Harrison Rauh scored at the eight minute mark of the first overtime as Washington Township upset top seed Eastern 7-6 in the opening round of the Flyers Cup at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Kyle McGarvey had a hat trick and Andrew McGinley added two goals to lead the Township offense. Luke Ravitz led Eastern with two goals. The teams were tied at 2-2 after the first period, with Sean Pomerantz and Jordan Stein scoring for the Vikings. McGarvey had both Township goals. After Ravitz gave Eastern a 3-2 lead early in the second period, Township would score twice in a ninety second span, both goals coming from McGinley down low and a 4-3 lead. Late in the period McGarvey would complete his hat trick and Township would take a 5-3 lead into the third period. 

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Nicholas Fonseca had a hat trick, including the game winner in overtime as Shawnee defeated Washington Township 4-3 and capture the JVA Championship. The teams traded goals in the first period with Fonseca scoring in the opening minute and Niko Durnan getting the first of his two on the night to tie the game at 1-1 in the final two minutes of the period. Goals by Fonseca and Scott Minshall twenty-one seconds apart early in the second period gave Shawnee a 3-1 lead. Matthew Holdofsky with bring Township to within 3-2 late in the period. 

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We are pleased with the league allowing us to recognize several players and a coach and their outstanding contributions they have made for their team. With at least two to three players considered for each category, we have finalized our decision. The tradition continues here at SJIceHockey as we honor the best of 2019-2020 season in the SJHSHL. The awards will be presented prior to Game 1 of the Championship round for Tier I this Friday, February 28 at Hollydell Ice Arena. Listed below are this year’s recipients: 

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Egg Harbor Township trailed 4-0 midway through the second period and things looked bleak for the Eagles, but a furious rally gave them a 5-4 win in overtime against Washington Township at Hollydell on Friday night. The loss eliminated Township from the playoffs. EHT will now face Cherokee on Monday night with the winner facing Eastern in the Championship round. Township led 2-0 after the first period on goals by Harrison Rauh and Andrew McGinley. Goals by Mike Guarracino and Niko Durnan twenty-three seconds apart had the lead to 4-0 and seemingly safe for Township. Riley Rudolph started the comeback for EHT scoring at the eight minute mark, then with the period winding down, Ryan Robertson scored for EHT and now suddenly it was 4-2 heading into the third period.

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Michael Tussey stopped 27 shots as Washington Township defeated Moorestown 2-1 in playoff action in Voorhees. The loss eliminated Moorestown from the double elimination tournament. Offensively Township started slowly as they were out-shot 14-4 in the first period, but Tussey would just yield one, as Nick Jarmaine would score on a shot from the slot. Township would tie the score at 1-1 when Nicholas Cimorelli would see his shot from the point go through a screen and into the net, so despite being outplayed Township entered the second period all even. 

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With their season on the line and trailing 2-1 after two periods, Washington Township would score twice in the third period to edge Kingsway 3-2 in playoff action played at Hollydell on Wednesday night. The loss eliminated Kingsway from the double elimination tournament. After a scoreless first period which saw Township dominate in shots 17-6, but thanks to strong goaltending from Kingsway goalie Mike Lieze we entered the second period all even. Kingsway would break through first as Aaron Pape scored at the six-minute mark converting a turnover down low and a 1-0 lead. With just over four minutes left in the period Andrew McGinley would bury a shot up top from just inside the circle and we were tied at 1-1.

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Cherry Hill East JVA scored four goals in the second period and went on to defeat Washington Township 5-0 in Sunday night JVA action in Voorhees. After a scoreless first period Cherry Hill broke through as Tyler Williams scored his second of the season five minutes into the second period. Just thirty-two seconds later Justin Moroney made it 2-0 putting home his ninth of the year, tied for team high. Township was assessed a five-minute major and Cherry Hill would capitalize as Joseph Papa would score two goals in a span of three minutes and the lead was now 4-0. 

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Goals by Brady Swain, Tyler Brosius and Ralph Triboletti powered Team Giroux to a 3-0 lead in the first period and strong goaltending helped Team Giroux defeat Team Oskar 4- 2 in the 2019-2020 Junior-Senior Showcase game played in Voorhees. Team Giroux led by Coach Amon from Cherry Hill and Coach Vulpio from Clearview never trailed as Swain and Brosius scored moments apart for a 2-0 lead. Triboletti made it 3-0 from down low, as Team Giroux was out to make a statement. Erika Nolfi got the start in nets for Team Giroux and was strong in goal. Corey Owens put Team Oskar on the board late in the period to cut the lead to 3-1. Midway through the second period Kristian Massanova would bring Team Oskar to within 3-2 scoring from the slot. 

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Andrew McGinley’s second goal of the game with less than one minute left in the contest gave the Minutemen a 3-2 win over Kingsway in the season finale for both clubs. The teams traded goals in the first period with Kyle McGarvey scoring at the six minute mark and Kingsway tying the game on a goal by Colin Kupniewski just over one minute later. Nick Bellapigna would give Kingsway a 2-1 lead late in the second period, scoring on the power play and the Dragons took the lead into the third period.

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This year for the Junior-Senior Showcase, the selection committee decided to name the two teams Team Oskar and Team Giroux. The home team, Team Giroux (players from Tier II), will wears their white jerseys from their team and Team Oskar (Tier I players) will be skating in their dark away jerseys from their team. Don't forget, the game will be played on Monday, February 3rd at the Voorhees Skatezone starting at 7:20PM.  The admission is $5. Here's the full list of players selected...

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