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By Mike Gurnis All Morristown-Beard could do was keep shooting the puck. When the Crimson found themselves down, 1-0 to Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown after one period- despite a 17-2 shot advantage- there wasn’t a whole lot that needed to change. “We just had to mainly not try to get through everybody and try to do selfishContinue reading “Salvador sizzles in debut as Morristown-Beard downs Mount Olive”

By Mike Gurnis In the Haas division, you never know what you’re going to see on a night-to-night basis. The season opener on Friday night between the back-to-back Haas Cup champions in West Morris, and Montville, which is back in the Haas after winning the Charette Cup last year, was a perfect example of that.Continue reading “West Morris outlasts Montville in high-scoring Haas opener”

By Mike Gurnis Morris Knolls-Hills opened Mennen division play in a big way, as it held off defending Mennen Cup champion Chatham, 5-4 at Mennen Arena. It was a truly back-and-forth game, in which Jake McCloud and Jack Martinez scored to put Knolls-Hills up 2-0 early in the first. Chatham then scored three-straight to takeContinue reading “News and notes for Opening Day, Dec. 7”

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 Kinnelon-Jefferson-Sparta vs. Madison, 4:40 p.m. (Skylands Ice World)Pope John at Passaic Tech, 5 p.m. (Ice Vault)West Morris vs. Montville, 5:45 p.m. (Mennen Arena)Morristown-Beard vs. Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown, 7:45 p.m. (Mennen Arena)Bernards-Somerville-Middlesex at Bridgewater-Raritan, 7:40 p.m. (Rock Ice, Dunellen) GIRLSChatham vs. Westfield at Gumbert Park, 3 p.m.Madison at Princeton, 6 p.m. E-mail Mike GurnisContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Friday, Dec. 8”

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 Morristown vs. Randolph, 4:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena)Delbarton at Princeton Day, 4:45 p.m.Morris Catholic-St. Elizabeth vs. Newton-Lenape Valley, 6:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena)Chatham vs. Morris Knolls-Hills, 8:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena) E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com

This is the 27th and final entry of The Morris-Sussex Hockey Report’s 27 teams in 27 days, where each day there will be a team preview of each area team (boys and girls) leading up to Opening Day on December 7. Support the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report with a donation to its GoFundMe VERNON VIKINGS Head coach:Continue reading “27 teams in 27 days, 2023-24: Vernon”

By Mike Gurnis It feels like just yesterday I was walking out of Prudential Center at 11:30 p.m. in March after a highly eventful day of state finals. Almost nine months later, it’s time for another high school ice hockey season. The season kicks off on Thursday across the state. In our area, specifically, aContinue reading “Some thoughts as we enter the 2023-24 season”

This is the 26th entry of The Morris-Sussex Hockey Report’s 27 teams in 27 days, where each day there will be a team preview of each area team (boys and girls) leading up to Opening Day on December 7. Support the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report with a donation to its GoFundMe HIGH POINT-WALLKILL VALLEY-KITTATINNY Head coach: MikeContinue reading “27 teams in 27 days, 2023-24: High Point-Wallkill Valley-Kittatinny”

This is the 25th entry of The Morris-Sussex Hockey Report’s 27 teams in 27 days, where each day there will be a team preview of each area team (boys and girls) leading up to Opening Day on December 7. Support the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report with a donation to its GoFundMe GILL ST. BERNARD’S KNIGHTS Head coach:Continue reading “27 teams in 27 days, 2023-24: Gill St. Bernard’s”

This is the 24th entry of The Morris-Sussex Hockey Report’s 27 teams in 27 days, where each day there will be a team preview of each area team (boys and girls) leading up to Opening Day on December 7. Support the Morris-Sussex Hockey Report with a donation to its GoFundMe MADISON DODGERS (GIRLS) Head coach: RyanContinue reading “27 teams in 27 days, 2023-24: Madison girls”