Brendan Forrest scored one minute into the overtime period to give the Cherokee Chiefs a 3-2 win over Cherry Hill East in the JVA championship game played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The game was a very tight checking, intense contest where neither team could gain an advantage. Brian Cutler would give Cherry Hill a 1-0 lead in the first but goals by Kameron Katsanos and Connor Ray gave the Chiefs a 2-1 lead late in the second period. Cutler would put home his second of the night late in the period and we were tied at 2-2. 

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St Joe’s defeated Mainland 13-4 to win the JVB Championship in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. St Joe’s scored five goals in the first period to take control of the game and never looked back. Varsity forward Deaglan Kelly led the offense scoring six goals, Cooper Root added four goals. Mainland was led by James Murray with two goals. Robert Davis, Zachary Dean and Vincent Sabato also scored for St Joe’s. 

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Brian Cutler’s second goal of the night snapped a 3-3 tie and gave Cherry Hill East a 4-3 win over Eastern in JVA playoff action. East will move on to play Cherokee in the championship. The game was interesting as neither team would score in the opening period. And in the second period they would combine for six goals. Jordan Stein would give Cherry Hill a 1-0 lead in the opening minute of the second period. James Vona and Cutler would score the next two goals as East took a 2-1 lead. 

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Michael Klemm scored with seven minutes left in the third period as Cherokee defeated Moorestown 2-1 and advanced to the JVA Title game. Tony Breen had scored the only goal of the first period to give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead. Moorestown scored the only goal of the second period, as Anthony DeFrancisco scored with less than three minutes left to tie the score at 1-1. Moorestown would have two power play opportunities in the period but failed to take advantage as Jake Stone was strong in nets for the Chiefs. 

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Deaglan Kelly scored with thirteen seconds left in the game as St Joe’s rallied from a 4-2 deficit to win 5-4 and move into the JVB championship. Kelly, who also skates on the varsity team, capped off the rally for St Joe’s. Cherokee had built the 4-2 lead through two periods and seemed in control as we started the third period. Alexandra Mardell, who led St Joes, scored the first goal with less than four minutes left in the opening period. Cherokee responded as Mike Trampe would tie the game just eleven seconds later. Cherokee would take a 2-1 lead as Andre Amezquita scored in the final minute of the period. 

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Mainland rallied from a 5-2 deficit early in the third period scoring four straight goals, three coming on the power play as they defeated HLV 6-5 and reached the JVB Championship game. The first period was all Mainland as they led 2-0 on goals by Owen Haugan and Jim Murray. The second period was all HLV as they tallied four goals, with Rob Pensabene, Daniel Flagg, Julian Jiminez and Daniel Plunkett scored and took a 4-2 lead into the third period. Nick Garbarino scored in the first minute to push the lead to 5-2 and HLV seemed in control.

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Eight different players scored for Cherry Hill East as they skated past Eastern 8-3 in JVA action last night in Voorhees. With the win Cherry Hill improved to 13-1-1 and increased its first-place lead to three points over Moorestown. Sean Pomerania gave the Vikings their only lead of the night scoring six minutes into the opening period. Cherry Hill would respond scoring three goals in a spin of just over one minute. After Brian Cutler tied the game at 1-1, Connor Bryne and James Vona scored goals twenty seconds apart and Cherry Hill led 3-1. 

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Jake Stone stopped all 19 shots as Cherokee defeated Kingsway 3-0 in JVA action played at the Voorhees Skate Zone on Sunday night. Sean Young scored the only goal of the first period with Tony Breen getting the assist. Breen was just recently named SJIceHockey’s player of the year in JVB. Kingsway had two power play opportunities in the period, but Stone was equal to the challenge as the Dragons would fire 10 shots but could not get one past Stone. 

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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 2018-2019 season in the SJHSHL. Listed below are this year’s recipients: 

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Joe Mosco and Kyle McGarvey each scored two goals as Washington Township JVA defeated Clearview 6-2 in a benefit game played at Hollydell on Wednesday night. Chad Diehl got the win on nets for the Minutemen. Township took a 3-0 first period lead on goals by Mosco, Angelo Durnan and Anthony Lonasco. Clearview would respond early in the second period as Mario Leone scored in the first minute to cut the lead to 3-1.

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