St. Joseph’s Montvale, 1983-84

St. Joseph’s Montvale, 1983-84

Class of 2012

St. Joseph, Montvale 1983-84 The Bergen County powerhouse put up some remarkable numbers during the winter of 1983-84 for coach Frank Horan. In the final year of the Bergen Scholastic League, St. Joseph had an amazing 26-0-1 record, scoring 279 goals and only allowing...
Harold Van Cott

Harold Van Cott

Class of 2012

Contributor Instrumental in the creation and operation of Branch Brook Ice Rink and South Mountain Arena, Harold was the Director of Recreation for the Essex County Park Commission from 1955 – 1980. These facilities introduced all forms of ice skating to the County...
Harold Handchen

Harold Handchen

Class of 2012

Contributor Harold Handchen, who passed away in December of 2006, was one of the most respected people in the history of New Jersey Athletics. The World War II Navy veteran was named the first Athletic Director at Brick Township High School in 1958 and in 1965 he...
Kenneth B. Gordon

Kenneth B. Gordon

Class of 2012

Contributor Kenneth B. Gordon’s life spanned 100 years and hockey was a big part of it. He moved to South Orange from Montreal with his brothers and they brought the new sport of ice hockey with them along with the concept of team play. They played for the South...
Vincent Godleski

Vincent Godleski

Class of 2012

Official Vin worked on improving high school and amateur officiating since moving to NJ in 1962. At that time there were only 20 Approved officials in the whole Metro-NJ-NY-CT area and only five rinks. He served as President of the NIHOA Metro NY/NJ Chapter...
Ed Purdy

Ed Purdy

Class of 2012

Livingston/West Essex Coach Ed Purdy was an athlete at West Orange High School where he played football, baseball and began playing hockey his senior year. He played football at Springfield College in MA where the 1965 team was undefeated and ranked #1 in New England....