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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Sean Conard scored two power play goals as Riverfront cruised to a 5-1 win over St Joe’s to win the JVB Championship in action played ta the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Riverfront jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period with Zachary Bock scoring a goal in the first three minutes for a 1-0 lead and Jake Sitzler scored his first of the playoffs in the last three minutes of the period. Conard scored the only goal of the second period on the power play with Jake Gimbel getting the assist.

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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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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.

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HLV scored two goals in the third period to rally from a 2-1 deficit and defeat St Joe’s 3-2 in the season finale for both teams in JVB. Connor Humphrey scored with 52 seconds left in the game to give HLV the win. St Joe’s led 2-1 after two periods as leading scorer Thomas Gzregorski, got both and finished the season with 19. Unfortunately for St Joe’s they ran out of gas come the third period as they had just 5 skaters for the game.

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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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Paul Petrongolo scored five goals to lead St Joe’s to a 7-3 win over Cinnaminson in the second game of the double header played at Hollydell on Friday evening. Nick Frangos chipped in with a goal and three assists to lead the attack. Anthony Lovell opened the scoring at the five minute mark of the first period and Frangos made it 2-0 scoring on a breakaway. Midway through the second period Cinnaminson connected on the power play with Chris Pawlikowski to make it 2-1.

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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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Stephen San Martin stopped all 38 shots as River front defeated St Joe’s 1-0 in action played at Hollydell. Isaac Viereck scored the only goal of the game late in the first period and San Martin made that stand despite six power play opportunities and a two-man advantage early in the third period.

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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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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.

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After a slow start and trailing 2-0, St Joe’s used a five goal third period to pull away from Middle Township and win going away at 8-3. Nick Frangos, Trevor Rucci and Daniel MacDuff each scored two goals to lead the attack. Middle Township scored the only goal of the first period with Josh Mander getting his 14th of the season. Tom DeMarco made it 2-0 early in the second period as he scored a short-handed goal in the first minute. Rucci would match that with his own short-handed goal about five minutes later to cut the lead to 2-1.

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Nick Frangos had three goals and one assist as St Joe’s defeated Cinnaminson 5-1 in action played at Voorhees on Monday night. Frangos struggled early in the season scoring just 5 goals in the first seven games. But over the last three games he has 9 goals. Not surprising St Joe’s was 3-3-1 in those games and has now won 3 in a row.

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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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Bryan Popiolek and Rich Brusco scored third period goals to help Black Horse rally from a two goal deficit and tie St Joe’s 4-4 in a late game at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Black Horse led 2-0 after the first period on goals by John Kennedy and Kevin O’neill, both coming in the first two minutes of the game. St Joe’s did all their scoring in the second period as Anthony Lovell scored twice and Trevor Rucci, short-handed and Nick Frangos late in the period and St Joe’s led 4-2 after two periods.

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St Joe’s would launch 47 shots at Cinnaminson goalie Chris Peters and managed just three goals but it was enough to defeat Cinnaminson 3-2 in a game played in Voorhees on Monday night. Daniel MacDuff and Anthony Lovell gave St Joe’s a 2-0 lead in the first period. Cinnaminson would get one back late in the period as Eric Bell scored his team high sixth goal to cut the lead to 2-1.

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Nick Mattioli stopped 24 shots and EEW scored two first period goals and they stood up as EEW defeated St. Joe’s 2-1 in action played in Voorhees on Monday night. Luke Hussey scored a power play goal just two minutes into the game to give the EEW a 1-0 lead. St Joe’s would tie the score at 1-1about six minutes later, also on the power play with Tristen Ridarelli getting the equalizer.

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Goals by RC Randal and Colin Riera in the final three minutes of the game gave HLV a come from behind 4-3 win over St Joe’s in action plated at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Randal led HLV with two goals. After Sam Belanger gave HLV a 1-0 lead late in the first period, St Joe’s would tie the game at 1-1 on a goal by Daniel McDuff on the power play early in the second period.

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