Kris Hastings and David Cutler each had a hat trick as Cherry Hill defeated Middle Township 10-0 in the SJHSHL double elimination tournament. With the loss the season ended for Middle Township. Cherry Hill will now play Egg Harbor Township on Friday night and must beat them twice if they want to win the championship as EHT as gone through the tournament without a loss. Cherry Hill wasted little time taking control of the game scoring six goals in the first period, with three coming on the power play.

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AJ Colella stopped 32 shots and Donovan Haslett scored twice as Washington Township defeated Clearview 4-2 and will now move onto the championship round with a chance to defend their title. Clearview jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Anthony Dellerose and Jake Sholders in the first six minutes of the game, Colella would shut the door the rest of the way as he saved his best performance for tonight. Eric Sailor picked the perfect time to score his first goal of the season, it came with just three minutes left in the period and got Township on the board and gave them momentum heading into the second period.

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Maxim Kuznetsov and Conor Riley scored two goals each as Eastern defeated Lower Cape May 7-4 to stay alive in the SJHSHL double elimination tournament. Lower Cape had its season come to an end with the loss. Cole Blackley and Colin Donahue each scored twice for Lower Cape. The teams traded goals in the first period with Riley giving Eastern a 1-0 lead five minutes into the game and Donahue tying the game in the final minute of the period, this one coming on the power play.

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Zachary Faust scored five goals as Black Horse defeated Moorestown 10-5 and stayed alive in the SJHSHL Playoff Tournament. Scott Veneziale added two goals and two assists for Black Horse; Zachary Williber had a hat trick for Moorestown. The Quakes took a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the game as David Shore would connect, but Black Horse would tie the game at 1-1 as Matthew Meldrum would score with three minutes left on the period. Black Horse would score a short-handed goal with just seven seconds left in the period as Faust would get his first and a 2-1 lead after one period. Early in the second period Austin Cole would score a power play goal for a 3-1 lead and ten seconds later Jeff Leap would make it 4-1 right off the face-off.

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Egg Harbor Township scored four goals in the third period, three by Travis Tuthill as they rallied from a 3-2 deficit to defeat Cherry Hill 6-3 in playoff action in Voorhees. Jared Fisch led the Cherry Hill offense with two goals. Matt Castlelane gave EHT a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the game, however a power play goal by Brian Stamm and an even strength goal gave Cherry Hill a 2-1 lead after one period. Fisch made it 3-1 in the opening minute of the second period scoring on the power play.

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Mike Moss’s second goal of the game snapped a 4-4 game in the third period and gave Kingsway a 5-4 win in the SJHSHL double elimination tournament in the Tier I B division on Monday night. Having won 3 of 4 meetings during the regular season, Eastern was a slight favorite coming into tonight having averaged 9 goals per game in the three wins previous against Kingsway. Kevin Gillespie put Eastern up 1-0 in the opening five minutes of the game. Kingsway would tie the game at the ten minute mark as Moss would connect for his first goal of the night.

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Colin Donahue scored all three goals as Lower Cape May ended the season for Williamstown with a 3-0 win at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Donahue scored the only goal of the first period at the eight minute mark with Kadin Donahue getting the assist. Jared Sweeten would stop all 29 shots for Lower Cape and Williamstown failed to capitalize on the man advantage as they were 0-4 on the power play.

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Donovan Haslett scored a short-handed goal with less than three minutes left in the game as Washington Township defeated Moorestown 4-3 in the playoff opener for both teams. Joe Crincoli led Township with two goals, Brandon Eberly scored twice for Moorestown. Crincoli scored the lone goal of the first period, this one coming at the seven minute mark as Township took a 1-0 lead into the second period. Early in the period Luke Dobbs would tie the game at 1-1 for Moorestown. Township would get goals from Crincoli and Jarret Strickon on the power play to take a 3-1 lead. The goals came less than two minutes apart as Township carried the two goal lead into the third period.

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Trailing 5-1 midway through the second period, Clearview capitalized on a five minute power play, scoring three goals in a two minute span and Eric Lauk would score in overtime as Clearview defeated Cherokee 6-5 in the SJHSHL Double Elimination Tournament. Cherokee led 2-1 after one period getting both goals from Anthony Salvatore, sandwiched between a goal by Robert Penrod. The Chiefs would score two goals in a ten second span early in the second period, first Jeremy Ambrose would put home a shot by Jake Frankenfield for a 3-1 lead, then right off the face-off Mike Smith would make it 4-1 and the Chiefs seemed to be in control.

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Kenny Weightman scored three goals, including the game winner with just over two minutes left as Middle Township rallied from a two goal deficit to upset HLV 7-6 in playoff action at the Igloo. The win kept alive the Panthers season and they will now move on to play top seed Cherry Hill. Middle Township launched a team playoff record 47 shots while keeping the offensive pressure on most of the night realizing the lose and go home consequence.

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