The Wings of Steel sled hockey team held its 4th annual fund raiser at Ramblewood Country Club on Friday April 29th and we were again blessed with excellent weather and the good people that attended in record numbers were amazing. With 192 golfers registered, the 27 holes were almost filled to capacity. With room for only 16 more golfers, we have something to shoot for next year. Once again we had the support of former Flyer greats Don Saleski and Bob Kelly, with WIP’s Brian Startare handling the evening festivities. This being the major fund raiser for the Wings of Steel team, much time and effort is given this outing as planning and preparations start in September.

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With another season come and gone, thought I’d reflect back on some issues we discussed at the end of last season and the beginning of this year. At the end of last season Cherokee was thinking of replacing head coach Mike Sullivan, but at the last minute decided not to make a change. And not only was it the right move, Cherokee went on to win the league championship and made the semi-finals of the Flyers Cup. As Mike would tell you, he’s got a good staff with Scott McKay and Steve Monaghan, and the kids bought into the system. There can’t be any grumblings from the board on this season, good job coaches!!

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Cherokee fresh off winning the SJHSIHL Championship continued their streak into the Flyers Cup reaching the semi-finals where they faced top ranked Council Rock South. That’s where the run ended as Council Rock South won 3-1 and advances to the finals against CB East.

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Washington Township coming off a strong season in the SJHSIHL came into the Flyers Cup as a #3 seed, and looked to advance into the semi-finals, but strong goaltending by Springfords’ Peter Esslinger, who stopped 37 shots led to a 4-2 defeat of the Minutemen. Sean McCabe scored the lone goal of the first period on the power play as Township carried much of the play but failed to dent Esslinger.

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After being denied an opportunity on Saturday to play, Athen Blaine closed out his Wings of Steel career scoring two goals and assisting on one more as the Wings of Steel defeated the Woodbridge Rangers 4-2 in the sled hockey championship game at Iceline in West Chester. The win was the 20th in a row for the Wings and capped off a great season with their second consecutive championship. Blaine scored the lone goal of the first period, with the teams matching lines in a very competitive and entertaining game as the young kids got most of the ice time.

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Michael Wilson scored five goals as the Wings of Steel defeated the Vineland Sled Stars 7-1 and advanced to the championship game against the Woodbridge Rangers. The Districts took place at the Iceline Arena in West Chester and despite the early start time of 8:30 AM, the Wings were determined to jump out early, especially in light of the classless act committed by the Vineland coach prior to the game. More on that later.

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Ben Basalma scored twice and Eddie Sarin added two goals and three assists as Washington Township defeated William Tennent 5-3 in their opening round game in the Flyers Cup at Voorhees Skate Zone. After Tennent took a 1-0 lead in the opening minutes, Township would tie the game as Sarin would bury a shot from down low on a nice pass from Eric Naccarelli. Early in the second period, on the power play, Justin Cogbill gave Township a 2-1 lead as he scored on a rebound of a shot by Sarin.

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Garnet Valley rallied to defeat Shawnee 4-3 in overtime in an opening round game in the Flyers Cup played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. After a scoreless first period the teams would combine for 5 goals in the second period with Shawnee getting goals from Jesse Pagliuso, Robert Willwerth and Daniel DeMarco. Scoring for Garnet Valley were Bryan Ely and Anthony Bertone. Leading 3-2 going into the third period and without your starting goalies, Shawnee was poised to pull the upset.

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Moorestown hosted Methacton at the Skate Zone in Voorhees in an opening round game in the Flyers Cup and lost 5-1 behind two goals from Anthony DiGrazio. Eric Schwartz scored the lone goal for Moorestown. Methacton jumped out to a 1-0 lead just over into minute into the game as Cory Melnick scored. Late in the period DiGrazio scored a power play goal to give Methacton a 2-0 lead.

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Macklin Kaiser broke a 5-5 tie scoring the game winner with forty seconds left as Shawnee defeated Cherokee 6-5 to win the JVA Championship in the SJHSIHL. Cherokee entered as the favorite having lost only 2 games all season, but tonight proved to be Shawnee’s night as five different players scored to lead a balanced attack. The teams traded goals in the first period with Mike Peccini giving Shawnee a 1-0 lead but David Mazilli would tie the score in the last 3 minutes of the period.

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Brian Clegg netted a hat trick and Patrick Rizzo added two goals as Holy Cross defeated Clearview 5-3 and won the JVB Title in action played at Hollydell on Thursday night. Coming into the game Clearview had won the division and suffered only one loss all season, that to Holy Cross as well.

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Jason Spieker scored with fifteen seconds left in overtime as Cherokee rallied to defeat Washington Township 6-5 and win the SJHSIHL Championship before a jammed packed crowd at the Skate Zone in Voorhees in one of the best playoff games in a long time. Cole Zucker once again came up huge for the Chiefs with his third hat trick of the playoffs. Jonathan Smith had a big night for Township scoring four goals. But once again the night was about the resiliency of Cherokee, the one characteristic that this team has shown all year, no matter the score, no matter the situation, they keep coming at you.

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Dan Navarra after surrendering a first period goal to Eddie Sarin, stopped 18 shots in the second period and Cherokee scored three times as they defeated Washington Township 3-1 before a packed house at Hollydell. The victory spoiled Townships anticipated celebration and they must now travel to Voorhees on Wednesday night for a deciding game in this double elimination format.

