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2017-2018 Tier II & JVA Champions
Elliott Schon scored with four minutes left in the third period to snap a 4-4 game and give Cherry Hill East a 5-4 win over Cherokee in the JVA Championship game played on Sunday night in Voorhees. John Gallen led the East offense with two goals. Cherry Hill built a 3-0 lead on two first period goals by Gallen and a power play goal by Tristan Laperriere with four minutes left in the second period. The Chiefs came storming back scoring two goals in a span of twenty seconds with Justin Sroczyk and Michael Klemm getting the goals and Cherokee was back in the game at 3-2 after two.
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Johnny Pearson scored three goals and Luke Martini stopped 29 shots as Cherry Hill East defeated HLV 7-1 in the final game of the Tier II championship. The win gave East their second straight title. East had balanced scoring throughout and was the key to winning, along with solid goaltending from Martini. Luke Steele got things started early for East scoring just three minutes into the game. David Cutler put home a rebound of a shot by Steele to make it 2-0.
Cherry Hill East dominated the second period outshooting HLV 14-2 and scoring three goals, two goals from Johnny Pearson to break a 1-1 game and propel them past HLV 5-2 and force a deciding game in the Tier II championship. After Samuel Swain scored the only goal of the first period to give HLV its only lead at 1-0, Tommy Papa fed Nick Carr for the equalizer at the nine minute mark of the second period. Pearson would then score twice in a two minute span, both on breakaways to give East a 3-1 lead. His second goal came short-handed and seemed to take the air out of HLV.
Jack Amon scored two goals as Cherry Hill East stayed alive in the Tier II playoffs with a 3-1 win over Clearview in the double elimination tournament. The loss eliminated the View and ended their season. After a scoreless first period Amon gave East a 1-0 lead with less than five minutes left in the second period with Nick Carr getting the assist. Less than four minutes later Johnny Pearson would make it 2-0 with Thomas Papa getting the helper. Early in the third period the lead became 3-0 as Amon would score a power play goal with Pearson and Papa getting the assists.
In the continuing tradition here at SJIceHockey, we are pleased to announce the 2017-2018 award winners. We had many players that had a standout year which made it difficult to narrow down and in one category we actually picked two players to share the honors. Congratulations to all. The presentations will be prior to game 1 of the Championship round at Voorhees.
Luke Steele had a hat trick as Cherry Hill East defeated Mainland 10-0 in the Tier II double elimination tournament game played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Cherry Hill jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period on goals by Calvin Aliferov, Eric First and Ethan Chase. Mainland could only muster 12 shots for the game and would have two power play opportunities but goalie Luke Martini kept them off the board. Two goals by Steele in the second period and pone by Callum Scott had East ahead 6-0 after two.
Shawnee is making its first appearance in recent memory and Moorestown finds itself the top seed after a 15-1-2 season. The games are scheduled to be played starting on March 12th as Cherokee will host DMA at 8:45 at Voorhees Skate Zone. Moorestown will begin play on Tuesday March 13th at Voorhees at 7:00. Please check back for the complete schedule, to be posted in the Forum. The 5th annual NJ/DE Flyers cup teams have been selected and here are the rankings...
Kyle Peters scored one minute into the overtime period as Team Simmonds rallied from a three goal deficit to defeat Team Giroux 9-8 in the Junior-Senior Showcase game held at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Max Kuznetsov led Team Giroux with six goals. Dominic Garrozzo had three goals and four assists and Kyle Peters added a hat trick for Team Simmonds. Luke Dobbs opened the scoring giving Team Giroux the early 1-0 lead. Dennis Campbell tied the game at 1-1 at the five minute mark.
Cherry Hill East ended the regular season with a 3-1 win over Clearview in the season finale and finished atop the Tier II bracket with a 17-2-2 record. Johnny Pearson, Jack Amon and Sean McKenna scored the goals for Cherry Hill East with Christopher Geary spoiling the shut-out for Luke Martini scoring with less than three minutes left in the game. East will look to defend their Tier II title, and once again their biggest threat will be the team they beat in the finals last year, HLV.
The 2017-2018 SJHSHL draft for the Junior-Senior Showcase game was conducted on Tuesday night as the coaches for Team Simmonds and Team Giroux gathered to make their selections. Team Giroux, who will be coached by Daryl Sporer from Moorestown and assisted by Scott Busler from Cherry Hill East won the toss and selected Max Kuznetsov from Eastern with their first pick. Team Simmonds who will be coached by Scott McKay from Cherokee and assisted by John Francis from Kingsway selected Dominic Garrozzo from Washington Township. Here are the remaining selections for both teams: