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David Cutler scored two goals and Jordan Hauler stopped 31 shots as Cherry Hill East defeated HLV 4-2 and win the SJHSHL Tier II A division championship at the Igloo on Friday night. Cherry Hill had to come out of the losers bracket and beat HLV twice, which they did and probably the biggest move was switching to Hauler who finished 4-0 in the tournament. Cutler gave East a 1-0 lead deflecting a shot by Thurston Schon at the six minute mark. Just over two minutes later HLV would tie the game at 1-1 on the first of two goals on the night by Gavin Gray.
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Six different players scored goals and Michael Neal stopped 25 shots as Black Horse defeated Williamstown 6-2 to capture the Tier I B championship at the Skate Zone in Voorhees last night. Black Horse jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead on goals by Zach Faust, Dante Riccelli and Christian Corsaro. Early in the second period Williamstown would get on the board as Steve Poulin would score to cut the lead to 3-1. The Braves would have four opportunities on the power play in the period, but Neal kept them off the board. Jeff Leap put home a rebound of a Matt Meldrum shot to give Black Horse a 4-1 lead after two.
Maximum Kuznetsov had a goal and three assists to lead the Eastern Vikings over Cherokee 5-4 in front of a packed house last night in Voorhees. The Vikings led from the start and held off a hard charging Chief team in the final seconds to win their first Championship since back in the early 2000’s. Goals by Jacob Findley and Connor Riley on the power play put the Vikings ahead 2-0 late in the first period. Trevor Ligekis would get a goal for Cherokee in the final fifteen seconds of the period and despite being outplayed Cherokee was only down 2-1.
Kevin Troy scored four goals as St Joe’s defeated Riverfront 5-3 and forced a deciding game in the Tier II championship. The teams will meet this Friday at the Igloo. Troy and Sean Conard traded first period goals one minute apart as we ended at 1-1. Early in the second period Troy scored an unassisted power play goal to give St Joe’s the 2-1 lead, Riverfront would tie the score at 2-2 at the eight minute mark with Gavin Dierkhising getting the equalizer. Troy would strike again late in the period again unassisted and St Joe’s led 3-2 after two.
Cherry Hill East converted on both power play opportunities in the second period and went on to defeat HLV 3-1 and force a deciding game in the Tier II A double elimination tournament. The two teams will battle again on Friday night at the Igloo. Ethan Chase for Cherry Hill and Gavin Gray for HLV swapped unassisted goals in the first period. East would get power play goals from Kyle Hill and Luke Steele, capitalizing on a two-man advantage and led 3-1 after two periods.
Jona Carmany and Darren Hewitt each had a hat trick as Egg Harbor Township defeated Cherokee 8-3 in the JVB Championship. Cherokee led 2-0 in the first four minutes of the game on goals by Patrick Dugan and Ryan Deangelis. Jacob Feliciano got things going for EHT scoring at the eleven minute mark, less than two minutes later we were tied at 2-2 on the first of three by Carmany. Hewitt scored on the power play with one second left in the period and EHT took a 3-2 lead after one.
Luke Steel had a hat trick and Tommy Papa added two goals as Cherry Hill East defeated Cherokee 7-2 for the JVA Championship last night in Voorhees. East led from the start and despite being out-shot 48-27, took control of the game with four goals in the first period. Papa and Steele would score thirty five seconds apart in the game’s first six minutes to lead 2-0. Steel would convert on the power play midway through the period and East led 3-0. Cherokee would have some power play opportunities, with consecutive penalties called against East at the nine and ten minute mark but failed to capitalize.
The teams have been announced for the NJ/Delaware Flyers cup and soon it will begin its 4th Annual tournament the second week of March. This year there has been an increase in the number of teams participating. Here is the schedule for the Pond in Delaware with Salesianum playing Kingsway and Delaware Military Academy playing Township on Monday March 6th. Cherokee will host Moorestown and Eastern will host Appoquinmink at Voorhees also on March 6th. Semi-finals on Wednesday, March 8th with the Championship on Friday March 10th. Here's the full list and seeding for this year's Flyers Cup.
Jeremy Ambrose had two goals and two assists and Mike Deford added two goals as Cherokee defeated Eastern 6-3 to force a deciding game on Monday night in the Tier I double elimination tournament. Maxim Kuznetsov scored all three Eastern goals. Deford scored the only goal of the first period as he deflected a point shot by Jake Frankenfield to put the Chiefs up 1-0. Ambrose made the play along the boards as he kept the puck in and feed Frankenfield with Deford crossing in front and deflecting the shot into the net. Frankenfield had a strong game on defense as he shadowed Kuznetsov on the ice all night.
Colin Rogers stopped all 25 shots and Kevin Troy scored twice as St Joe’s defeated Cinnaminson 5-0 in Tier II playoff action at Pennsauken. Troy scored the only goal of the first period with under two minutes remaining with Kevin Glass getting the assist. Glass scored an unassisted goal early in the second period to put St Joe’s up 2-0. With Cinnaminson whistled for a five minute major, St Joe’s capitalized scoring two power play goals, with Troy and Dylan Gattone getting the goals and a 4-0 lead after two periods. Rogers would be tested late in the period as Cinnaminson went on the power play but could not get one past him.