Any team can get punched in the mouth on a given night.
This happened to reigning Skyland Cup champion Bridgewater-Raritan High School: New Jersey’s No. 11-ranked team, in Wednesday night’s Skyland Cup finals rematch between the Panthers and the North Hunterdon Regional High School / Voorhees High School co-op.
Not only did Bridgewater-Raritan get back up.
At the end of the night, while it may have taken a little longer than anticipated, the Panthers remained atop the Skyland Conference.
After falling by four goals against second-seeded and No. 11-ranked Bridgewater-Raritan (18-3-1) in the Skyland Cup finals one year ago, top-seeded North Hunterdon / Voorhees (15-6-1) handed the Panthers two of their three losses in the 2025-26 regular seasons and jumped out to a pair of early two-goal leads in this season’s Skyland Cup finals.
Over the final 16 minutes of regulation, the Panthers’ three leading scorers in junior Sasha Abolenskiy (two goals, one assist), senior Alex Kotelnikov (two goals), and junior Stanley Xenakis (one goal, one assist) then collected four of the game’s next five goals, which helped surge Bridgewater-Raritan to its first lead halfway through the third period.
While North Hunterdon / Voorhees quickly answered and forced overtime behind a monster effort by senior goalie Logan Konstalid (43 saves), Bridgewater-Raritan sophomore Justin Madison (22 saves) and his team’s defense came through in crunch time when it mattered the most.
On a breakaway pass from Abolenskiy in his team’s offensive zone, Kotelnikov punctuated an instant classic by scoring the game-winner for Bridgewater-Raritan with 11:26 to go in overtime to clinch a thrilling 6-5 comeback victory and back-to-back Skyland Cup crowns for the Panthers Wednesday, February 18, at Bridgewater Sports Arena in Bridgewater.
“That goal was just all emotions,“ revealed of his walk-off goal by Kotelnikov, whose team was not at full strength in its losses against North Hunterdon / Voorhees by scores of 1-0 and 5-3: the former coming in the Panthers season opener that dropped them below .500 for the first time since the end of the 2022-23 season.
“I just wanted to win for our team there.”
Winning has been a feat that the Panthers have regularly accomplished since Opening Night on December 5, which began a regular season which no one outside of their locker room knew what to expect.
One that ultimately ended in historic fashion for Bridgewater-Raritan, which now has a chance to make even more history in the next couple of weeks.
December 5 marked the Panthers’ aforementioned 1-0 defeat at home on Opening Night, when junior Dylan Swon scored the game’s lone goal for victorious North Hunterdon / Voorhees despite a 47-8 shot advantage by the Lions/Vikings. Madison’s 46 saves kept Bridgewater-Raritan in it while his squad was without both Kotelnikov and Abolenskiy in this contest.
Even in defeat for Bridgewater-Raritan, it ultimately foreshadowed the Panthers’ potential to quickly reload after graduating a whopping 10 senior players from its accomplished Class of 2025.
That group finished their careers with a 37-12 record over their final two seasons, the Panthers’ first Skyland Cup title since 2014-15, and the No. 1 seed in the state sectional playoffs. Unfortunately, their time in Panthers uniforms – along with Bridgewater-Raritan’s historic season- came to a crushing end at the hands of eighth-seeded Monroe Township High School, which stunned the Panthers in overtime, 3-2, in the quarterfinal round.
To say this loss served as fuel for Bridgewater-Raritan this year was an understatement.
“You have young kids, but when you have the leadership and you’re not thrusting young kids into having to carry you, it really puts them in a position to succeed,” said after the victory by fifth-year Bridgewater-Raritan head coach Vincent Arnone, who has guided the Panthers to an impressive record of 55-15-1 over the past three seasons and will be a massive Coach of the Year contender both locally and statewide after the current season. “The older guys put them in a position to succeed, let them develop, and become themselves. We have [freshman defenseman John Ciesla] playing major minutes on defense, stepping up, and looking like a senior veteran out there. Sophomore Niklas Dorey has taken leaps and has stepped up tremendously this year, and then we have some freshmen in there playing offense who have really surprised me. Guys like [sophomore forward] Mike Lalor and [freshman forward] Braedan Battista are young guys who really have come to the moment and stepped up.”
“It’s taken a long time to get this program up, but we’re back to where we were a long time ago, and it’s been a pleasure to see.”
