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Monday, January 15, 2007 By Mike Costantino Kyle Manny and Justin Kinniry scored three goals each and Tom Paradise added two goals and two assists as Cherokee flew past Eastern 11-1 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Having been a successful organization over the years the Vikings have struggled these last few years and instead of battling for the top spot, they find themselves near the bottom of the standings, and probably in Tier 2 next season. Thanks to the mercy rule, where a team with a 10 goal lead will be declared the winner, the game was stopped early in the third period when Ryan Thompson scored the eleventh goal. Torin Lawson scored the lone Viking goal. Kevin McMahon also scored twice for Cherokee. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Thursday, May 25, 2006 By Jorge Palmieri I don't think anybody in this organization has been part of something like that. Looking back it became too much of the focus about who was out with an injury and not about who was playing. It was emotionally draining on everybody in the organization. But being here at the Skate Zone and watching these players' improvement is just so dramatic. To see a player walk in the next day after surgery and then see the same player two weeks later after rehabbing is really dramatic. There is a real opportunity here for a lot of the nagging injuries to get completely healed, especially in the groin and hamstring area. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, April 14, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Hershey Bears scored three times on 10 power play opportunities, including twice in five-on-three situations, and took a 4-1 win over the Phantoms on Friday night at the Wachovia Spectrum. Over 11,000 piled into the Philadelphia landmark for the final home game of the 10th Anniversary Season. After a scoreless first period, the Phantoms buried the game's first goal while on the power play at 4:23. John Slaney blasted a slap shot from the left circle that sailed high and took a long bounce off the end glass back in front of the net, where Tony Voce swept it home for the 1-0 lead. For Voce, it was his team leading 28th, including 18 on the power play. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, April 8, 2006 By Mike Thornton Kurtis McLean broke a 2-2 deadlock just under six minutes into the third period, lifting the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-2 win over the Phantoms on Saturday night. The Phantoms scored the game's first goal for the 10th consecutive contest when Pat Kavanagh started things off at the 6:14 mark of the first period. Ben Eager carried the puck to the bottom of the left circle before centering to Kavanagh in the slot, who beat Andy Chiodo with a wrist shot for the 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, April 7, 2006 By Mike Thornton When the Phantoms inducted former goaltender Neil Little into the Phantoms Hall of Fame Friday night, the longtime netminder mentioned the team's ongoing battle with the Hershey Bears as one of the highlights of his career. Afterwards, the Phantoms wrote another memorable chapter in that rivalry. David Printz scored the game winner on a breakaway in the first minute of overtime to give the Philadelphia Phantoms a 5-4 win over the Hershey Bears at the Wachovia Spectrum on Friday night. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, April 5, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Phantoms held a 1-0 lead for more than half the game, but the Norfolk Admirals eventually turned up the heat and took a 3-1 win at Norfolk Scope on Wednesday night. The loss mathematically eliminates the Phantoms from playoff contention. For yet another night, the Phantoms struck first with continued optimum efficiency on the power play. Matt Ellison hit paydirt from the left-side circle with Philadelphia's first shot of the night, bouncing the puck off the leg of Norfolk netminder Adam Munro and in for the 1-0 lead just 2:16 into the game. |
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Middle School Ice Hockey: Sunday, April 2, 2006 By Stephen Cicalese The Moorestown Middle School "A" Ice Hockey Team won the fall/winter league Championship Monday night (3/27/06) at the Spectrum in spectacular form. The team was firing on all eight cylinders as they beat Cherry Hill East with a score of 5 to 0. They beat Cinnaminson 9-4 the night before to advance to the title game. Head Coach, Howard Griffis along with his Assistant Coaches, Ron Schwinn III and Jim Rushmore did an outstanding job coaching this team to a championship season always keeping the team focused on the ice. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, April 2, 2006 By Mike Thornton On Sunday night at the Wachovia Spectrum, the Philadelphia Phantoms formidable winning streak was halted at five games with a 2-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins. The loss put the Phantoms at the brink of playoff elimination. Philadelphia drew first blood for the seventh consecutive game, as with 3:20 remaining in the first period the home team made the Pens pay for a turnover. Tony Voce pickpocketed the puck behind the net and fed it into the slot for Jim Campbell. He in turn rifled a one-timer perfectly into the upper right corner, over the glove of goaltender Andy Chiodo, for the 1-0 lead. The assist extended Voce's season-high point-scoring streak to 10 games. The Philadelphia-born winger has six goals and 10 assists during the run: |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, April 1, 2006 By Mike Thornton Six different players scored on Saturday night in Hershey in a 6-2 victory for the Phantoms over the Hershey Bears. It was the fifth straight win for Philadelphia, equaling a season-high for consecutive victories. For the sixth game in a row, the Phantoms scored the first goal. At 13:46 of the first period, Jim Campbell carried a puck down the right side and swept behind the net before throwing the disc out in front. It hit a Hershey player and bounced in for the 1-0 Philadelphia lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, March 31, 2006 By Mike Thornton Brent Kelly scored two goals, added an assist and was +4 on Friday night, leading the Phantoms to a 4-2 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at the Wachovia Spectrum. Ben Eager started out the scoring at the 6:46 mark at the end of an excellent batch of puck movement by the Phantoms. The puck came down from Kelly on the point to Pat Kavanagh in the left corner, who found Eager in front. Wade Dubielewicz stopped the initial shot, but Eager was able to sweep the rebound home on the backhand for the 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 By Mike Thornton Goaltender Martin Houle recorded the second shutout of his young career with a season- and career-high 39 saves as the Phantoms cruised to a 5-0 win over the Norfolk Admirals at the Wachovia Spectrum on Wednesday night. Houle weathered a 23 shot attack in the second period alone. The Phantoms opened the scoring with 9:23 left in the first period. Pat Kavanagh sailed down the left side and let loose a wrister that Corey Crawford stopped. The rebound fell directly in front of the right post, where Alexandre Picard stood. He poked it back on net, and it ended up being swept home by Kavanagh at the opposite pipe for the 1-0 lead. It was Kavanagh's first goal in 10 games and Jones' first point with the Phantoms since October 30. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, March 26, 2006 By Mike Thornton Tony Voce had a hand in every goal as the Philadelphia Phantoms beat the Portland Pirates on Sunday night at the Wachovia Spectrum, 4-1. The Philadelphia native assisted on the first two markers and then scored two power play goals of his own for the four- point night. The Phantoms bagged their first of four power play goals just 1:28 into the match. Jim Campbell was parked to the left of flopping goaltender Jani Hurme and shelved a rebound. The goal was the fastest of the season to open a game for Philadelphia, eclipsing Voce's opening salvo just two nights earlier. |
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Friday, March 24, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Philadelphia Phantoms employed a surging power play to beat the Albany River Rats 5-2 last night at the Wachovia Spectrum. Rookie Stefan Ruzicka bagged both man advantage goals as the Phantoms scored on the PP for the fifth straight game. Tony Voce, the Phantoms leading power play goal getter coming into the contest, staked the Phantoms to a 1-0 lead. Just 1:35 in, the Philly native wristed the first professional shot on Albany goalie Josh Disher. The backstop extended his left arm and redirected the puck into his own net for Voce's 19th. |
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 By Mike Costantino Each year the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League selects players from the league that stand out among all others. In Tier 1 the Glen Holland Award is given annually to the leagues outstanding goaltender, this year the award went to Joseph Scafisi, from Washington Township, his 0.33 goals against average led the league, and Joe was huge in the playoffs and a major factor in Township winning the championship. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 By Mike Thornton Philadelphia Phantoms COO Frank Miceli announced today that goaltender Neil Little, an original member of the Phantoms who played for the franchise in eight of its first nine years, has been named as the third member of the Philadelphia Phantoms Hall of Fame. Little will be inducted in a pre-game ceremony on Friday, April 7 when the Phantoms host the Hershey Bears at 7:05 at the Wachovia Spectrum. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, March 17, 2006 By Mike Thornton Irish eyes were smiling on Marc Cavosie Friday night at the Wachovia Spectrum, as he pulled off a St. Patrick's Day hat trick to lift the Philadelphia Phantoms to a 3-2 overtime win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Cavosie polished off the night 2:03 into OT. The Phantoms jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 2:03 into the first period. Stephen Wood launched a drive from the high slot, and Cavosie was in place to deflect the puck past Penguins netminder Dany Sabourin. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Philadelphia Phantoms took one on the chin Wednesday night at the Wachovia Spectrum, as the visiting Hartford Wolf Pack handed the Phantoms a humbling 8-2 loss. Brad Smyth paced the Pack with five points on two goals and three assists. Colby Genoway put the Wolf Pack on the board with the first period's lone goal 6:22 in, as a shot by Jake Taylor deflected to the left wing circle. From that spot, Genoway chipped in his 22nd of the season. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, March 10, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Philadelphia Phantoms turned in their best power play performance of the season Friday night, scoring four goals on seven opportunities while holding off the Toronto Marlies for a 6-3 victory at Ricoh Coliseum. The Phantoms took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission on a pair of power play tallies. Tony Voce struck first when he fired home a one-timer off a pass from Stephen Wood at the 6:09 mark. Then at 17:14, Stefan Ruzicka wrested a puck from the left point that buckled and knuckled its way past Jean-Sebastien Aubin. |
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High School Ice Hockey: Wednesday, March 8, 2006 By Mike Costantino With the annual Flyers Cup upon us, the SJHSIHL had five teams invited to play in this year's tournament. Along with league champion Washington Township, Cherokee, Shawnee, Williamstown and Moorestown all received invites. Cherokee received the highest seed of all the teams; they are seeded fourth and will play the winner of Bishop McDevitt vs. Freedom game, at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Wednesday March 15th. Moorestown will also play the same night at the Skate Zone against Perkiomen Valley. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, March 5, 2006 By Mike Thornton Jim Campbell became the first Phantom to score a goal in three straight games this season, but it was only after the Toronto Marlies had taken a 3-0 lead on Sunday night at the Wachovia Spectrum. The visitors regained their three goal advantage with an empty netter for the 4-1 win over Philadelphia in the first-ever meeting between the two teams. Toronto's first goal came 1:44 into the second period. Brett Englehardt threw a centering pass in front of the net that happened to hit Martin Sagat in the torso and ricochet past Martin Houle for the 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, March 3, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Phantoms upped their winning streak to a season-high five games Friday night, jumping out to a 3-0 lead and then holding on for a 3-2 win over the Providence Bruins at the Wachovia Spectrum. Philadelphia started the scoring on the power play with 4:51 left in the first. John Slaney found Kiel McLeod in the right circle, who fired home a laser past Bruins goaltender Brian Eklund. Then, with just 49 seconds left in the period, Jim Campbell deflected home a shot from the point by David Printz to give the Phantoms the two-goal lead. |
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 By Mike Costantino Danny Cavallaro and Tom Hopkins each scored two goals and Gary Scott and Phil Rivello chipped in with a goal and as assist as Timber Creek defeated West Deptford 7-1 and won the Tier 2 championship at Hollydell before a standing room only crowd on Wednesday night. Timber Creek took control early as Scott scored just five minutes into the game while the West Deptford faithful were derisively chanting his name. Moment’s later defenseman Matt Walsh made a diving stop on a clearing pass by West Deptford, and Walsh floated the puck towards the net where Dan Lempa was stationed and his one timer made it 2-0. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, March 1, 2006 By Mike Thornton Martin Houle made 24 saves and the Phantoms picked up an offensive boost from two unusual sources in Riley Cote and Kiel McLeod to take a 2-1 decision over the Springfield Falcons at the Wachovia Center on Wednesday night. The win was the fourth straight for the Phantoms, tying the team's season high for consecutive victories. The Phantoms grabbed the game's first goal just over four minutes in. John Slaney started the play by absorbing a hit at his own blue line. His sacrifice orchestrated a 2-on-1, with McLeod then leading the charge and eventually finishing with a shot from low in the left circle that went in off the stick of Springfield goaltender Gerald Coleman. |
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Monday, February 27, 2006 By Mike Costantino Chris Coleman scored two goals as Washington Township defeated Cherokee 4-3 and won the SJHSIHL Tier 1 Championship before a standing room only crowd at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The season ended in disappointment for Cherokee as they went unbeaten during the regular season, but it was Township that went undefeated in the double elimination tournament. And for the first time in a long time, it was goaltending that carried Washington Township as Joseph Scafisi was the difference in nets. |
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Monday, February 27, 2006 By Mike Costantino Luke DeHart scored in the opening minutes of overtime as West Deptford rallied for a 4-3 victory over Timber Creek and force a deciding game on Wednesday night at Hollydell to determine the Tier 2 Championship. Ryan Johnson led the Timber Creek attack with two goals. After the teams traded goals in the opening period, Johnson for Timber Creek and Mike Fleshman for West Deptford, both goal tenders controlled most of the game as Evan Betz and Derek Cafasso starred in nets. With the score tied at 2-2 entering the final period and both teams playing strong defensively, it felt like whoever scored next would win. Well Phil Rivello gave Timber Creek the lead with Dan Visco getting the assist and it looked like that goal would stand up. |
