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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, December 14, 2003 By Al Cohen Antero Niittymaki made 33 saves as the Philadelphia Phantoms remained perfect against the rival Hershey Bears with a 3-2 victory tonight at the Wachovia Spectrum. Boyd Kane, Mike Peluso and Patrick Sharp each scored, while Peter White and Dennis Seidenberg contributed two assists apiece for Philadelphia, which has won 10 of its last 13 games. The Phantoms improved to 5-0 against Hershey this season, outscoring their instate rival by a combined score of 21-8 in the process. Philadelphia has won five in a row over the Bears for the first time in franchise history and holds a 42-32-8-5 lead in the all-time series. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, December 13, 2003 By Al Cohen The Philadelphia Phantoms scored three unanswered goals in the third period tonight at the Scope to rally for a 3-1 victory over the Norfolk Admirals and register their fifth straight road win. After trailing 1-0 heading into the final period, Mike Peluso, Ian MacNeil and Ben Stafford all scored in the third as Philadelphia won for the ninth time in its last 12 games. The Phantoms have also won five in a row on the road for the first time since Feb. 24-March 9, 2001. Neil Little needed to make just 15 saves to register his 200th career win. The Phantoms improved to 3-2-1 vs. the Admirals this year, including last Saturday's 3-2 win in Norfolk in which they tallied the final two goals. Craig Anderson finished with 34 saves for the Admirals, who have lost four of their last six games. Norfolk will host the Phantoms for the third time in December two weeks from tonight. |
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Friday, December 12, 2003 By Mike Costantino Ray Zola and Lanny Frederick scored two goals apiece and Timber Creek held off Paul VI 4-3 in a Tier 1 game played on Friday night at Hollydell. Zola scored his two goals in the first period, one on a tough angle and the other through a screen as Paul VI had trouble generating any offense in the first period and seemed flat. Frederick scored his two goals in the second period in a span of thirty seconds and Timber Creek led 4-0 one minute into the second period. Adam Cantiello and Jared Brasten scored goals for Paul VI to cut the deficit to 4-2 heading into the third period. When Paul VI looks back on this loss, they will bemoan the fact that their inability to capitalize on the power play was the difference in the game. |
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High School Ice Hockey: Friday, December 12, 2003 By Mike Costantino Cherokee scored two goals in the last two minutes, including the tying goal with eight seconds left, to keep their undefeated season alive with a 5-5 tie against West Deptford in Tier II action play at Hollydell on Friday night. Greg DeCristofor and Dan Maugeri led the Chiefs attack with two goals each. West Deptford had five different players score and were primed to hand Cherokee their first loss of the season. After the teams traded goals in the first period, one early by Ron Bruce of West Deptford and one late by DeCristofor, Tyler Chellew put West Deptford ahead 2-1 early in the second period using his speed to breakdown the defense and beating goalie Angelo DiBattista. |
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Friday, December 12, 2003 By Mike Costantino Skating with only nine players Holy Cross was able to hang around for two periods, but eventually wore down in the third period and Clearview won going away 11-4. Mike Sullivan led the attack scoring four goals while Bill Dunbar added two goals and two assists. Chris Countryman led Holy Cross with two goals. Clearview took control early scoring five goals in the first period, twice scoring goals less than a minute apart. After Dunbar put Clearview up 1-0, Countryman responded three minutes later tying the game at 1-1. Nick Vaccarino gave Clearview the lead for good as Nick Vaccarino went end-to-end showcasing his speed and puck carrying ability to score a breakaway goal. Jim Sprinkle, Mike Wolk and Dunbar on the power play put Clearview up 5-1. Neal Krause scored late on the power play to make it 5-2. Steve Short and Sullivan with two were the only goals scored in the second period as Clearview led 8-2. |
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003 By Jerome Michaels The news around the league traveled fast when Eastern upset the number one seeded team during the first round of the South Jersey Group IV playoffs. An eighth seeded team had done something that usually never happens. When the Vikings traveled to Cherokee and put 50 points on the scoreboard to advance to the finals with their double overtime thriller, nothing was impossible in their minds when they stepped onto the field against Washington Township. Quarterback Anthony Orio engineered two impressive scoring drives against a swarming Minutemen defense to jump out to what seemed a comfortable lead. It would be the Vikings defense that finally held off Township’s last attempt to tie the game and preserve their 14-7 victory. Eastern would celebrate it’s first group championship. |
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Monday, December 8, 2003 By Vincent Lewis It has been a tale of two schools looking to prove their football program should get the recognition they fully deserved. The third seeded Rams from Overbrook had definitely earned the respect that they were a team to reckon with by making it to the South Jersey Group II title game against top seed West Deptford. Having to deal with one of the top backs in the area, Overbrook were ready to take on the Eagles running attack led by Tom Walls. West Deptford used that proven running game to methodically march down the field and clearly winning the time of possession. Those time consuming drives did not give the Rams a chance to overcome West Deptford’s 17-12 second consecutive title victory. The Eagles finished the season with a perfect 12-0 record. |
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