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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 Delbarton at Don Bosco, 6 p.m. (Ice Vault)Madison vs. Paramus Catholic, 6:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena)Gill St. Bernard’s vs. Paul VI-Camden Catholic, 8:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena) E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com

GILL ST. BERNARD’S MAKES OPENING HAAS STATEMENT Freshman Brandon Whiteley scored two goals to help lead Gill St. Bernard’s to a dominant 7-1 win over Park Regional in the Haas opener at Mennen Arena. These teams finished tied for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Haas Cup last season, and Park Regional advancedContinue reading “Dec. 9 recap: Gill St. Bernard’s earns early statement win”

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 Mountain Lakes-Boonton vs. Roxbury, 4:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena)Newton-Lenape Valley vs. North Hunterdon-Voorhees, 6 p.m. (Skylands Ice World)Bernards-Somerville-Middlesex vs. Mendham, 6:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena)Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown at Nutley-Bloomfield-Columbia, 7:45 p.m. (Codey Arena)High Point-Wallkill Valley-Kittatinny vs. Vernon, 8 p.m. (Skylands Ice World)Gill St. Bernard’s vs. Park Regional, 8:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena) E-mail Mike Gurnis atContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Saturday, Dec. 9”

Kinnelon-Jefferson-Sparta went through regular-season divisional play in the Halvorsen last year without a single loss in eight games. That streak is now up to nine, as it picked up an impressive 5-1 win over Madison in the Halvorsen opener for both sides at Skylands Ice World. Logan Winslow, a senior who had just nine pointsContinue reading “Dec. 8 news and notes: KJS United opens with commanding win”

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”