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High School Ice Hockey: Saturday, February 25, 2006 By Mike Costantino For the last seven years SJSports has given out awards to the players in the SJHSIHL, and as always narrowing the field has been a difficult task, none more so than this year. For the first time we are awarding 2 trophies in each Tier. Another first is in the J.V. category both of our selections were goalies. We would like to congratulate the winners and you as well can congratulate them on Monday night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees as the award ceremony will be prior to the start of the Tier 1 championship game at approximately 8:15. Listed below are the winners: |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, February 24, 2006 By Mike Thornton Riley Cote's first goal of the season led the Philadelphia Phantoms to a 4-2 victory over the Grand Rapid Griffins at the Wachovia Spectrum on Friday night. The Griffins entered the game with a league-high 39 wins, but it was the Phantoms that ended up securing their 22nd of the season. The victory marked the first time the Phantoms have ever defeated Grand Rapids in Philadelphia. Cote's goal came just 2:58 into the first, the fastest to open a game for the Phantoms this season. Cote was posed between the circles and shelved a Kiel McLeod pass for the early advantage. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Phantoms are coming off a weekend where they went beyond regulation twice and lost both efforts in a shootout. On Wednesday night against Binghamton, they didn't let it get that far, as Alexandre Picard finished off the Senators with his second of the night, 3-2 in overtime. The Senators notched both of their goals on the power play, with the first propelling the visitors to an early lead. Steve Martins seized a rebound opportunity to the left of Phantoms backstop Martin Houle at 6:22 of the first. It stayed that way until 8:06 of the second, as Josh Gratton tied his career high-water mark in goals with his ninth of the campaign. Gratton rushed from the Phantoms blueline and into the Sens zone before unleashing a slapper from the right wing circle. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Philadelphia Phantoms have announced a pair of roster moves in advance of Wednesday night's game with the Binghamton Senators at the Wachovia Spectrum. The Flyers have reassigned center Kiel McLeod to the Phantoms from the Trenton Titans, and have reassigned defenseman Stephen Wood from the Phantoms to the Titans. The 6-6, 230-pound McLeod found a scoring touch in Trenton, tallying five goals and adding four assists for nine points in eight games: 8 (5-4-9). The Flyers acquired McLeod from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Eric Chouinard on Dec. 28 and assigned him to the Phantoms. He appeared in 10 games without a point before going to Trenton on February 4. |
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Monday, February 20, 2006 By Mike Costantino Christian Biscardi scored with six minutes left in the game as Washington Township rallied to defeat Cherokee 5-4 in a battle of two undefeated teams in the double elimination tournament. With the win Township now moves into the finals, Cherokee will face Moorestown and the winner will play Township for the championship. This was a playoff game that had everything you want, hard hitting, great goaltending, end-to-end action and minimal penalties, and played in front of a packed house. Cherokee jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period scoring two goals in less than a minute, first Justin Kinniry scored on a short-handed breakaway, then at the end of the power play, Matt Cardillo scored on a breakaway and just seven minutes into the game and a 2-0 lead it looked like Cherokee was going to run away from Township. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, February 19, 2006 By Mike Thornton Jim Campbell and Tony Voce combined for six points, but the Phantoms fell short in the shootout to the Manchester Monarchs on Sunday night at the Wachovia Spectrum, 5-4. Campbell paced all scorers with two goals. The first period generated six goals, with four for Philadelphia. It was the Monarchs, however, that jumped out to a 1-0 lead thanks to Brad Smyth just 1:51 in. The Phantoms answered with a pair from Campbell, the first only 23 seconds after Smyth put his team on the board. |
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South Jersey Sled Hockey: Saturday, February 18, 2006 By Mike Costantino Tim Jones scored twice as the Wings of Steel defeated the SJHSIHL Referees 4-2 in the second annual benefit game played at Hollydell. The refs were determined to play a better game after being shutout last year 10-0 and to their credit they hung in there to the end. After a scoreless first period, Jones finally broke through for the Wings as his close in shot found the net at the five minute mark. Later in the period Bobby Keys ripped a shot top-shelf to put the Wings up 2-0. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, February 18, 2006 By Brian Smith The Phantoms registered their second-highest single-game shot total of the season Saturday night when they fired 47 shots at Binghamton goaltender Kelly Guard. But Guard put himself in the way of 46 of those shots, backing his team to a 5-1 victory at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. The Senators jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the halfway mark of the third period. Jeff Heerema started the scoring just 3:58 into the first period when he grabbed a loose puck in the slot and fired it past Phantoms goaltender Martin Houle. Then, just 1:24 into the second period, Denis Hamel floated a long wrister through a screen and into the net. |
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Friday, February 17, 2006 By Vincent Lewis West Deptford and Delran took the ice Friday night at the Hollydell Ice Arena participating in a Tier II playoff game. Both of these teams were bounced out of the winner's bracket and were looking for another chance to advance through the loser's bracket. After a slow start where only one goal was scored, Cory Jackmuff took matters in his own hands. After scoring three of the four goals netted during the second period, Jackmuff's success help West Deptford posted an 8-2 victory over Delran. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, February 17, 2006 By Brian Smith In a rematch of the 2005 Calder Cup Finals, the Philadelphia Phantoms welcomed the Chicago Wolves on Friday night at the Wachovia Spectrum. Not true to the script, however, the Wolves took a 2-1 shootout decision, as Tony Voce bagged the only Phantoms goal. A two-referee system was in effect and the game was littered with minor penalties, with most favoring the Wolves. It was officially the first of 12 man-up chances when Chicago scored a 5-3 power play goal. Camped to the right of Phantoms netminder Jamie Storr, Scott Barney's initial play was a centering pass. The bid was deflected back to him, so he shelved the puck short side for the lead. |
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Monday, February 13, 2006 By Vincent Lewis During the regular season, Washington Township had defeated Moorestown twice and was looking to pick up their third straight victory during the playoffs of the SJHSIHL. These two teams were the remaining teams representing the winner's bracket after Cherokee had defeated Williamstown. After a scoreless first period, Robert Hniedziejko gave Township that all important first goal of the game. Washington Township goalie Joseph Scafisi helped Township hold onto their lead by saving 35 of the 36 shots that came his way. Township will now move to the finals of the winner's bracket with their 3-1 victory over Moorestown. |
