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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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