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By Mike Gurnis After Pope John rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie the game early in the third period of Wednesday’s Non-Public first round game with St. John Vianney, it seemed as if momentum had fully swung in its favor. But as quickly as it got back in the game, it got away justContinue reading “Pope John falls to St. John Vianney in Non-Public 1st round”

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Public B first round14-Roxbury at 3-Randolph, 5:45 at SportsCare Arena Public C first round4-Morris Knolls-Hills vs. 13-Ocean Township-Shore-Monmouth, 5:45pm at Mennen Arena Non-Public first round1-Delbarton vs. 16-Montclair Kimberley, 4pm at SportsCare Arena12-Morristown-Beard at 5-Princeton Day, 5:15 p.m.8-Pope John vs. 9-St. John Vianney, 6:50pm at Skylands Ice World Girls first round10-Randolph at 7-Kent Place, 4 p.m. at RWJ Barnabas HealthContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Wednesday, Feb. 22”

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 8-Toms River South-East 3, 9-KJS United 0Chase Witt recorded his second shutout of the state tournament to lead eighth-seeded Toms River South-East to a 3-0 win over ninth-seeded KJS United in the first round of the Public C tournament at Winding River Rink in Toms River. Witt stopped all 18 shots heContinue reading “Morris/Sussex NJSIAA Tournament recap for Tuesday, Feb. 21”

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Public B first round15-Montville at 2-Middletown North, 4:45 p.m. at Middletown Ice World Public C first round9-KJS United at 8-Toms River South-East, 4 p.m. at Winding River Rink19-Bernards-Somerville-Middlesex at 3-Woodbridge Twp., 3:15 p.m. at Woodbridge Community Center E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com Donate to the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report via GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/7478f834

Here is a look at this week’s schedule for NJSIAA State Tournament first round games involving Morris/Sussex area teams. The first round is to be played by Thursday, and then the quarterfinals are to be played by Monday, Feb. 27. PUBLIC B13-West Morris at 4-Chatham, Thursday 2/23, 5:15 p.m. at Mennen Arena14-Roxbury at 3-Randolph, WednesdayContinue reading “Morris/Sussex NJSIAA Tournament first round schedule”

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Toms River South-East 2, Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown 0Liam Magovern and Ryan Fortunato each scored goals in the final five minutes of the game to propel eighth-seeded Toms River South-East to a 2-0 win over 25th-seeded MOHOHA in the preliminary round of the Public C Tournament at Winding River Rink in Toms River. NickContinue reading “Morris/Sussex NJSIAA Tournament recap for Feb. 18”

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 NJSIAA Public C Preliminary Round28-High Point-Wallkill Valley-Kittatinny at 5-Verona-Glen Ridge, 3:45 p.m. at Codey Arena25-Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown at 8-Toms River South-East, 6 p.m. at Winding River Rink E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com Donate to the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report via GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/7478f834

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1612-Morristown-Beard 7, 21-Gill St. Bernard’s 0Behind a seven-point performance from senior Hollis Humprhies, Morristown-Beard advanced to the Non-Public first round with a 7-0 win over Gill St. Bernard’s at Twin Oaks Ice Rink. Humphries finished with two goals and five assists for the Crimson (10-12), who will face fifth-seeded Princeton Day in theContinue reading “Morris/Sussex NJSIAA Tournament recap for Feb. 16-17”

Delbarton goaltender Jason Cai and Montville forward Matthew Trifari were selected as two of the New Jersey Devils’ Players of the Month for January. Each month, the Devils honor nine players- one from each of the eight boys conferences and one from girls hockey- as Players of the Month, as selected by nominations from theContinue reading “Cai, Trifari honored as NJ Devils Players of Month for January”

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 NJSIAA Public C Preliminary round9-KJS United vs. 24-Lacey, 4:40 P.M. at Skylands Ice World21-Park Regional at 12-Howell, 6:45 p.m. at Howell Ice Arena19-Bernards-Somerville-Middlesex at 14-Tenafly-Cresskill, 7 p.m. at Mackay Park E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com Donate to the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report via GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/7478f834