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By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — Over the past couple of seasons, Chatham has established itself as a program that no matter what happens in the regular season, seems to find a way to adapt to the tight-checking style of postseason hockey. It has proven that in its runs to the Public C final theContinue reading “Chatham holds on late for 2-1 win over Morristown in Mennen Cup 1st round”

The 2019-20 NJSIAA State Tournament was seeded on Tuesday morning in Robbinsville, and all area teams that qualified learned of their seeds and first round match-ups. Below are the seeds and match-ups for the area for Public A, B, and C, as well as Non-Public. The first round is to be completed no later thanContinue reading “Morris-Sussex area state tournament seeds and match-ups”

1-Roxbury (11-8-2) vs. 4-Vernon (12-11) Wednesday at 7:30pm, Mennen Arena Previous meetings: Roxbury won both meetings between these teams, as it got a 6-4 win on Dec. 7, before earning a 6-3 win more recently on Jan. 23. PLAYERS TO WATCH Roxbury Nick Hefferle (21 g., 10 a.), Ethan Barooah (4 g., 15 a.), KevinContinue reading “Preview, predictions for Halvorsen Cup semifinals”

HAAS CUP SEMIFINALS 1-Park Regional (17-1-4) vs. 4-Gill St. Bernard’s (12-4-3) Wednesday at 4pm, Mennen Arena Previous meetings: Gill St. Bernard’s is the only team to beat Park this season, as it came away with a 3-0 victory back on Dec. 14, thanks to a two-goal performance from Brenen Lavoie and a 23-save shutout fromContinue reading “Preview, predictions for Wednesday’s Haas Cup semifinals”

4-Chatham (9-8-2) vs. 5-Morristown (10-9-4), Mennen Cup First round Tuesday at 8pm, Mennen Arena What’s at stake: The winner will get to take on top seed Morristown-Beard on Thursday at 8:15 in the Mennen Cup semifinals. Previous meetings: Both games between these squads have been tightly contested. The first came early in the season onContinue reading “Preview, prediction for Tuesday’s Mennen Cup 1st round- Chatham vs. Morristown”

MENNEN CUP First round Tuesday: 4-Chatham vs. 5-Morristown, 8 Semifinals on Thursday, Feb. 20 2-Randolph vs. 6-Madison, 6:15 1-Morristown-Beard vs. Chatham/Morristown winner, 8:15 Final Saturday at 6:15 HALVORSEN CUP Semifinals Wednesday: 1-Roxbury vs. 4-Vernon, 7:30 Thursday: 2-Montville vs. 3- Mendham, 4:15 Final Saturday at 4:15 HAAS CUP Semifinals on Wednesday 1-Park Regional vs. 4-Gill St.Continue reading “Remaining schedule for Mennen, Halvorsen and Haas Cups”

Mennen Cup: Madison 1, Morris Knolls-Hills 0 With the amount of talent that there is in the Mennen Division- one of the top divisions in the state- on a year-to-year basis, there’s always the potential for a surprising result. Madison, the sixth seed, pulled off a stunning upset as it took down third seed MorrisContinue reading “Feb. 13 cup recap: Madison stuns Knolls-Hills; Park, Vernon, Mendham advance”

HAAS CUP FIRST ROUND 1-Park Regional vs. 8-Parsippany Regional at Mennen Arena, 4:15 HALVORSEN CUP FIRST ROUND 4-Vernon vs. 5-Sparta-Jefferson at Skylands Ice World, 3:50 3-Mendham vs. 6-Kinnelon at Mennen Arena, 6:15 MENNEN CUP FIRST ROUND 3-Morris Knolls-Hills vs. 6-Madison at Mennen Arena, 8:15

On Wednesday, the seeds for the Gordon Cup were released, and both Delbarton and Pope John learned of their seeds for the prestigious tournament. Delbarton, which has reached the final for nine consecutive years, with four titles in that span, will be the fourth seed this year. It lost to Don Bosco Prep in lastContinue reading “Delbarton, Pope John learn seeds for Gordon Cup”

Gill St. Bernard’s 4, West Morris 1 Brenen Lavoie recorded a hat trick to lift fourth seed Gill St. Bernard’s to a 4-1 win over fifth seed West Morris in the first round of the Haas Cup at Mennen Arena. Lavoie gave his team the lead late in the second period, before adding a powerContinue reading “Haas Cup recap: Lane’s 4 goals lift Mountain Lakes-Boonton, Lavoie leads Gill St. Bernard’s to win”