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Monday, February 13, 2006 By Vincent Lewis The winner's bracket of the SJHSIHL had narrow itself down to just four teams and those teams advancing to the semifinals were Cherokee, Washington Township, Moorestown and Williamstown. During the Cherokee versus Williamstown game, both of these are capable of putting goals on the scoreboard. Right from the beginning of this game, Williamstown's objective was to match Cherokee's intensity, speed and physical play in order to defeat the defending champs. Kyle Manny would score Cherokee's first two goals of the game and they would not relinquish their momentum or their lead for the rest of the game. Cherokee would go on to defeat Williamstown 7-2 and advance to the finals of the winner's bracket against Washington Township. |
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Monday, February 13, 2006 By Vincent Lewis The Varsity Tier II action started the night off with Cinnaminson taking on Hammonton in the loser's bracket of the SJHSIHL being played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Both teams would battle back from one goal deficits and were tied at two goals apiece heading into the third period. Both goalies, Ryan Arcaini for Cinnaminson and Chris Morroto, came up with big time saves down the stretch that eventually sent this game into overtime. Jim Mandel, on a nice pass from Andrew Wilson, ended this game when put the puck into a wide open net. Hammonton's 4-3 victory allows them to continue their quest for the Tier II title. |
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Friday, February 10, 2006 By Vincent Lewis Seven penalties, seven goals and eight assists all during the third period alone highlighted the ice hockey game played at Hollydell Ice Arena Friday night. Six of those goals that were scored during that period were short handed according to the scorer's sheet. Both Rancocas Valley and Clearview were trying to extend their season as they participated in this single elimination game. These two teams were bounced out of the winner's bracket with a loss and had to battle it out on the ice looking to advance their way toward the finals. A five goal explosion by Clearview would be the difference in this game. Goalie Chuck Storms would save 26 of 29 shot attempts helping Clearview to their 7-3 victory. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, February 8, 2006 By Brian Smith Tony Voce and Marc Cavosie each registered a goal and an assist to lead the Philadelphia Phantoms to a 3-2 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the Wachovia Spectrum on Wednesday night. After a scoreless first period, Tony Voce started things off with a power play goal just 1:01 into the second. Captain John Slaney orchestrated the play with a nifty pass to Cavosie down the right wing boards. Cavosie then dished the puck to Voce in the low slot, and the Philly native backhanded home his ninth of the season. |
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Monday, February 6, 2006 By Vincent Lewis The second round of the SJHSIHL began with Cherokee 2, fresh off of their victory against Paul VI, traveling to the Igloo to take on Moorestown. Enjoying their first round bye, the home team appeared to have the early momentum as they would take the early one goal lead. Cherokee 2 would respond by not only tying the game but also by taking a one goal lead heading into the third period. Colin Corley tied this game for Moorestown early in the third, but after that goal the two goalies, Stephen Broadt and Max Paluszynski, turned away every shot headed towards the net. It took an overtime period to decide this game and when Mike Weaver's second goal of the game crossed the goal line, Moorestown would begin to enjoy their 3-2 victory. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, February 4, 2006 By Brian Smith Frederic Cassivi stopped all 29 Philadelphia shots he faced to lead the Hershey Bears to a 3-0 win over the Phantoms at GIANT Center on Saturday night. The Bears jumped out to the 3-0 lead by the early part of the second period and let Cassivi handle the rest. The scoring started at 13:06 of the first period, when Owen Hussey brought the puck down the right side and backhanded it it front to Joey Tenute, who one-timed it home for a 1-0 lead. |
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Friday, February 3, 2006 By Vincent Lewis It would be two teams from Tier II that started off the playoffs for the SJHSIHL Friday night at the Hollydell Ice Arena. Both Highland and Cinnaminson were playing for the rights to advance to the next round during this single elimination game. It was quite noticeably that Frank Vannoni for Highland and Andy Poskus for Cinnaminson didn't want their team's season to end. With the game tied and less than a minute and a half remaining in regulation, Matthew Grennon's goal not only avoided overtime but also extended Cinnaminson's season. With their 5-4 victory, Cinnaminson will now face the number one seed Timber Creek. |
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Friday, February 3, 2006 By Vincent Lewis There has to be a lot said about a team that has not won a single game during the regular season and has loss their starting goalie. So when the Braves from Williamstown took the ice against Lenape in a Tier I first round playoff game, on paper it appeared that this game would be an easy win for Williamstown. And it would start out that way when twenty seconds into the game, Thomas Ruiz's difficult angle goal from behind the net gave Williamstown the lead. Another goal during the second period pushed that lead even further. During this entire game, the Braves attempted shot after shot after shot that John Hood put himself in front of. But the two goals that got pass were more than enough for Williamstown to advance to the next round. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, February 3, 2006 By Brian Smith The Philadelphia Phantoms coughed up an early goal and found themselves down 3-0 after 20 minutes to the visiting Hershey Bears, but still managed to pick up a point in a 4-3 shootout loss. With two table-setting assists, Marc Cavosie powered the Phantoms comeback. Just 33 seconds into the affair, Jakub Klepis staked the Bears to a 1-0 lead. It was the quickest goal of the season allowed by the Phantoms. Six minutes and one second later, Klepis had the only assist on Colin Forbes goal. |
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Monday, January 30, 2006 By Mike Costantino Six different players scored as Williamstown rolled over Eastern 6-1 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Eastern was out-shot 41-10 and despite surrendering six goals, goalie Zak Fayer played strong in nets, with three of the six goals coming from odd-man rushes. Mike Lamplugh put Williamstown up 1-0, scoring on a screen shot from the point two minutes into the contest. Eastern could not muster up any offense and scored their only goal of the game on their only shot of the period. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, January 29, 2006 By Brian Smith The Philadelphia Phantoms came roaring back from a 1-0 deficit with four consecutive goals and then held on to beat the Providence Bruins 5-3 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center on Sunday afternoon. After a scoreless first period, Nathan Robinson started things up for the Bruins at 3:24 of the second. Robinson came down the right side, beat a man and cut across the top of the crease before tucking it past Phantoms goaltender Martin Houle for the 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, January 28, 2006 By Brian Smith Cody Rudkowsky made 29 saves on 31 shots and earned first star honors for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, anchoring his team to a 3-2 win over the Phantoms on Saturday night at the Arena at Harbor Yard. The Sound Tigers took a quick 2-0 lead, scoring on two of their first three shots over the opening seven minutes. Sean Bergenheim struck first at the 4:46 mark, taking a drop pass from Robert Nillson and walking down the slot before firing a shot past the stick side of Phantoms starter Jamie Storr for the 1-0 lead. |
