up a loose puck in the slot and with the goalie screened, scored his first goal of the year and after one period the lead was 2-0.

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Freshman John Belardine scored his first three goals of the season as Cherokee defeated Clearview 8-3 in SJHSIHL action on Friday evening. And all three goals were the last three goals scored by Cherokee. Cherokee was in command from the opening period as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first period. Casey Forte and Josh Westrom scored just about one minute apart midway through the opening stanza for a 2-0 lead. Herb Hutchinson made it 3-0 scoring on a backhander in the slot. In the closing seconds Jason Spieker gave Cherokee a 4-0 lead as he scored his team high sixth goal of the year.

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The Eastern Vikings continue to be the surprise of the SJHSIHL season so far as they remain undefeated with a 10- 0 win over Williamstown. Billy Bascou scored five goals and Sam Seigledorf added two to lead the Viking attack. Viking goalie Daisey Mase faced 18 shots in the second period and stopped all of them in her most impressive performance so far in this young season. Eastern leads the league in scoring averaging over 8 goals per game.

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Brandon Cusumano stopped all 26 shots as Washington Township defeated Rancocas Valley 5-0 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Eddie Sarin led Township with two goals. After leading just 1-0 after the first period, Township spent most of the second period killing off six minor penalties, in between killing the penalties Louie DeAngelo scored a power play goal to give Township a 2-0 lead after two periods.

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Steven Petite scored a power play goal with one second left in the game as Holy Cross rallied to tie Cinnaminson 2-2 at the Igloo. Cinnaminson led 1-0 after the first period on a power play goal scored by Nick Pidge, his third goal of the season. After Ryan Badger tied the game at 1-1 at the six minute mark of the second period, just about two minutes later, again on the power play, Cinnaminson took a 2-1 lead as Sean Joyce scored his third goal of the year.

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Robert Willwerth had two goals to lead Shawnee over Clearview 7-3 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Erik Heritage, Ed Moore and Shaun Riley scored the goals for Clearview. After Willwerth put Shawnee ahead 1-0 early in the game, Heritage tied it at 1-1 as he converted a great pass from Moore on the back end of a 2-on-1 break. Mike Molinari put Shawnee ahead for good near the end of the first period with Ian Smith and Scott Parker getting the assists.

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Billy Bascou scored six goals and freshman Alec Weinberg scored twice as Eastern defeated Clearview 12-6 at Hollydell ice rink on Friday night. With the win Eastern remains unbeaten on the season. The Vikings are enjoying some early season success, as they went from almost not having a team to 4-0-1 through their first five games. In addition they welcomed Josh and Alec Weinberg to the squad, Alec scored his first two varsity goals and his brother Josh chipped in with five assists.

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Louie DeAngelo scored three goals and added two assists as Washington Township defeated Cherry Hill East 10-3 in the SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell. Eddie Sarin and Jonathan Smith chipped in with two goals each for Township. Playing against a very young Cherry Hill East team, which dresses ninety percent under-classmen, Township went into the game a heavy favorite, just coming off a big win against Cinnaminson on Monday night. Six minutes into the game DeAngelo scored his first goal right up the slot with Dylan Smith and Pat Curiale assisting.

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CJ Byrd stopped all 24 shots as Holy Cross shut out Lenape 2-0 in action played at the Igloo. Charles Quigley and Trevor Alspach scored the goals for Holy Cross. With the win the Lancers remain undefeated and atop the division. After a scoreless first period, which saw Holy Cross have the last five minutes on three separate power plays but unable to score, they finally broke through as Quigley scored his second goal of the season early in the second period.

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Tyler Woyshner scored three goals and Alec Nicolai added two goals and three assists as Moorestown defeated Cherokee 6-1 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Woyshner scored both Moorestown goals in the opening period as Cherokee struggled to get going offensively, only able to launch one shot in the period. Matt Pietrifitta scored the lone goal of the second period for Moorestown, on the power play and the lead was just 3-0. Over the years a three goal deficit was not much for Cherokee but as they search to find their offense, three was more than enough.

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Brandon Cusumano stopped 33 shots and Eddie Sarin scored three more goals as Washington Township knocked off Cinnaminson 7-2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The loss was the first of the season for the Pirates. Township took control from the opening minute as Sarin put home a rebound just over one minute into the game. Midway through the period Ryan Marker scored the first of his two goals on the night as Township led 2-0 after the first period. Cusumano just a sophomore, getting his second start of the season, looked strong in the opening period.