After starting the year with an 0-1 record after falling to North Hunterdon / Voorhees, Bridgewater-Raritan went on to win 18 of its next 21 games, including its thriller of a Skyland Cup championship against the Lions/Vikings on Wednesday night.
While the Panthers were at full strength this time around, North Hunterdon / Voorhees: a co-op program only in its third year of sanctioned NJSIAA play, did not seem to get that memo.
Despite a 17-11 shot advantage in the first period for Bridgewater-Raritan (1.95 goals allowed per game), Konstalid and his defense helped pitch a shutout, and North Hunterdon / Voorhees (two goals allowed per game) made the most out of their 11 shots.
Swon (one goal, three assists) and fellow junior Dominic Moushon (two goals, one assist) helped his team surge out to a 2-0 lead over the Panthers after one period.
However, Bridgewater-Raritan did not fold.
“What we have here as a team is amazing,” reflected Madison, who did not play in the Panthers’ second of two regular season losses at North Hunterdon / Voorhees. “After that first period, people may have been thinking that we were down, it was going to be over, and we were going to get upset. In our locker room, our coach was saying that we were down 4-1 against [reigning state champion and No. 6 ranked Westfield on December 23], and we came back. This was nothing new to us, so we were able to come back in a couple of games like this.”
“We did just that, and it was really amazing.”
Right out of the locker room, Bridgewater-Raritan responded, though its burst of momentum appeared to be short-lived.
Just 28 seconds into the second period, Bridgewater-Raritan got on the board on a goal by sophomore Jason Rutkowski (one goal) and assist by freshman Shaah Patel (one assist) to cut its deficit in half. Shortly after the ensuing faceoff, however, junior Quinn Isherwood (one assist) found classmate Alex Sales (one goal), who answered to give North Hunterdon / Voorhees a 3-1 lead with 13:48 left in the second period.
Behind its unphased defense, which began to settle in, Bridgewater-Raritan only surrendered just seven shots in the second period and started to slowly build momentum. It took a lot of patience – and time, for the Panthers to cash in.
With 1:03 left in the second period, Xenakis found Abolenskiy to send his team back into the locker room trailing just 3-2. Moments after the third-period puck drop, it was a new game at Bridgewater Sports Arena, as senior defenseman Matt Harrison (one assist) dished out a pass to Abolenskiy, who scored with 14:38 left in regulation to tie the game, 3-3.
“Some of those guys are in their own world out there,” praised Madison of his upperclassmen leaders. “They’re just so good with the puck and want it so bad, but they work so hard to get those goals.”
“They honestly deserve it more than anyone.”
But again, North Hunterdon / Voorhees quickly silenced the Panthers’ dominant home crowd.
Just eight seconds later, Swon’s pass off the immediate faceoff to sophomore Michael Kuglin (one goal) put his team back in front, 4-3. Kotelnikov’s first goal with 11:35 remaining in regulation then tied the game, 4-4.
From that point on, Bridgewater-Raritan never trailed – even if everyone in attendance was on the edge of their seats.
Those Panthers’ fans then bursted out of whatever chairs were available, as an assist by junior defenseman James Kramer (one assist) on Xenakis’ goal miraculously gave Bridgewater-Raritan its first lead, 5-4, with 7:31 to go.
North Hunterdon / Voorhees likewise did not flinch, as it quickly offset that goal with one of its own by Moushon, who scored to make it a 5-5 game just 20 seconds later to set up a memorable finale at Bridgewater Sports Arena.
In the final two minutes of regulation, both goalies made key stops for their respective teams, with Madison forcing a timeout after his save for Bridgewater-Raritan with 1:52 to go.
Abolenskiy then found himself in transition before threading the needle to Xenakis, who fired the potential go-ahead shot on the right side of the Panthers’ offensive zone. A timely dive by Konstalid denied Bridgewater-Raritan with 1:08 remaining before time eventually ran out in regulation with the game still deadlocked.
And most importantly, a contest that now went into sudden victory.
Bridgewater-Raritan then won the first faceoff of the 15-minute extra period, and the Panthers managed a pair of shots in the first two minutes of overtime. Madison then made a key stop at the other end before the Panthers responded with another game-winning look with 11:59 left in overtime.
That one may have just been inches away from sending everybody home, but Bridgewater-Raritan left no doubt on its next attempt.
On a play that started on the back-right corner of the Panthers’ defensive zone, Abolenskiy successfully navigated around the Lions/Vikings’ defense to set up the championship-defending play just 3:34 into the extra period. He delivered his clutch pass in transition to Kotelnikov, who had plenty of open ice around him on the game-winning goal for Bridgewater-Raritan.