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Friday, January 27, 2006 By Mike Costantino Mark Lamberto is not hard to find on the ice, he’s arguably the smallest player in the SJHSIHL, but on Friday night at Hollydell, he was the best player on the ice, especially in the first period as Timber Creek defeated West Deptford 5-1. Five minutes into the game Lamberto sent in Tom Hopkins and his shot found the net for a 1-0 lead. Given a chance to tie on the power play minutes later, West Deptford was stoned by Derek Cafasso on a great scoring opportunity, and Lamberto picked up the puck and he flew down the ice with Phil Rivello and joining them on the break was Danny Cavallaro, Lamberto hit Cavallaro and his quick shot gave Timber Creek a 2-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, January 27, 2006 By Brian Smith The Philadelphia Phantoms came within one minute and 39 seconds of a victory Friday night, but couldn't quite finish off the Manitoba Moose in a 2-1 overtime loss before a crowd of 8,677 at the Wachovia Spectrum. The game was scoreless for more than two periods until the Phantoms finally broke through with 14:40 left in the third frame. John Slaney put a drive on net from the left point that was blocked in front. But it bounced to Matt Ellison on the right post, and he was able to get his stick on the skipping puck and slam it past goaltender Sebastien Centomo for the 1-0 lead. |
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006 By Mike Costantino Being an official in sports is a thankless job, where you are constantly second-guessed, booed and accused of missing your last eye exam. For the second straight year the referees in the SJHSIHL are volunteering there time to play an exhibition game against the Wings of Steel, the local South Jersey Sled Hockey team. Timber Creek is once again sponsoring the event led by the tireless efforts of Gary Scott and this year being assisted by Wayne Gibb, the gatekeeper. This year the game is being played at Hollydell Ice Rink on Saturday February 18th at 4:30 PM. There will be a raffle at the game and all donations of cash or used equipment are welcome and needed. Please support this event, even if you cannot stay for the game, stop by and make a donation. |
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Monday, January 23, 2006 By Vincent Lewis Two teams from the Tier I division of the SJHSIHL were looking to gain some momentum before the playoffs met on the ice at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Both Eastern and Cherry Hill East were looking to pick up an important win for the team as the regular season was coming to an end. Eastern would lead by one goal heading into the second period, but East would erupt for six goals all scored by different players to put this game away. Cherry Hill East's John Faford would record a goal and two assists during that very success period. East, behind goalie Mike McNulty's 19 saves, blasted past Eastern by a final score of 8-1. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, January 20, 2006 By Brian Smith On Friday night at the Wachovia Spectrum 10,878 delighted in the Philadelphia Phantoms finest comeback of the season, as the home team beat the Hershey Bears 5-4 in a shootout. Josh Gratton paced the purple with two goals. Hershey's two representatives at the upcoming AHL All-Star Game vaulted the Bears to a 4-1 lead in the first period, as Eric Fehr and Lawrence Nycholat each scored twice. Nycholat added two assists for the four-point period. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, January 14, 2006 By Brian Smith Manitoba Moose goaltender Wade Flaherty denied all 42 shots he faced to carry his team to a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Phantoms at the MTS Centre on Saturday night. The Moose took a 1-0 lead at the 13:12 mark of the first period with a shorthanded tally. While killing a five-minute boarding major, Manitoba found itself entering the Phantoms zone on an odd-man rush. Tyler Bouck dropped a pass to Sven Butenschon, who beat Rejean Beauchemin through the five-hole. |
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Monday, January 9, 2006 By Vincent Lewis Year after year, the SJHSIHL had some very competitive battles through out the season in order to determine which team would be the best in South Jersey. This year might be a bit different, but it's always interesting when two teams from the same school are scheduled to meet in the ice. When defending champs Cherokee 1 competed against Cherokee 2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, it appeared as if this game could have a different result than the first time these two teams met earlier in the season. Cherokee 2 would get the game's first goal on a power play, but Cherokee 1 would score four unanswered goals through the first and second periods to take a 4-1 lead. Cherokee 2 would come within a goal, but the end results would see Cherokee 1 holding onto a 6-4 win extending their unbeaten streak to 16 games. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, January 8, 2006 By Brian Smith Matt Ellison scored his first three goals as a member of the Phantoms, posting his first career hat trick in Philadelphia's 4-2 win over the Lowell Lock Monsters at the Wachovia Spectrum on Sunday evening. Captain John Slaney and rookie Stefan Ruzicka each had three assists as the Phantoms erased a five-game cold snap in front of 8,045. For the first time in seven efforts, the Phantoms scored first. Ruzicka was working from the left-wing corner and found Marc Cavosie in front, who was able to beat goaltender Vitaly Kolesnik from 15 feet for his first goal of the year. |
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Friday, January 6, 2006 By Mike Costantino Matt Cardillo had a hat trick and Justin Kinniry added two goals as Cherokee defeated Williamstown 7-1 in SJHSIHL Tier 1 action at Hollydell. The opening period was played very tight and the only goal came from Cardillo, who while on his knees in the slot fired the puck at the net and somehow it went in and Cherokee led 1-0. Cherokee took over in the second period, first Patrick McMahon sent in Kinniry on a break and his goal put Cherokee up 2-0 early in the period. |
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Friday, January 6, 2006 By Mike Costantino Christopher Powers' goal late in the third period snapped a 6-6 tie and gave Cherry Hill East a 7-6 victory over Clearview in a see-saw affair played at Hollydell on Friday night. Gary Tagland led East in scoring with two goals and Kyle Poderis had a hat trick for Clearview. Clearview out-played East in the first period, as goals by Mike Sullivan, Pat Coghlan and two by Poderis were sandwiched around goals by Tagland and Andrew Roth, and Clearview headed into the second period, seemingly in control with a 4-2 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, January 6, 2006 By Brian Smith The league's top team visited Philadelphia last night and the Phantoms took them to the edge, but fell to the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins, 4-2. An empty-netter sealed the Phantoms fate with only a minute remaining in the third, as Brent Kelly lead the purple with a goal and an assist. The Pens took a 1-0 lead while operating on the game's first power play. Positioned on the end boards and over the left shoulder of netminder Martin Houle, Rico Fata popped it out in front to Arpad Mihaly, who was able to fire it past the rookie backstop for a 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, December 31, 2005 By Brian Smith The Hershey Bears scored three power play goals en route to a 5-1 win over the Phantoms in an early Saturday evening contest at the GIANT Center on New Year's Eve. Hershey opened the scoring on its initial power play opportunity at 5:57 of the first frame. Colin Forbes was on the doorstep to knock home the rebound of a shot by Mike Green. The Bears picked up their second goal just 38 seconds later when Jared Aulin, standing in the right corner, snapped a long-distance pass to Mark Watton at the top of the left circle. Watton blasted it past Martin Houle at 6:35. Houle was replaced by Rejean Beauchemin at that point after stopping six of the eight shots he saw. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, December 30, 2005 By Brian Smith On Friday night at the Wachovia Spectrum 8,612 witnessed history, as with an assist, John Slaney became the American Hockey League's (AHL) all-time leading scoring defenseman. Slaney eclipsed a 41-year old record, logging his 454th career AHL point. The point, however, came in a 4-1 Phantoms loss to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The Sound Tigers broke the scoreless deadlock at the 16:29 mark of the second period. A puck was chipped high into the air and Sean Bergenheim swung at it with his stick at chest-height. He made contact with the shaft of his stick and was able to send it past Martin Houle to make it a 1-0 game. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 By Brian Smith Phantoms captain John Slaney tied an American Hockey League record for career points by a defenseman Wednesday night when he scored the game-winning goal in a 3-1 win over the Norfolk Admirals. Slaney's sixth goal of the year was his 453rd career AHL point, tying the record set by Steve Kraftcheck between 1949 and 1964. The game was a scoreless affair until 11:28 of the second period, when Norfolk broke the deadlock on a remarkable goal by Milan Bartovic. The winger was squeezed between two Phantoms defensemen as he chased a loose puck into the Philadelphia zone. Bartovic went down in the high slot, but reached out while on his stomach and swatted the puck over the right shoulder of Martin Houle for a 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, December 23, 2005 By Brian Smith Wilkes-Barre/Scranton goaltender Dany Sabourin stopped all 15 shots he faced while Konstantin Koltsov contributed a goal and an assist to lead the Penguins to a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Phantoms on Friday night. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton started out the scoring on the power play with 9:44 left in the first period. The Penguins worked the puck free behind the Philadelphia net and Koltsov was able to step out in front. He stuffed the puck inside the left post for the 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, December 17, 2005 By Brian Smith A hat trick from veteran winger Eric Chouinard powered the Phantoms into a shootout Saturday night, but the Syracuse Crunch prevailed in a seven-round session and took a 4-3 shootout victory at the War Memorial at Oncenter. Phantoms captain John Slaney was held without a point for the second consecutive game and remains two points away from becoming the American Hockey League's all-time leading scoring defenseman. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, December 16, 2005 By Brian Smith The Hamilton Bulldogs brought a potent offense into the Wachovia Spectrum Friday night, using two power play goals and a 39-18 shot advantage to take a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms. John Slaney was held without a point on the evening, sending him into tomorrow night's game at Syracuse still needing two points to become the American Hockey League's all-time leading scoring defenseman. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, December 11, 2005 By Brian Smith The Phantoms did things the hard way Saturday night, coming from behind a total of three times before taking a 3-2 shootout victory over the Hartford Wolf Pack before 4,664 at the Hartford Civic Center. John Slaney earned first star honors by registering the tying goal in regulation and the clinching shootout attempt, and is now just two points away from becoming the American Hockey League's all-time leading scoring defenseman. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, December 10, 2005 By Brian Smith Phantoms rookie Stefan Ruzicka had another breakout night against the Albany River Rats, scoring twice and adding an assist, as the Purple throttled the Rats 6-1. In the most lopsided win of the season, six Phantoms finished with at least two points. Veteran John Slaney had eight of the Phantoms season-high 51 shots and added a goal and an assist, putting him just three points away from becoming the American Hockey League's (AHL) all-time leading scoring defensemen. His run at the history books shows him with 451 points. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, December 4, 2005 By Brian Smith The Philadelphia Phantoms fired 44 shots at goaltender Pascal Leclaire on Sunday, but just didn't have the kind of favorable bounces that Syracuse procured in a 4-2 Crunch win at the Wachovia Spectrum on Sunday. The 44 shots were a season high. Things started out well for the Phantoms, as they drew first blood with a power play goal at the 14:24 mark of the first period. Philly native Tony Voce, who returned to the lineup after missing 13 games with an injury, slid the puck from the left circle into the low slot. It arrived on the stick of Charlie Cook, who redirected it past a prone Leclaire for a 1-0 lead. |
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Monday, November 28, 2005 By Mike Costantino Chris Martin connected on the power play midway through the third period as Moorestown rallied to tie Cherokee at 2-2 in Tier 1 action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. After a scoreless first period, Matt Cardillo gave Cherokee a 1-0 lead with Justin Kinniry assisting. Moorestown tied the game at 1-1 less than three minutes later as Mike Harrigan beat Joe Allen. |
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Friday, December 2, 2005 By Mike Costantino Washington Township received goals from seven different players and coasted to an 8-0 victory over the Eastern Vikings in Tier 1 action at Hollydell on Friday night. Dressing mainly junior varsity players due to a school function, Eastern was in the game for the first period thanks in part to goalie Zak Fayer, as Township launched 17 shots, but only Christian Biscardi and Sean Furman were able to beat Fayer and Township led just 2-0 after the first period. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, December 2, 2005 By Brian Smith Martin Houle made 17 saves to earn his first American Hockey League (AHL) shutout as the Philadelphia Phantoms extended their winning streak to four games with a 2-0 victory over the Binghamton Senators at the Wachovia Spectrum on Friday night. David Printz netted the deciding goal, as the Phantoms won their season-high fourth straight. Despite a heavy shots advantage in favor of the home team, the game went without a goal for more than half the contest. The Phantoms were outshooting Binghamton 13-2 after one and 20-7 when they finally scored on their 21st shot at the 13:50 mark of the second period. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Thursday, December 1, 2005 By Jorge Palmieri The 29th Annual Flyers Wives Fight For Lives Carnival will take place at the Wachovia Center on Sunday, March 26 from 1:30 until 6:30 p.m. This popular event is organized and produced by the Comcast-Spectacor Foundation, the charitable arm of Comcast-Spectacor. The Wachovia Center will be transformed into professional sports largest fund-raiser, including photo booths and autograph sessions with Flyers players and alumni, shoot on goal, dunk tanks and other games of chance. Fans can also have their photograph taken with the Stanley Cup. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, November 27, 2005 By Brian Smith The tandem of Brent Kelly and Pat Kavanagh was too much for the Binghamton Senators on Sunday evening, as the two combined the game-tying and game-winning goals to give the Philadelphia Phantoms a 3-2 overtime win at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, NY. All the regulation scoring took place in the second period. The Senators started things at 9:54, when Steve Martins intercepted a Phantoms pass in the high slot of the Philadelphia zone and danced in all alone on goaltender Martin Houle, beating him on the backhand to the left post for a 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, November 25, 2005 By Brian Smith It had been over a month since the Philadelphia Phantoms had won a game away from the Wachovia Spectrum. So it was an understandable relief to the team when that stretch came to an end Saturday night. Ben Eager's goal 3:40 into the third period lifted the Phantoms to a 2-1 win over the Albany River Rats at Albany's Pepsi Center, snapping a nine-game road winless streak for the club. