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Mainland Articles 2013-2014
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.
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.
Paul Petrongolo scored two goals and Justin Widener stopped 22 shots as St Joe’s won the Tier III Championship with a 5-2 win over Mainland. Mainland scored the only goal of the first period as Nick Manning scored in the opening two minutes. St Joe’s would control the second period scoring three goals to take a 3-1 lead. After Thomas Gzregorski tied the game at 1-1 at the four minute mark, Nick Frangos would put St Joe’s in front two minutes later with Anthony Lovell and Daniel MacDuff getting the assists.
Tim Vant scored two goals as Mainland defeated Cinnaminson 3-2 in the Tier II playoffs played at the Skate Zone in Atlantic City. The loss eliminated the Pirates but they should be proud of what they accomplished this year coming off a one win season and winning seven games and making it to within one game of playing for the title. Cinnaminson broke through first as Eric Bell ripped a shot just under the cross bar on the long side for a 1-0 lead at the five minute mark. Vant tied the game at 1-1 with two minutes left in the period on a nice pass from Nate Herring.
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.
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:
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.
James Popp scored with just over four minutes remaining in the game to help Cinnaminson earn a 3-3 and salvage a point against unbeaten Mainland at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Liam McGurrin scored the only goal of the first period to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead. Mainland however would score the next three goals to take a 3-1 lead.
Matt Cozzan and Nick Manning each scored twice as Mainland held off St Joe’s 6-4 and remained unbeaten at 11-0-2. St Joe’s trailed 4-0 early into the third period and mounted a comeback but fell short late in the period. Mainland scored the only two goals of the first period, both coming late as Manning and Cozzan scored less than one minute apart and the lead was 2-0. Neither team would score in the second period and after Mainland got goals from Dominik Newman right after the opening face-off and Cozzan’s second the lead was 4-0 less than three minutes into the third period.