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By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TOWNSHIP — What a difference a year makes. At this time last year, Morristown-Beard was mired in its most difficult season in recent memory, which saw it finish below .500, and it needed to rely on an at-large bid just to qualify for the state tournament. While it was certainly theContinue reading “Morristown-Beard shuts out Chatham, clinches 1st place in Mennen Division”

Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown 8, Newton-Lenape Valley 2 Evan Parr recorded two goals and five assists- including the 100th point of his career- in an 8-2 win over Newton-Lenape Valley at Mennen Arena. Parr, a junior, has recorded 22 goals and 29 points this year for a total of 51 points this year, and has 50 goalsContinue reading “Jan. 30 recap: Parr gets 100th point for Mount Olive; Parsippany rallies to earn tie”

Roxbury vs. Kinnelon at Skylands Ice World, 4:40 Morristown vs. Oratory at Union Sports Arena, 4:40 Morris Knolls-Hills vs. Robbinsville at Grundy Arena (Pa.), 5 Chatham vs. Morristown-Beard at Mennen Arena, 5:45 GIRLS Chatham vs. Kent Place at Barnabas Health Hockey House, 4 Morristown-Beard vs. Darien (Conn.) at Twin Oaks Ice Rink, 4

Through the past four seasons which have included some very difficult times for the Parsippany Regional ice hockey program, there has been one constant. Justin Wellman, the team’s senior goaltender, has been in between the pipes for every game of his four-year career, and has often faced a large volume of shots per game. AndContinue reading “Parsippany Regional’s Wellman reaches 2,500 save threshold”

High Point-Wallkill Valley vs. Mountain Lakes-Boonton at Mennen Arena, 4:15 Delbarton vs. Lawrenceville at Loucks Ice Rink, 5 Mendham vs. Southern at Winding River Skating Center, 6 Newton-Lenape Valley vs. Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown, 6:15 Parsippany Regional vs. Morris Catholic-DePaul at Mennen Arena, 8:15

Morristown-Beard 5, Morristown 0 Morristown-Beard bounced back from its first loss in nearly two months with a dominant 5-0 win over cross-town rival Morristown at Mennen Arena. Hollis Humphries scored twice and had an assist for Morristown-Beard (14-3-1). Tommy Matthews added a goal and three assists, while Cam Fernandez and Andrew Low each found theContinue reading “Jan. 29 recap: Morristown-Beard tops Morristown; Zangara lifts Randolph to win”

Pope John vs. Bergen Catholic at Ice House, 2:30 Sparta-Jefferson vs. Morris Knolls-Hills at Aspen Ice, 4 Morristown vs. Morristown-Beard at Mennen Arena, 5:45 Montville vs. Bernards-Somerville-Middlesex at American Dream Ice Rink, 7:30 Madison vs. Montclair at Clary Anderson Arena, 7:45 Roxbury vs. Randolph at Mennen Arena, 7:45

Park Regional 2, Mountain Lakes-Boonton 1 Park Regional became the first team to beat Mountain Lakes-Boonton this season, as it scored once in the second and again in the third to claim a 2-1 win at Mennen Arena. Both contests between these squads have been nail-biters, with the previous result being a 4-4 tie backContinue reading “Jan. 28 recap: Park Regional edges Mt Lakes-Boonton to gain ground in Haas race”

Parsippany Regional vs. Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown at Mennen Arena, 3 Pope John vs. Delbarton at Aspen Ice, 4:45 Park Regional vs. Mountain Lakes-Boonton at Mennen Arena, 8 West Morris vs. Newton-Lenape Valley at Skylands Ice World, 9:20 GIRLS Randolph vs. Morristown-Beard at Twin Oaks, 5

Randolph 2, Morristown 2 Evan Xhumba’s goal with 4:47 remaining, just 1:36 after it fell behind, helped Randolph earn a 2-2 tie with Morristown at Mennen Arena. After Matt Rogers gave Randolph (12-2-4) the lead in the first period, Harry Santen tied the game up at one in the final minute of the second. Then,Continue reading “Jan. 27 recap: Randolph and Morristown tie, Knolls-Hills triumphs as Mennen Division race tightens”