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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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