Peter transferred to Paramus Catholic as a sophomore to pursue his passion for hockey. For much of his high school career, he didn’t have the opportunity to play travel hockey—but that changed in his senior year. Through hard work and steady improvement each season,...

Ben "Spike" Billings started his prep school hockey at the Berkshire School and later at Norwich University where he was captain of the 1961 hockey team. After fifteen years on Wall Street he became the Athletic Director at the Morristown Beard School where he coached...

Brian Day’s coaching career began in 1988, when he assisted his Hamilton College teammate, Gary Kramer, with the U-12 NJ Devils. Further inspired by another teammate, Tim Whitehead, who was thriving in the collegiate coaching ranks, Day began a teaching/coaching...

Harvey Boehm coached high school ice hockey for over 28 years and brought success to every program he has led. From 1981-1988, Coach Boehm was head coach of Chatham Borough H.S., his alma mater, guiding the Eskies to the 1987 Division "C" Championship. From 1988- 1992...

Starting every game his senior year, Sean recorded an 18-7-4 record with 7 shutouts and a 2.24 GAA on the way to the 2004 public school state championship for the West Essex Knights. One of the biggest highlights of the season was a 1-0 victory over then ranked #1 St....

Auriemma began the 2009-2010 campaign with 618 career wins, a state record. He’s directed Brick to six state titles, five Public School crowns and eight Gordon Cups. Last winter Auriemma coached his 1,000th game at the Ocean County school. The team chalked up a 12-8-2...

Tom spent 31 years at West Essex High School, eleven as an athletic trainer and twenty as the athletic director. During his tenure, West Essex won 4 NJIHL Cups and one NJSIAA State Ice Hockey Championship. He served as an athletic trainer for six NJSIAA State...

Pat grew up in North Bergen and as a young boy would often don the quads of roller skates and play roller hockey on the streets in the neighborhood.  That passion for hockey led him to Pershing Field in Jersey City where he played locally, and then stints with the NY...

The 1977-1978 West Essex Hockey Team experienced many high points during the 1977-78 season. Sparked by Tri-Captains Ken Smith, Keith Wright and Chip Grabowski, the icemen claimed their first championship win at Brick Township in five years. In addition, they were...

In 1983, after a 5 year term as Director of Athletics and Head Coach of Hockey at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA, Bruce Parker came to Montclair High School as a teacher of Mathematics and a coach of Football, Hockey, and Baseball. In the next 6 years, his...

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 39. St. Joseph beat Brick in...

A standout in lacrosse, Ned Crotty also sparkled on the ice for Delbarton. In his four seasons, Delbarton racked up a superb record of 92-12-13. In his freshman campaign, Crotty’s goal gave Delbarton a 1-0 victory over Brick in the state championship game. That...

The 1976 CTHS ice hockey team was entered in a new league this year. They played all their games at Mennen Arena. They breezed through their 14 game schedule without a blemish, largely because of the consistent fire-power of their first line. Seniors Tom Gill, Jim...

Greg Toskos is the all-time leading scorer at Don Bosco Prep totaling 129 goals, 100 assists for 229 points. At the time of his graduation, Greg was a top 10 all time scorer in the State of New Jersey. He is a three time team MVP, two time First Team All League (93,...

Tom Danko is well-known throughout the New Jersey High School hockey community as one of the good guys. He became a notable figure during his 32-year tenure as the Head Coach of Clifton High School. His accolades are quite impressive. In his 32 years as the Head Coach...

As a player, Mike Reynolds rewrote the record books at Warwick High School in Rhode Island and Merrimack College, Andover Mass. Mike was first team All-State in soccer and hockey. He was chosen All-American at Merrimack in 1976. He was the first player ever inducted...

The 1973-74 Brick team was the first team not located in Northern NJ  to win the Gordon Cup. At this time, the Gordon Cup signified the Ice Hockey State Championship. Brick had been to the final previously, they had failed to capture the cup until this team, anchored...

Billy at 6 yrs old, pulled a pair of old white figure skates from a basement shelf and jumped on the ice of a frozen brook behind his house. His Father laughed & said “you better make those white skates fly”; and that he did! From there Billy’s passion and talent...

Lou Lamoriello is currently the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Lamoriello, who had been with the New Jersey Devils from 1987 to 2015, served longer with a single team than any general manager in NHL history with the exception Conn Smythe and Art Ross. In...

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 residents. In...

Paul Bruno covered high school and college ice hockey for The Newark Star-Ledger from 1988-2012. A 1984 graduate of Seton Hall University, he played collegiate hockey for the Pirates in the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference, and was later the head coach from...

Dan Prachar played for the Essex County Chiefs under NJ HS Ice Hockey Hall of Fame coach John Warchol, and played juniors for the New Jersey Golden Blades. In 1981, he followed Coach Warchol to Seton Hall Prep where he became a four year starter and graduated as the...

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...

The Mounties have had some great teams over the years but the 1987-88 edition stood out. Montclair, coached by Bruce Parker, posted a 26-2 record. Montclair topped Seton Hall Prep, 7-2, in the Gordon Cup, and beat St. Joseph of Montvale, 2-1, in the state championship...

