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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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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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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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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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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