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PUBLIC A Round of 16 1-Morris Knolls-Hills vs. 16-Ocean Township-Shore at Mennen Arena, 6 p.m. PUBLIC B Round of 16 1-Randolph vs. 17-West Milford-Pequannock at Aspen Ice, 7:45 p.m. 13-Park Regional at 4-Middletown South at Middletown Ice World, 5 p.m. PUBLIC C Round of 16 7-Chatham vs. 10-Mahwah at Mennen Arena, 8 p.m. 12-Montville atContinue reading “Feb. 27 NJSIAA Tournament schedule for Morris-Sussex”

Morristown-Beard 4, St. Joseph (Mont.) 1 Andrew Low and Tommy Matthews scored eight seconds apart late in the second period to give eighth-seed Morristown-Beard the lead for good in a 4-1 win over ninth-seed St. Joseph (Mont.) in the NJSIAA Non-Public Tournament Round of 16 at Mennen Arena. Hollis Humphries also scored for the Crimson,Continue reading “Feb. 26 Morris-Sussex NJSIAA Tournament recap: Morristown-Beard advances”

Mendham 3, Mountain Lakes-Boonton 0 Connor McDonough recorded a 21 save shutout to lift 13th seed Mendham to a 3-0 win over 20th seed Mountain Lakes-Boonton in the first round of the NJSIAA Public C tournament at Mennen Arena. The game was a match-up of the Halvorsen (Mendham) and Haas Cup (Mountain Lakes) winners. RyanContinue reading “Feb. 24-25 Morris-Sussex NJSIAA Tournament recap”

PUBLIC C FIRST ROUND 17-Madison at 16-Millburn, 4:15 p.m. at Codey Arena 12-Montville vs. 21-Johnson, 6:30 p.m. at Mennen Arena 13-Mendham vs. 20-Mountain Lakes-Boonton, 8:30 p.m. at Mennen Arena NON-PUBLIC FIRST ROUND 15-Pope John vs. 18-Oratory, 8:20 p.m. at Skylands Ice World

By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — A year ago, Mendham plowed through the Haas Division with relative ease en route to a Haas Cup title. This season, the Minutemen had the opportunity to move back up to the Halvorsen Division, where it had played every year since 2004-05 prior to a rough 2017-18 season inContinue reading “Mendham holds off Roxbury for Halvorsen Cup title”

By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — Tommy Matthews, D.J. Layden, and the rest of Morristown-Beard’s senior class have been waiting for this moment. As freshmen, they were part of a squad that completed a four-peat in the Mennen Cup in 2017. But as they learned the past two seasons, this is one of the hardestContinue reading “Morristown-Beard gets its redemption, reclaims Mennen Cup with win over Randolph”

By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — Griffin O’Shaughnessy always has a little more incentive to score goals. In addition to helping his team on the scoreboard, the Mountain Lakes-Boonton junior has a deal with his grandmother where he receives a dollar for every time he finds the back of the net. And after scoring theContinue reading “O’Shaughnessy’s late heroics propel Mountain Lakes-Boonton to 1st Haas Cup”

MENNEN CUP FINAL 2-Randolph vs. 1-Morristown-Beard Saturday, 4:15 p.m. at Mennen Arena Previous meetings: These teams met twice early on in the season, with each team picking up a win. Randolph won the season-opener on Dec. 3, 5-3, before Morristown-Beard won 4-3 on Dec. 27. CUP HISTORY Randolph – Five-time Mennen Cup Champion (1992, 1998,Continue reading “Mennen Cup final preview- Randolph vs. Morristown-Beard”

HALVORSEN CUP FINAL 1-Roxbury vs. 3-Mendham Saturday, 7:15 p.m. at Mennen Arena Previous meetings: Mendham picked up a 3-1 win over Roxbury back on Jan. 17 in the first meeting, before the teams skated to a 2-2 tie more recently on Feb. 1. CUP HISTORY Roxbury Won Halvorsen Cup in 2016 and 2017, also wonContinue reading “Halvorsen Cup final preview- Roxbury vs. Mendham”

HALVORSEN CUP SEMIFINALS Mendham 2, Montville 0 Connor McDonough turned aside all 21 shots he faced to help lead third seed Mendham to a 2-0 win over second seed Montville in the Halvorsen Cup semifinals at Mennen Arena. The win sends Mendham to the Halvorsen Cup final, a year after winning the Haas Cup. ItContinue reading “Feb. 20 cup recap: Mendham upsets Montville; Randolph, Morristown-Beard advance to final”