Donald L. Eccleston was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1943 and died in 1993 in Pomfret, CT at the age of 50. He was a graduate of Deerfield Academy, Brown University and Suffolk University. He was a staff sergeant in the United States Army during the Vietnam...

Cindy Acropolis (Toye) played for the Brick Township High School Varsity team from 1992 to 1996 for her grandfather and NJ High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame coach, Bob Auriemma. The Dragons competed in the Gordon Conference, and in 1996, the Brick Dragons won the...

Ian started his hockey career at age five, playing at Ice World in Totawa. He continued to play hockey while growing up. Under Coach John Kovacs, Ian played three seasons for Morris Knolls High School and really started to show incredible talent his sophomore and...

Thomas Fraioli was a four year varsity ice hockey player (1969-1972) for the West Essex Knights. As a junior captain center, he helped lead his team to the school’s first state ice hockey championship, then known as the Gordon Cup. During that cup run, he scored three...

John Warchol is one of the most respected and emulated hockey coaches in the state. During his coaching career, Warchol led Seton Hall Prep to a record nine Gordon Cups and three state titles, and posted a 506-254-53 record. He was named The Star Ledger Coach of the...

The 2004–2005 Morris Knolls Golden Eagles etched their names into New Jersey hockey history by capturing the program’s first-ever NJSIAA Public A State Championship. Finishing the season with a remarkable 24–3–3 record, this squad was defined by a relentless,...

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 began his...

Chip played high school hockey at West Essex where he was a three time All League Selection, co-MVP of the league and captain of the 1978 State Championship team in his senior year. He also won a Jr. National Championship that winter with the New Jersey Rockets. Chip...

The Inaugural Induction Class The following Players, Coaches, Teams and Contributors are the Inaugural Enshrinees into The NJ High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.   Players Mike Acosta – Defenseman – Toms River North Ned Crotty – Defenseman – Delbarton Randy...

Jeff Ohlweiler played for Chatham Twp. between the years 1984-1988. In his senior year, he led his team to both the state semi-finals and Mennen Cup finals, was selected to the Star Ledger 1st-team All-State Team, and led the state in scoring with 112 points (67...

As a player for CBA Bob was part of a team that won the schools first State Championship (1982-83) and finished the season with a 22-2-1 record. As a sophomore he was named All State First Team. He went on with his hockey career while in college and graduated with a...

Acknowledged as the best defenseman in state history, Maguire led Delbarton to four Mennen Cups. In his junior campaign Delbarton shared the state title with St. Joseph of Montvale. Maguire, who played his college hockey at Harvard, was a two-way threat on the ice. He...

Robert Peacock recalls his time playing for Livingston High School from 1975 to 1977 as a period filled with lasting memories, including the vibrant crowds at South Mountain Arena and the strong support from school fans and team families. During that era, players were...

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...

Gaudreau, now starring for the Calgary Flames, had a distinguished scholastic career and finished with 51 goals and 57 assists during his final two seasons at Gloucester Catholic, leading the South Jersey school to the NJSIAA Non-Public Championship as a junior 2010....

Glenn started his hockey career at the age of six in a learn to skate program. He played in several local rinks growing up, most notably Branch Brook Arena which became his second home for the next twelve years. He played for Garden State, The NJ Rockets, The Essex...

Lars Johansson was a 1986 Star Ledger All State pick and a member of the all 1980’s Decade Team. He was known at Montclair High School for being a standout in every aspect of the game of hockey. In his senior year at Montclair the team went 18-4 and won the Suffern...

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 Orange Field Club...

Growing up in Weehawken, Frank began his coaching career in a house league in Secaucus in 1981. He moved to Pershing Field in 1987 and started coaching travel hockey with the Jersey City Capitals. That same year, he began his high school coaching career at St. Peter’s...

Matthew Radoslovich was a four-year letterman and co-captain for Bergen Catholic. As a Crusader, he was coached by Frank Horan (freshman year) and Dan May (sophomore to senior year). Under May, Matt helped lead the Crusaders to their first State Championship and...

Ron Armstrong was captain of the WOHS hockey team in 1965. Following graduation, he met Paul McInnis who mentored Ron while he worked at South Mountain Arena and began officiating youth games. Throughout the 70’s and 80’s, Ron officiated games at the high school,...

At 6-5, Middendorf was a terror on the ice for St. Joseph of Montvale. He helped St. Joseph to a pair of Bergen County League titles. In addition, St. Joseph won the 1984 state championship with an incredible 26-0-1 record. That season, Middendorf had 38 goals and 35...

Born and raised in Bayonne, Dave played on the 1986 Inaugural Bayonne High School Hockey Team. Working as a skate guard at the Rich Korpi Ice Rink, he officiated his 1st game as a (non certified) referee. One night a group of players showed up but didn’t have someone...

Jon grew up with a hockey stick in hand. He attended The Morristown School, currently Morristown Beard, and was the starting goalie his sophomore year. He played center, as a junior and senior, to help the “Crimson” score. His contribution helped the team win the...

The 2009-10 Toms River South Ice Hockey team finished their season with a 25-2 -2 record and a State Championship trophy. The Indians had their most successful regular season ever which resulted in a Christmas Tournament win, a regular season Division Title, and a...

Agostino has also built a fabulous hockey portfolio in his own right. The only two-time Star Ledger State Player of the Year (2009 and 2010), Agostino closed his stellar career at Delbarton by scoring 50 goals as a senior – four coming in a 7-2 victory over...

Jack Lally grew up in Boston. Jack’s playing days began in the old Greater Boston Youth Hockey League. His Boston Irish street smarts proved him to be a no-nonsense guy when the skates went on. Eventually Jack’s career brought him and his family to New Jersey. This...

David Weisman was a three-year standout forward for CBA, one of the premier high school programs in New Jersey during the 1990s. He was a dominant presence on the ice, recognized for his leadership, consistency, and ability to excel in high-pressure moments. His...

Tommy Panico is a former professional ice hockey defenseman whose career reflects consistent excellence at every level of the game. A standout at Wall High School in New Jersey, Panico earned First Team All-State and All-Shore Conference honors and was named New...

Anthony LoBianco is a dedicated hockey coach, entrepreneur, and family man whose passion for the game has shaped both his professional and personal life. As the head coach at Marist University, he brings a wealth of experience, leadership, and technical knowledge to...

Stan graduated from Bayonne High School in 1988, where he was an All-County Athlete in three Sports Soccer, Hockey, and Baseball. During Stan’s senior hockey season he broke the State record for goals scored in a single season with 79, and earned Conference MVP as...

Sparked by the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid (Miracle on Ice), Phillip started skating at the “late” age of 10. He played on his first travel hockey team with the New Jersey Rockets at Ice World, as a Bantam. Other travel teams included the Colonials, Youth...

  While playing for Saint Peter’s Prep, Bob met HOF Inductee, John Warchol who encouraged him to consider officiating. This inspiration led to forty plus years of leadership and officiating in the High School, Amateur and Collegiate Hockey community in New...

Keith Nixon grew up in Montclair N.J. and graduated from Montclair H.S. where he was a back-up goalie on the hockey team. He continued his career playing four years at Ohio University. Keith began coaching in high school and with several club organizations prior to...

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 (1968-1979) and USA...

The team went 22-1-1 and beat previously unbeaten Chatham Township , 3-2, in overtime in the first state championship at Mennen Arena in 1976. Warren Wolf Jr. scored the winning goal in overtime to give Brick the title. During the regular season, Brick’s only loss...

As an athlete John Magadini was an outstanding performer in hockey, lacrosse and football. He earned 10 varsity letters at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he won NCAA Championships for both hockey and lacrosse and was an All-American Honorable Mention for...

It is totally accurate to characterize Dave Tracy as a New Jersey Hockey Pioneer. Long before a number of today’s talented players from New Jersey took their elite skill sets to the highest levels of hockey, Dave forged an impressive playing career that spanned nearly...

United States Army Major Tom Kennedy was larger than life. His smile would light up a room and that is what he is often remembered for. “TK”, what he was called by his friends, never met a stranger. He had the unique ability to make one feel like they were life-long...

Christian Bellino played youth hockey with Montclair Blues and high school hockey for the Verona Hillbillies. He graduated in 1993 after registering 315 career points, currently the 4th highest in NJ high school ice hockey history. His 203 goals is currently the 2nd...

Yardley covered high school ice hockey in New Jersey for more than 20 years, from 1996-2019, most notably through his website, NJHockey.org. A Morristown resident, Yardley’s involvement started as an eighth grader, when he began writing and editing his own weekly...

Tim graduated from Newark College of Engineering (now known as NJIT) where he was captain of the ice hockey team his senior year. After graduation he played for Newark Brewers and the New Jersey Rockets at a time when those teams were considered semi-pro. He started...

John Kovacs began his coaching career while at the University of Maine at Orono. He was named Assistant coach at Orono High School for 2 seasons 1985-86 and 1986-87. He returned to NJ in 1987 to “assist” his alma mater, Morris Knolls High School, where he was a 4-year...

Our Second Induction Class The following Players, Coaches, Contributors and Officials make up the second induction class to the NJ High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame Players Bob Cielo - Goaltender - Christian Brothers Academy Anthony Del Gaizo - Defenseman -...

Born in Tumba, Sweden in August of 1977, Mats Carseberg came to the United States with his family in 1991. As a freshman at West Windsor/Plainsboro High School he was very quiet and hardly noticeable off the ice, but on the ice he was hard to overlook. Mats is...

*2009 Gordon Conference Champions*2009 Gordon Cup Champions*2009 Parochial State Champions*2009 Team ranked #1 in New Jersey (Star Ledger Trophy)*2009 HNIB #1 Team in the Northeast*2009 Team ranked #2 in National Poll*2009 Team tied State record for wins (27)*2009...

Reynold started his career in the ice rink industry in 1971 at Branch Brook Ice Center in Newark, he then moved on to the Morris County Park Commission in 1974 to help coordinate the construction of the first ice surface for the William G. Mennen Sports Arena where he...

