Mainland rallied from a 5-2 deficit early in the third period scoring four straight goals, three coming on the power play as they defeated HLV 6-5 and reached the JVB Championship game. The first period was all Mainland as they led 2-0 on goals by Owen Haugan and Jim Murray. The second period was all HLV as they tallied four goals, with Rob Pensabene, Daniel Flagg, Julian Jiminez and Daniel Plunkett scored and took a 4-2 lead into the third period. Nick Garbarino scored in the first minute to push the lead to 5-2 and HLV seemed in control.

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Cherry Hill East used strong defense and solid goaltending to defeat HLV 2-1 and win the Tier II championship once again. This is the third year in a row for the Cougars. Most of the game was tight checking and strong defense on both sides as neither wanted to make a mistake. Dylan Altomonte scored six minutes into the game to give Cherry Hill a 1-0 lead as his shot from the point through a screen found the net. That lead lasted less than two minutes as HLV would respond with a goal by Pierce Wickenden as he would be planted on the doorstep and put home a rebound of a shot by Tyler Grey to tie the game at 1-1.

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After playing fifty-five minutes of hockey, three periods and two overtimes, HLV and Clearview were still tied, finally Nick Kruzdlo a defenseman, scored the only goal in the shootout to send HLV into the Championship round against Cherry Hill East. Kruzdlo not known for his scoring had just one goal during the regular season but he was able to get one by Clearview goalie Ross Higgins who stopped 42 shots. Thomas Rockey scored a power play goal at the seven minute mark to give the View a 1-0 lead heading into the second period. Bradley Davis would score a short-handed goal five minutes into the second period to tie the game for HLV at 1-1. 

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Griffin Conroy stopped all 20 shots and Andrew Jordan scored two goals as Moorestown defeated Cherokee 4-0 in the Tier I championship played before a packed house at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees. Defensively Moorestown was flawless keeping the slot clear and covering the rebounds as Coach Sporer said after the game, "Our six guys played tremendous and stayed disciplined tonight and Conroy was on his game".  After a scoreless first period, Jordan gave Moorestown the only goal they would need putting home a goal down low at the five minute mark with Zach Marzo and Charles Selverian getting the assists. 

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Egg Harbor Township scored three goals in the first eight minutes of the third period to pull away from Kingsway 4-1 and capture the Tier I B championship. The teams were tied at 1-1 after the first period with Jason Player scoring a power play goal to give Kingsway a 1-0 lead but William Bahnak tied the game five minutes later for EHT. After a scoreless second period, Blaze Tommi would score a power play goal five minutes into the third and a 2-1 lead. 

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HLV fired forty-seven shots and built a 6-0 lead through two periods as they went on to defeat Mainland 6-2 in a Tier II elimination game. Tyler Gray led the offense with two goals. HLV will now meet Clearview with the winner moving on to play Cherry Hill East. HLV jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead on goals by Brady Swain in the first minute of the game and Gray scoring four minutes later for a 2-0 lead. Midway through the period HLV capitalized on the power play as Sam Swain scored to make it 3-0. 

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Sam Berger scored a power play goal in overtime as the Cherokee Chiefs rallied to beat Moorestown 4-3 and force a deciding game next Monday night at Voorhees. Trailing 3-2 in the third period Cherokee would get the tying goal from their leader Jeremy Ambrose. The teams traded goals in the first period with Moorestown taking a 1-0 lead at the six minute mark on a goal by Andrew Jordan and six minutes later Sam Libetti scored for the Chiefs. Darren Ambrose gave Cherokee a 2-1 lead midway through the second period but Moorestown would capitalize on the power play just over two minutes later and we entered the third all even at 2-2. 

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Coming into tonight’s game against Kingsway, Egg Harbor Township had its back up against the wall as they were facing elimination having already suffered one loss, but they gutted out a 3-1 win. Now the Championship will be decided next Monday night. Jacob Feliciano scored the only goal of the first period to give EHT a 1-0 lead. Kingsway would tie the game at 1-1 late in the second period as Nicky Bellapigna scored on the power play. 

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Eight different players scored for Cherry Hill East as they skated past Eastern 8-3 in JVA action last night in Voorhees. With the win Cherry Hill improved to 13-1-1 and increased its first-place lead to three points over Moorestown. Sean Pomerania gave the Vikings their only lead of the night scoring six minutes into the opening period. Cherry Hill would respond scoring three goals in a spin of just over one minute. After Brian Cutler tied the game at 1-1, Connor Bryne and James Vona scored goals twenty seconds apart and Cherry Hill led 3-1. 

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Jake Stone stopped all 19 shots as Cherokee defeated Kingsway 3-0 in JVA action played at the Voorhees Skate Zone on Sunday night. Sean Young scored the only goal of the first period with Tony Breen getting the assist. Breen was just recently named SJIceHockey’s player of the year in JVB. Kingsway had two power play opportunities in the period, but Stone was equal to the challenge as the Dragons would fire 10 shots but could not get one past Stone. 

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