Jonathan Ruiz and Pat Curiale each scored two goals as the North defeated the South 9-2 in the Junior/Senior Showcase game played at Hollydell. After spotting the South a 1-0 lead on a goal by Eric Simone just over one minute into the game the North would score the next eight goals. Kyle Parks began the streak as he put home a pass from Ruiz right along the side of the net, Jason Spieker also assisted. That line created a lot of scoring opportunities all night. Curiale, playing with teammate Garrett Quinn would give the South the lead for good at the eight minute mark as he broke in with Quinn on a 2-on-1. Adam Seitz scored an unassisted goal thirty seconds later and the lead was 3-1.

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The Cherokee Chiefs used a four goal third period to defeat Moorestown 5-1 last night before a standing room only crowd at the Skate Zone in Voorhees to win the SJHSIHL Championship for the second straight year. Cole Zucker led the Chiefs with two goals, and Alec Nicolai scored the lone goal for Moorestown. Unlike Monday’s game which started out as a defensive struggle and stayed that way throughout, this game Cherokee had a strong showing offensively in the opening period, but Moorestown goalie Vada Mangum kept the Chiefs off the board. Cherokee had a golden opportunity barely one minute into the game as they went on the power play, and despite generating 5 shots, failed to score.

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In sports the one of the many sayings is it’s not how you start but how you finish. Look at the Giants, they got hot at the right time and unfortunately are celebrating another championship. Same can be said for the St Louis Cardinals last year. As we look back in the SJHSIHL, we used the last 6 games as a barometer to see who has been hot. Cherokee comes in as the favorite, rightfully so as they are the defending champs and finished atop of the Tier 1 division with just 2 losses. And in their last 6 games have gone 5-1. Clearview has won 4 games in a row and 5 out of 6, with the lone loss coming against Cherokee, a team they defeated earlier in the season.

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Alec Nicolai scored three goals to lead Moorestown over Clearview 6-2 at Hollydell on Friday night. With the win Moorestown moved into second place in the division. Mike Katz put Moorestown on the board early in the first period scoring a power play goal with Nicolai and Eric Schwartz getting the assists. Clearview tied the score at 1-1 as Taylor Olson and Mike Vulpio broke in and Vulpio put home the feed from Olson for his sixth goal of the season. Late in the period Nicolai connected on the power play with Katz and Joey Aja getting the helpers.

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Dan Flaherty stopped 38 shots and Clearview survived a penalty filled third period to defeat Moorestown 5-2 on Monday night at the Igloo. Mike Vulpio led the offensive attack with two goals. Clearview took control in the first period scoring three times; twice on the power play to build a 3-1 lead. Kyle Montgomery opened the scoring at the eight minute mark scoring a power play goal to make it 1-0 Clearview. Vulpio would score the next two goals about three minutes apart, one on the power play to give Clearview a 3-0 advantage.

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Trailing 3-1 heading into the third period, Moorestown roared back scoring four times, two by John Yedman, as they defeated Cinnaminson 5-3 at the Igloo on Friday night. Cinnaminson had built a 3-1 lead through two periods on goals by Eric Bell in the opening period as Cinnaminson led 1-0 after one. After Ryan Volosin tied the game at 1-1 for Moorestown midway through the second, James Popp and Joe Calendo would score late to give the Pirates a 3-1 advantage after two periods.

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Vada Mangum stopped 29 shots and Mike Katz scored twice as Moorestown and EEW skated to a 3-3 tie at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Friday night. EEW controlled the play for most of the first period but Mangum kept them off the board, stoning Eric Simone on a break at the six minute mark and later in the period making stops on Jared Hand and Simone once again to keep EEW off the board. Moorestown scored the lone goal of the first period right at the end of a power play.

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Casey Forte scored a power play goal with just over three minutes left in the third period to snap a 3-3 tie and give the Chiefs a 4-3 victory.  The win was the third straight for Cherokee. Dylan Bradley led Cherokee with two goals and one assist. Alex Nicolai scored two goals in his first game of the season for Moorestown.  The Chiefs scored the only goal of the first period as Bradley and Cole Zucker broke in on a 2-on-1 with Zucker drawing over the defenseman and feeding Bradley for an easy goal. Early in the second period that same combination worked again as Zucker slid a pass from behind the net to Bradley and he buried the shot for a 2-0 lead.

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Moorestown scored four goals in the third period, including three in the final thirty-eight seconds as they defeated Holy Cross 8-2 in Tier 1 action at Hollydell. Mike Katz and Matt Olbrich led Moorestown with two goals each. Patrick Rizzo scored both Holy Cross goals. Both teams waited until the last minute of the first period to get on the scoreboard, with Holy Cross scoring first, short-handed as Rizzo was sent in by Brian Clegg and he converted to make it 1-0. Towards the end of the period Olbrich got that one back as he scored down low on the man advantage and we headed into the second period even at 1-1.

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Summer is over, football season is starting, baseball season is winding down and that can mean only one thing, hockey season is drawing near. As we begin our 14th season covering the SJHSIHL, there are some changes taking place in the league, so we decided to attend the monthly league meeting to get caught up with the happenings. For starters, Tier III has been eliminated, and with graduation and other issues hurting certain schools, a Tier II division was created which allows schools to combine their teams in order to support a full roster. Here are the 8 teams that will form the Tier II division:

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