Dustin DePalma began his youth hockey with the Brick Hockey Club before attending Christian Brothers Academy where he was an integral part of the school’s three consecutive Gordon Cup and State Championship teams from 1994-1996. The two time All State defensemen...

Raised in East Orange, Pat attended Clifford Scott HS and after graduation obtained his BA from Seton Hall University and MA from Kean University. Pat began his forty-two-year journey in education as a teacher, coach and ultimately the Director of Athletics at his...

The following players, coaches, contributors, official and teams comprise the 2016 NJ High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place in the Spring of 2016.

Bryan’s father was an assistant high school basketball coach at MKA so it only made sense for him to give hockey a shot. From “Learn to skate” at Clary with Roy Guidi to the Wednesday clinics at Branch Brook with Coach Warchol, there was never a basketball shoe...

The 1978–79 Brick Township High School hockey team emerged from a golden era of Brick hockey—a period of true dominance between 1972 and 1980 that saw the program appear in seven Gordon Cup Finals (winning five and six State Championships (winning three). For the...

Bobby Acropolis played for the Brick High School Dragons from ‘97-‘00 under his grandfather, NJ HS HOF Coach Bob Auriemma. The Dragons won the Public School State Championship in ‘97, ‘98 and ‘99; the Overall State Championship in ‘97 (beating Seton Hall 4-0 as the...

A prototype power forward, Parros was one of the best forwards in New Jersey in 1997-98. He finished with 31 goals and 21 assists for 52 points while helping lead Delbarton to a berth in the NJSIAA Non-Public final. Delbarton finished with an 18-6-2 record that...

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. In 1967, Purdy began his...

*President of the Morris County Secondary Schools Ice Hockey League, MCSSIHL – 2005 to Present*Retired from Education after 37 years in 2018.*Concluded a 25 year career as an Athletic Director in 2018 having worked in that capacity at Morris Knolls HS, Hackettstown...

Jason May was a standout on the BC Hockey Team, while playing for his father Dan May. He helped capture the school’s first two Parochial and Tournament of Champions Trophies in 2001 & 2003. The four-year starter, two-year Captain, and all-time leading scoring...

A native of Hudson County, Patrick Verney has spent much of the last 20 years involved in New Jersey Hockey. Hudson Catholic was a powerhouse in the state during Verney’s four years(1995-1999), compiling a record of 86-19-12. Verney received National B Division MVP...

Keith played high school hockey at West Essex where he was a three time 1st Team All-State Selection, Co-MVP of the league and captain of the 1978 State Championship team in his senior year. He also won a Jr. National Championship that winter with the New Jersey...

Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, ice hockey has always been a huge part of Mark’s life. Upon graduating from high school Mark played college hockey at Fairleigh Dickinson University and then at Upsala College. At Upsala, Mark played for Coach Dave Sloan. The team...

Mark Balzarotti played for Delbarton School from 1984 to 1986. In his senior season in 1986, he recorded 10 shutouts and led Delbarton to a Mennen Cup victory and its first State finals appearance in school history. He was awarded the MCSSIHL MVP and was named both...

Christian Brothers Academy 1982-1983 For the first time in the history of CBA ice hockey, the Colts captured their first state championship, and were awarded the Star Ledger Trophy. After going 3-13-2 the previous season, the Monmouth County School went unbeaten over...

Matthew Cohen had the honor of playing for Hall of Fame Coach, Harvey Cohen who is his father. In 1993, Matthew began his 4-year varsity career as a freshman and became a more consistent contributor his sophomore season, when Chatham High School was defeated by...

Peter McMullen is currently in his 16th season as executive vice president of the Devils and 32nd year with the organization...Responsibilities include office operations, purchasing and scheduling; works closely with Devils Arena Entertainment and Prudential...

Bob started playing ice hockey in the 7th grade as a member of the Morristown team in the Colonial Hockey League. In 1975, Bob was part of the inaugural season for the Morristown High School Colonials ice hockey program. In that year, he was named “All County” by the...

Brandon Doria was born and raised in Bayonne, NJ. Freshmen year he led his team in scoring and earned a varsity letter playing at Hudson Catholic. Sophomore year he transferred to Seton Hall Prep and over the next three years the Pirates won three League Titles, three...

James started playing hockey from an early age for the Brick Hockey Club. In High School he starred for two seasons at Christian Brothers Academy where he earned All-State status as a sophomore in the 2004-05 season. His breakaway goal with 6:17 remaining in overtime...

Anthony Del Gaizo played for MKA for four years, 1979-1982. As a junior he was converted to a defenseman by Coach Tom Preville and was elected first team all-state. The following year he moved back to his natural position, forward and was again nominated first team...

Originally from Oradell, New Jersey, Steve has been a cornerstone of the officiating community for over five decades. He has been a member of the Metropolitan New Jersey/New York NIHOA for 40 years and a member of the New York State BOCES for 43 years. Steve’s...

The 1999-2000 Hudson Catholic Hawks started with a bit of a chip on their shoulders after making some waves in the High School Hockey power structure the previous year. Led by Captain, Ryan Trott and Player of the Year, Goaltender Joe Aliseo, the Hawks immediately...