A team whose journey has truly just begun as it now sets off to achieve its paramount objective.
Win five more games and become a state champion.
“That’s our next goal,” declared Madison. “We failed to do that last year, and we want that as bad as anything.”
“We just have to keep moving forward and put this one right behind us, because there are bigger things to come.”
After falling in the round two of four in the state sectional playoffs last year as the top seed in its bracket, Bridgewater-Raritan (18-3-1) will now try and make amends as the No. 1 seed in back-to-back years to begin the NJSIAA South New Jersey, Public School, Ice Hockey Tournament.
The Panthers will launch their bid to win a state championship against No. 16 seeded Central Regional High School (5-14) at 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 20, at Rock Ice Arena in Dunellen.
“We had ups and downs, and our ride has been long and rough,” recapped about his ride in a Bridgewater-Raritan uniform by Kotelnikov, who is the Panthers’ current captain. “There have been some great wins and rough losses, including two years ago versus Westfield when we lost 7-0 [in the state sectional quarterfinals]. But we just kept on pushing, and our coaches kept telling us that we have to keep going. The team has been great, I love every single one of our guys here, and they are like my brothers. I’ve just been so happy playing with them, but I just want to keep it going. We won Skylands last year, but obviously we did not go as far as we wanted to in the state playoffs.”
“As long as we keep pushing and keep playing our game, we’re going to be good.”
As the No. 1 seed in their bracket, the Panthers will have home-ice advantage for the first three rounds of the state sectional playoffs, which will conclude in round four at Mennen Sports Arena 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in Morristown.
The winner of Friday afternoon’s opening-round matchup between the Panthers and Golden Eagles will advance to the state sectional quarterfinals Thursday, February 26, against either eighth-seeded Hunterdon Central Regional High School (10-10) or ninth-seeded Manalapan High School (12-10): the latter team being crowned state sectional champion two seasons ago.
Bridgewater-Raritan has not played against Manalapan since December 22, 2023, when the Braves rallied to a 5-3 victory at Rock Ice Arena as part of a 15-8 season for the Panthers that year. However, Bridgewater-Raritan swept its two regular season meetings against Hunterdon Central by a combined score of 9-2.
Including Hunterdon Central and Bridgewater-Raritan, four of the eight teams on the Panthers’ side of the bracket are from the Skyland Conference, with fourth-seeded Ridge High School (12-10-1) and fifth-seeded Hillsborough High School (12-10-2) being the remaining two teams.
Should Hillsborough and Ridge each win their first state tournament games, they would square off for the third time this season in the state sectional quarterfinals after both teams split their two regular season meetings via victories at their home venues.
Bridgewater-Raritan has defeated Ridge in all three meetings this season: two via shutout, but the Panthers had to withstand a late rally from four goals down by the Red Devils in the Panthers’ 6-5 Skyland Cup semifinals victory on Monday evening. The Panthers’ lone tie of the year came in 2-2 fashion at Hillsborough on December 22, when the Raiders held Bridgewater-Raritan scoreless until the final five minutes of regulation before settling for a tie.
Bridgewater-Raritan went on to win in its rematch with Hillsborough, 6-3, on February 6 at Rock Ice Arena, which would serve as the Panthers’ state tournament venue for the first, second, and third rounds of the state tournament should they continue to survive and advance.
On the other side of the Panthers’ bracket, reigning state champion Westfield (16-3): New Jersey’s top-ranked public school and No. 6 ranked team overall, is the No. 2 seed with third-seeded Middletown High School North (13-6-2) just behind at No. 3. Bridgewater-Raritan’s aforementioned 6-4 comeback victory came against Westfield on December 23, when the Panthers rallied with the game’s final five goals. For nearly two months, this was the Blue Devils’ only loss to a public school until they fell on Wednesday night, 3-2, to Livingston High School (18-3) in the McInnis Cup finals.
LiviAny team can get punched in the mouth on a given night.
This happened to reigning Skyland Cup champion Bridgewater-Raritan High School: New Jersey’s No. 11 ranked team, in Wednesday night’s Skyland Cup finals rematch between the Panthers and the North Hunterdon Regional High School / Voorhees High School co-op.
Not only did Bridgewater-Raritan get back up.
At the end of the night, while it may have taken a little longer than anticipated, the Panthers remained atop the Skyland Conference.
