Delbarton (2001-02)

Delbarton (2001-02)

During Coach Bruce Shatel’s first year as head coach at Delbarton the team went 26-3-1 and beat Brick, 1-0 in the 2002 State Championship game. Freshman Ned Crotty scored the game’s only goal in the third period. Goalie Tyler Deieso had 14 saves and forward Dale...
Livingston High School (1979-80)

Livingston High School (1979-80)

Livingston High School finished the 1980 hockey season 19-6-1 and won the NJSIAA State Ice Hockey Championship. Livingston won the championship game to a standing room only crowd at South Mountain Arena against a heavily favored Brick team, 1-0 in Overtime. Sophmore...
Rick Bliwise

Rick Bliwise

Rick, a huge New York Yankees fan, started full coverage of High School and college hockey for The Star Ledger during the winter of 1978-79. He instituted All-State Teams, Team rankings and the Coach of the Year. Rick had a High School and College hockey column with...
Ben Leuzzi

Ben Leuzzi

Ben Leuzzi has been involved in hockey for more than 60 years. One of his first experiences was in 1957 when he helped to build an ice rink on Passaic Ave. in Fairfield. A few months later the Willowbrook Rink opened where Ben, at the age of 18, formed a team called...
Mike Morreale

Mike Morreale

Morreale worked on enhancing the coverage of high school hockey in the Garden State for over 17 years as a sports writer for The Newark Star-Ledger, serving from 1990-91 through 2006-07. His coverage of the state included daily game coverage, a weekly Top 20, annual...
Bill Sidun

Bill Sidun

Bill Sidun has provided leadership, guidance, instruction and administration to the High School and Amateur officiating community in New Jersey over the past forty years. He first became an AHAUS (now USA Hockey) official in 1974 and then served as Second Vice...