Keith was a standout defenseman at St. Joes, leading the team to the state championship in 1991.He was the captain of the team his sophomore, junior and senior years. He was also All-State his junior and senior seasons, scoring more than 20 goals each season. Keith...

Pete Kolodney is the founder of the Saint Joseph Metuchen Ice Hockey Program. The program was founded in 1986. Pete served as Head Coach of the Varsity Program for 21 years (1986–2007). After competing for two years as an independent, Saint Joseph joined the NJIHL...

A lifelong New Jersey native, McMullen graduated from Montclair HS in 1936, and from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1940. He retired after 15 years of service as a Commander. He then went to the MIT to earn an MS in naval architecture and marine engineering, and earned a...

Jim Fish played for Brick Township High School between the years of 1976 – 1979 and was a member of the 1977 State Championship team, the 1979 Gordon Cup Championship team and the 1979 State Championship team. In 1979, Jim was selected 1st team N.J.I.H. and the Star...

Joe Aliseo played goal for Hudson Catholic from 1997-2001, stepping in as the starter in his sophomore year. In his junior year of 1999- 2000, Joe finished with a total of 1211 minutes played and a GAA of 2.01, with the team winning the Parochial and Overall State...

Harry Rulon-Miller ‘51 worked at Princeton Day School from 1961-2014, where he served as head coach of the varsity ice hockey team from 1968-1981. Harry’s teams (PDS) played a challenging schedule against regional boarding schools as well as an increasing number of...

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...

The 2012 NJ Ice Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 3:00 pm. This year's honorees are: Players Bob Cielo (CBA), Frank McKevitt (Brick), Anthony Del Gaizo (MKA), Lars Johansson (Montclair) John Vlachos (Mo-Beard), Dave...

A huge sports fan, Msgr. Kelly has enjoyed watching the Seton Hall Prep hockey team win three state championships and nine Gordon Cups. Seton Hall became a force in New Jersey hockey when it won the Gordon Cup in 1978, sparked by freshman forward Peter Herms. Msgr....

The fourth-leading scorer in Saint Joseph Metuchen history, Carter amassed 151 career points (75 goals and 76 assists) from 1988 through 1991. In 1991, during his senior season, Carter led the Falcons to their first Hanchen Cup Championship. In 1991, Carter was an...

The West Essex Knights had some great teams over the years, but the 2003-2004 team has been the one to remember. Coached by Hall of Fame Player and Coach Mike Giampapa, the team went on to an 18-6-4 record. Along the way, the team beat some of the top teams in the...

Gio began his hockey career with Cranford Hockey club at age 7. He played his youth hockey for the NJ Devils Youth and New Jersey Rockets organizations. Gio led Saint Peter’s Prep in scoring from 2001-2005 finishing his career with 175 points. The program gained...

Frank started playing hockey at age 9 as a goalie, but changed to defense during his time playing for the Brick Hockey Club. In High School, under coach Bob Auriemma, Frank helped lead Brick to Gordon Cup Championships in both 1974 and 1975. Frank played hockey at...

Paul McInnis, a native of Canada, has been the state tournament director for the past two decades. He was instrumental in moving the tournament championship from Mennen Arena to the Meadowlands in 1998. Last year the state finals moved to the Prudential Center in...

Lee Jelenic was born in Toronto, Ontario and began his hockey career in Houston Texas, before relocating with his family to the Garden State at the age of 9. From 1989 to 1997 He played his NJ Travel Hockey for the Princeton Junior Tigers, Philadelphia Little Flyers,...

Kevin was one of seven children, six of whom played for Chatham Township from 1973 thru 1988. Kevin played for Coach Harvey Cohen and the Chatham Township teams from 1977 to 1979. Kevin began playing hockey in the Town's youth program before joining the New Jersey...

  Martin played defense for the Chatham Township Gladiators from 1979 to 1982 where he scored 18 goals and 68 assists and was the Captain for his junior and senior years. During his time, the Gladiators were 76 and 25 and won the Mennen Cup twice. Martin was a...

As the head coach at Chatham Township and Chatham, Cohen has enjoyed tremendous success in the game. Chatham Township won Mennen Cups in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981. Chatham Township lost to Brick in the first state championship game in 1976. His Chatham High club...

Kyle Palmieri was born in Smithtown, NY and grew up in Montvale, NJ. He played briefly for the well-known coach Gary Hess of the Kodiak Hockey Club skating at McKay Ice Arena in Englewood, NJ. He attended St. Peters Prep in Jersey City. Palmieri played college hockey...

A member of the Montclair High School graduating class of 1987, He played four years of Varsity Hockey as a defensemen for the Montclair Mounties. The Montclair Mounties were a longstanding recipient of the League Sportsmanship Award and the importance of...

Growing up in Brick Township, NJ, Warren played hockey in the Brick Township recreation/ hockey club from 1962 - 1973. He was a member of the BYHS ice hockey Team, 1972 - 1976. He was a member of the 1975 and 1976 Gordon Cup champions and the first state championship...

