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By Mike Gurnis The difference between Morristown-Beard’s play between last year- and even the first two games of this season- and now, is night-and-day. The 2018-19 season was a down year for the Crimson, as a young team finished below .500 and lost in the first round of the Mennen Cup as well as theContinue reading “Another statement: Morristown-Beard keeps rolling with win over Randolph”

Ice Vault, Wayne Ice Vault Holiday Classic Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown vs. West Milford-Pequannock, 4:45 Skylands Ice World West Morris at High Point-Wallkill Valley, 2

Codey Arena, West Orange Essex Holiday Tournament Mendham vs. Nutley, 9:30 a.m. Vernon vs. Northern Valley (Old Tappan-Demarest), 1:30 Madison vs. Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 3 West Morris vs. Watchung Hills, 3:30 Chatham vs. Oratory, 5 Parsippany vs. West Orange, 7 Floyd Hall Arena, Little Falls Montville vs. Livingston, 7 Ice Vault, Wayne Ice Vault Holiday ClassicContinue reading “Morris-Sussex hockey schedule for Friday, Dec. 27”

Ice Vault, Wayne Ice Vault Holiday Classic Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown vs. River Dell-Westwood, 4:15 Morristown vs. West Essex-Caldwell, 6:45 Roxbury vs. Ramapo, 8:30 Protec Ponds, Somerset Protec Ponds Holiday Tournament Pope John vs. Ridge, 8 Skylands Ice World, Stockholm Sussex Cup First Round Sparta-Jefferson vs. High Point-Wallkill Valley, 6 Vernon vs. Newton-Lenape Valley, 8

Madison 6, Vernon 4 Cormac McNamara scored twice and had an assist to lead Madison to a 6-4 win over Vernon in the Essex Holiday Tournament at Codey Arena in West Orange. Aidan Niceberg and Jacoby Erickson scored back-to-back goals late in the third period to break a 4-4 deadlock. Niceberg’s goal came with 4:50Continue reading “Dec. 23 recap: Madison rallies late against Vernon; Chatham’s Olnowich gets another shutout”

Codey Arena, West Orange Essex Holiday Tournament Chatham at Verona-Glen Ridge, 10:30am Mendham vs. Oratory Prep, 12:15 Parsippany Regional vs. Watchung Hills, 12:30 West Morris vs. Pascack Valley-Cedar Grove, 2:15 Vernon vs. Madison, 4:15 Floyd Hall Arena, Little Falls Mountain Lakes-Boonton vs. Fair Lawn, 6:30 Ice Vault, Wayne Ice Vault Holiday Classic Roxbury vs. RiverContinue reading “Morris-Sussex hockey schedule for Monday, Dec. 23”

Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown 5, High Point-Wallkill Valley 2 Evan Parr scored twice and had two assists to lift Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown to a 5-2 win over High Point-Wallkill Valley at Skylands Ice Wor.d Thomas and Nicholas Cioce each recorded a goal and two assists for Mount Olive (5-1-1). Liam Murphy added a goal, while Zach Bahammou madeContinue reading “Dec. 21 recap: Mount Olive, Mountain Lakes earn wins”

Photos and story by Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — Prior to Saturday night’s contest with Morristown, Morris Knolls-Hills coach Tim Kepler had a simple, yet seemingly lofty challenge for his team. He asked his players to focus on the defensive side of things, and hold the opposition to less than nine shots in the game.Continue reading “Morris Knolls-Hills, behind Ryan’s hat trick, shuts down Morristown”

Codey Arena Essex Holiday Tournament Parsippany Regional vs. Nutley, 3:30 Vernon vs. Chatham, 7:30 West Morris vs. Mendham, 7:45 Ice Vault, Wayne Ice Vault Holiday Classic Kinnelon vs. Wayne, 6 Roxbury vs. West Essex-Caldwell, 8 Mennen Arena Mountain Lakes-Boonton vs. Morris Catholic, 4:15 Sparta-Jefferson at Montville, 6:15 Morristown vs. Morris Knolls-Hills, 8:30 Skylands Ice WorldContinue reading “Morris-Sussex hockey schedule for Saturday, Dec. 21”

Randolph 2, Chatham 0 Randolph continued its strong start to the season by putting together a trademark defensive effort in a 2-0 win over Chatham at Mennen Arena. The Rams (5-1-1) held Chatham (2-1-2) to just eight shots on goal in the contest, and Gavin Einfeldt stopped all eight of them. It received goals fromContinue reading “Dec. 20 recap: Randolph tops Chatham; Vernon rolls past Kinnelon”