Sunday, February 27, 2011

Cup Champions

As of today, all of the cup championship games have been played. Here are the winners:

Gordon Cup- Delbarton, St. Augustine (Co-Champs)

Big North Gold- Ridgewood

Big North Silver - Wayne Valley

Big North Green- Mahwah

McMullen Cup (NJIHL Western)- Sparta (repeat)

McInnis Cup (NJIHL Northern)- Montclair Kimberley

Union County Cup- Summit (repeat)

Skyland Conference Cup- Pingry

GMC Cup- South Brunswick

Mennen Cup- Morristown-Beard (3rd in a row)

Halvorsen Cup- Morristown

Haas Cup (Haas and Charette)- West Morris (repeat), Park Regional (Co-Champs)

Handchen Cup (Shore A and B)- Red Bank Catholic

Dowd Cup (Shore C and D)- Marlboro

In total there were 14 Cup Games played, that determined 16 Champions. Congrats to all the winners, and good luck to all the teams that have made it to the state playoffs!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Week 21 Rankings 18uAAA/16uAAA

Atlantic Youth Hockey League:

18uAAA

  1. DC Capitals (35-13-1)
  2. Team Comcast (31-22-8)
  3. Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (23-29-7)
  4. New Jersey Devils Youth (14-11-2)
  5. North Jersey Avalanche (5-20-0)
  6. Junior Titans (2-20-1)
16uAAA National
  1. North Jersey Avalanche (40-5-2)
  2. Team Comcast (26-22-10)
  3. Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (27-22-4)
  4. DC Capitals (23-14-3)
  5. Philadelphia Little Flyers (22-16-0)
  6. Long Island Royals (18-11-4)
  7. New Jersey Colonials (23-26-2)
  8. Valley Forge Minutemen (18-17-2)
  9. New Jersey Rockets (6-24-3)
  10. Long Island Gulls (8-22-0)
  11. Mercer Chiefs (6-24-2)
  12. New Jersey Devils Youth (4-31-1)
16uAAA American
  1. New York Saints (22-4-1)
  2. Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (20-7-2)
  3. Junior Titans (18-5-2)
  4. North Jersey Avalanche (16-11-2)
  5. Hershey Jr. Bears (16-8-1)
  6. Ct. Wolf Pack (10-8-2)
  7. DC Capitals (12-17-4)
  8. New Jersey Colonials (12-16-0)
  9. Team Comcast (7-15-6)
  10. Long Island Royals (6-15-4)
  11. Valley Forge Minutemen (11-30-9)
  12. Long Island Gulls (6-17-5)
  13. Philadelphia Little Flyers (3-18-1)
18uAAA
Top 5 PPG (Forwards)

1.82 Sam Anas (DC Capitals)
1.71 Matt Menta (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
1.47 Brandan Bradley (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
1.45 David Ferreira (Team Comcast)
1.42 Zach Lazzaro (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)

Top 5 PPG (Defense)

1.59 Michael Chen (DC Capitals)
1.10 Matt Killian (New Jersey Devils Youth)
0.94 Eric Sade (DC Capitals)
0.91 Josh Bretner (DC Capitals)
0.88 Eric Sweetman (DC Capitals)

16uAAA National
Top 5 PPG (Forwards)

2.52 Alex Rauter (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.86 Daniel Casey (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.64 Vincent Russo (Team Comcast)
1.60 Jason Stephanik (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.60 Luke May (North Jersey Avalanche)

Top 5 PPG (Defense)

1.42 Brett Pesce (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.09 Brett Fernandes (Team Comcast)
0.95 Myles McGurty (North Jersey Avalanche)
0.95 Chris Diver (Team Comcast)
0.90 TJ Roche (North Jersey Avalanche)

16uAAA American
Top 5 PPG (Forwards)

2.46 Andrew Romano (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
1.96 Nick Master (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
1.74 Brian Sisti (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.71 Jordan Klotz (New Jersey Colonials)
1.70 Nick Briganti (Ct. Wolfpack)

Top 5 PPG (Defense)

1.25 Adrian Gajor (Ct. Wolfpack)
0.86 Tommy Panico (Junior Titans)
0.83 John Maniscalco (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
0.83 Teddy Wood (Long Island Royals)
0.75 Anthony Bertone (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)

Player Spotlights-Kyle Garlasco, Adam Apidopoulos

Player Spotlight is a now a new feature to the John Covello Blog, where once a week a player from either high school, or travel hockey will be spotlighted on the blog for their achievements.
This week's Player Spotlight's are:

_Bergen Catholic's Kyle Garlasco, and Adam Apidopoulus. These two players have been the foundation for BC's success all season long. These two seniors are the leading scorers and captains of the team this year. Bergen Catholic just won 2 big games. This is important because they won these two games right before the state playoff cut off date.
_Kyle Garlasco is currently the team's leading point scorer with a 11-28-39 line in only 15 games. This means he Kyle is averaging 2.6 points per game in states toughest division. Kyle's 28 assists is the most in the Gordon Conference.
_Adam Apidopoulus has been on a scoring streak all season long. He has 23 goals this season and 34 points. This means that Adam is average 1.53 goals per game. His talent for goals has been shown especially against Gloucester Catholic. In two games against the Gloucester this year he has scored 7 goals.
_Adam and Kyle also play with the Jersey Hitmen Jr.B (Empire). They play with a previous Player Spotlight, R.J. Burns. Adam has a 7-12-19 line in 29 games. This is including 1 game winner goal, and 2 more added on the special teams. Kyle on the other hand has 6-7-13 line in 23 games. Kyle has shown well in shootouts this season, scoring 1 of the teams 2 game winning shootout goals this season. The Hitmen have already clinched a playoff spot this season. Both Kyle and Adam played with the North Jersey Avalanche 16uAAA National team last season that lost in the National Championship game. Best of the luck to these two players on the rest of their seasons, and in playoffs!

If you would like to recommend a player to be spotlighted on the blog send an email to jcovello77@yahoo.com

Monday, February 7, 2011

Week 12 High School Hockey Rankings

Top 10 Overall
  1. Delbarton (17-3-0)
  2. Don Bosco (17-5-1)
  3. Chatham (15-2-3)
  4. St. Augustine (11-5-2)
  5. Randoph (15-1-2)
  6. Morris Knolls (15-1-2)
  7. Brick Township (18-1-1)
  8. Gloucester Catholic (6-6-2)
  9. CBA (13-5-2)
  10. Bergen Catholic (6-9-0)
Top 10 Private
  1. Delbarton (17-3-0)
  2. Don Bosco (17-5-1)
  3. St. Augustine (11-5-2)
  4. Gloucester Catholic (6-6-2)
  5. CBA (13-5-2)
  6. Bergen Catholic (6-9-0)
  7. Morristown-Beard (11-9-1)
  8. St. Peters (9-11-1)
  9. Pingry (13-4-3)
  10. Red Bank Catholic (12-6-4)
On The Bubble:
Bishop Eustace
(6-10-0)

Top 10 Public
  1. Chatham (17-2-3)
  2. Randolph (15-1-2)
  3. Morris Knolls (16-1-3)
  4. Brick Township (18-1-1)
  5. Middletown South (10-6-2)
  6. Mountain Lakes (15-4-1)
  7. Toms River South (12-3-1)
  8. Summit (14-2-2)
  9. Montgomery (14-6-0)
  10. Westfield (14-3-1)
On The Bubble:
Ridge (10-4-6)
Howell (16-5-1)
Mahwah (17-3-0)


Private- With two days before the state playoff cut off Gloucester Catholic has been .500 all season even though they are one of the top skill teams on paper. We will see if they can prove more then that comes playoffs. The surprise team of the past two weeks is Bergen Catholic. BC has proved over the past two weeks that they are better then any public school they have played this season, and had a huge win over Gloucester to make a statement before playoffs.

This week's games to watch:
2/15/11 #1 Delbarton vs LaSalle #1 in (PA) at Aspen Randolph at 4:45
2/17/11 #8 Gloucester Catholic vs Holy Ghost Prep #2 in (PA) at SkateZone Philadelphia at 4:30

Public- If I were to make the state playoffs rankings I would put Chatham as Public B #1 which everyone else has, and make two #1's for Public A. That is impossible but these teams have faced off twice this year and tied both times. The edge though would have to go to Randolph because they did get the better of Chatham earlier in the season. The surprise team of the past 2 weeks is Brick Township. They showed everyone they are legit by beating CBA. This team can even be a possible #1 seed in Public B.

