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NORTH, PUBLIC FIRST ROUND RECAPChatham, seeded third, rallied from a one-goal deficit by scoring four unanswered goals en route to a 6-3 win over 14th-seeded Madison in the first round of the North, Public tournament at Mennen Arena. Luc D’Costa had a hat trick for Chatham, which advanced to face either sixth-seeded Glen Rock orContinue reading “Feb. 20 NJSIAA Tournament recap: Chatham rallies in third”

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 NORTH, PUBLIC FIRST ROUND16-Millburn at 1-Randolph, 4:40 p.m. at SportsCare Arena12-West Morris at 5-Ramapo, 5:30 p.m. at Ice Vault13-Mendham at 4-Ridgewood, 2 p.m. at Ice House14-Madison at 3-Chatham, 8 p.m. at Mennen Arena10-Morristown at 7-Passaic Tech, 7:30 p.m. at Ice Vault18-Roxbury at 2-Northern Highlands, 6:45 p.m. at Sport-O-Rama NORTH, PUBLIC CO-OP FIRST ROUND16-Newton-Lenape Valley at 1-Tenafly-Cresskill, 8:10 p.m. at MackayContinue reading “Morris/Sussex NJSIAA Tournament schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 20”

ROXBURY RALLIES IN THIRD PAST MONTVILLE Roxbury, seeded 18th, erased a two-goal deficit and had a big third period to upend 15th-seeded Montville, 6-3, in the Play-in round of the NJSIAA North, Public tournament at Mennen Arena. Montville led, 3-1 on goals from Matt Trifari, Michael Maly, and Logan Engle. But Roxbury’s A.J. Mancuso scoredContinue reading “Feb. 16 state tournament recap: Roxbury, NLV, Mo-Ho-Ha advance in Play-ins”

By Mike Gurnis The Haas Cup is what Park Regional strives for every season from the start of preseason workouts. But when the team’s hopes of a title came to an end at the hands of West Morris in the semifinals over a week ago, the team had an opportunity to refocus on preparing forContinue reading “Park Regional tops Mountain Lakes-Boonton for first state playoff win since 2013”

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 NJSIAA Tournament Play-In RoundNorth, Public18-Roxbury at 15-Montville, 2 p.m. (Mennen Arena)North, Public Co-Op16-Newton-Lenape Valley vs. 17-Clifton-Cedar Grove-Passaic Valley, 9:10 p.m. (Skylands Ice World)19-Mountain Lakes-Boonton at 14-Park Regional, 5:45 p.m. (Mennen Arena)18-High Point-Wallkill Valley-Kittatinny at 15-Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown, 8:15 p.m. (Flemington Ice Arena) E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com

MADISON MOVES ON Sam Gero had a hat trick and an assist to propel 14th-seeded Madison to a 5-2 win over 19th-seeded Mahwah in the Play-in round of the NJSIAA North, Public tournament at Mennen Arena. The game was tied, 2-2, when Lucas Gero finished off a feed from his brother Sam to give MadisonContinue reading “Feb. 15 NJSIAA Tournament recap: Madison advances, Gill St. Bernard’s falls”

By Mike Gurnis The entire season was building up to this moment for KJS United. It was just 366 days ago when it saw a perfect season in the Halvorsen Division evaporate in the Halvorsen Cup final, in a stunning 5-1 loss to Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown. This season, this group knew that as much success asContinue reading “KJS United caps off dominant Halvorsen run with Cup title win over Mendham”

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 NJSIAA NORTH, PUBLIC TOURNAMENT PLAY-IN ROUND14-Madison vs. 19-Mahwah, 3 p.m. at Mennen Arena NJSIAA NON-PUBLIC PLAY-IN 17-Gill St. Bernard’s at 16-St. Peter’s Prep, 4pm at Barnabas Health Hockey House Halvorsen Cup final1-KJS United vs. 3-Mendham, 5 p.m. at Mennen Arena Mennen Cup final1-Randolph vs. 3-Chatham, 7:30 p.m. at Mennen Arena Girls- WIHLMAContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Thursday, Feb. 15”

By Mike Gurnis Process over outcome has been a major focus for Gill St. Bernard’s all season long. So when it fell behind by two goals to a high-powered West Morris team despite playing well to that point, the Knights were not going to get down on themselves. They remained focused on the process. AndContinue reading “Gill St. Bernard’s rallies, stuns West Morris in OT to win 1st Haas Cup”

Newton-Lenape Valley has been right on the cusp of Charette Cup titles in recent years, but hasn’t been able to break through. It dropped a heartbreaker in the final seconds in a championship game loss to Bernards’-Somerville-Middlesex in 2021, before falling, 8-3 to Montville last year. This time around was going to be different, andContinue reading “Newton-Lenape Valley takes down High Point tri-op for Charette Cup title”