Comments on: Projected seeds, 2010

By: tom phillips

tom phillips — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:00:58 +0000

i guess i was correct without stating the obvious

By: tom phillips

tom phillips — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:42:26 +0000

how did you come up with trhs being ranked 25th? one bad game all year and is that what you were stuck on? that was in dec have not lost since and tied hillsbourgh ,after out shooting them and beat wall, howell and won dowd cup.

Tom - Please remember that state tournament seeding is based only on results through 2/15, so the tie with Hillsborough and the Dowd Cup playoffs did not count. TRS did not have any impressive non-league results at the time, so their best result was a transitive one (Wall’s win over Hopewell Valley), which in my book earned TRS being ranked ahead of WWPN but no higher. Obviously, they’ve been very good of late and wound up quite a bit higher, helped in part by the committee’s surprising respect for the CVC. — JY

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:47:59 +0000

Well, Pequannock did it again. Didn’t qualify for state playoffs, then beats #1 Jefferson (#3 overall Public B) in the Halvorsen Cup. I guess Dave Coar was right.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:02:30 +0000

I feel like you have a slight inclination toward South Jersey. Any reason why? I respect all your seedings, but just get that feeling of you thinking hockey is better there?

John - That’s good to hear, because if anything, I usually get accused of having a Morris County bias! If it appears that way, it’s probably because there are a limited number of games between teams from South Jersey and the rest of the state on which to base seeding. A few wins can go a long way in that environment. — JY

By: Pete Halko

Pete Halko — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:49:46 +0000

I agree with comment by Mr. Coar, Peq deserves a shot at states. Class act and can surprise anyone.

WMC is in Public A I believe.

By: Dave Coar

Dave Coar — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:33:53 +0000

Jon, you know how much I respect your opinion and how grateful I am for all you have done for NJ High School Ice Hockey. I respectfully disagree with your At-Large entrants since it fails to include Pequannock. I feel there is a strong case to be made to enter the Pequannock Township Golden Panthers into this year’s Public B tourney.

Here are the reasons:
PTHS Ice Hockey Team record is 8 Wins - 11 Losses
This record does not include snowed out games v. Mendham (a likely victory since the first meeting was 4-0 Pequannock) and Freehold Township.
The team is ranked # 26 out of 106 Public School teams in the State as of 2/10/2010(ushsho.com). That is the top 25% of all public schools
This ranking does not include a loss to #10 Jefferson and a 6-4 victory over #22 Roxbury
The team had significant victories over #5 Randolph & #13 Morristown
The team had 3 one goal losses to #4 Chatham and #28 Mountain Lakes(twice)
The team had 3 dominating victories over #52 Montville and #57 Indian Hills(twice)
Difficult schedule: 7 of 11 losses were to #4 Private Morristown-Beard, #1 Morris Knolls, #4 Chatham, #6 Kinnelon, #10 Jefferson(twice) and #13 Morristown. Several of these teams are Private or Public A entrants into this year’s tourney, if enetred, Pequannock could face Chatham, Kinnelon or Jefferson in the Public B.
Strong finish: the team is 3-1 in last 4 games
Two years ago (2007-08) a 10-12-1 PTHS team was not entered into the tourney and won the inaugural Halvorsen Cup beating both Public B State Finalists, Kinnelon & Jefferson!
There are 7 Seniors on this year’s PTHS Ice Hockey Team and this is their final chance to play a State playoff game. The Pequannock Township Golden Panthers must be allowed into this year’s Public B State Playoffs based upon their strength of schedule. significant victories, strong finish and history of accomplishment.

I beg the NJSIAA At Large Committee to allow this deserving team into ‘the show’.

Thanks,

Dave Coar