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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