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Just a few days after a heartbreaking loss in the final minute to rival Randolph in its season-opener, Morris Knolls-Hills bounced back in as big of a way as it could. Behind a balanced offensive effort and a 22-save shutout from Aidan Marvin, Morris Knolls-Hills bounced back with a 5-0 win over Morristown-Beard at MennenContinue reading “Dec. 13 notebook: Morris Knolls-Hills, Delbarton both win via shutout”

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 Mennen-Halvorsen crossoverRandolph vs. Madison, 5:45 p.m. at Mennen Arena Haas-Charette crossoverRoxbury vs. Parsippany Regional, 4 p.m. at Mennen ArenaPark Regional vs. Newton-Lenape Valley, 7:45 p.m. at Mennen Arena Girls- NJIIHL-Cohen DivisionChatham vs. Madison, 3 p.m. at Mennen ArenaWestfield vs. Randolph, 5:45 p.m. at SportsCare Arena Girls-IndependentMorristown-Beard at Hoosac (Mass.), 5 p.m. E-mailContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Wednesday, Dec. 14”

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 Mennen DivisionMorristown-Beard vs. Morris Knolls-Hills, 8 p.m. at Mennen Arena Gordon ConferenceDelbarton vs. Bergen Catholic, 4:40 p.m. at SportsCare Arena E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com for any schedule changes Donate to the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report’s GoFundMe

It’s the time of the year where illnesses spread rapidly, and even more so in a hockey locker room. Chatham was the first team (that we know of) to get hit with a bug this season as per the Morris Sussex Sports broadcast of the game, as both goaltenders in Nate May and Snowden LangeContinue reading “Dec. 12 Notebook: Chatham, with emergency goalie, wins again”

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 Mennen DivisionChatham vs. Morristown, 6:30 p.m. at Mennen Arena Halvorsen DivisionMount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown vs. Mountain Lakes-Boonton, 8:30 p.m. at Mennen Arena Haas-Charette crossoverGill St. Bernard’s vs. Montville, 4:30 p.m. at Mennen Arena Gordon ConferencePope John at Gloucester Catholic, 3:30 p.m. at Hollydell Ice Arena E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com for any schedule changes DonateContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Monday, Dec. 12”

Saturday evening at Mennen Arena saw some lopsided- and surprising- results. The day kicked off with Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown introducing itself to the Halvorsen Division with a thoroughly dominant 10-0 win over Madison, a team re-entering the Halvorsen after spending last year in the Mennen Division. Now, before anyone makes any judgements on Madison, there isContinue reading “Area notebook for Dec. 10: Mo-Ho-Ha, West Morris win big”

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 IndependentPark Regional at Millburn, 5:30 p.m. at Codey Arena GirlsNJIIHL-Cohen DivisionRandolph vs. Chatham, 8:30 p.m. at Mennen Arena E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com for any schedule changes Donate to the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report’s GoFundMe

Friday, December 9 Mennen DivisionChatham 6, Morristown-Beard 4 — GAME STORYRandolph 3, Morris Knolls-Hills 2 — GAME STORY Halvorsen DivisionKJS United 1, Mendham 0 IndependentKearny-North Arlington-Secaucus 9, High Point-Wallkill Valley-Kittatinny 5Toms River South-East 5, Morris Catholic-St. Elizabeth 0 E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com Donate to the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report’s GoFundMe GirlsSummit 3, Randolph 0

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 Halvorsen DivisionMount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown vs. Madison, 4:15 p.m. at Mennen Arena Haas DivisionRoxbury at Vernon, 4 p.m. at Skylands Ice WorldBernards-Somerville-Middlesex vs. West Morris, 6:15 p.m. at Mennen Arena Haas-Charette crossoverMontville vs. Park Regional, 8:15 p.m. at Mennen Arena Charette DivisionParsippany Regional at High Point-Wallkill Valley-Kittatinny, 6 p.m. at Skylands Ice WorldMorris Catholic-St.Continue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Saturday, Dec. 10”

By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — All it took was one play off of a face-off for Morris Knolls-Hills to tie it. But Randolph had a face-off play of its own to win it. Michael Simone of Morris Knolls-Hills tied the game up with 7:14 to go in the third, winning his own face-off beforeContinue reading “Zangara’s late heroics lift Randolph over Morris Knolls-Hills”