We’ve got two ranked teams in our Thursday hockey highlights coverage.  Check out impressive wins by Manalapan and Westfield!


Manalapan 5 Middletown North 2

Michael Schmelzer scored a pair of first period goals and Thomas Lena scored back to back goals 1:15 apart in the third period to give Manalapan a 12th win with its only loss coming to Gordon Conference power CBA.  Freshman John Honovic scored the other Braves goal to make it a 3-1 game at the end of two periods.  Joey Wall scored both goals for the Lions.

JSZ’s Rich Chrampanis has the highlights and post-game reaction from Middletown:

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Westfield 3 Summit 1

No. 12 Westfield picked up a fifth straight win following a 3-2 victory over Summit. The Blue Devils trailed 1-0 after the first period, a score from Alex Abel tied the game at 1-1  to close out the second. Ebel would sink the go-ahead goal in the third period for his second score, Aidan Wilson also tacked on a score late in the third.

JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights:

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