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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Robert White stopped all 18 shots and Matt Olbrich netted three goals as Moorestown defeated Holy Cross 5-0 at the Igloo in Mt. Laurel. Alec Nicolai added four assists as Moorestown improved to 2-1 on the season. After a scoreless first period, Olbrich gave Moorestown a 1-0 lead as he converted a feed from Nicolai five minutes into the period. Just about five minutes later, the lead became 2-0 as the Olbrich-Nicolai combo clicked again.

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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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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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