Nicholas Fonseca had a hat trick, including the game winner in overtime as Shawnee defeated Washington Township 4-3 and capture the JVA Championship. The teams traded goals in the first period with Fonseca scoring in the opening minute and Niko Durnan getting the first of his two on the night to tie the game at 1-1 in the final two minutes of the period. Goals by Fonseca and Scott Minshall twenty-one seconds apart early in the second period gave Shawnee a 3-1 lead. Matthew Holdofsky with bring Township to within 3-2 late in the period. 

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Rocco McCullen scored early in the first overtime as Clearview defeated Kingsway 2-1 in the JVB Championship game played in Voorhees. Kingsway had taken a 1-0 lead into the third period with the lone goal coming short-handed late in the first period from Dylan Casey. Clearview would tie the game at 1-1 on a goal by AJ Nocito five minutes into the third period. Clearview would have a power play opportunity with about five minutes left in regulation, but failed to capitalize. Early into the overtime, McCullen would bury his chance and the View would celebrate their victory. Congratulations to the Clearview staff on their win. 

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Dylan Casey scored early into the first overtime as Kingsway upset Riverfront in JVB playoff action and will move into the finals on Sunday. Casey, who scored twice, opened the scoring just twenty-two seconds into the game as the Dragons got off to an early lead. That lead grew to 2-0 midway through the period when Brendan Kelly scored for Kingsway. Riverfront would cut the lead in half at the ten-minute mark taking advantage of the power play as Dominic Giannetto scored and the lead was 2-1. 

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Hunter Fratttaroli stopped 28 shots as Clearview hung on to defeat Mainland 3-2 in JVB action played at the Igloo in Mt Laurel. After a scoreless first period, Clearview broke out on top with AJ Nocito scoring at the five-minute mark and a 1-0 lead. Marc Arsenis would tie the score at 1-1 for Mainland scoring less than four minutes later. Cooper Yeager would give Clearview a 2-1 lead scoring with less than four minutes left in the period. Vincent Marco would give Clearview some breathing room as he scored five minutes into the third period and the View led 3-1. 

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Cherry Hill East JVA scored four goals in the second period and went on to defeat Washington Township 5-0 in Sunday night JVA action in Voorhees. After a scoreless first period Cherry Hill broke through as Tyler Williams scored his second of the season five minutes into the second period. Just thirty-two seconds later Justin Moroney made it 2-0 putting home his ninth of the year, tied for team high. Township was assessed a five-minute major and Cherry Hill would capitalize as Joseph Papa would score two goals in a span of three minutes and the lead was now 4-0. 

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Cherokee JVA squad defeated Moorestown 5-2 in an early game at Voorhees on Monday night. The Chiefs jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Aidan Bruccoliere and Ryan Grace. Grace’s goal came on a breakaway with less than three minutes left in the opening period. Moorestown would get a power play goal from Samuel Selverian with less than four minutes left in the second period and the Quakes were back in the game. Early in the third period Nikolas Flitter would deflect a point shot by Liam Alexander to give the Chiefs a 3-1 lead. 

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Washington Township held its annual opening night ceremony at Hollydell and played an exhibition game against St Joe’s and would skate to a 10-0 win on Wednesday night. As they have been so far during the regular season the offense was paced by Niko and Angelo Durnan who scored two goals each along with Caden Morrell who also scored twice. Also scoring goals were Chris Costello, Aaron McGarvey, Santino Capone and Joe Baselice.

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Niko Durnan scored two goals and brother Angelo added one as Washington Township defeated Shawnee 5-1 in a battle of the top 2 teams in JVA. Mike Tussey stopped 22 shots in net and played a strong game for the undefeated Minutemen. Shawnee had a golden opportunity four minutes into the game as they had a two man advantage for a full two minutes. Unfortunately twenty seconds in Shawnee committed a penalty, but still had a power play, but could not get one past Tussey. Township would capitalize on their man advantage as Caden Morrell and Aaron McGarvey broke in 2-on-1 and McGarvey fed a perfect pass to Morrell and he tapped in the pass for a 1-0 lead. Just about six minutes later Christian Ansuini found Niko Durnan down low and he redirected the pass and a 2-0 lead. 

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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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We are just starting November and so far it’s been an interesting start. First we have a new team from Philadelphia, PPACS. They have struggled so far as was to be expected. They have a young team and will continue to develop. I mentioned in a previous article that JVA was an option, and while it was discussed, the club reps were adamant in not being placed there, so we apologize if this caused any disturbance. The biggest and most noticeable change however was a rule change that USA Hockey came out with on October 30th and it reads as follows:

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