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Garrett McLaverty scored three goals and Kevin Rafferty added two as Cinnaminson remained undefeated with an 8-1 win over Lenape. Kyle Young score the only goal for Lenape, early in the first period to give Lenape a 1-0 lead. Justin Nugent tied the score with a late goal as we ended the first period all even.

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Herbie Hutchinson scored two goals as Cherokee defeated Williamstown 6-3 in action played at Hollydell on Friday night. Bill Fennimore had given Williamstown a 1-0 lead scoring a power play goal in the first period, but Cherokee responded with two power play goals, one by Hutchinson and the other by Anthony Santisi to take a 2-1 lead after the first period.

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Cinnaminson built a 3-0 lead in the first period and held off Shawnee 4-2 in action played at the Igloo in Mt. Laurel. Kevin Rafferty led the attack with two goals for Cinnaminson as Shawnee suffered its third loss in four games. Goals by Kevin Rafferty, Sean Gault and Matt Fields on the power play gave Cinnaminson a 3-0 lead after one. Kevin Roth stopped all 13 shots for Cinnaminson. The teams traded goals in the second period with Joseph Vargin scoring short-handed for Shawnee to make it 3-1.

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Coming off an impressive win over Moorestown in their last game, Washington Township had all it could handle in a 4-4 game with Cherokee. The teams traded goals in the opening period as Anthony Santisi scored for Cherokee and John Rey tallied for Township. After Eddie Sarin scored on a breakaway to put Township ahead 2-1, Cherokee responded scoring seventeen seconds later to tie the score at 2-2.

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Sam Seigledorf scored with four seconds left as Eastern rallied to tie Clearview 5-5 in action played at Hollydell on Friday night. Alex Stewart had just scored with twenty seconds to put Clearview ahead 5-4. The game was back and forth all night as neither team could muster more than a one goal lead. Billy Bascou opened the scoring for Eastern on the power play as he weaved his way from one end of the ice to the other.

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In the first meeting of the season between two of the top teams in the SJHSIHL, Washington Township had little problem in handling Moorestown winning 10-5. Eddie Sarin led the attack with four goals and four assists, line mate Louie DeAngelo added two goal and two assists, and Ryan Marker chipped in two goals. Alex Hashmi and Matt Olbrich each scored twice for Moorestown.

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Williamstown spent half the second period short-handed, and Cherokee capitalized scoring two goals in the final ninety seconds to break open a close game and skate away with a 5-2 win. The teams traded goals in the first period as Bill Fennimore scored for Williamstown and Pat Mohnacs for Cherokee. Midway through the second period Jason Spieker scored the first of his two goals, as the defenseman fell down and Spieker broke in alone and put Cherokee ahead 2-1.

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Sewell, NJ – The Rowan University Ice Hockey team has started the 2009 season on a positive note with their second consecutive win, this time defeating league rival The College of New Jersey 8-3 in their official home opener. In addition to their fanatical fans, also in attendance were Glassboro State College hockey alumni, many who came from different parts of the country to watch and participate in Alumni Weekend events.

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Washington Township scored early and often as they skated past Shawnee 10-0 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Louie DeAngelo led Township with three goals and Eddie Sarin added two goals and four assists. Shawnee coming off a year that saw eight seniors graduate and 2 players transfer, will struggle offensively this season until they can get some continuity with their lines.

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The 2009-2010 season began for the SJHSIHL last night at Hollydell with Clearview hosting Cinnaminson, and the game lasted two periods as Cinnaminson won handily 10-0. Coming off a strong season last year, and losing just one senior Cinnaminson comes into the year as one of the favorites and with the start tonight, will be a force.

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Eddie Sarin had four goals and Louie DeAngelo had three assists as Washington Township began the high school hockey season with a 5-3 win over Archbishop Ryan. Township never trailed in the game and received strong play in nets from first Mike Stoever, who played the first half of the game and stopped 24 of 26 shots, and looked ready for the regular season. The teams traded goals in the opening period with Sarin giving Township a 1-0 lead but Ryan’s Camerlengo tied the game at 1-1 late in the period.

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As we begin our 12 season covering the SJHSIHL, we have seen many changes over the years some good, some questionable. This year they have decided to forgo the two divisions and have all 13 teams in one division. Did the league take the summer off and take the easy way out?? Coming off a year that saw the return of the All Star game, North vs. South, which by the way was very successful as well as entertaining. Why throw all the teams in one division??

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