After falling by four goals against second-seeded and No. 11 ranked Bridgewater-Raritan (18-3-1) in the Skyland Cup finals one year ago, top-seeded North Hunterdon / Voorhees (15-6-1) handed the Panthers two of their three losses in the 2025-26 regular seasons and jumped out to a pair of early two-goal leads in this season’s Skyland Cup finals.
Over the final 16 minutes of regulation, the Panthers’ three leading scorers in junior Sasha Abolenskiy (two goals, one assist), senior Alex Kotelnikov (two goals), and junior Stanley Xenakis (one goal, one assist) then collected four of the game’s next five goals, which helped surge Bridgewater-Raritan to its first lead halfway through the third period.
While North Hunterdon / Voorhees quickly answered and forced overtime behind a monster effort by senior goalie Logan Konstalid (43 saves), Bridgewater-Raritan sophomore Justin Madison (22 saves) and his team’s defense came through in crunch time when it mattered the most.
On a breakaway pass from Abolenskiy in his team’s offensive zone, Kotelnikov punctuated an instant classic by scoring the game-winner for Bridgewater-Raritan with 11:26 to go in overtime to clinch a thrilling 6-5 comeback victory and back-to-back Skyland Cup crowns for the Panthers Wednesday, February 18, at Bridgewater Sports Arena in Bridgewater.
“That goal was just all emotions,“ revealed of his walk-off goal by Kotelnikov, whose team was not at full strength in its losses against North Hunterdon / Voorhees by scores of 1-0 and 5-3: the former coming in the Panthers season opener that dropped them below .500 for the first time since the end of the 2022-23 season.
“I just wanted to win for our team there.”
Winning has been a feat that the Panthers have regularly accomplished since Opening Night on December 5, which began a regular season which no one outside of their locker room knew what to expect.
One that ultimately ended in historic fashion for Bridgewater-Raritan, which now has a chance to make even more history in the next couple of weeks.
December 5 marked the Panthers’ aforementioned 1-0 defeat at home on Opening Night, when junior Dylan Swon scored the game’s lone goal for victorious North Hunterdon / Voorhees despite a 47-8 shot advantage by the Lions/Vikings. Madison’s 46 saves kept Bridgewater-Raritan in it while his squad was without both Kotelnikov and Abolenskiy in this contest.
Even in defeat for Bridgewater-Raritan, it ultimately foreshadowed the Panthers’ potential to quickly reload after graduating a whopping 10 senior players from its accomplished Class of 2025.
That group finished their careers with a 37-12 record over their final two seasons, the Panthers’ first Skyland Cup title since 2014-15, and the No. 1 seed in the state sectional playoffs. Unfortunately, their time in Panthers uniforms – along with Bridgewater-Raritan’s historic season, came to a crushing end at the hands of eighth-seeded Monroe Township High School, which stunned the Panthers in overtime, 3-2, in the quarterfinal round.
To say this loss served as fuel for Bridgewater-Raritan this year was an understatement.
“You have young kids, but when you have the leadership and you’re not thrusting young kids into having to carry you, it really puts them in a position to succeed,” said after the victory by fifth-year Bridgewater-Raritan head coach Vincent Arnone, who has guided the Panthers to an impressive record of 55-15-1 over the past three seasons and will be a massive Coach of the Year contender both locally and statewide after the current season. “The older guys put them in a position to succeed, let them develop, and become themselves. We have [freshman defenseman John Ciesla] playing major minutes on defense, stepping up, and looking like a senior veteran out there. Sophomore Niklas Dorey has taken leaps and has stepped up tremendously this year, and then we have some freshmen in there playing offense who have really surprised me. Guys like [sophomore forward] Mike Lalor and [freshman forward] Braedan Battista are young guys who really have come to the moment and stepped up.”
“It’s taken a long time to get this program up, but we’re back to where we were a long time ago, and it’s been a pleasure to see.”
After starting the year with an 0-1 record after falling to North Hunterdon / Voorhees, Bridgewater-Raritan went on to win 18 of its next 21 games, including its thriller of a Skyland Cup championship against the Lions/Vikings on Wednesday night.
While the Panthers were at full strength this time around, North Hunterdon / Voorhees: a co-op program only in its third year of sanctioned NJSIAA play, did not seem to get that memo.
Despite a 17-11 shot advantage in the first period for Bridgewater-Raritan (1.95 goals allowed per game), Konstalid and his defense helped pitch a shutout, and North Hunterdon / Voorhees (two goals allowed per game) made the most out of their 11 shots.
