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Washington Twp Articles 2010-2011
With another season come and gone, thought I’d reflect back on some issues we discussed at the end of last season and the beginning of this year. At the end of last season Cherokee was thinking of replacing head coach Mike Sullivan, but at the last minute decided not to make a change. And not only was it the right move, Cherokee went on to win the league championship and made the semi-finals of the Flyers Cup. As Mike would tell you, he’s got a good staff with Scott McKay and Steve Monaghan, and the kids bought into the system. There can’t be any grumblings from the board on this season, good job coaches!!
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Washington Township coming off a strong season in the SJHSIHL came into the Flyers Cup as a #3 seed, and looked to advance into the semi-finals, but strong goaltending by Springfords’ Peter Esslinger, who stopped 37 shots led to a 4-2 defeat of the Minutemen. Sean McCabe scored the lone goal of the first period on the power play as Township carried much of the play but failed to dent Esslinger.
Ben Basalma scored twice and Eddie Sarin added two goals and three assists as Washington Township defeated William Tennent 5-3 in their opening round game in the Flyers Cup at Voorhees Skate Zone. After Tennent took a 1-0 lead in the opening minutes, Township would tie the game as Sarin would bury a shot from down low on a nice pass from Eric Naccarelli. Early in the second period, on the power play, Justin Cogbill gave Township a 2-1 lead as he scored on a rebound of a shot by Sarin.
Jason Spieker scored with fifteen seconds left in overtime as Cherokee rallied to defeat Washington Township 6-5 and win the SJHSIHL Championship before a jammed packed crowd at the Skate Zone in Voorhees in one of the best playoff games in a long time. Cole Zucker once again came up huge for the Chiefs with his third hat trick of the playoffs. Jonathan Smith had a big night for Township scoring four goals. But once again the night was about the resiliency of Cherokee, the one characteristic that this team has shown all year, no matter the score, no matter the situation, they keep coming at you.
Dan Navarra after surrendering a first period goal to Eddie Sarin, stopped 18 shots in the second period and Cherokee scored three times as they defeated Washington Township 3-1 before a packed house at Hollydell. The victory spoiled Townships anticipated celebration and they must now travel to Voorhees on Wednesday night for a deciding game in this double elimination format.
Washington Township received goals from six different players, with Ben Basalma leading the way with two as they defeated Shawnee 7-2 in front of a packed house at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Ryan McCusker stopped 34 shots as Township advances to the Championship game having gone through the double elimination tournament undefeated. They will play the winner of the Cherokee-Shawnee game. Township never trailed as they scored twice in the opening period with Jonathan Smith and Eddie Sarin getting the goals. Sarin scored on the power play as Township controlled the play for much of the first period.
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 2010-2011 winners:
Eddie Sarin scored three goals and Ryan McCusker stopped 26 shots as Washington Township rallied to defeat Clearview 6-4 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Friday night. Township now moves on to the winner bracket final and will face Shawnee on Monday February 21st. The winner of that contest goes into the championship game. Sarin gave Township a 1-0 lead as he won a face-off in the offensive zone and after getting the puck back from Shane Moffatt, ripped home a shot from the top of the circle. Clearview came right back about one minute later as Bob Campbell put home a rebound of a shot by Josh Gonzalez and we were tied at 1-1.
Ben Basalma had a hat trick as Washington Township defeated Cherry Hill East 8-3 in a playoff opener for Township at Hollydell ice rink. East was coming off an opening round win against Lenape and will now go into the losers’ bracket. Eddie Sarin and Garrett Quinn added two goals for the top seeded Minutemen. The teams were tied after the first period as Sarin and Dan Desrochers traded goals and Ben Tice stopped 12 of the 13 shots he faced.
Council Rock South scored a power play goal with less than four minutes remaining in the game as they defeated Washington Township 5-4 in a cross-over game between two of the top teams in the tri-state area. Township won an earlier meeting 3-1. Patrick Grilli and Steve Junod each scored two goals for CRS; Jonathan Smith led Township with two goals. Smith gave Township a 1-0 lead just thirty seconds into the game, but that lead was short-lived as CRS scored a power play goal with Greg Aquaro getting the tally.