It all started when a dad took his 4 year old son to a local hockey rink for an open skate, and from there it went! Fritz Dietl Ice Rink is about as big as a large basement, rectangular with 90 degree angle corners but for Paul Giblin, it was perfect. By his junior...

Mike Giampapa was a standout athlete at West Essex in both soccer and hockey and as a head coach he has also had great success in both sports. In the fall of 1970, he led WE to a state title in soccer and he was named first team High School All-American. That winter...

Dave was born and raised in Chatham N.J. He played his youth hockey primarily with the NJ Rockets. Williams played at Chatham Township High School for two years. In his freshman year he scored 24 goals and had 25 assists as the team went 16-8 and finished in first...

Bob has devoted 39 years to NJ high school hockey as a player, coach and official. He was an All- League Honorable Mention defenseman for Brick Township HS, playing on the 1975 -76 Gordon Cup and 1975-76 and 1976-77 State Championship teams. Bob started his coaching...

Defensive prowess, consistency and that canny ability to win have been trademarks of McLaughlin’s Randolph teams for two decades. In his 19th season at the Morris County school this winter, McLaughlin earned his 300th career victory with a victory over Chatham. A...

A 1984 graduate of CBA, Paul O'Hern was captain of and led CBA to the school's first state championship in 1983. He was the MVP of the first Garden State Ice Hockey Games in 1983. In 1984, he led CBA to the semi-finals in the state championships and was a first team...

I started playing hockey at four years old. I played most of my youth hockey for the Morris County Colonials and the New Jersey Devils. I was fortunate enough to make the Atlantic District ’85 festival team for four consecutive years which really developed my hockey...

Led by Tracy, Livingston won state championships in 1980 and 1982 to go along with a Gordon Cup title in 1981. In his three seasons at Livingston the team went 60-16-6. Tracy, who played in college at Ohio State, scored in overtime to give Livingston a dramatic 1-0...

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...

Patrick Slocum played youth hockey with the Cranford Hockey Club and attended Cranford High School from 1992 to 1996. In 92 career high school games, he scored a total of 316 points (190 goals and 126 assists) with 31 career Hat Tricks, currently ranking as the 3rd...

Steve’s youth hockey started at age five at the Brick Hockey Club where he became a goalie at age six. He played his youth hockey for the Brick Hockey Club, Philadelphia Little Flyers and the New Jersey Junior Devils. During his youth career, his teams played in the...

The following players, coaches, contributors, official and teams comprise the 2014 NJ High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place in the Spring of 2014. Congratulations to the new inductees.[hr] Players Mats Carseberg - Forward - West...

Donald Julich, Jr. was a two time NJ State Champion with Livingston High School, one-time Gordon Cup Champion and two-time NJ Public Scoring Champion. His contributions to NJ ice hockey extended beyond Livingston High School, coaching several boy’s and girl’s youth...

The date for the 2014 New Jersey High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony had been announced. The Ceremony will be held Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 3:00 PM at The Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07102 (Use Lafayette St. Entrance). Please...

Mark was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He was introduced to ice skating during a 3rd-grade field trip to Branch Brook Ice Rink. Mark enjoyed skating so much that he and his best friend decided to try ice hockey the following year. In fourth grade, Mark got...

Pete was a champion on and off the ice, a proud leader and advocate of education, and a dedicated athlete whose love for hockey shaped his life. Hockey was his greatest passion, but he excelled in multiple arenas, standing out as a three-sport athlete in high school....

The St. Augustine 2007 State Champions went 23-0 and are the first and only team in State history to go undefeated and first and only South Jersey team to win the Non Public State Championship. The team won the State Championship as well as the Handchen Cup and...

One of the greatest players in state history, Dowd led Brick to the 1986 state championship over an outstanding Delbarton club. With Dowd in the lineup, Brick also made it to the state finals in 1984 and 1985 and won two Gordon Cups. Dowd, who helped Lake Superior...

Gary’s ice hockey career started in 1971 when as an undergraduate at Wagner College he helped establish their first team and became part of the offensive line-up. From there, he became the head ice hockey coach for Verona High School’s 1989 inaugural season winning a...

Corey started his hockey career at age four. By six, he was a full-time goaltender. Corey played in several local rinks growing up, most notably Ice World, South Mountain Arena and Mennen Arena. He played for Rockaway Township, the North Stars, the Essex County...

Joe Walsh was the long time (36 years) Director of Athletics at Seton Hall Prep. During his tenure, Seton Hall Prep hockey won three state championships and nine Gordon Cup Championships. During that time span, he served multiple times as an officer of the NJIHL and...

In 1992-93 the standout defenseman had 26 goals and 22 assists to pace Toms River North to the state title as the team went 22-3-1. The previous year, Toms River North reached the state semifinals. He played his college hockey at Princeton and continued to sparkle on...

Jacquie Pierri was a four-year varsity player for Montclair High School, serving as an alternate captain during her senior season and helping lead the team to a Northern White Division Championship under NJ High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame coach Pat Verney. She was...

Bobby played varsity hockey at Morris Knolls High School in the early 70’s. For his state leading performance in his senior year, scoring 46 goals and 37 assists, he was named the 1972 MVP of the New Jersey Scholastic Hockey League. In 2000 he was named to the Star...