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Leading 4-1 going into the third period, Cherokee had to go to a shoot-out with Jason Spieker scoring the lone goal as the Chiefs beat Shawnee 5-4 and thus advance to the Championship game on Monday night against Washington Township at Hollydell. Face-off will be at 8:00. After Casey Forte scored the lone goal of the opening period to give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead, Shawnee had a chance to tie the game with a power play midway through the second period but Pat Mohnacs scored short-handed to make it 2-0. Spieker would then score on two consecutive shifts to give Cherokee a 4-0 advantage with just over three minutes left in the second period.

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Washington Township received goals from six different players, with Ben Basalma leading the way with two as they defeated Shawnee 7-2 in front of a packed house at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Ryan McCusker stopped 34 shots as Township advances to the Championship game having gone through the double elimination tournament undefeated. They will play the winner of the Cherokee-Shawnee game. Township never trailed as they scored twice in the opening period with Jonathan Smith and Eddie Sarin getting the goals. Sarin scored on the power play as Township controlled the play for much of the first period.

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Matt Olbrich scored two third period goals, including the game winner with forty eight seconds remaining as Moorestown defeated Williamstown 6-5 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees and ending the season for the Braves. The game was back and forth as both teams realized with a loss their season was over. Jacob Distasio led Williamstown with two goals and Alec Nicolai added two for Moorestown.

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Cole Zucker recorded his second varsity hat trick, both during this playoff run, as Cherokee defeated Clearview 6-3 at the Skate Zone on Monday night and ended the season for the Pioneers. Cherokee moves on and will face Moorestown next Monday night at 7:10 at Voorhees. Cherokee wasted little time as they scored two goals in the first two minutes of the game. Jason Spieker opened the scoring with a blast from the right circle just one minute into the game. Just about one minute later Zucker broke in and after his shot was kicked aside, Pat Mohnacs was there to put home the rebound and before you could settle into your seat it was 2-0.

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Once again SJIceHockey.com is pleased to announce our annual award recipients. This year there seemed 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 2010-2011 winners:

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Eddie Sarin scored three goals and Ryan McCusker stopped 26 shots as Washington Township rallied to defeat Clearview 6-4 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Friday night. Township now moves on to the winner bracket final and will face Shawnee on Monday February 21st. The winner of that contest goes into the championship game. Sarin gave Township a 1-0 lead as he won a face-off in the offensive zone and after getting the puck back from Shane Moffatt, ripped home a shot from the top of the circle. Clearview came right back about one minute later as Bob Campbell put home a rebound of a shot by Josh Gonzalez and we were tied at 1-1.

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William Sulpizio and Matt Olbrich scored two goals each as Moorestown scored four times in the third period to pull away from Holy Cross 7-1 and thus end the season for Holy Cross. Moorestown advances in the tournament and will play Williamstown, a 6-5 overtime winner against Cinnaminson. The teams traded goals in the opening period, first Alec Nicolai scored an unassisted goal as his shot deflected off a skate of a Holy Cross defenseman early in the period. Chris Burns would tie the score at 1-1 with less than four minutes left in the period as he put home a rebound of a shot by Brian Clegg.

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Steven Petitte tied the score with thirty four seconds left, and then scored the game winner in overtime as Holy Cross rallied to defeat Cherry Hill East 5-4 in playoff action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the loss Cherry Hill East is eliminated from the tournament. East led 2-1 after the first period on goals by Matthew Tarnopol and Dan Desrochers, after Chris Burns had given Holy Cross an early 1-0 advantage. Holy Cross tied the score early in the second period as Matt Gausel scored his first of the playoffs. With Ben Tice playing strong in goal for East, he faced 41 shots; East came back and scored twice in a three minute span.

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Justin Nugent scored twice to help Cinnaminson build a 3-0 lead and then withstood a rally by Lenape to win 4-2 and thus end the season for Lenape. Playing without starting goalie Jackson Burns, who was serving his last game of a 5 game suspension, defenseman Matt Cloud got his second straight playoff start and played tremendous as he faced 38 shots. Cinnaminson took a 1-0 lead at the six minute mark of the first period as defenseman Troy Pawlikowski, who played a strong physical game, made a good play at the point to keep the puck in the zone and slid it to Sean Joyce along the boards and he found Eric Kissinger who’s shot through a screen beat Cloud for a 1-0 lead. Late in the period Nugent scored a short-handed goal to make it 2-0 after one.

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Taylor Olson had a natural hat rick as Clearview beat Moorestown 3-2 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Friday night. Alex Nicolai had both goals for Moorestown. Olson opened the scoring in the first two minutes of the game scoring an unassisted goal. Nicolai tied the score at 1-1 midway through the period with Eric Schwartz and Michael Katz getting the assists.

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Ben Basalma had a hat trick as Washington Township defeated Cherry Hill East 8-3 in a playoff opener for Township at Hollydell ice rink. East was coming off an opening round win against Lenape and will now go into the losers’ bracket. Eddie Sarin and Garrett Quinn added two goals for the top seeded Minutemen. The teams were tied after the first period as Sarin and Dan Desrochers traded goals and Ben Tice stopped 12 of the 13 shots he faced.