Swon (one goal, three assists) and fellow junior Dominic Moushon (two goals, one assist) helped his team surge out to a 2-0 lead over the Panthers after one period.
However, Bridgewater-Raritan did not fold.
“What we have here as a team is amazing,” reflected Madison, who did not play in the Panthers’ second of two regular season losses at North Hunterdon / Voorhees. “After that first period, people may have been thinking that we were down, it was going to be over, and we were going to get upset. In our locker room, our coach was saying that we were down 4-1 against [reigning state champion and No. 6 ranked Westfield on December 23], and we came back. This was nothing new to us, so we were able to come back in a couple of games like this.”
“We did just that, and it was really amazing.”
Right out of the locker room, Bridgewater-Raritan responded, though its burst of momentum appeared to be short-lived.
Just 28 seconds into the second period, Bridgewater-Raritan got on the board on a goal by sophomore Jason Rutkowski (one goal) and assist by freshman Shaah Patel (one assist) to cut its deficit in half. Shortly after the ensuing faceoff, however, junior Quinn Isherwood (one assist) found classmate Alex Sales (one goal), who answered to give North Hunterdon / Voorhees a 3-1 lead with 13:48 left in the second period.
Behind its unphased defense, which began to settle in, Bridgewater-Raritan only surrendered just seven shots in the second period and started to slowly build momentum. It took a lot of patience – and time, for the Panthers to cash in.
With 1:03 left in the second period, Xenakis found Abolenskiy to send his team back into the locker room trailing just 3-2. Moments after the third-period puck drop, it was a new game at Bridgewater Sports Arena, as senior defenseman Matt Harrison (one assist) dished out a pass to Abolenskiy, who scored with 14:38 left in regulation to tie the game, 3-3.
“Some of those guys are in their own world out there,” praised Madison of his upperclassmen leaders. “They’re just so good with the puck and want it so bad, but they work so hard to get those goals.”
“They honestly deserve it more than anyone.”
But again, North Hunterdon / Voorhees quickly silenced the Panthers’ dominant home crowd.
Just eight seconds later, Swon’s pass off the immediate faceoff to sophomore Michael Kuglin (one goal) put his team back in front, 4-3. Kotelnikov’s first goal with 11:35 remaining in regulation then tied the game, 4-4.
From that point on, Bridgewater-Raritan never trailed – even if everyone in attendance was on the edge of their seats.
Those Panthers’ fans then bursted out of whatever chairs were available, as an assist by junior defenseman James Kramer (one assist) on Xenakis’ goal miraculously gave Bridgewater-Raritan its first lead, 5-4, with 7:31 to go.
North Hunterdon / Voorhees likewise did not flinch, as it quickly offset that goal with one of its own by Moushon, who scored to make it a 5-5 game just 20 seconds later to set up a memorable finale at Bridgewater Sports Arena.
In the final two minutes of regulation, both goalies made key stops for their respective teams, with Madison forcing a timeout after his save for Bridgewater-Raritan with 1:52 to go.
Abolenskiy then found himself in transition before threading the needle to Xenakis, who fired the potential go-ahead shot on the right side of the Panthers’ offensive zone. A timely dive by Konstalid denied Bridgewater-Raritan with 1:08 remaining before time eventually ran out in regulation with the game still deadlocked.
And most importantly, a contest that now went into sudden victory.
Bridgewater-Raritan then won the first faceoff of the 15-minute extra period, and the Panthers managed a pair of shots in the first two minutes of overtime. Madison then made a key stop at the other end before the Panthers responded with another game-winning look with 11:59 left in overtime.
That one may have just been inches away from sending everybody home, but Bridgewater-Raritan left no doubt on its next attempt.
On a play that started on the back-right corner of the Panthers’ defensive zone, Abolenskiy successfully navigated around the Lions/Vikings’ defense to set up the championship-defending play just 3:34 into the extra period. He delivered his clutch pass in transition to Kotelnikov, who had plenty of open ice around him on the game-winning goal for Bridgewater-Raritan.
A team whose journey has truly just begun as it now sets off to achieve its paramount objective.
Win five more games and become a state champion.
“That’s our next goal,” declared Madison. “We failed to do that last year, and we want that as bad as anything.”
“We just have to keep moving forward and put this one right behind us, because there are bigger things to come.”