Reynold grew up playing youth hockey for the New Jersey Colonials organization before attending Delbarton School. While at Delbarton, he played an integral part of the numerous Mennen Cup Championship and State Tournament teams. He captained Delbarton during his...

Frank was an outstanding athlete all thru high school setting several records in baseball. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Braves and went on to pitch for their AAA farm system. After a tragic accident that ended his pitching career he moved on to hockey. He...

Jim Carlucci began his youth hockey career with the Brick Hockey Club before attending Brick High School where he was a part of the 1977 State Championship team which defeated Livingston. Following high school, Jim went on to Upsala College while playing for Dave...

Going into the 82-83 season the Pirates veteran HOF Coach John Warchol said, “this team has the potential to go all the way if they want it.” This quote carried throughout the season as Seton Hall went 24-3-1 and they finished #2 in the final Star Ledger ranking in...

Tony Del Tufo started his involvement in hockey in 1960 by keeping the time clock during hockey games held at Branch Brook Arena while he was a senior at Barringer High School. During his long career with Essex County where Del Tufo was a manager at both Branch Brook...

Pat was the last four sport athlete at Seton Hall; he played quarterback and safety for football, guard for basketball, center and defense for hockey and was the catcher for the baseball team. Pat was a member of the inaugural hockey squad at Seton Hall. Pat received...

Jon was a prolific goal scorer during his career at Montclair High School between 1966 and 1970. He was at or near the leading points scorer in each year. He was captain of two Gordon Cup winning teams in 1968-69 and 1969-70 and was proud to have played three seasons...

Since 2010, Stephen has served as the General Manager/Director of Essex County Codey Arena and has held the position for the past 16 years. He currently serves on the NJIIHL Executive Board and the NJSIAA High School Ice Hockey Committee. Stephen began his teaching...

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...

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Alex Velischek was a 4-year Varsity Player at the Delbarton School where his team won 3 NJSIAA State Championships and 3 Gordon Cup Championships. He finished his Delbarton career with 121 Points in 94 Games and was drafted by the...

Dave (Davey) Sloan’s impact on the NJ High School Hockey Community is multifold, genuine and storied. He is one of the original members of NIHOA (circa 1964) and officiated for over 25 years. He did numerous Gordon Cup finals and state finals. As a Coach, he coached...

Pete began his love of hockey playing ball hockey in his backyard in Newark NJ. In his senior year playing hockey at Essex Catholic HS, he lead his team in scoring. He stayed on as a coach while simultaneously playing 4 years of hockey at FDU, winning the Bi State...

The team won a record third straight state championship in going 25-4, which also included the Gordon Cup. It downed Brick, 5-0, in the state final at Mennen Arena. Senior defenseman Dustin DePalma was the leader of coach Mike Reynolds’ team. CBA’s string of...

Ken Blum didn’t start skating until he was twelve, and at 18 was an NHL draft pick for the Minnesota North Stars. Ken has extensive high level playing experience with 10 years of professional hockey at various levels from the East Coast Hockey League, American Hockey...

Joe started playing hockey at 8 years of age at the Ocean Ice Palace. He played varsity hockey for Brick for four years and made the NJSHL All-Star team his junior and senior years and was Brick’s MVP his senior year. After high school he played for the Newark Brewers...

Westlund posted a 2.70 goals against average in his high school career and went on to have a solid collegiate career at Yale. As a high school freshman he made his mark at Chatham as the team went 14-8-3. In 1991-92 he led Lawrenceville to an 18-6 mark, a year in...

Adam Shemansky ranks as the all-time leading scorer in Notre Dame High School and Colonial Valley Conference (CVC) history. His 278 points (137 goals and 141 assists) places him as the sixth most all-time in state history at the time of his graduation. In Adam’s four...

Chip began his involvement in hockey at a young age playing in the Brick Hockey club. While in high school, he played for Coach Bob Auriemma winning state championships. After high school, he went on to play for then Roger Williams College earning team and conference...

The 2003 Randolph team had a 24-6-0 record and scored the most goals by any team in RHS history with 135 and let up 59 and played a record 30 games for a single season. Winning the Public School State Championship by defeating Brick Memorial 7-0 in final, this was the...

Mike played youth hockey from an early age at various clubs across the state. In high school he played at Delbarton where he earned All-State status and helped lead the team to be Co-Champions in 1989. In his senior year, Mike earned the school’s single season scoring...

Cory Robinson grew up in Brooklyn, New York playing hockey for the Greater New York Stars before he moved on to play in Long Island with the Skateland Arrows. He played high school hockey for Xaverian High School helping lead the team as their starting goalie to their...

Kevin Healey was a three year starting goaltender for Saint Augustine Prep. During his career, Kevin compiled nearly 50 wins. His senior year in 2006- 2007 Kevin led Saint Augustine Prep to a perfect 23-0-0 record en route to winning the 2007 State Championship....

Arguably the best player ever to come out of Seton Hall Prep, Herms led the 1977-78 team to a 15-7-1 record as the Pirates captured its first Gordon Cup title. As a sophomore Herms led the team to the state final, where Seton Hall bowed to public school power Brick,...

