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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Max Ramos stopped 23 shots and goals by Eric Lauk and Matt Bishop were just enough as Clearview defeated H/L/V 2-1 to win the Tier II championship at Hollydell. After a scoreless first period Lauk, recently named Breakout Player of the Year, deflected a cross-ice pass from Norman Angel to give the View a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the second period. Bishop made it 2-0 at the nine minute mark as his shot along the ice, through a maze of players, found the net, John Garbarino getting the assist.

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Eric Lauk had two goals and one assists as Clearview avoided elimination and defeated H/L/V 4-2 in Tier 2 playoff action at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The two teams will meet again on Wednesday night at Hollydell to decide the champion. H/L/V took a 1-0 lead just ninety seconds into the game as Karl Houwen scored his first goal of the playoffs. Clearview tied the score at 1-1 scoring their first of three power play goals as Lauk put home a shot by Matt Bishop. Two minutes later Bishop would score on the power play with Lauk getting the helper and Clearview led 2-1 after one period.

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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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Doug Henkel stopped 32 shots and Sam Belanger scored two goals as H/L/V advanced to the Tier II finals with a 4-1 win over Clearview. Mike Cullen scored the only goal of the opening period as Clearview led 1-0. The second period was all H/L/V as they scored three goals, after Belanger tied the game at 1-1 at the five minute mark, Alex Mastrokyriakos gave H/L/V the lead for good just twelve seconds later to make it 2-1. Henkel would shut the door on the Clearview offense not allowing another goal in recording the win.

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Five different players scored for H/L/V as they defeated the EEW 5-1 in playoff action at Voorhees on Monday night. Doug Henkel stopped 15 shots in getting the win. H/L/V got things started early as Alex Mastrokyriakos scored just two minutes into the game. Matt Cloud made it 2-0 just about two minutes later scoring a power play goal. Sam Belanger made it 3-0 with assists going to Brian Clegg and Pat Rizzo.

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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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Frank Hughes scored once and assisted on two others as Washington Township came back from a two goal deficit to tie H/L/V 3-3 in the regular season finale at Hollydell. It was a fitting end to the night as Township honored their 10 graduating seniors and Hughes figured in on all three goals. While the game did not affect Township in the standings, H/L/V, need a win or a tie to clinch first place in Tier II, as Black Horse and won their game earlier and were now tied for first, pending the outcome of this game.

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Tyler Richardson scored twice and Max Ramos picked up his 3rd shutout of the season as Clearview defeated the EEW 5-0 in the final regular season game for both teams. With the win Ramos evened his record at 9-9-1 and lowered his GAA to 2.84. Richardson’s two goals increased his total to 5 for the season, and his first of the night gave Clearview a 1-0 lead just three minutes into the game.

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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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Chris Popp and Matt Cloud each had a hat trick as H/L/V defeated Middle Township 8-3. With the win H/L/V improved to 10-4-3 and now has a six point lead over Clearview in a battle for the top spot in Tier II. H/L/V launched a season high 61 shots on goal. With the win H/L/V improved to 6-0-2 in their last eight games. Popp scored the first two goals of the game, with Cloud assisting on both, for a 2-0 lead. They came five minutes apart and then Middle Township got one back as Dominic Donoflio notched his first goal of the season to cut the lead to 2-1.

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Trailing 5-1 after the first period Washington Township came storming back to tie H/L/V 6-6 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Austin Haslett led Township with three goals; Patrick Rizzo led H/L/V with two goals. H/L/V scored five goals in the opening four minutes with two by Rizzo and one each by Matt Belanger Colin Riera and Nate Fowler had H/L/V leading 5-0. Riley Griffith scored a short-handed goal late in the period to cut the deficit to 5-1 after one.

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Clearview failed to capitalize on some golden opportunities against division leader Holy/Lenape/Valley and lost 3-1 in the first game of 2013 for both clubs. The teams traded goals in the opening four minutes of the game, Sam Belanger scoring for H/L/V and Ryan Lauk tallying for Clearview. Matt Cloud would score his team high 14th goal late in the period to give H/L/V a 2-1 lead after one period. Doug Henkel started his sixth game in nets for H/L/V and would turn out to be the difference.

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Brian Clegg and Sam Belanger each scored two goals as Holy/Lenape/Valley routed Lower Cape May 10- 0 in Tier II action played in Voorhees on Monday evening. A seven goal first period keyed the H/L/V team with Belanger opening the score fest less than five minutes into the contest. Goals by Nick Falcone, Colin Riera and Clegg over the next four minutes had the lead at 4-0. H/L/V would close the period with three goals in a span of two minutes, with Nate Fowler, RC Randal and Matt Cloud getting the goals.

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William Sulpizio scored four goals as Moorestown built a four goal lead and hung on to defeat Holy/Lenape/Valley 7-5 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Sulpizio scored just 12 seconds into the game but H/L/V would take a 2-1 lead on goals by Brian Clegg and Nate Fowler. Sulpizio would tie the score at 2-2 late in the period. John Yedman gave Moorestown a 3-2 lead at the seven minute mark of the middle period but Colin Riera would score a power play goal about two minutes later and the score was 3-3.

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Aaron Huffnagle and Cole Zucker scored four goals each and Cherokee scored six goals in the third period to pull away from Holy/Lenape/Valley 11-2 at Voorhees on Monday night. Leading just 2-1 after the first period, with Huffnagle scoring both for Cherokee and Chris Rowan getting his first goal of the season for H/L/V.

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