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Shawnee 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.
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.
Nick Mattioli stopped 17 shots as the EEW defeated Shawnee 4-2 to stay alive in the double elimination tournament in Tier II in an early game played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The season came to an end for Shawnee and EEW will move on to play HLV on Monday night. Ethan Shields gave the EEW a 1-0 lead at the three minute mark of the first period scoring his first goal of the playoffs. Shawnee would tie the game at 1-1with Alex Churchill getting his first of the playoffs.
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:
Eric Lauk had two goals in the first period as Clearview opened the playoffs with a 4-1 win over Shawnee on Monday night at Voorhees. Brian Guzzi kept Shawnee in the game as he stopped 38 shots in his best performance of the season. Lauk opened the scoring just twenty seven seconds into the game with Anthony Dellerose getting the assist. Shawnee tied the game at 1-1 about six minutes later with Jake Pearlstein getting the equalizer.
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.
Clearview scored ten goals in the first period as they had no trouble in defeating Shawnee 10-0. Anthony Dellerose, Mason Gagne and Mike Cullen each score two goals to lead the offensive attack, the View out-shot Shawnee 34-4. Also scoring for Clearview were Justin Hughes, Nick Ramos, Eric Lauk and Tyler Richardson. Over the last six games the streaking Clearview team has posted a 5-0-1 record and is peaking at the right time. Should make for an interesting playoff.
Matt Cozzan scored twice and Dominic Newman stopped all 14 shots as Mainland defeated Shawnee 5-0 in the late game at Voorhees on Monday night. The win improved Mainland’s record to 9-0-2 and was their sixth straight victory. Cozzan scored the lone goal of the first period at the one minute mark with Josh Handshaw getting the assist. Nate Harring made it 2-0 early in the second period with Zach Robbins and Brad Kienzle.