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Council Rock South scored a power play goal with less than four minutes remaining in the game as they defeated Washington Township 5-4 in a cross-over game between two of the top teams in the tri-state area. Township won an earlier meeting 3-1. Patrick Grilli and Steve Junod each scored two goals for CRS; Jonathan Smith led Township with two goals. Smith gave Township a 1-0 lead just thirty seconds into the game, but that lead was short-lived as CRS scored a power play goal with Greg Aquaro getting the tally.

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Justin Nugent had six assists and Sean Joyce had a hat trick as Cinnaminson doubled up Holy Cross 8-4 in an opening round game at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Brandon Greenberg and Kevin Rafferty added two goals each for Cinnaminson while Steve Petitte had a hat trick for Holy Cross. Cinnaminson jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Nugent set-up Greenberg at the eleven minute mark and after winning the center ice face-off he sent Joyce in for his first goal of the night and suddenly Holy Cross was down two goals.

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Shawnee came into this playoff series averaging just over four goals a game and Williamstown just over six, but it was Shawnee that had the offense going in a 9-3 win at the Skate Zone on Monday night. Firing 43 shots Shawnee led eleven seconds into the game as Timmy Pagliuso scored the first of his two goals on the evening. Later in the period Danny Pagliuso deflected a shot into the net for a 2-0 lead. Meanwhile Williamstown was being swarmed by the Shawnee forwards, not allowing the Braves to generate much offense.

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Although we spoke about this throughout the league, we somehow missed posting on our site that Kyle Young set a Lenape team record by scoring six goals in one game as he led his team to a 7-5 win over Shawnee back on January 7th. With his team trailing 4-3 going into the third period, Young netted a hat trick to rally Lenape as he scored two goals in the opening two minutes of the period to give Lenape the lead for good at 5-4. Later in the period he iced the game scoring on the power play with just over three minutes remaining in the contest.

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With the second season upon us the SJHSIHL begins it’s double elimination tournament on Monday so we thought we would break down to see exactly who is peaking and who is struggling. Let’s begin with the Eastern Vikings. Tough year for Mike Pontonio to come out of retirement having coached teams in the past to multiple championships, the Vikings did not win a game this season, but in speaking to Coach Pontonio it was not for lack of effort. Don’t see Eastern advancing.

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Four different players scored for the Wings of Steel as they defeated the Bennett Blazers by a score of 4-2 in sled hockey action at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the win the Wings winning streak extended to 13 games after opening the season with consecutive losses. Andrew Wright opened the scoring for the Wings as he scored an unassisted goal midway through the opening period. Less than one minute later Ben Mayforth tied the score as he beat goalie Glen Schultz with a shot down low.

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In the third annual Junior-Senior Showcase game in the SJHSIHL held at the Skate Zone in Voorhees the North came back from a 3-0 deficit and beat the South 9-5. Vincent Tascione led the North with a goal and four assists and Tyler Pedersen added two goals. Jonathan Ruiz and Jared Hand led the South with two goals each. Tascione was voted the MVP for the game.

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Not to forget about the other Tier, the five teams that form the Tier III division are Cherry Hill West, Mainland, Lower Cape May, Egg Harbor Township and Vineland. These teams are not pure, meaning they could have players that live in the area of the school but don’t necessarily attend that school. For those fans of these teams we are also testing out a Complete Player Award for this level as well. Same rules apply. Here is how it will work; you must be registered to the site in order to vote. One vote per member, please. Voting will end on Saturday, February 19, 2011. Remember you are voting for the player that you feel is the best all-around player in Tier III. To vote you will click on the Poll Questions link on the front page.

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Anytime you try and start something new, it takes time for people to either embrace it or respond to it. The response in getting some recommendations was slow, but we finally received them and we are hopeful that you the fan take it seriously and objectively. Here is how it will work; you must be registered to the site in order to vote. One vote per member, please. Voting will end on Saturday, February 19th 2011. Remember you are voting for the player that you feel is the best all-around player in the league. To vote you will click on the Poll Questions link on the front page.

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Cherokee failed to capitalize on five power plays as Shawnee defeated the Chiefs 4-0 in the final regular season game for both teams. Robby Churchill scored the lone goal of the opening period, his sixth of the season. This came moments after Cherokee failed on a two-man advantage. Macklin Kaiser deflected a pass from Steve Nagy at the six minute mark of the second period to make it 2-0 Shawnee. Gavin Hambrose, in nets for Shawnee, stopped all 23 shots, not many second chances for the Chiefs in collecting his first win of the season.

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The SJHSIHL has released the roster for the Junior-Senior Showcase game to be played on Friday, January 28th at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Game time is 8:05PM. North Squad will be the home team and wear white and coached by Mike Sullivan of Cherokee. The South will be in the dark jerseys and coached by Mike Glick of Washington Township. We congratulate this year’s selection and look forward to another exciting contest. Here are the nominees for the North and South All-Stars...

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Matthew Asis notched his first varsity hat trick as Williamstown romped over winless Eastern 12-0 in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell. Williamstown scored at will in the first period as they set a team record for goals in a period with ten. Jonathan Ruiz and Vince Salvadori added two goals each as Williamstown moved into fourth place in the standings and has one game left against Holy Cross.

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Taylor Olson scored a natural hat trick and Bob Campbell broke a 3-3 tie in the games final two minutes as Clearview defeated Holy Cross 4-3 at Hollydell. Clearview never led until Campbell’s goal as Holly Cross played them tough throughout the game. Steven Petitte led Holy Cross with two goals. Holy Cross led 1-0 just six minutes into the game as Charles Quigley scored his sixth goal of the season. Olson tied the score at 1-1 later in the period.

