I watched a coach have his team gather around a television that had been rolled into the gym. I was thinking, they're about to watch some game film, boy was I wrong! This coach pulls out the "Insanity" DVD. The issue, as I see is it is this, the head coach will let their team know how important any aspect of their program is by how much attention they give to it. Case in point, when a coach is going over an offense or defense, do you honestly believe they would pop in a DVD to show the team? I don't believe so, that coach would be teaching, interacting with their team. They would be encouraging cajoling doing things that coaches do.

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With the season officially over, just wanted to get some random thoughts off my mind and maybe tie up some loose ends…

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Matt Cloud had three goals and Brian Miller added two as Team Briere defeated team Giroux 11-2 last night at Hollydell. The game was close after two periods but Team Briere blew the game open with six goals in the third period. Brandon Mead scored twice for Team Giroux. This year the league supplied jerseys and socks to each player. And Joe Walters supplied both teams with hoodies as well.

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We are leaving it up to you. Go to our Poll Questions page and help us select this year's Leadership Award which will be presented before the Junior-Senior Showcase. Two seniors from each Tier I team was selected by their coaches to be represented in letting the fans vote for their Leadership recipient. The voting will end on Tuesday, February 26th at midnight. Your final vote will determine who wins the Leadership Award.

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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 2012-2013 winners:

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Black Horse used a five goal second period to defeat Cinnaminson 6-1 and end the season for the Pirates. Leading just 1-0 after one period on a goal by Kody Reilly, his first of two on the night, Black Horse would go on to score four goals in a span of six minutes to break open the game.

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Moorestown, H/L/V and Riverfront all enter the double elimination Tournament as the top seeds, however it’s not where you start but how you finish. Let’s take a look at each Tier:

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Andrew Dolan scored two goals, one on the power play and one short-handed as the EEW defeated Cinnaminson 4-1 in an opening round game in the Tier II playoff double elimination tournament. After Cinnaminson scored the lone goal of the first period, Peter Selnek scoring unassisted at the 3 minute mark, the EEW tied the score in the opening minute of the second period with Zach Bieriq getting a power play goal with Dolan and Sam Amon getting the assists.

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Macklin Kaiser had three goals and Lawrence Walker added two as Shawnee defeated Cinnaminson 8-1 in early action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. James Popp scored the lone Cinnaminson goal. Shawnee dominated the first period as they launched 24 shots while scoring three times. Alex Churchill got things going just one minute into the game with Kaiser and Jake Pearlstein getting the helpers.

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The teams have been selected for the 2012-2013 Junior/ Senior Showcase game for the SJHSHL. This year the two teams are being called Team Giroux and Team Briere. There are 12 forwards, 6 defenseman and 3 goalies selected. In case some players can not make the game there also were 3 alternates chosen. All the nominees were submitted by the teams and then chosen by a committee. The page listing the players is still being worked on, but if you are a registered member, you will have full access to view the selections. From the Home page, select the "All Star Game" link on the left.

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The list of the 2013 Junior/Senior Showcase nominees has been released and we have them. The game will be played either late February or early March with date, time and location details still being worked out. Here are the nominees for Team A:

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Lawrence Walker scored four goals and Peter Kaz added one as Shawnee defeated Cinnaminson 5-3 last night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Chris Ciechon gave Cinnaminson a 1-0 lead scoring his first goal of the season at the six minute mark. Shawnee would tie the score at 1-1 as Kaz scored a power play goal about four minutes later. Walker would then score the next four goals, first giving Shawnee a 2-1 lead late in the period, with Kaz getting the lone assist.

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Cherokee scored early and often in the first period, tallying seven goals as they ran past Cinnaminson 12-0 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. This was one of those games you fear would happen when a talented Tier I team meets a very young Tier II team, looking for its first win of the season. Dylan Bradley, Cole Zucker and Casey Forte each scored twice, with Bradley opening the scoring just fifteen seconds into the game. And scoring a power play goal midway through the period to make it 2-0.

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Six different players scored for the EEW as they defeated Cinnaminson 6-2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday. Trailing 1-0 on a goal by James Popp, the EEW would score the next five goals. After Peter Laviolette would tie the score at 1-1, scoring his second goal of the season, the EEW would take control of the game scoring three goals in the second period.

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Doug Sanders and Matteo Jordan scored two goals each as Washington Township had little trouble in defeating Cinnaminson 9-1 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the win Township improved to 3-1 and moved into first place in the Tier 1 division. Ryan McCusker stopped 20 shots and saw his offense launch 54 shots at Cinnaminson goalie Stephen Renshaw. Township would score four goals in both the first and third periods with Jordan opening the scoring on the power play just under five minutes into the game with Sanders getting the lone assist.

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Some changes are in store as we begin the 2012/2013 SJHSIHL season, the most significant one being only 4 teams in Tier 1. Cherokee, Washington Township, Shawnee and Moorestown are the four. Clearview is moving into Tier II along with Cinnaminson, Black Horse, EEW and RV/Lenape/Holy Cross.

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