Fairview Tigers - 1977 - 1981 - 1982 AA

DELMONT - Penn Trafford has built quite a program in a short time via the Center Ice Arena in Delmont and according to some close to the club their 60 players in the program could be closer to 80. Head coach Gary Artz's team made the playoffs at Class AA last season and went 'kickin and screamin' along with the others in the PIHL Northeast Division, which is considered the 'Norris Division' by many AAA coaches. One look at the Warriors lineup card shows youth is on their side in a bright future and has a suprising resulted in 2-0-0 start. Franklin Regional on the other hand is already locked in a battle with Gateway and Plum for the East division crown and the season is just two weeks old. Jim Damp's club has had some excitement already with three games which went down to the final minute tied or a one goal differential and the Panthers have started 2-0-1. The Warriors took no time getting started as Kyle Sidle scored just 32 seconds in to give PT a 1-0 lead. Penn Trafford goaltender Tim Roberts stopped 10 shots in an evenly played first period until Jimmie Daugherty tied the game at 1-1 with :23 left in the opening period of play. Franklin opened up the second witha shorthanded tally by Mike Roth at 14:15 to give the Panthers the lead 2-1. PT's Sidle tied the score with his second goal on the power play at 7:58 of the 2nd on an assist from Chris Cerutti and Matt Haught. Franklin regained the lead at 6:32 as Lou Levine put the Panthers ahead 3-2. In the third period, Joe Ferriero scored on a rebound at 14:10 to give the Panthers two goal cushion. Then at 8:28, Sean Buckley ripped a snapshot past Roberts to put the game on ice and a 5-2 Franklin Regional victory.