 |
 |
| |
|
|
High School Ice Hockey: Sunday, December 21, 2003 By Mike Costantino The Rancocas Valley Junior Varsity Ice Hockey team skated to a 5-1 victory Sunday evening over Vineland at Mt. Laurel. Jordan Mihalik started Rancocas Valley's scoring drive in the first period with a rocket slap shot from the point beating the Vineland goaltender. Sean Mellon converted in the second period while Vineland answered with a goal following a turn over in Rancocas Valley's zone. |
|
Friday, December 19, 2003 By Mike Costantino Fred Brewer netted five goals to lead Washington Township over Clearview 10-5 in a wild and physical game played at a jammed pack Hollydell on Friday night. These two long time rivals, gave the fans their money’s worth and then some as the teams combined for 15 goals, 34 penalties, 3 fights and numerous checks. Jimmy Sprinkle led Clearview with four goals as the freshman sensation continues his torrid season. The key for Township tonight were face-offs, as they scored four of their goals off draws, with Billy Choy winning three draws. |
|
Ice Hockey Spotlight: Thursday, December 18, 2003 By Al Cohen Dennis Seidenberg and Kirby Law each scored in the third period to lift the Philadelphia Phantoms to their sixth straight road win - a 3-1 decision over the Toronto Roadrunners at the Ricoh Coliseum. Wade Skolney also scored for Philadelphia, which has won 11 of its last 14 games overall. The Phantoms, who moved past Hershey into second place in the East Division, have won six in a row on the road for the first time since Feb. 11-March 11, 2000. The road win streak is the longest in the AHL this season. Celebrating his 32nd birthday, Neil Little made 13 saves to notch his sixth win in his last seven decisions. The Phantoms were making their first-ever visit to Toronto and avenged a 4-2 loss to the expansion Roadrunners back on Oct. 18. |
|
Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 By Jason Chaimovitch American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that the AHL, at the request of the National Hockey League, will carry out a limited test involving revisions to the neutral-zone ice markings, in an effort to evaluate the impact of an enlarged neutral zone on the offensive flow of the game. The test will comprise adding two feet of width to each blue line beginning at the leading edge of the line in the attacking zone, and adding one foot to either side of the leading edges of the center red line. |
|
Tuesday, December 16, 2003 By Gregory "Graig" White I was afforded the opportunity to attend and fellowship with some of the greatest minds in the performance enhancement game. The good people at Perform Better, an organization that puts athletes and coaches in a position to perform better, held a one-day seminar, "Learn by Doing" Functional Training Seminars and boy did we learn by doing. This seminar was educational, inspiring and most of all fun. I was sore for two whole days afterward. Having the chance to exchange ideas with coaches from many different places was a great way to spend a day and made all of the pain I went through worth it. |
|
Monday, December 15, 2003 By Mike Costantino Jeff Sporer had two goals, one assist, Jesse Deczynski scored twice, and Chelsea Ward stopped all seventeen shots as Rancocas Valley shutout Cherry Hill East 7-0 in Tier 1 action played in Voorhees. Ward also picked up her second assist of the season on Rancocas’ last goal. After Ward stopped Louis Stommel on a breakaway, Rancocas went on the power play and Sporer scored on a feed from Mark Wilson to make it 1-0. Playing a more supportive role on defense and limiting East to just seven shots and no rebounds, Rancocas doubled their lead late in the period as Rob Brown converted a rebound after Aaron Smith had created a scoring opportunity by beating the defense utilizing his speed. |
|
Monday, December 15, 2003 By Mike Costantino Dan Drazen had a hat trick and Dan Weaver and Rich Smith added two goals apiece as Eastern pulled away from Delran 10-3 in Tier 2 action at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Brian Caputo led Delran with two goals. The first period saw each team score twice, Weaver and Smith for Eastern, Caputo and Tom Travaglini for Delran. Despite being out-shot 16-8, Delran was still in the game at 2-2. After Weaver gave Eastern a 3-2 lead early in the period, the turning point came when Eastern was down a man and Delran controlled the puck in the Vikings zone for almost the full two minutes and generated eight shots. However, Zach Fayer stopped all eight shots to keep his team ahead by one goal and over the next five minutes, Eastern would score five goals. |
|
Monday, December 15, 2003 By Mike Costantino Chris Ball had two goals as Eastern held off a determined and under-manned Holy Cross team 5-4 in Tier 1 action at the Skate Zone on Monday evening. AJ Kirschner paced Holy Cross with two goals. Coming into the game not many people gave Holy Cross a chance. Near the bottom in the standings and only dressing eleven players, Holy Cross gave Eastern all they could handle and had the Vikings hanging on at the end. Eastern led 2-0 after the first period on goals by Ball and Sean Sullivan. Holy Cross tied the game in the first four minutes of the second period as goals by Kirschner and Neal Krause erased the Eastern lead. However, Eastern was able to capitalize on the power play as Joey Johnston scored with assists to Brandon Tunstall and Anthony Orner. |
|
©2003 South Jersey Sports Online |