Danny’s hockey career began playing mini-mites for Chatham Youth Hockey before continuing his development with the NJ Devils Youth and North Jersey Avalanche organizations. Casey went on to become a key contributor during one of the most successful periods in Chatham...

Hockey was always the first choice for Jeff whether it was in the ice rink, on a frozen pond or in the street. As the youngest of 6 children there was always someone willing to play hockey. Michael, John & David all played at CBA with the latter two winning the...

Dan Breeman covered high school hockey for the Daily Record in Morris County, NJ, from 1992 until 2017. He is a 1982 graduate of Morris Catholic High School in Denville and a 1986 graduate of William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ, where he served as sports editor...

Marc Johnstone established himself as one of the premier players in Saint Joseph High School hockey history, compiling an outstanding 135 career points (38 goals, 97 assists) from 2012 to 2015. A dynamic and intelligent forward and defenseman, Johnstone’s impact on...

Bruce Shatel completed his 13th season as the Delbarton Head Ice Hockey Coach. Shatel has posted an impressive record of 308-37-30 for a .893 winning percentage. In thirteen years, he has become the all-time winningest coach of Delbarton’s highly respected program....

The Chatham Township 1978-1979 hockey team’s 19-2-1 overall record and 15-0 conference record gave the Gladiators one of their best seasons ever. Kevin Knightly, in his last year, led the team and the state in goals scored. Bob Campi and Marty Williams were almost...

Pat’s youth hockey included the Montclair Hockey Club, Essex County Chiefs, Olympic Stars, Toms River Blackhawks, NJ Rockets, and Haverford Hawks where his Bantam team finished 4th in the Nationals. Pat’s high school hockey career began at Toms River North, scoring 56...

John entered The Lawrenceville School fall of 1978 as a sophomore and played varsity for 3 years. He was an All State selection, first team 1978-79 and 79-80 and second team 1980-81. After his senior year at Lawrenceville of ’81, John headed north to St.Lawrence...

Chris Seebode grew up in Cedar Grove and started playing hockey at a young age with his brothers Joe and David. Chris went on to play with the New Jersey Rockets where he was part of the National Championship team in 1978.Later Chris played at Seton Hall Prep where he...

Claudine started playing hockey at the age of eight, when girls in ice hockey were virtually unheard of in New Jersey. She started her youth hockey career playing in Northern New Jersey clinics, house leagues and summer camps, taking every opportunity for any icetime...

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...

Bergen Catholic was the 2003 “Triple Crown Champions”, winning the Gordon Cup, Parochial Championship & Tournament of Champions. Coached by Dan May & Glenn Carlough, the team compiled a record of 21-1-2 while scoring 137 goals and only surrendering 39 goals....

  Personal: Two parents – John and Olga Beattie and a sister named Hanna, who plays in the NWHL for the CT Whale. Grew up in Whitehouse Station, NJ. Played four years of varsity hockey at The Pingry School under John Magadini. Did a post graduate year at Philipps...

Ralph A. Dougan spent more than 35 years as a teacher, coach and administrator where he had a successful career in Athletics in New Jersey. A graduate of Harrison High School, BS from Seton Hall and a MA from Rutgers, Ralph held positions at Fairleigh Dickinson...

Growing up in In High School, Tom was a freshman on the Morristown Beard Crimson Mennen Cup Champs (1982-83) and Sophomore year (1983-84) lead the MCSSHIL in scoring. Junior Year (1984-85) he was the catalyst for underdog Whippany Park Wildcats Mennen Cup Championship...

Dennis played at Morris Knolls from 1992-1996; he was first team All-State, won multiple NJ Devils player of the month awards, MVP of Mennen Cup and MVP of Senior All-Star Game, represented NJ at Chicago Showcase for two years, received the Governor’s Award for most...

Born with a stick in his hands, Alex Rauter was the definition of a rink rat. From an early age, his mother Leslie and his father Tom shuffled him around to dozens of rinks in the NJ area so he could play the game he loved. Most notably though was when Tom, a coach at...

Chris Ohlweiler played for Chatham Twp. between the years 1979-1983 amassing a school record 258 pts. He scored the winning overtime goal to take home Chatham Twp.’s last Mennen Cup in1981. Chris was awarded the Edward Halvorsen MCS-SIHL MVP Award in 1983. He was a...

Mark’s ice hockey career began at age 5 in 1961 at the Asbury Park Casino Arena. He continued playing youth hockey at Navesink and Brick Hockey Club until 1971. His hockey crazed parents, particularly his Montreal native mother packed the belongings from their...

Seton Hall has long been a powerhouse in High School Hockey and that was certainly proved true during the winter of 1997-98 when the Pirates finished with a 25-2 record. Seton Hall, led by senior forward, Zach Hatcher, won the Gordon Cup by beating St. Joseph of...

He was the MVP in the North Jersey Scholastic Hockey League as a junior in 1968 and a senior in 1969. The Morris Hills standout, a team captain for two years, was recognized as the state’s top player in the 1960s. Deresky, a four-year varsity performer, could score...