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The SJHSIHL has released the nominees for the Junior-Senior Showcase game to be played on Friday, January 28th at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Each team was asked to nominate 3-4 players with a minimum of 2 players selected from every team. Here are the nominees for the North and South All-Stars…

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Taylor Olson scored twice as Clearview defeated Shawnee 4-2 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Dan Flaherty made 36 saves as Clearview improved to 7-9-2. Vince Tascione scored the only goal of the first period as Shawnee led 1-0. Olson tied the score early in the second period scoring a power play goal with Joe Paul getting the assist.

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As most of you know we have awards that we hand out each year and this year we have decided to add an award selected by you the fans called "The Complete Player Award". From a list suggested by the coaching staff throughout the league, there will be 4 or 5 choices to select from each registered member to our site will vote for whom they think, objectively of course (is that possible?). You cannot vote more than once and unless you are registered to the site with a valid e-mail, you cannot participate.

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Dan Navarra stopped 34 shots and five different players scored for the Chiefs as they defeated Williamstown 5-1 at Hollydell on Friday night. The key to the Williamstown offense runs through Jonathan Ruiz and he was held without a point. Ruiz leads the league in points with 56 and goals with 40. Blaise McCormick opened the scoring for Cherokee as he broke in with Pat Mohnacs 2-on1 and Mohnacs slid the puck to McCormick and his one-timer found the net and the Chiefs led 1-0. It was McCormick’s first goal of the season.

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Robert Willwerth had three goals and three assists and Vince Tascione added a hat trick as Shawnee breezed to an 11-3 win over Cherry Hill East in action played at Hollydell on Friday night. The game was originally scheduled at Voorhees for 9:30 but the league moved the Township-Clearview game to that slot and forcibly requested that East-Shawnee play at Hollydell. Unfortunately for East there was a school function and most of the team would have made the 9:30 time, but with the move only 8 players were available.

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Jason Spieker had a hand in on all the goals as Cherokee defeated Cinnaminson 5-1 in action played at the Igloo in Mt. Laurel. Spieker, who has missed some games due to injury, led Cherokee with three goals and two assists. Kevin Rafferty scored the lone Cinnaminson goal. After Rafferty gave Cinnaminson a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the game, Spieker would tie the game at 1-1 at the five minute mark scoring unassisted.

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Justin Cogbill scored two goals, both on the power play as Washington Township defeated Shawnee 6-2 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Brandon Cusumano got the start in nets and after giving up two goals in the first ten minutes of the game, shut the door on Shawnee the rest of the game. Shawnee scored with just one minute played as Vince Tascione notched his eleventh of the season, which leads the team.

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The rivalry between Washington Township and Clearview was renewed on Friday night as the team met at Hollydell in front of a capacity crowd and around 14 policemen. Township came back from a two goal deficit to win 5-4. Kevin Mello paced the Township attack with two goals. Ed Moore and Taylor Olson led Clearview with two goals each. Clearview jumped out early as they capitalized on the power play just over one minute into the game with Moore burying a nice feed from Eric Mitchell. Later in the period Clearview made it 2-0 as Olson scored his fifth goal of the season. It was at this point that the game changed, Township Coach Glick called a timeout and reminded his team of the game plan, immediately after the timeout, Mello scored his first of two goals to cut the lead to 2-1.

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Buddy Robinson, former standout star for the Gloucester Catholic Rams has received a scholarship to play Division 1 hockey for Lake Superior State, in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. Currently, Buddy is playing for the Hamilton Red Wings of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and is one of the team’s top players. Life for a hockey player can be hectic and overwhelming and is just as crazy for his family, between the different teams, the travel, not to mention the financial sacrifice.

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Vineland scored three goals in the final seven minutes of the third period to salvage a tie with Cherry Hill West at 9-9. Vineland is still looking for their first win of the season, though they have two ties, both against West. Dylan Fisher led Vineland with four goals and two assists with Trevor Simpson adding a hat trick. Marty Bell led Cherry Hill West with four goals and Tom McGlynn added two.

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Moorestown built a 3-0 lead and had to hang to defeat Cinnaminson 3-2 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Chris Carnivale scored the lone goal of the first period to give Moorestown a 1-0 lead. Early in the second period Alec Nicolai broke in with Eric Schwartz on a 2-on1 as Nicolai drew over the defenseman; he slid the puck to Schwartz who buried the shot for his sixth goal of the year and a 2-0 lead.

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Eddie Sarin is arguably one of the best all-around players to play for Washington Township and with his hat trick against the winless Vikings; he surpassed a milestone in his varsity career, 100 regular season goals. Washington Township won going away 13-1 as Ben Basalma also had a hat trick and the game was over after an eight goal opening period. Steve Sailor added two goals.

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Alec Nicolai notched his fourth goal of the night in the last minute as Moorestown rallied to tie Williamstown 8-8 in an offensive display played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Williamstown did win the shootout 2-1 and will have a tie breaker advantage over Moorestown should they need it to determine playoff position with Jonathan Ruiz converting on the Braves last attempt. Ruiz led the Braves attack with a hat trick. It was an uphill battle for Williamstown for most of the night as they trailed throughout. Moorestown jumped out to a 2-0 lead just three minutes into the game, first Nicolai and Matt Olbrich hooked up on a give and go, with Nicolai benefitting from the pass.

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Everything seemed to be working for the SJHSIHL as they had a great game scheduled between Washington Township and neighboring Williamstown, the rink was near capacity and the game was tied late in the second period at 4-4. What happened over the next few minutes was, in a word ugly.

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Ed Moore scored five goals as Clearview routed Eastern 12-2 in a SJHSIHL game played at Hollydell on Friday night. Eastern, still looking for that first win, only had eight skaters make the trip and actually led 1-0 just under four minutes into the game as Khan BaderKareem notched his first goal of the season. Clearview would respond scoring six goals over the next ten minutes to break open the game.

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Washington Township continued its strong play as they defeated unbeaten Council Rock South 3-1 in a crossover game played at Hollydell. Solid goaltending and good defense once again keyed the Township win with Pat Finnegan getting the start in goal and allowing just one goal, that on the power play. Council Rock South, a 2009 Flyers Cup Champion, plays in the Suburban Hockey League and currently is undefeated at 10-0 in league play.

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Jonathan Ruiz scored six goals as Williamstown handled Cinnaminson 7-2 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the win Williamstown moved into third place and will meet up with Washington Township on Friday night at Hollydell. This game was all Ruiz as he opened the scoring in the games first two minutes and after Justin Nugent tied the score at 1-1, Ruiz would add three more over the next two minutes, scoring once on a short-handed break and another on the power play and one even-strength with Chris Brown getting the assist.

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Ryan McCusker stopped 12 shots in the third period as Washington Township held on for a 3-2 win over Cherokee and took over sole possession of first place in the SJHSIHL. Through two period Cherokee had managed just a total of 11 shots as Township came out early and aggressively attacked the puck. After a scoreless first period that saw Cherokee goalie Dan Navarra make several big saves, Township capitalized on the power play in the first three minutes of the second period to lead 1-0. Jonathan Smith made the play as he circled around the net and found Eddie Sarin camped down low, a spot where he does his best work, and Sarin banged home his team high 14th goal.

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Lenape scored four goals in the first period on their way to an 8-0 win over the Eastern Vikings. Seven different players scored for Lenape led by two goals by Zach Spear. Jackson Burns stopped all 21 shots he faced as Lenape won for the fifth time this season. After Jordan Kreifels gave Lenape a 1-0 lead at the four minute mark, Eastern went on the power play at the ten minute mark, with a chance to tie the game, instead they surrendered three short-handed goals over the next two minutes and now trailed 4-0, Scoring for Lenape were, Kyle Young, Chris Popp and Matt Cloud.

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Cole Zucker scored with three minutes left in the game as Cherokee rallied to tie Clearview 4-4 in SJHSIHL action at Hollydell. Since starting the season with just one win in their first seven games, Clearview has gone 3-1-2 in their last six. Goaltending and defense has been the main turn around, after surrendering over 5 goals a game in the first seven, head coach Joe Walters has seen his team rebound in the last six games and just allow over 3 goals per game.

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The only disappointing fact after last night’s game between Cherokee and Moorestown, which ended at 2-2, is that we now have to wait till February before these two teams play again. The geniuses that put the schedule together did not take into consideration the intense rivalry these two teams have built over the years and not having them playing late in January with possibly having first place and the top seed on the line is borderline criminal.

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Mainland rebounded from its first loss in three years as they defeated Cherry Hill West 6-3 as Billy Tomlin led the offense with two goals. Dennis Padick scored the lone goal of the first period as he scored unassisted in the final seconds. Mainland once again scored late in the second period, one on the power play by Adrian Kuzniarowicz to make it 2-0 and Tomlin in the final minute to give Mainland a 3-0 lead going into the final period.

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Austin Haslett’s second goal of the game with twelve seconds left gave Washington Township JVA a much earned tie with division leading Cherokee at 4-4. Cherokee entered the contest with just one loss in eight games and Township battled the Chiefs throughout and spent a lot of time killing penalties the last half of the game, including two in the final five minutes and it took a 3-on-1 break at the end to salvage a point.

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It was a tale of two halves, Clearview won the first half 3-0 and Cinnaminson won the second half, as the teams battled to a 3-3 tie in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell on Friday night. Alex Stewart put Clearview on top just over four minutes into the game and that lead became 2-0 as David Hall scored on a breakaway with just over five minutes left in the opening period.

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When it comes time for Flyers Cup selection, the committee after reviewing the nominated teams will look at cross-over games and playing non-league games is always looked on favorably. So Township president Ed Sarin scheduled an exhibition game against Pennsbury during the practice time allotted to Township at Hollydell on Wednesday. Township won 8-4 as both Eddie Sarin and Jonathan Smith had a hat trick for Township.

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Clearview battled Cherokee most of the game but two third period goals allowed Cherokee to pull away to a 5-2 victory over the hard charging Pioneers. Kelly Farinella stopped 23 shots while improving her record to 5-0. Balanced scoring was once again the key for Cherokee as five different players scored goals. Mike Vulpio gave Clearview a 1-0 lead early in the game scoring on the power play with Eric Mitchell and David Hall assisting.

