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Washington Twp Articles 2017-18
Dominic Garozzo scored six goals and AJ Matlack added two as Washington Township defeated Shawnee 11-8 in a shootout at Pennsauken Skate Zone in the first round of the Flyers Cup. CJ Castorina added four assists for the Minutemen as they will now play Salesianum in the next round. The teams combined for 10 goals in the first period, with Township missing starting goalie Kyle Rink. Ryan Feast and Ian Plummer led Shawnee with two goals each.
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With the game tied at 3-3 after two periods Cherokee JVA squad scored three goals in the final five minutes to pull away from Washington Township for a 6-3 victory in action played on Sunday night. Six different players scored for the Chiefs as they improved to 9-6-1 on the season. The teams traded early goals in the opening period with Township taking a 1-0 lead on a goal by Kyle McGarvey just over ninety seconds into the game. Just about thirty seconds later Cherokee would tie the score at 1-1 on a goal by Connor Ray. Nick Cimorelli would connect on the power play at the four minute mark to give Township a 2-1 lead but the Chiefs would get a goal from Brandon Garber to tie the game at 2-2 heading into the second period.
In the continuing tradition here at SJIceHockey, we are pleased to announce the 2017-2018 award winners. We had many players that had a standout year which made it difficult to narrow down and in one category we actually picked two players to share the honors. Congratulations to all. The presentations will be prior to game 1 of the Championship round at Voorhees.
Mike DeFord scored eleven seconds into the game and Cherokee never looked back as they stayed alive in the double elimination tournament with a 7-0 win over Washington Township. The loss ended the season for Township and Cherokee lives on to play another day. Andrew Lavdas stopped all 20 shots and Michael Andes led the offense with two goals. The Chiefs have won a majority of their titles going through the losers’ bracket and will have to do so once again this year. Andes made it 2-0 at the five minute mark on a nice feed from Darren Ambrose. With the period winding down Jeremy Ambrose made a nice move down the right side and picked the long side along the ice to give the Chiefs a 3-0 lead after one.
Shawnee is making its first appearance in recent memory and Moorestown finds itself the top seed after a 15-1-2 season. The games are scheduled to be played starting on March 12th as Cherokee will host DMA at 8:45 at Voorhees Skate Zone. Moorestown will begin play on Tuesday March 13th at Voorhees at 7:00. Please check back for the complete schedule, to be posted in the Forum. The 5th annual NJ/DE Flyers cup teams have been selected and here are the rankings...
Kyle Peters scored one minute into the overtime period as Team Simmonds rallied from a three goal deficit to defeat Team Giroux 9-8 in the Junior-Senior Showcase game held at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Max Kuznetsov led Team Giroux with six goals. Dominic Garrozzo had three goals and four assists and Kyle Peters added a hat trick for Team Simmonds. Luke Dobbs opened the scoring giving Team Giroux the early 1-0 lead. Dennis Campbell tied the game at 1-1 at the five minute mark.
Conor Riley and Max Kuznetsov each had a hat trick as Eastern rolled past Washington Township 9-3 in a make-up game played on Wednesday night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Kuznetsov opened the scoring just over two minutes into the game, but Joey Ricchezza would convert a nice feed from Dominic Garrozzo to tie the game at 1-1 at the six minute mark. Riley gave the Vikings the lead for good late in the period with Jake Zuckerman getting the assist. Joey Arlotta would get his first of the season early into the second period to give Eastern a 3-1 lead. Seventeen seconds later Riley would add a short-handed goal and a 4-1 advantage. Just over two minutes later Kuznetsov had his second of the night and the lead was 5-1.
The 2017-2018 SJHSHL draft for the Junior-Senior Showcase game was conducted on Tuesday night as the coaches for Team Simmonds and Team Giroux gathered to make their selections. Team Giroux, who will be coached by Daryl Sporer from Moorestown and assisted by Scott Busler from Cherry Hill East won the toss and selected Max Kuznetsov from Eastern with their first pick. Team Simmonds who will be coached by Scott McKay from Cherokee and assisted by John Francis from Kingsway selected Dominic Garrozzo from Washington Township. Here are the remaining selections for both teams:
After being held scoreless for six periods, Washington Township got a hat trick from Dominic Garrozzo in defeating Shawnee 5-2 in SJHSHL action played in Voorhees. The Minutemen jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals from Garrozzo and Andrew McGinley. Anthony Poppalardo would get Shawnee on the board in the opening minute of the second period scoring his team high 14th goal of the year and suddenly it was 2-1. Garrozzo would restore the two goal lead midway through the period on a feed from Joe Ricchezza and Township took a 3-1 lead into the third period.
Washington Township failed to score for the second straight game as they lost to Moorestown 3-0 in a game played at Hollydell on Friday night. Kyle Rink stopped 32 shots and allowed just two goals both coming on the power play. After averaging over five goals per game the first 14 games the Township offense has disappeared the last two games, being shutout in both games and having just a combined 30 shots in both contests. Moorestown scored the only goal they would need at the five minute mark of the first period converting on the power play as Andrew Jordan would score his 5th of the season and a 1-0 lead. Township had a golden opportunity with a two man advantage for over one minute, but never got set-up in the zone. Early in the second period Moorestown would capitalize as they had a two man advantage and Luke Dobbs would net his seventh of the year and a 2-0 lead. Rink would stone Jordan later in the period to keep Township within striking distance.