Eastern trailed 3-1 early into the second period but would rally to edge Washington Township 5-4 in Tier I action played at Hollydell. As they have had all season the Vikings got goals from five different players. Township was led by Mike Guarracino with two goals. Sean Pomerantz opened the scoring midway through the first period as the Vikings took a 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, Niko Durnan would tie the score at 1-1 with Harrison Rauh and Wayne Caucci getting the assists. Less than one minute later, Andrew McGinley would find Guarracino on the left side and he made no mistake and Township would take a 2-1 lead into the second period.

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The nominees for the 2019-2020 Junior-Senior Showcase game have been released. The game will be played on Monday, February 3rd at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ at 7:20PM. Tickets are $5. This year we are trying something different as the Tier I selections will play the Tier II selections.  The Tier I team which will be coached by Eastern and Cherokee will play against the Tier II team coached by Clearview and Cherry Hill. We will conduct the draft next week and it will appear as part of our Mike & Mike podcast with the episode to be posted by Friday, January 24th. Congratulations to all the nominees. Here are your 2019-2020 nominees...

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Six different player scored for Eastern as they defeated Shawnee 6-2 in a battle of Tier I teams at the Skate Zone. The Vikings improved to 9-1 in their last 10 games after starting the season at 0-1-2. Luke Riley gave the Vikings an early 1-0 lead scoring his fifth goal of the season just two minutes into the first. Midway through the period with Eastern down two men, Kristopher Zapata, would score a short-handed goal and the Vikings led 2-0. Still on the back end of the advantage Shawnee would get one back on the power play as Thomas Caputo scored to cut the lead to 2-1. Sean Pomerantz would answer for Eastern just over one minute later and the Vikings would take a 3-1 lead into the second period. 

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Kristian Massanova scored four goals, Constantine Roustas and Jordan Stein added two each as Eastern defeated Kingsway 8-2 in Tier I action played at Hollydell. The Vikings broke through first as Massanova scored a short-handed goal at the five minute mark, seconds later while still on the power play Kingsway would tie the game at 1-1 as Dominic Mendek got his second of the season. Goals by Massanova, Stein and Roustas in a span of three minutes and Eastern took a 4-1 lead into the second period. Roustas’ second of the night four minutes into the second period had the lead to 5-1.

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Luke A. Riley scored two goals as the Eastern Vikings defeated Washington Township 5-1 in Tier I action in Voorhees. Sean Pomerantz scored the only goal of the first period with Township on the power play; Jordan Stein would set up Pomerantz for the short-handed goal and a 1-0 lead after one. Riley would connect on the power play six minutes into the second period and Eastern led 2-0. Just about two minutes later Township would get a goal from Michael Guarracino to cut the deficit to 2-1.

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Dylan DiGrazio scored with just over three minutes left in the game as Shawnee edged Eastern 2-1 in a game at the Igloo in Mt Laurel on Friday. Thomas Caputo would score the lone goal of the first period to give Shawnee a 1-0 lead. The Vikings would tie the game at 1-1 as Sean Pomerantz would score a short-handed goal, his 5th of the season. Shawnee would have two power play opportunities in the third period but failed to capitalize, until late in the game. Keith MacGregor stopped 25 shots for Shawnee and kept the Vikings off the board in the final minutes.

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Luke Riley scored three goals and Luke Ravitz added two as Eastern defeated Kingsway 7-1 in Tier I action at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The win was the sixth in a row for Eastern as they strengthened their hold on the top spot now leading Moorestown by six points. Riley opened the scoring just 36 seconds into the game and Kingsway would get a goal from Robert Licciardello at the seven minute mark to tie the game at 1-1. Ravitz gave the Vikings the lead for good with just under five minutes left in the period. 

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Justin Herskowitz stopped all 23 shots in registering his second shutout of the season as Cherry Hill East defeated Eastern 5-0 in JVA action at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Sunday night. Five different players scored for the Cougars as they improved to 3-4 on the season, the loss dropped Eastern to 5-4. Justin Moroney scored the only goal of the first period with just over two minutes left with Mason Kahn and Tyler Williams getting the assists. Eastern would have two power play opportunities, but Herskowitz kept them off the scoreboard. 

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Eastern won its fifth game in a row defeating Moorestown 4-1 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. The Vikings jumped out to a 1-0 lead as Kristian Massanova scored a power play goal seven minutes into the game. Moorestown would tie the score at 1-1 just over one minute later as Elias Sulpizio scored his fourth of the season. Midway through the second period Luke Ravitz gave the Vikings the lead for good with Massanova and Constantine Roustas assisting. Vincent Roustas would make it 3-1 less than one minute later and the Vikings led by two goals after two periods. 

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Ryan Karbach and Luke A. Riley scored two goals each as Eastern defeated Egg Harbor Township 5-3 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The win was the third in a row for the Vikings after starting the season 0-2-1 and they improved to 3-2-1 overall and stand atop of the Tier I division. Riley and Karbach scored goals in the opening period as the Vikings led 2-0 after one. EHT dominated the shots in the second period 16-3 but could only manage a short-handed goal by Riley Rudolph at the four minute mark to cut the deficit to 2-1. Luke Ravitz got that one back less than one minute later and the Vikings led 3-1. 

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