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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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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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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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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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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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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Ed Moore scored five goals as Clearview routed Eastern 12-2 in a SJHSIHL game played at Hollydell on Friday night. Eastern, still looking for that first win, only had eight skaters make the trip and actually led 1-0 just under four minutes into the game as Khan BaderKareem notched his first goal of the season. Clearview would respond scoring six goals over the next ten minutes to break open the game.

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Lenape scored four goals in the first period on their way to an 8-0 win over the Eastern Vikings. Seven different players scored for Lenape led by two goals by Zach Spear. Jackson Burns stopped all 21 shots he faced as Lenape won for the fifth time this season. After Jordan Kreifels gave Lenape a 1-0 lead at the four minute mark, Eastern went on the power play at the ten minute mark, with a chance to tie the game, instead they surrendered three short-handed goals over the next two minutes and now trailed 4-0, Scoring for Lenape were, Kyle Young, Chris Popp and Matt Cloud.

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Eric Mitchell and Alex Stewart each had a hat trick as Clearview defeated Eastern 9-3 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The win was the third in a row for the View, the Vikings fell to 0-9. Stewart got things going early for Clearview as he scored just two minutes into the contest. Ross Mintzer would tie the game for Eastern seconds later as he scored his first goal of the season. Clearview would then score five consecutive goals over the next twelve minutes, two in the last six minutes of the first period, with Mike Vulpio putting Clearview ahead for good at 2-1 and David Hall getting his first goal of the season for a 3-1 lead after one period.

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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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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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Playing at home against a team still in search of its first win Washington Township started slowly but finished strongly in a 12-2 defeat of the Eastern Vikings in action played at Hollydell on Friday night. Freshman Ryan McCusker got the start in nets for Township and faced just one shot in the first period. Township managed just one goal, scored by Steven Sailor, a deflection off an Eastern player. Eastern tied the game at 1-1 in the first five minutes of the second period as Marc Duyan got the equalizer.

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Eight different players scored for Cherokee as they ran away from Eastern 10-3 in action played in Voorhees. Casey Forte and Dylan Bradley led the Chiefs attack with two goals each. Nicky Bascou led the Vikings with two goals. Casey Graham got Cherokee on the board early as the result of some good work by Zach Tiernan along the boards as he kept the puck in and after his initial shot was stopped, Graham put home the rebound. Bascou would tie the game a few minutes later scoring on the power play.

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Eastern had some positives to build on despite a 9-6 loss to Lenape at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Jordan Kreifels and Zach Spear led the balanced Lenape attack with two goals each. For Eastern, offensively they moved the puck better and definitely controlled play for much of the first period. Matt Herbert, who led the Vikings with a hat trick, is a strong offensive threat. Freshman goalie Callan Pyfer, despite surrendering six of the goals, could have used some help from his defense.

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Jonathan Ruiz scored four goals and Allan Haynes added two more as Williamstown defeated Eastern 9-3 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The game marked the return of the former coach of the Vikings, Mike Pontonio, who was a very successful coach for the Vikings from the late 1990’s to mid 2000’s, winning a couple titles along the way. Williamstown started quickly as Rich Busch scored just thirteen seconds into the game to give the Braves a 1-0 lead. Midway through the period Ruiz would score two goals just over one minute apart, the second on the power play and the lead was 3-0.

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