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Each week of the 2021-22 season, The Morris-Sussex Hockey Report will honor its Three Stars of the Week. We will also have our rankings of the Top 5 teams in the area. You can find out who made the cut this week below. THREE STARS OF THE WEEK (Jan. 30-Feb. 5)Players cannot make this listContinue reading “Morris-Sussex Hockey Report 3 stars of the week and area Top 5 rankings for Feb. 6”

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Vernon 5, Park Regional 4Luke Zabriskie scored two goals, including the game-winning goal in the third period to lift Vernon to a much-needed 5-4 win over Park Regional at Skylands Ice World. Zabriskie, who had just one goal on the season coming into this one, came through for the Vikings as theyContinue reading “Feb. 5 roundup: Vernon rallies for big win, High Point-WV-Kittatinny ties Bernards-Somerville-Middlesex”

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Haas DivisionVernon vs. Park Regional at Skylands Ice World, 6 p.m.— A win or tie for Park Regional automatically clinches its spot in the Haas Cup. It also is one game below .500, so it needs a win to keep its state tournament hopes alive. Vernon, on the other hand, is inContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Saturday, Feb. 5”

By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — With its backs against the wall in terms of qualifying for the state tournament this week, Morristown-Beard coach Scott Greene made a lineup change that few could have expected. The move, was to switch standout two-way defenseman Noah Jones from his normal spot on the blue line, to suddenlyContinue reading “Strauss, Connor help Morristown-Beard inch closer to state playoff berth”

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Mennen DivisionMorristown-Beard vs. Chatham at Mennen Arena, 5:45 p.m.— Morristown-Beard is locked into the third seed and Chatham is locked into the fourth seed for the Mennen Cup. However, Morristown-Beard needs to win out in its final two regular season games to have a chance to finish .500 and automatically qualify forContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Friday, Feb. 4”

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Halvorsen DivisionRoxbury vs. Morristown at Mennen Arena, 6:15 p.m.— Final divisional game for both teams. Roxbury has already been eliminated from Halvorsen Cup contention and Morristown has already locked up the top seed. Haas DivisionWest Morris vs. Park Regional at Mennen Arena, 8:15 p.m.— A win or a tie for West MorrisContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Thursday, Feb. 3”

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Gordon ConferenceDelbarton vs. Princeton Day at SportsCare Arena, 4 p.m.Pope John vs. Don Bosco Prep at Prudential Center, 7:45 p.m. Haas DivisionGill St. Bernard’s vs. Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown at Mennen Arena, 5:45 p.m.— A win for Gill St. Bernard’s would move it two points ahead of Vernon for the fourth and final HaasContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Wednesday, Feb. 2”

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Randolph 5, Chatham 4See Mike Gurnis’ recap for NJ.com here: https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/02/ice-hockey-zangaras-two-goals-help-randolph-outlast-chatham-5-4.html Roxbury 4, Nutley-Columbia-Bloomfield 2Jake Calanni netted two goals and had an assist to lead Roxbury to its first win of the season, a 4-2 win over Nutley-Columbia-Bloomfield at Codey Arena. Alexis Olivera and Sean Hardy each had a goal for Roxbury,Continue reading “Feb. 1 roundup: Randolph edges Chatham, Roxbury gets 1st win”

For the first time in five seasons, the Sussex Cup will have a new home. After Vernon had won the title every year from 2016-17 through 2020-21, Newton-Lenape Valley was able to break the streak this year. It defeated High Point-Wallkill Valley-Kittatinny, 7-3 on Monday night to clinch the title at Skylands Ice World. ThisContinue reading “Newton-Lenape Valley wins first Sussex Cup since 2015”

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Mennen DivisionRandolph vs. Chatham at Mennen Arena, 4 p.m.— A Randolph win would clinch the second seed for the Mennen Cup and would finalize the seedings across the division, with Morris Knolls-Hills being top, Randolph second, Morristown-Beard third, and Chatham fourth. A tie would accomplish the same match-ups, all that would beContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 1”