This week's games to watch:
2/15/11 Summit vs Westfield at Warinanco at 6:00
2/15/11 Howell vs Red Bank Catholic at Red Bank Armory at 8:15

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Week 19 Rankings 18uAAA/16uAAA

Atlantic Youth Hockey League:

18uAAA

  1. DC Capitals (30-13-1)
  2. Team Comcast (28-18-8)
  3. Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (21-25-7)
  4. New Jersey Devils Youth (14-11-2)
  5. North Jersey Avalanche (5-20-0)
  6. Junior Titans (2-20-1)
16uAAA National
  1. North Jersey Avalanche (37-5-2)
  2. Team Comcast (23-18-10)
  3. Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (25-18-4)
  4. DC Capitals (21-14-3)
  5. Philadelphia Little Flyers (20-15-0)
  6. Long Island Royals (17-9-4)
  7. New Jersey Colonials (20-25-2)
  8. Valley Forge Minutemen (18-15-2)
  9. New Jersey Rockets (6-22-3)
  10. Long Island Gulls (8-20-0)
  11. Mercer Chiefs (6-23-2)
  12. New Jersey Devils Youth (4-30-1)
16uAAA American
  1. New York Saints (22-4-1)
  2. Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (20-7-1)
  3. Junior Titans (16-5-2)
  4. North Jersey Avalanche (13-11-1)
  5. Hershey Jr. Bears (12-8-1)
  6. Ct. Wolf Pack (10-7-1)
  7. DC Capitals (11-16-4)
  8. New Jersey Colonials (12-16-0)
  9. Team Comcast (5-12-6)
  10. Long Island Royals (6-13-4)
  11. Valley Forge Minutemen (11-30-9)
  12. Long Island Gulls (6-13-5)
  13. Philadelphia Little Flyers (2-13-1)
18uAAA
Top 5 PPG (Forwards)

1.93 Matt Menta (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
1.82 Sam Anas (DC Capitals)
1.53 Zach Lazzaro (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
1.53 David Ferreira (Team Comcast)
1.53 Brandan Bradley (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)

Top 5 PPG (Defense)

1.59 Michael Chen (DC Capitals)
1.00 Matt Killian (New Jersey Devils Youth)
0.94 Eric Sade (DC Capitals)
0.91 Josh Bretner (DC Capitals)
0.88 Eric Sweetman (DC Capitals)

16uAAA National
Top 5 PPG (Forwards)

2.50 Alex Rauter (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.78 Jason Stephanik (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.67 Daniel Casey (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.63 Vincent Russo (Team Comcast)
1.56 Michael Bronzo (New Jersey Colonials)

Top 5 PPG (Defense)

1.50 Brett Pesce (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.16 Brett Fernandes (Team Comcast)
1.00 Myles McGurty (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.00 Chris Diver (Team Comcast)
0.89 TJ Roche (North Jersey Avalanche)

16uAAA American
Top 5 PPG (Forwards)

2.55 Andrew Romano (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
1.80 Brian Sisti (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.90 Nick Master (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
1.74 Nick Briganti (Ct. Wolfpack)
1.71 Jordan Klotz (New Jersey Colonials)

Top 5 PPG (Defense)

1.28 Adrian Gajor (Ct. Wolfpack)
0.90 John Maniscalco (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
0.90 Tommy Panico (Junior Titans)
0.80 Anthony Bertone (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)
0.80 Teddy Wood (Long Island Royals)

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Three New Jersey players commit!

This was a big week for 3 New Jersey Natives. Matt Morris, Peter McMullen, and Drew Melanson, all have committed to division 1 ice hockey programs.

_Matt Morris, who is from Ridgewood, New Jersey has committed to play for the University of Maine. He will be going to Maine in either 12' or 13'. Matt grew up playing with the North Jersey Avalanche up throught the 16uAAA National level two seasons ago. Last year he played with the Jersey Hitmen Jr.A (EJHL). He is currently with the Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL).

_Peter McMullen, who is from Essex Falls, New Jersey has committed to play for Boston College. He will be heading to Boston College for either 11' or 12'. Peter began playing travel the the Montclair Hockey Club, then later moved to the Devils Youth program for AAA hockey. He is currently on the 18uAAA Devils Youth, and is the current leading scorer for Delbarton with a 15-12-27 line in 16 games.

_Drew Melanson who is from Paramus, New Jersey has committed to play for RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Drew will be at RPI 13' or 14'. Drew grew up playing with the North Jersey Avalanche as well. Last year he played for their Bantam Major team. As a 1995 birth year he is two years younger then Matt and Peter. Drew currently plays with Delbarton and has a 3-8-11 line in 16 games, and is only a sophomore.