Kyle Horner scored four goals and Boomer Miller added three goals and four assists as Cherokee defeated Black Horse 8-3 in SJHSHL action played at Hollydell on Friday night. The Chiefs took control early, scoring four goals in the first nine minutes. Horner netted three, including the game’s first goal. Miller made it 2-0 with just less than three minutes played and Horner scored two more goals minutes apart and the lead was 4-0. Kyle Ringheiser would score a power play goal for Black Horse late in the period to cut the advantage to 4-1.

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Riverfront used a five goal second period to pull away from Middle Township 10-1 and increased its lead over St Joe’s to four points in the Olympic division. Isaac Viereck and Dylan Farnan each scored two goals to pace Riverfront and six different players’ added goals as Riverfront continues to get balanced scoring, as they have 6 players with eight or more goals on the season. Offensively they are averaging over 8 goals per game and surrendering less than 3 per game. Alex Mayernick started the scoring at the three minute mark of the first period scoring unassisted. Viereck would add the next two for a 3-0 lead after one period.

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Washington Township scored four goals in the second period as they pulled away from HLV 7-1 to win their first game of 2015. Donovan Haslett led the offense with two goals and one assist, Chris Cozzan added a goal and two assists. After a scoreless first period Township would score three goals in the opening three minutes of the second period. Haslett got them going scoring his 4th of the year with Cozzan and Sam Strippoli getting the assists. Just over one minute later Jimmy Pollock gave Township a 2-0 lead scoring his sixth of the season. Strippoli made it 3-0 with Cozzan getting the helper.

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Sam Amon scored two power play goals to lead the EEW to a 5-1 win over Black Horse in National division action played at the Skate Zone on Monday night. Dominic Fonte opened the scoring for the EEW at the nine minute mark of the first period, getting his second of the year with Amon getting the assist. Less than three minutes later Rory Ohara would get his first goal of the year to give EEW a 2-0 lead after one. Amon would make it 3-0 at the five minute mark of the second with Black Horse down a man Amon connected with Jason Fisch getting the helper.

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Mainland built a three goal lead through two periods and held off a Moorestown rally to win 5-4 in a game played in Voorhees. Mackenzie Restle scored twice for Mainland, including a back breaking short-handed goal late in the game. Mainland scored the only goal of the first period as Nathan Harring scored short-handed for a 1-0 lead. Restle and Robert Lemons scored goals five minutes apart in the second period as Mainland built a 3-0 advantage heading into the third period. Moorestown began to mount its comeback as Brian Santosuosso scored at the five minute mark and three minutes later Chris Crowl made it 3-2 and suddenly Moorestown was back in it.

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As we begin 2015 and head towards the playoffs let’s take a look at the division leaders and where they should finish: American Division: Washington Township has a 3 point lead with two games in hand and has winnable games against Shawnee, EEW and HLV. They would seem to be in the driver’s seat for the top seed in the division. Cherokee is still the 4 time champ and needs to get there offense going if they want a 5th title. Clearview has proved they can play with anybody and could surprise here depending on the goaltending. Moorestown has struggled within the division going 1-6-1.

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Jonathan Eisner scored the tying goal late in the second period as EEW played Cinnaminson to a 2-2 draw in JVA action at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Sunday night. Jeff Hernandez stopped 31 shots for the EEW and played a key role in the third period. Owen McNally gave the EEW a 1-0 lead five minutes into the game with Sean Cline getting the assist. Cinnaminson would get a power play goal from Geno Sambucci, his third of the season five minutes later to tie the score at 1-1. Liam McGurrin gave Cinnaminson a 2-1 lead six minutes into the second period but Eisner would get the equalizer in the final two minutes to tie the game at 2-2 after two periods.

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Kingsway battled Middle Township all night long, led by five goals by Mike Moss, three short-handed, as the teams played to an 8-8 final. Anthony TJ Albano led Middle Township with a hat trick and Thom De Marco added two goals. Moss opened the scoring with a short-handed goal four minutes in. Albano would tie the game seconds later on the same power play. Charlie De Marco gave Middle Township a 2-1 lead late in the period. Early in the second period Marc Conte would notch his second goal of the year to give Middle Township a 3-1 advantage. Moss however would get his second shorthanded goal of the evening, this time his team was down two men and Kingsway got to within 3-2.

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On Sunday, December 28, 2014, alumni athletes from the Flyers and Cherokee hockey clubs came together on the ice at the Skate Zone in Voorhees to play for the love of the game of hockey and to inspire awareness. When you have success in any sport, the good times are always remembered when an alumni game is played, no matter the sport. This year the Cherokee Chiefs, led by Scott McKay decided to up the stakes in the 6th annual Jeff Burd Memorial alumni game, which benefits the Jeff Burd Memorial Fund. With this year’s game, three charities will benefit - USA Warriors, National Meningitis Foundation and the Virtua Wings of Steel.

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John Yedman had three goals and David Shore added two to lead Moorestown to an easy 8-1 win in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Black Horse lone goal came in the opening three minutes as Jeremy Wallace would score his second goal of the season for a 1-0 lead. Moorestown would tie the game at 1-1 on a goal by Chris DeRose and just over one minute later DeRose would get his first of five assists on the night when Brandon Eberly connected on his fifth of the year and Moorestown led 2-1.

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