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 By Brian Smith Eric Chouinard had a goal and an assist in his first game back in the lineup after missing six contests due to injury, but it wasn't enough to overcome two goals and an assist from Norfolk's Nathan Barrett as the Phantoms fell 4-2 to the Admirals on Wednesday night. The Phantoms drew first blood on a 5-on-3 power play opportunity 3:50 into the opening frame. Freddy Meyer's blast from the high slot was kicked away by Admirals goaltender Corey Crawford, but the long rebound out to the top of the left circle came right back to Meyer. He made good on the second shot to give Philadelphia the 1-0 lead. Chouinard got an assist, along with Brent Kelly. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 By Jorge Palmieri Philadelphia Marine Corps will be collecting toys at the Flyers Skate Zone this holiday season to spread some cheer by participating as a drop off location for the 2005 Toys for Tots program. The program runs from Monday, November 21 through Sunday, December 11 at any of the four Flyers Skate Zone's located in Northeast Philadelphia, PA; Voorhees, NJ; Pennsauken, NJ; or Atlantic City, NJ. Community members are encouraged to bring unwrapped toys and place them in the drop boxes available inside the front lobby of each Flyers Skate Zone. All toys collected will be given to needy families in the Delaware Valley to help share holiday joy and happiness with those who are less fortunate. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, November 20, 2005 By Brian Smith The Phantoms won their third straight home game on Sunday, with a 2-1 triumph over the visiting Norfolk Admirals. Rookie netminder Martin Houle won his American Hockey League (AHL) debut, making 20 saves. The Phantoms showed no signs of their 7-2 setback one night earlier in Hershey. In fact, Head Coach John Stevens made mention of the fact that he wanted his team to turn the page, echoing the sentiment in a post game conversation, "We have to erase that game and move on." |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, November 18, 2005 By Brian Smith Philadelphia earned two points the hard way on Friday night in front of 8,841 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum, as the Phantoms beat the Hershey Bears in overtime, 3-2. Pat Kavanagh shelved the game-winner for the Purple 1:58 into the extra, his team-leading eighth goal of the season. The first period was scoreless, thanks in large part to some spectacular play from Phantoms backstop Jamie Storr. He gobbled up 12 shots in the opening stanza and then held the fort through the second, with Hershey accounting for the first 10 shots of the frame. The Bears were able to sustain a solid attack in the front half of the period with the Phantoms creating a steady path to the penalty box. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 By Brian Smith Perfection was the only thing that was going to beat the Phantoms on Wednesday night. But the Bridgeport Sound Tigers got just that from goaltender Chris Madden, who turned away all 29 shots he faced to carry his team to a 1-0 triumph at the Arena at Harbor Yard. The only tally of the night came from Kevin Colley with 2:39 remaining in the first period. Paul Flache hit Colley with a bomb of a pass that spanned the entire length of the neutral zone. Colley caught the puck in stride and went in on Phantoms netminder Jamie Storr, faking on the forehand before pulling the puck to the backhand and tucking it home. Bruno Gervais got the other assist on the goal. |
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Monday, November 14, 2005 By Mike Costantino Patrick McMahon scored with fifty-one seconds left in the game as Cherokee rallied from a 4-2 deficit and defeated Washington Township 5-4 in a battle of two of the best teams in Tier I. Township led most of the game, scoring three goals in the first period as Andrew Rohach, Thomas Dispaldo and Christian Biscardi scored over a seven minute span to give Township a 3-0 lead. Cherokee scored a late goal as Dan Maugeri scored his sixteenth of the season to make it 3-1 after one. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, November 13, 2005 By Brian Smith Leading up to Sunday's rematch with the Binghamton Senators, the Philadelphia Phantoms had not won a game in nine tries. They had been close, but always seemed to come up on the wrong side of close. In fact, just one night earlier, the Phantoms were 32 seconds shy of earning two points and only skated away with one in a shootout loss in Binghamton. The second game of the home-and-home with the Sens proved to be very different, and it was a former Senator that made the difference, as Pat Kavanagh bagged the Phantoms first hat trick of the season to lead Philadelphia to a 5-2 win at the Wachovia Spectrum. |
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Friday, November 11, 2005 By Mike Costantino David Moore had two goals and two assists, Christian Biscardi scored twice and Sean Furman added a goal and three assists as Washington Township easily handled Paul VI, 8-0. With the victory Township moved into a first place tie with Moorestown and Cherokee, but Township has played more games. Moore and Furman traded goals in the opening four minutes of the game; first Moore put home a rebound of a blast by Furman from the circle. Then Moore sent in Furman thirty-eight seconds later and Township led 2-0. |
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Friday, November 11, 2005 By Mike Costantino Nick Salvatore stopped all thirty shots he faced and Mike Harmon scored his first goal of the season early in the third period as Highland edged Neumann 1-0 in Tier 2 action played at Hollydell. With both teams struggling offensively this year, Neumann is averaging two goals per game and Highland just over three, the game figured to be a defensive battle. Neumann carried the play for most of the first period, thanks in part to the power play as six of the seven penalties called were against Highland. But Salvatore made several huge saves and kept Highland in the game. |
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Monday, November 7, 2005 By Mike Costantino Tom Ruiz scored two goals and Joe Altamuro stopped 25 shots as Williamstown rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie Cherokee 3-3 in an intense and hard hitting game played in Voorhees. In a game that featured the only two teams without a loss and a possible preview of the championship series, Williamstown proved that they are a team to be reckoned with. After Justin Kinniry and Scott Weiner put Cherokee ahead 2-0 just five minutes into the game, Williamstown could have panicked and start taking silly penalties, but they kept there heads and given a two-man-advantage in the closing seconds of the period, Ruiz banged home an important goal to bring his team to within 2-1. |
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Monday, November 7, 2005 By Mike Costantino Cory Jackmuff had a hat trick and Evan Betz had a strong game in goal as West Deptford defeated Cherry Hill West 7-2 in Tier II action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. West Deptford took control early scoring two goals in the first period as Matthew Bennet and William Baker Jr. both scored their second goal of the season. Cherry Hill got one back early in the second period as Justin Hoch found Brett Cybulski in the slot to make it 2-1. Jackmuff then scored the next two goals, first on a blast from the top of the circle and then on a short-handed breakaway to put West Deptford up 4-1. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, November 6, 2005 By Brian Smith The Philadelphia Phantoms have seemingly tried everything to get out of their six game funk. Sixty-five minutes of hockey and nine rounds of a shootout with the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins couldn't even turn the tide, as the Pens snuck out of the Wachovia Spectrum with a 5-4 shootout win on Sunday night. Pat Kavanagh collected the first goal of the game and the only one in the first period, as the Phantoms subdued power play came to life. Rookie Alexandre Picard slid the puck through the Penguins crease. Kavanagh and Brent Kelly banged away, with Kavanagh scoring his second of the season. |
