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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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