New Jersey’s elite teams ended the season with one of the wildest private state tournaments on record, as Morristown-Beard benefited from a blown call in a first-round shootout to advance to its first state championship game, in the process beating six-time defending champion and crosstown ...
Read More »New Jersey Private State Final: CBA, Morristown-Beard end as co-state champions
PRIVATE – CBA 4, Morristown-Beard 4, OT In an ending that left both teams frustrated, CBA and Morristown-Beard played to a tense 4-4 tie through 60 minutes but were left to share the first co-championship in state history for a game decided on the ice. ...
Read More »New Jersey Hockey: Previewing Sunday’s state final games
1 p.m. – Public A (4) Morris Knolls (13-10-5) vs. (2) Bridgewater-Raritan (20-4-3) How They Got Here: Awarded an at-large bid to the state tournament based on its extremely competitive schedule, Morris Knolls avoided upset bids from Shore schools Jackson Memorial and Ocean Township ...
Read More »New Jersey Top 10: Don Bosco unseats Delbarton at #1
*Updated 2/10/14 Don Bosco Prep (12-3-3) unseated six-time defending private state champion Delbarton as the state’s top-ranked team last week, then promptly suffered a letdown three days later. Still, Don Bosco Prep moves up to No. 1 after an emotional 4-1 road win over Delbarton ...
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* Updated 2/3/14 1. Delbarton 11-2-3 The state’s top program has not silenced its doubters yet, but Saturday night’s 3-0 win over Massachusetts power Catholic Memorial at Yankee Stadium sure helped. The Green Wave needed a big second-period performance from freshman goalie Troy Kobryn ...
Read More »New Jersey Top 10: Bergen Catholic ends Delbarton’s five-year state streak
*Updated 1/27/14 Six-time defending State Champion No. 1 Delbarton (8-2-2) suffered its first in-state regular-season loss in five years on Thursday, the end of a 78-game unbeaten streak (73-0-5). The loss, 6-3 to division foe Bergen Catholic, came despite Delbarton’s 61-20 edge in shots. ...
Read More »New Jersey Top 10 Poll: Garden State sees parity amongst contenders
*Updated 1/21/14 January has brought parity to New Jersey hockey, as each of the state’s top six teams either lost or tied a game in the last week. The top two remain slightly above the fray, as No. 1 Delbarton beat three-time defending Massachusetts ...
Read More »NJ Hockey: Delbarton Holds Serve
Green Wave Wins Battle of #1 vs. #2 In the last eight days, six-time defending private state champion Delbarton has produced more crucial victories – four – than games it had played in the first five weeks of the high school ice hockey season. ...
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*Updated 12/30/13 Delbarton (2-0-1): With three games snowed out in December and only one made up, head coach Bruce Shatel has had more practice time than he wanted this year. But it could pay off for his young team, which continues to have a ...
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