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Saturday, November 5, 2005 By Jill Lipson Bill Logan of Langhorne, PA became the 25-millionth fan in the Flyers' 39-year history when he walked through the turnstiles of the Wachovia Center for the Flyers/Thrashers game on Saturday, November 5. "This is so exciting. I read about it in the newspaper and you figure 20,000 people are coming and I wouldn't expect it would be me," said Logan. "I brought my good luck charms (daughters) with me. It was fun, very exciting. It feels like Christmas, all these gifts, being showered by all this and getting to meet Ed Snider, this has been a fantastic experience. Thank you very much." |
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Friday, November 4, 2005 By Mike Costantino Drew Williams had two goals and an assist and Sean Swisher added three assists as Cherokee II skated by Paul VI 5-1 at Hollydell on Friday night. The night almost didn’t start out as well for Cherokee II as goalie Stephen Broadt was late arriving to the game and skated on the ice just as the officials had informed his team to skate with six guys. Mike Slusarz gave Cherokee II a 1-0 lead scoring right off the face-off five minutes into the game. Williams scored his first goal moments later on the power play on a feed from Swisher. Those two hooked up again late in the period on a 2-on-1 as Swisher drew the defenseman over and slid the puck to Williams and his shot found the net for a 3-0 lead. |
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Friday, November 4, 2005 By Mike Costantino Dan Drazen scored his first two goals of the season and Torin Lawson had three assists as the Eastern Vikings won their first game of the season defeating Clearview 3-0 in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell. Most coaches will tell you that scoring first is important and tonight this was the first game all season the Vikings scored first as Drazen found the net on a 2-on-1 with Lawson less than two minutes into the game. Later in the period Drazen slid the puck from behind the net to Derrick Schemmel all alone in front and his quick shot beat Clearview goalie Adam Wingate for a 2-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, October 30, 2005 By Brian Smith Most folks enjoy a visit to New England this time of year, what with the fall foliage and the crisp autumn air. The Philadelphia Phantoms, however, will be glad to see Massachusetts and the rest of the Northeast conglomerate in their rear-view mirror, as they dropped their fourth straight with a 3-2 loss on Sunday to the Springfield Falcons. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, October 28, 2005 By Jill Lipson It's been nearly 39 years in the making. The Philadelphia Flyers will welcome their 25-millionth fan through the turnstiles at Wachovia Center on Saturday, November 5, when the team hosts the Atlanta Thrashers at 7 p.m. In celebration, the team is preparing a memorable night saluting the fans, including many terrific prizes to be presented throughout the game. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 By Brian Smith Keith Aucoin scored twice and goaltender Vitaly Kolesnik made 41 saves as the Lowell Lock Monsters took a 4-1 win over Philadelphia at Tsongas Arena in Lowell on Wednesday night. The Lock Monsters started out the scoring at 5:01 of the first period when they forced a turnover in the Phantoms end. Aucoin was able to skate in and beat Rejean Beauchemin over the shoulder for a 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Monday, October 24, 2005 By Jill Lipson After hearing the infamous "You're Fired" from Donald Trump high atop Trump Towers in New York City, Philadelphia attorney Erin Elmore is now the new in-arena host for all Philadelphia Flyers hockey games at Wachovia Center. She joins former Y100 on-air personality and NBC reporter Bret Hamilton and anthem singer Lauren Hart in providing off-ice entertainment during stoppages of play at Wachovia Center. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, October 22, 2005 By Brian Smith Phantoms goaltender Jamie Storr was perfect in Norfolk Saturday night, withstanding 44 shots - 22 of them in the third period - and R.J. Umberger continued to take care of the team's offensive needs as Philadelphia beat the Admirals 1-0 to complete a weekend sweep on the Virginia shore. The game was scoreless until the early stages of the third period. In the frame's first minute, winger Tony Voce forced a turnover behind the Admirals net and fed it in front to Umberger, who fired it past Norfolk netminder Corey Crawford at the 49-second mark for the 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, October 21, 2005 By Brian Smith Goaltender Rejean Beauchemin turned in his second stellar outing in as many games in a Phantoms uniform and center R.J. Umberger continued his hot start to the season as the Philadelphia Phantoms came from behind to take a 3-2 shootout win over the Norfolk Admirals before 3,324 at Norfolk Scope on Friday night. Beauchemin made 42 saves in regulation and the overtime period, and then shut out the Admirals in the shootout. Meanwhile, Umberger had a hand in all the Phantoms scoring for the evening, picking up a goal and an assist before scoring the lone shootout goal. Beauchemin and Umberger earned the game's No. 1 and No. 2 stars, respectively. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, October 15, 2005 By Brian Smith Rookie Stefan Ruzicka powered the Phantoms offense, scoring twice in Philadelphia's 3-2 loss at Albany's Pepsi Arena Saturday afternoon. The game was actually the back end of a home-and-home, as the two tangled in Philadelphia last Sunday, with the result favoring the Phantoms, 4-2. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, October 8, 2005 By Brian Smith The Philadelphia Phantoms 10th Anniversary season kicked off in grand fashion on Saturday night as the defending Calder Cup Champions celebrated their 2005 crown. A lavish pregame ceremony highlighted the pregame festivities at the Wachovia Center, as championship rings were presented to the players and staff. Mark Murphy touched off the postgame party with an overtime goal in the Phantoms 4-3 win over Binghamton. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, October 7, 2005 By Mike Thornton The Philadelphia Phantoms announced today that defenseman John Slaney will captain the defending Calder Cup Champion squad. Slaney becomes the seventh captain in franchise history. This will be Slaney's sixth season with the Phantoms and 15th in the professional ranks. He began his career with the American Hockey League's (AHL) Baltimore Skipjacks in 1991-92. He came to the Phantoms on Jan. 14, 2001 in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Since that time, he has laced up the skates in 281 regular season games for the Phantoms, compiling 68 goals and 210 points: 281(68/142/210). His 210 points are fifth all-time in the overall Phantoms scoring record books and 122 points better than any Philly AHL defenseman. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, September 16, 2005 By Mike Thornton SPORTSRADIO 610 WIP and the Philadelphia Phantoms will make history on Saturday October 8, 2005 at 7:05 pm. That date will mark the first time in the history of the Phantoms franchise that their hockey games will be broadcast on the radio. WIP will continue to satisfy Philadelphia's voracious appetite for hockey throughout the season by airing a selection of Philadelphia Phantoms hockey games over the air on the station's radio signal and via their audio stream at www.610wip.com. |
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