Coming into this season there was much uncertainty with the SJHSHL participating in the annual Flyers Cup as the rules were changing and all teams that were invited had to be sanctioned. With none of our teams sanctioned, things looked bleak and for the first time in recent memory it appeared that South Jersey would not be represented in the Flyers Cup. But thanks to the efforts of Rob Baer, manager of the youth hockey program with the Flyers and a few board members we were all able to realize the birth of the NJ/DE Flyers Cup. For the first time impure teams were invited to participate, moving forward I’m not sure that will always be the case, but it was this year and one team, Black Horse came within a few minutes of advancing into the finals.

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Black Horse forward Kyle Frasier had three goals and two assists to lead the North All-Stars to a 12-4 win over the South All-Stars in the Junior-Senior Showcase game played at Voorhees. Mike Katz added two goals and one assist for the North. Katz opened the scoring just two minutes into the game, but the South came back just over one minute later to tie the game at 1-1with Shawnee’s Alex Churchill getting the goal and Sean Burnham from Kingsway the assist. The North would score the next three goals, Frazier scored unassisted on a breakaway for a 2-1 lead, then late in the period goals by Moorestown’s John Yedman and St Joe’s Paul Petrongolo ninety second apart gave the North a 4-1 lead heading into the second period.

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Colin Donahue and Cole Blackley each scored two goals as Lower Cape May defeated EEW 5-2 IN THE JVB2 Championship game played at the Voorhees Skate Zone. The win capped a season where Lower Cape May finished first during the regular season and completed the task by winning the Championship. Blackley gave Lower Cape a 1-0 lead in the last four minutes of the first period. EEW would respond scoring twice in a span of thirty seconds as Hayden Zuber would get the equalizer and then Steve Brodzik would give the EEW the 2-1 lead after one period.

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Having just completed the first draft for the Junior-Senior Showcase game and having posted the selections as they were happening, wanted to let you see the whole roster. The game will be played on Friday night March 7th at the Skate Zone in Voorhees at 9:30, if the time changes we will post in the forum.

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With the playoffs winding down and another season coming to an end, here are some predictions on who might win their respective Titles: Tier I teams are already set-Moorestown and Cherokee. During the regular season Cherokee had a 2-1-1 edge, but Moorestown has won the last 2 in including a 5-4 win last Friday. The key will be containing Brian Miller, in the season opener Miller went off for 6 goals. Over the next four meetings he has been held to just one goal total, so he has Moorestown’s attention when he is on the ice. The teams are pretty even overall, offensively Cherokee averages about .50 goals more per game, but defensively Moorestown has a slight edge.

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Once again SJIceHockey.com is pleased to announce our annual award recipients. This year there seemed to be more balance throughout the league and with the playoffs upon us we could be in for a few surprises. Listed below are the 2013-2014 winners:

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The SJHSHL has just released their 2013-2014 Nominees for the Junior-Senior Showcase game and we have them. Each team was asked to submit 5 players from their roster, must be a Junior or Senior. With the weather causing havoc on the scheduling of the playoffs, the date has not been set, but once it is we will let you know. This year the league is experimenting with a new method of selections, there will be a draft, unlike past years where a selection committee handled the picks.

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Nick Frangos scored six goals as St Joe’s defeated Lower Cape May 9-2 in Olympic action played at Voorhees on Monday night. Joe Johnson opened the scoring for St Joe’s getting his first goal of the season just three minutes into the game. Karlson Hughes would tie the game at 1-1 just six seconds later as his shot beat Justin Widener. Frangos then would score the next three goals, two later in the period and one to start the second period and St Joe’s led 4-1.

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Danny Oconnor had a hat trick and Duke Madara scored twice as Cinnaminson defeated Lower Cape May 7-1. The Pirates scored five goals in the second period to blow open a close 2-1 game. Oconnor scored the first two goals of the game in the opening period to put the Pirates up 2-0, Lower Cape May scored their only goal late in the period when Robert McVey notched his sixth of the season.

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What ever happened to that line?? “With all due respect”? Or, more simply put, whatever happened to respect? Having covered this league for 15 years now, you hear a lot of talk back and forth. Mostly it is just that, talk, chatter, harmless banter just shy of being aggressive or outright rude. Sometimes, though, it seems players lose sight of the fact that the referees are there for a reason. They are part of the game. Are they always right? No. Will they change their mind if you argue and curse at them about the call? Heck no. I have never seen a ref change his call after a player argues his case over a penalty that he believed he did not commit.

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