After falling in the round two of four in the state sectional playoffs last year as the top seed in its bracket, Bridgewater-Raritan (18-3-1) will now try and make amends as the No. 1 seed in back-to-back years to begin the NJSIAA South New Jersey, Public School, Ice Hockey Tournament.
The Panthers will launch their bid to win a state championship against No. 16 seeded Central Regional High School (5-14) at 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 20, at Rock Ice Arena in Dunellen.
“We had ups and downs, and our ride has been long and rough,” recapped about his ride in a Bridgewater-Raritan uniform by Kotelnikov, who is the Panthers’ current captain. “There have been some great wins and rough losses, including two years ago versus Westfield when we lost 7-0 [in the state sectional quarterfinals]. But we just kept on pushing, and our coaches kept telling us that we have to keep going. The team has been great, I love every single one of our guys here, and they are like my brothers. I’ve just been so happy playing with them, but I just want to keep it going. We won Skylands last year, but obviously we did not go as far as we wanted to in the state playoffs.”
“As long as we keep pushing and keep playing our game, we’re going to be good.”
As the No. 1 seed in their bracket, the Panthers will have home-ice advantage for the first three rounds of the state sectional playoffs, which will conclude in round four at Mennen Sports Arena 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in Morristown.
The winner of Friday afternoon’s opening-round matchup between the Panthers and Golden Eagles will advance to the state sectional quarterfinals Thursday, February 26, against either eighth-seeded Hunterdon Central Regional High School (10-10) or ninth-seeded Manalapan High School (12-10): the latter team being crowned state sectional champion two seasons ago.
Bridgewater-Raritan has not played against Manalapan since December 22, 2023, when the Braves rallied to a 5-3 victory at Rock Ice Arena as part of a 15-8 season for the Panthers that year. However, Bridgewater-Raritan swept its two regular season meetings against Hunterdon Central by a combined score of 9-2.
Including Hunterdon Central and Bridgewater-Raritan, four of the eight teams on the Panthers’ side of the bracket are from the Skyland Conference, with fourth-seeded Ridge High School (12-10-1) and fifth-seeded Hillsborough High School (12-10-2) being the remaining two teams.
Should Hillsborough and Ridge each win their first state tournament games, they would square off for the third time this season in the state sectional quarterfinals after both teams split their two regular season meetings via victories at their home venues.
Bridgewater-Raritan has defeated Ridge in all three meetings this season: two via shutout, but the Panthers had to withstand a late rally from four goals down by the Red Devils in the Panthers’ 6-5 Skyland Cup semifinals victory on Monday evening. The Panthers’ lone tie of the year came in 2-2 fashion at Hillsborough on December 22, when the Raiders held Bridgewater-Raritan scoreless until the final five minutes of regulation before settling for a tie.
Bridgewater-Raritan went on to win in its rematch with Hillsborough, 6-3, on February 6 at Rock Ice Arena, which would serve as the Panthers’ state tournament venue for the first, second, and third rounds of the state tournament should they continue to survive and advance.
On the other side of the Panthers’ bracket, reigning state champion Westfield (16-3): New Jersey’s top-ranked public school and No. 6 ranked team overall, is the No. 2 seed with third-seeded Middletown High School North (13-6-2) just behind at No. 3. Bridgewater-Raritan’s aforementioned 6-4 comeback victory came against Westfield on December 23, when the Panthers rallied with the game’s final five goals. For nearly two months, this was the Blue Devils’ only loss to a public school until they fell on Wednesday night, 3-2, to Livingston High School (18-3) in the McInnis Cup finals.
Livingston is New Jersey’s No. 10 ranked team and is seeded No. 2 in the NJSIAA North New Jersey, Public School, Ice Hockey Tournament behind last year’s other state finalist: No. 14 ranked Ridgewood High School (17-4).
After the conclusion of the four-game sectional playoffs on the North and South sides of the Garden State, the North, Public and South, Public state sectional champions then will square off for the overall state championship at 3:15 p.m. Monday, March 9, at the Prudential Center in Newark.ngston is New Jersey’s No. 10 ranked team and is seeded No. 2 in the NJSIAA North New Jersey, Public School, Ice Hockey Tournament behind last year’s other state finalist: No. 14 ranked Ridgewood High School (17-4).
After the conclusion of the four-game sectional playoffs on the North and South sides of the Garden State, the North, Public and South, Public state sectional champions then will square off for the overall state championship at 3:15 p.m. Monday, March 9, at the Prudential Center in Newark.