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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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