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Ben Tice stopped 34 shots, including 16 in the third period as Cherry Hill East held off Lenape 4-3 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Lenape scored the lone goal of the opening period with Dan Blash notching his first of the season. East tied the game at 1-1 at the ten minute mark of the second period with Jake Soloway getting his first varsity goal. Less than three minutes later Tyler Caton gave East the lead for good with Eric Simone getting the assist and after two periods East led 2-1.

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Shawnee used a three goal third period to erase a 3-0 deficit and earn a tie with Williamstown at 3-3. The game was played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees with Robby Churchill getting the tying goal in the final three minutes. After a scoreless first period Williamstown used goals by Jonathan Ruiz, Rich Busch and Jacob Distasio to build a 3-0 lead as Troy Altbaum stopped all nine shots for Williamstown.

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It may have been Lancers vs Lancers but it wasn’t an inter-squad scrimmage. If you looked closely, you would have noticed the coaches were a little older, uniforms a little faded, and players a little rustier. It was Alumni vs Alumni in the First Annual Lancers Alumni Ice Hockey Game held at the Igloo on Saturday the 27th. Approximately 40 players unpacked their jerseys and dusted off their skates for a chance to play with or against their former teammates.

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Eric Mitchell and Alex Stewart each had a hat trick as Clearview defeated Eastern 9-3 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The win was the third in a row for the View, the Vikings fell to 0-9. Stewart got things going early for Clearview as he scored just two minutes into the contest. Ross Mintzer would tie the game for Eastern seconds later as he scored his first goal of the season. Clearview would then score five consecutive goals over the next twelve minutes, two in the last six minutes of the first period, with Mike Vulpio putting Clearview ahead for good at 2-1 and David Hall getting his first goal of the season for a 3-1 lead after one period.

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Cherokee fired 41 shots at East goalie Ben Tice and managed to get four past him as the Chiefs defeated Cherry Hill East 4-2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Leading just 1-0 after the first period on a goal by John Quinlan, his first of the season, the Chiefs made it 2-0 as Casey Forte scored at the nine minute mark. Tice kept the Chiefs off the board earlier in the period as they had consecutive power plays and failed to score.

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Athan Blaine scored all four goals and Steve O’Brien made 27 saves as the Wings of Steel defeated the Atlantic Hammerheads 4-2 in a sled hockey game played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Jack O’Grady put the Hammerheads up 1-0 just four minutes into the game. That lead held up until early in the second period as Athan scored on a breakaway to tie the score at 1-1.

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Ryan McCusker got the start in nets for Washington Township and shut out Holy Cross 3-0 at Hollydell on Friday night. Township seemed sluggish offensively and led just 1-0 after the first period, with Eric Naccarelli getting the lone goal in the final seconds of the period. Holy Cross would create some opportunities in the second period, with John Silverio having two good chances, one on a break, but McCusker stood tall.

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Ed Moore scored two goals as Clearview built a 4-1 lead and withstood a late flurry by Williamstown and hung on to upset the Braves 5-4 in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell on Friday night. After getting off to a slow start this season, Clearview has played well in there last 3 games, going 2-1 and the loss was by one goal to defending champ Moorestown.

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In a battle between two teams looking for their first win of the season, Holy Cross prevailed over Eastern 5-2 in action played in Voorhees. After a scoreless first period, the Vikings took a 2-0 lead as Sam Seigeldorf scored twice in the opening six minutes of the second period. John Silverio would then score a natural hat trick over the next four minutes to put Holy Cross up 3-2.

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Jonathan Ruiz had a hat trick as Williamstown used a four goal first period to fly by Lenape 8-2 in a game plated at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Matthew Asis got things going for Williamstown just three minutes into the game as he scored his second goal of the season to give Williamstown a 1-0 lead. Ruiz would score the next two goals for the Braves with Mike Quigley getting the assist on one goal and Williamstown was in command at 3-0.

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Jacob Distasio scored twice and Kyle Parks had a goal and two assists as Williamstown rallied to beat Cherry Hill East 7-4 in a SJHSIHL game played at Hollydell. Jonathan Ruiz also scored two goals for the Braves. After a scoreless first period the teams combined for seven goals in the second period. East jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Jared Hand and Dan Desrochers just over two minutes into the second period.

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Clearview scored four goals in the second period and went on to defeat Lenape 6-3 at Hollydell ice arena on Friday night. Ed Moore led Clearview with two goals. The win snapped a three game losing streak for Clearview. This was by far the best performance for Clearview as they played a full 45 minutes and helped out defensively in limiting Lenape to not many second chance rebounds.

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Jonathan Smith had two game tying goals, the last on coming on the power play in the final two minutes of regulation as Washington Township rallied to tie Moorestown 4-4 in a SJHSIHL game played at the Igloo. Moorestown jumped out to a 2-0 lead just seven minutes into the game as William Sulpizio and Michael Katz got Moorestown off quickly. Eddie Sarin got Township going as he scored an unassisted goal to cut the lead to 2-1.

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Robert Willwerth scored two goals in the first four minutes of the third period, to break open a close game as Shawnee defeated Eastern 5-3 in a game played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The loss kept the Vikings winless on the season. The teams traded goals in the first period, with Jesse Pagliuso giving Shawnee a 1-0 lead, but Marc Duyan got the equalizer for Eastern, scoring his third goal of the season with five minutes left in the period.

