Wall forward Shane Haviland is our 2017 SSZ Hockey Player of the Year. We’ve got highlights of the best Shore Conference hockey players and profiles of our three finalists
The 3rd annual SSZ Winter Sports Banquet, presented by the US Army, allowed us to honor the top hockey players in the Shore Conference. Here’s a recap and all of our videos.
Shane Haviland wins 2017 SSZ Hockey Player of the Year
Wall’s Shane Haviland helped lead the Crimson Knights to its first state finals and a Shore Conference Dowd Cup title. Haviland put together an outstanding streak of 17 goals in seven games to get Wall on its championship run. Watch our feature of our third Player of the Year winner from the ice:
2017 SSZ Hockey Player of the Year Voting
3 points for 1st place vote, 2 points for 2nd and 1 point for 3rd – votes from Shore Conference head coaches and SSZ’s Rich Chrampanis
Name | High School | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
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Shane Haviland | Wall | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 |
Mike Mania | Central Regional | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
Trevor Cear | Jackson Memorial | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
Julian Kislin | Freehold Township | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
Gavin Gulash | Middletown South | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
Derek Contessa | CBA | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Ciaran McNelis | RBC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Corey Clifton | CBA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Logan Beattie | Wall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Max Halvorsen | Freehold Township | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Alex Phipps | Saint Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tyler Golomb | Southern Regional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Sam Weber | CBA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Central Regional’s Mike Mania is the state’s top scorer and Jackson Memorial’s Trevor Cear helped lead the Jags to the Handchen Cup. Watch our features on SSZ’s Hockey Player of the Year finalists:
2017 All-Zone Hockey Team – click on each player below to watch their highlight video
Thanks to the US Army for allowing us to give a special night to the outstanding basketball players from the Shore Conference