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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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