Harrison Rauh scored at the eight minute mark of the first overtime as Washington Township upset top seed Eastern 7-6 in the opening round of the Flyers Cup at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Kyle McGarvey had a hat trick and Andrew McGinley added two goals to lead the Township offense. Luke Ravitz led Eastern with two goals. The teams were tied at 2-2 after the first period, with Sean Pomerantz and Jordan Stein scoring for the Vikings. McGarvey had both Township goals. After Ravitz gave Eastern a 3-2 lead early in the second period, Township would score twice in a ninety second span, both goals coming from McGinley down low and a 4-3 lead. Late in the period McGarvey would complete his hat trick and Township would take a 5-3 lead into the third period. 

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Kristian Massanova scored two goals, including one short-handed as the Eastern defeated Cherokee 4-0 and won the Tier I Championship. The Vikings went undefeated in the tournament. Maxwell Brzozowski stopped all 15 shots in getting the shutout. After a scoreless first period, Eastern broke out on top as Luke A Riley scored late in the period; his second of the playoffs and Eastern had a 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, the Chiefs would have a chance to tie the game on the power play but Massanova would score short-handed and the Vikings took a 2-0 lead into the third period. 

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We are pleased with the league allowing us to recognize several players and a coach and their outstanding contributions they have made for their team. With at least two to three players considered for each category, we have finalized our decision. The tradition continues here at SJIceHockey as we honor the best of 2019-2020 season in the SJHSHL. The awards will be presented prior to Game 1 of the Championship round for Tier I this Friday, February 28 at Hollydell Ice Arena. Listed below are this year’s recipients: 

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Kristopher Zapata scored with 51 seconds left in the third period as Eastern defeated Cherokee 4-3 in Tier I playoff action in Voorhees. Ryan Connor scored all three Cherokee goals. Eastern now moves into the Championship round, next Friday February 28th. Connor gave the Chiefs an early 1-0 lead scoring just over one minute into the game. The Vikings would respond on the power play as Ryan Karbach scored at the seven-minute mark to tie the game at 1-1. Just over two minutes later Zapata would give the Vikings a 2-1 lead converting a feed from Luke Riley. 

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Kristian Massanova scored three goals and Eastern used a quick start in the first period to get past Moorestown 7-3 in Tier I playoff action at Voorhees. The Vikings would jump out to a 4-0 lead less than seven minutes into the first period. After Luke Ravitz would connect just over one minute into the game on a feed from Massanova, goals by Kristopher Zapata and Massanova forty-four seconds apart had the lead to 3-0. The lead became 4-0 as the Vikings capitalized on the power play with Ethan Raeuber scoring and Luke Riley and Sean Pomerantz getting the assists. 

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Goals by Brady Swain, Tyler Brosius and Ralph Triboletti powered Team Giroux to a 3-0 lead in the first period and strong goaltending helped Team Giroux defeat Team Oskar 4- 2 in the 2019-2020 Junior-Senior Showcase game played in Voorhees. Team Giroux led by Coach Amon from Cherry Hill and Coach Vulpio from Clearview never trailed as Swain and Brosius scored moments apart for a 2-0 lead. Triboletti made it 3-0 from down low, as Team Giroux was out to make a statement. Erika Nolfi got the start in nets for Team Giroux and was strong in goal. Corey Owens put Team Oskar on the board late in the period to cut the lead to 3-1. Midway through the second period Kristian Massanova would bring Team Oskar to within 3-2 scoring from the slot. 

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This year for the Junior-Senior Showcase, the selection committee decided to name the two teams Team Oskar and Team Giroux. The home team, Team Giroux (players from Tier II), will wears their white jerseys from their team and Team Oskar (Tier I players) will be skating in their dark away jerseys from their team. Don't forget, the game will be played on Monday, February 3rd at the Voorhees Skatezone starting at 7:20PM.  The admission is $5. Here's the full list of players selected...

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Luke A. Riley scored twice and Max Brzozowski stopped 26 shots as Eastern defeated Moorestown 6-3 in Tier I action at the Skate Zone. Riley scored an early power play goal to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead. Moorestown would tie the score at 1-1 Brian Bytof notched his second of the season. The Quakes would go in front on a goal by Elias Sulpizio, but Vincent Roustas would connect on the power play and we headed into the second period knotted at 2-2. Riley and Luke Ravitzwould score goals two minutes apart in the second period to give the Vikings a 4-2 lead.

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The teams were selected last night for the 2019-2020 Junior-Senior Showcase game to be played in Voorhees on Monday, February 3rd at 7:20PM. The entire selection show will be uploaded Friday on our site in the PODCAST SECTION. If you as a player were fortunate to be selected and you cannot make it please let your coach know so we can call-up an alternate. Team Giroux will be the home team and players should wear their white jerseys. Team Oskar will wear your dark jerseys. Each player in attendance will receive an Oskar Strong tee shirt. These are in support of Oskar Lindblom’s fight. Here are the top 3 selections for each team:

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Max Brzozowski stopped all 25 shots as Eastern defeated Cherokee 3-0 in late game action in Voorhees. With the win Eastern clinched the top spot in Tier I for the double elimination tournament. After a very entertaining and scoreless first period, in which Brzozowski stopped twelve shots, Eastern capitalized on the power play early in the second period as Kristian Massanova converted a pass from Ryan Karbach down low and a 1-0 lead. It would turn out to be the game winner, despite some good chances in the second and a power play opportunity Cherokee could not get one by Brzozowski.

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