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Dan Navarra stopped 32 shots as Cherokee defeated Cinnaminson 7-2 in a battle of two of the top teams in the SJHSIHL. Brandon Gidel led Cherokee with two goals and five different players also scored for the Chiefs. Sean Joyce and Justin Nugent scored the goals for Cinnaminson. Both teams entered the contest with each having just one loss and both teams wanted to get a quick start. Cinnaminson controlled much of the play for the first period, peppering Navarra with 13 shots while Cherokee would manage only six. Every time Navarra would rob Cinnaminson of a goal, Cherokee would come down and score.

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Each week we will post some highlights from the Tier III games, which consists of the following teams: Cherry Hill West, Egg Harbor Township, Lower Cape May, Mainland and Vineland. Here are the highlights from week one; Mainland jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first twelve minutes of the game and went on to defeat Egg Harbor Township 9-3. Paddy McFadden and Dennis Padick led Mainland with two goals each; Ronnie Gras led Egg Harbor Township with two goals. Also scoring for Mainland was Austin Klock, Brandon Seelig, Peter Anderson, Joseph Laird and Ryan Smallwood. Stef Harden had the other goal for Egg Harbor Township.

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Playing at home against a team still in search of its first win Washington Township started slowly but finished strongly in a 12-2 defeat of the Eastern Vikings in action played at Hollydell on Friday night. Freshman Ryan McCusker got the start in nets for Township and faced just one shot in the first period. Township managed just one goal, scored by Steven Sailor, a deflection off an Eastern player. Eastern tied the game at 1-1 in the first five minutes of the second period as Marc Duyan got the equalizer.

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Troy Altbaum stopped 33 shots as Williamstown rallied from two down and surprised Moorestown with a 5-3 win at the Voorhees Skate Zone. Jonathan Ruiz led Williamstown with two goals; Ryan Volosin netted two goals for Moorestown. Volosin scored the first two goals of the game as Moorestown led 2-0 with less than seven minutes played. And with Moorestown on the power play with a chance to increase the lead, Jacob Distasio scored a shorthanded goal to cut the lead to 2-1. That goal seemed to swing the momentum towards Williamstown and Nick Gomez would score a power play goal three minutes later and we would end the period at 2-2.

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Eric Simone had a goal and three assists and Jared Hand scored twice as Cherry Hill East defeated Clearview 4-2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday evening. After a scoreless first period, Kyle Montgomery scored an early goal in the second period to give Clearview a 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later Simone tied the score at 1-1 with Tyler Caton getting the assist.

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Eight different players scored for Cherokee as they ran away from Eastern 10-3 in action played in Voorhees. Casey Forte and Dylan Bradley led the Chiefs attack with two goals each. Nicky Bascou led the Vikings with two goals. Casey Graham got Cherokee on the board early as the result of some good work by Zach Tiernan along the boards as he kept the puck in and after his initial shot was stopped, Graham put home the rebound. Bascou would tie the game a few minutes later scoring on the power play.

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Evan Smith stopped 22 shots, including 11 in the third period as Shawnee defeated Lenape 3-1 in a SJHSIHL game played at the Igloo in Mt. Laurel on Monday night. With the win Shawnee improved to 3-2 on the season. Danny Pagliuso scored the only goal of the first period as Shawnee took a 1-0 lead. Shawnee controlled much of the play in the second period firing 15 shots against Lenape goaltender Jackson Burns, but only one eluded Burns, and that was a power play goal scored by Bryan Etter, his first of the season.

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Jonathan Ruiz scored with less than five minutes left in the third period as Williamstown rallied to beat Holy Cross 6-5 in a game played at the Igloo in Mt. Laurel. The goal completed a hat trick for Ruiz and goalie Troy Altbaum turned aside 35 shots in winning his second straight game in nets. Charles Quigley led the Holy Cross attack with two goals.

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Matt Olbrich scored two goals and Tyler Griffis stopped 27 shots as Moorestown defeated Cherokee 6-4 at the Igloo in Mt Laurel on Monday night. The loss was the first one suffered by Cherokee. Pat Mohnacs led the Chiefs attack with two goals. The opening period was a seesaw battle as the teams combined for five goals. Cole Zucker gave Cherokee a 1-0 lead with the game less than two minutes old. Olbrich would tie the score at 1-1 just over two minutes later with Alec Nicolai getting the assist.

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Eastern had some positives to build on despite a 9-6 loss to Lenape at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Jordan Kreifels and Zach Spear led the balanced Lenape attack with two goals each. For Eastern, offensively they moved the puck better and definitely controlled play for much of the first period. Matt Herbert, who led the Vikings with a hat trick, is a strong offensive threat. Freshman goalie Callan Pyfer, despite surrendering six of the goals, could have used some help from his defense.

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Pat Nugent had a hat trick and Kevin Rafferty added two goals as Cinnaminson defeated Clearview 6-2 at Voorhees on Monday night. Joe Paul scored both Clearview goals. After spotting Clearview a 1-0 just two minutes into the game, Cinnaminson would score three goals in a span of four minutes, with Garrett McLaverty tying the score at 1-1 at the four minute mark and Nugent scoring goals on consecutive shifts to put Cinnaminson up 3-1.

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Michael Wilson notched two goals and assisted on two others as the Wings of Steel defeated the Woodbridge Rangers 4-1 in a sled hockey game played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Saturday. Having opened the season with consecutive losses to Woodbridge, the Wings were determined to get back on track at home. Wilson got them going early as he scored from down low early in the first period to make it 1-0. Later in the period Wilson went coast to coast and beat the goalie once again down low for a 2-0 lead.

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Eric Mitchell put home a rebound of a shot by Ed Moore with less than four minutes remaining in the game to snap a 1-1 game as Clearview beat Holy Cross 2-1 in a game played at Hollydell. Coming off a tough year last season where the View won just 2 games, and did not win there first until game eighteen, they got a solid performance from net minder Dan Flaherty and the defense limited Holy Cross to second chances.

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Jonathan Ruiz scored four goals and Allan Haynes added two more as Williamstown defeated Eastern 9-3 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The game marked the return of the former coach of the Vikings, Mike Pontonio, who was a very successful coach for the Vikings from the late 1990’s to mid 2000’s, winning a couple titles along the way. Williamstown started quickly as Rich Busch scored just thirteen seconds into the game to give the Braves a 1-0 lead. Midway through the period Ruiz would score two goals just over one minute apart, the second on the power play and the lead was 3-0.

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Dan Navarra stopped 21 of 22 shots and Cole Zucker scored two goals to lead the Cherokee Chiefs over Washington Township 4-1 at Hollydell on Friday night. After a tight checking opening period, Eddie Sarin scored the only goal late in the period as his blast from the top of the right circle found the far top corner and Township led 1-0. That was all Navarra would give up as he controlled the rebounds and his defense kept the front clear so no rebounds were available for Township.

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Jonathan Ruiz scored four goals and Jacob Distasio added three as Williamstown scored six goals in the opening period and breezed by Clearview 13-3 in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell. Ed Moore led Clearview with two goals. It started out good for Clearview as Moore gave them a quick 1-0 lead just under one minute into the game. Williamstown would score the next six goals of the game to take control. After Distasio tied the score at 1-1, Chris Brown scored his first of two goals to give Williamstown the lead for good at 2-1.

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Ben Tice stopped all 32 shots and Eric Simone scored two goals as Cherry Hill East got their first win of the season in defeating Clearview 5-0. East jumped out early as Sam Kaufman converted on a feed from Simone just three minutes into the game, scoring from down low on the short side. Clearview had a chance to tie the game late in the period as they were on the power play, but Tyler Caton, set-up behind the net found Simone in front and his shot went through the five-hole and East led 2-0 heading into the second period.

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Alec Nicolai scored four goals and Dylan Chesney added two as Moorestown rebounded from an opening night loss to deal Lenape a 9-1 defeat. After surrendering nine goals to Township, Tyler Griffis came back to surrender just one, and that was early in the first period. After Nicolai gave Moorestown a 1-0 advantage just over two minutes into the game, Scott Siracusano tied the score for Lenape at 1-1 with Zach Spear assisting. Moorestown would explode for four goals over the next six minutes to take a commanding 5-1 lead. Chesney would score two goals, sandwiched between one by Nicolai and one by Chris Carnivale.

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Dan Desrochers scored his second power play goal of the game with less than five minutes left in the game as Cherry Hill East rallied to tie Holy Cross 3-3. After a scoreless first period both teams found the net in the second period as they combined to score five goals, with three coming on the power play. John Silverio put Holy Cross ahead 1-0 finishing off a play with assists to Chris Burns and Charles Quigley. Desrochers would get his first goal to tie the score at 1-1 with Eric Simone getting the lone assist.

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You could not have scripted this opener any better for new Washington Township coach Mike Glick, right out of the gate you play the defending champ Moorestown with a chance to see how you stack up. The answer was pretty good as they took over control of the game midway through the second period and out-scored Moorestown 9-6 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Another good sign for Township was that senior forward and league MVP Eddie Sarin did not have to carry the scoring load. Sure he had his normal three point night, with a goal and two assists, but three players stepped up and made an immediate contribution.

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Cherokee opened the 2010-2011 season easily defeating Williamstown 9-5 in Tier I action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Pat Mohnacs led the attack with three goals. Getting the start in nets for Cherokee was freshman goalie Kelly Farinella, the first female to ever start the first game in nets for the Chiefs. Another interesting stat was last season the Chiefs struggled to score goals averaging less than 5 goals per game, and only scored nine goals in one game, and that occurred in game 16. This team is young and showed some speed and looks like they could be a contender.

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Summer is over and hockey season is upon us as the teams from the SJHSIHL will begin playing this week less two teams. Delran and Rancocas Valley have dropped out of the league leaving 11 teams in the league. The season will consist of 20 games, with everyone playing each other twice. Moorestown will open defense of its title on Monday October 4th against Washington Township at Voorhees at 8:50. Township is led by new coach Mike Glick and returns its best player in Eddie Sarin. Moorestown also has one of their top players returning in Alec Nicolai. Should be a good test for both teams.

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It’s the start of a new season, hopes are high, optimism is running rampant and the fans are showing up. Over the last few seasons, and particularly since Ed Sarin was appointed president of the club, Washington Township has started their season with a cross-over game with teams from Pennsylvania, and although they do not count in the league standings, these games are important come Flyers Cup selection time. This year the rink was packed, especially for a Friday night, as the scheduling gods would have it, the football team played last night, the opponent was Archbishop Wood, a team that plays its games in the Suburban league, and last year they finished 11-11.

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