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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”

HAAS CUP FINAL 2-Mountain Lakes-Boonton vs. 4-Gill St. Bernard’s Friday, 5:45 p.m. at Mennen Arena Previous meetings: The teams met twice this season, and neither of those games produced a winner. They skated to a 2-2 tie on Dec. 11, before a 1-1 tie on Jan. 13. CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Mountain Lakes-Boonton No cup titles- runner-upContinue reading “Haas Cup final preview: Mountain Lakes-Boonton vs. Gill St. Bernard’s”

HAAS CUP SEMIFINALS Gill St. Bernard’s 4, Park Regional 2 For the first time in program history, Gill St. Bernard’s is heading to the Haas Cup final. The fourth seed Knights, who just two seasons ago snapped a two-plus year long losing streak, picked up a 4-2 upset win over top seed Park Regional inContinue reading “Feb. 19 cup recap: Gill St. Bernard’s makes history; Mountain Lakes, Roxbury advance”

FIRST ROUND Public A 15-Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown vs. 18-Fair Lawn, Tuesday 2/25 at 6 p.m., Mennen Arena Public C 17-Madison at 16-Millburn, Monday 2/24 at 4:15 p.m., Codey Arena 12-Montville vs. 21-Johnson, Monday, 2/24 at 6:30 p.m., Mennen Arena 13-Mendham vs. 20-Mountain Lakes-Boonton, Monday 2/24 at 8:30 p.m., Mennen Arena 19-Vernon at 14-Middletown North, Tuesday 2/25Continue reading “First Round/Round of 16 NJSIAA State Tournament schedule for Morris-Sussex”

Four area teams will be participating in the first-ever state tournament for girls ice hockey, which is slated to get underway in the coming week. Morristown-Beard will be the top seed, while Chatham, Madison, and Randolph have all qualified as well. The first round is slated to be finished by Feb. 25, followed by theContinue reading “Morris-Sussex teams seeded in 1st girls hockey state tournament”

2-Randolph (16-2-4) vs. 6-Madison (9-12-1) Thursday at 6:15pm, Mennen Arena Previous meetings: Randolph rolled to a pair of victories over Madison in the regular season, as it won 6-0 on Dec. 30 before earning a 4-1 win on Feb. 1. PLAYERS TO WATCH Randolph J.T. Zangara (19 g., 16 a.), Ben Yurchuk (10 g., 19Continue reading “Preview, predictions for Thursday’s Mennen Cup semifinals”

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”