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Canon-McMillan remains unbeaten with 3-2 Win over Canevin
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 6, 2004 4:00PM PST
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As an undefeated team, Canon-McMillan has a bull's eye on its chest every game; every opponent they face wants to be the team that hands the Big Macs their first loss of the season. Bishop Canevin had every intent of doing just that on Monday night, but once again Canon Mac faced the challenge and came out on top with a 3-2 win over the Crusaders.
The attempted upset formula this year has been to score the first goal against Canon-McMillan, and Bishop Canevin followed that pattern when Dane Hetland snuck a shot under the crossbar from the slot for a 1-0 lead. The goal came at 12:43 and was assisted by Scott Christopher. Canevin outplayed their opponent the rest of the period to keep the 1-0 lead in place after 15 minutes of play.
The action would intensify in the 2nd period, and Canon Mac evened the score 4:30 in to the period when Doug Stanton took a head-man pass from Josh Tohey to convert on a 2-on-1 break in to the Canevin zone. Stanton carried the puck to his left and looked across to a streaking Jesse Patnesky to create a lane for himself to the net and an opening on the short-side to bury a wrist shot. The Crusaders restored their lead at the 7:00 mark when Christopher slammed home a loose puck on the backdoor, with assists from Hetland and Kevin Pawlos. Canevin then battled hard to extend their lead, but CM goaltender Drew Stanton denied each of their chances.
As the period wound down, it looked as though Canon-McMillan would have to attempt their first 3rd-period comeback of the season. But Doug Stanton decided to start the rally a little bit early by blasting a slap shot from the high slot for his second goal of the night with just 7 seconds remaining in the period. Justin Cormack recorded the assist on the play, and the period ended with the score knotted at 2.
A tripping call against Canon Mac just 35 seconds into the final period opened the door for Canevin to regain their lead, but Drew Stanton the Big Mac penalty killers kept the score even. Canon-McMillan got a power play opportunity of their own with 9:51 to play, but several point shots and rebound opportunities were turned aside by Crusader goaltender Joe Ziemianski. But a few minutes later, Patnesky was able to beat Ziemianski and put the Big Macs ahead with a quick slap shot from the right wing circle at 5:24. Tohey earned his second assist of the night on the play, and Canon Mac had their first lead of the night. From that point, the Big Macs tightened up defensively to keep Canevin from tying the game, and Drew Stanton was able to stop all 4 third period shots to earn his 5th win of the season. He finished the game with 23 saves, while Ziemianski did one better by making 24 saves.
The win improved Canon-McMillan's record to 7-0, setting up a showdown of unbeaten teams on Thursday night when the Big Macs travel to play the West Allegheny Indians. Bishop Canevin fell below .500 with the loss, moving to 3-4-1 on the year. The Crusaders play again on Thursday night when they make a trip to Johnstown to play Somerset.
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Canon-McMillan too much for Hampton to handle
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 5, 2004 4:00PM PST
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The Canon-McMillan Big Macs got an unexpected test from the Hampton Talbots on Sunday night but remained steady to come away with a 7-5 win. The victory kept the 2nd-ranked Big Macs' unblemished record in tact at 6-0, but the 2-goal margin was their closest of the season. The Talbots fell to 1-7 on the year despite a 32-save effort by goaltender Tim Pappert.
The Talbots struck first just 1:53 in to the opening period when Dan Relihan found a loose puck at the side of the crease and tucked it in to the CM net. Pat Duffy and Brian Goncar created the scramble in front and were credited with assists on the play. Canon Mac would even the score just over 2 minutes later when Doug Stanton tallied his first of the night with an assist from Eric Lang. The tied score only lasted 29 seconds, however, as Talbot winger Dan Flory beat CM goaltender John McFalls for a 2-1 lead. McFalls, who was playing in his first Varsity game, boarded up the nets from that point, making 14 saves in the first period alone. That gave the Big Macs an opportunity to build some momentum.
Stanton slammed home a loose puck in front of the Hampton net at 8:23 after chances by Jesse Patnesky and Jake Borish to tie the game at 2. Back-to-back penalties by Hampton late in the period put all the momentum in Canon-McMillan's favor, and they would seize the opportunity. Nate Bohn took a feed from Stanton and blasted a slap shot by Pappert to notch a 5-on-3 power play tally at 2:45. Bohn then returned the favor and assisted on a power play goal by Stanton 38 seconds later. Lang also got an assist on the play, and the Big Macs claimed a 4-2 lead after one period of play.
The scoreboard would remain active in the second period, but it was the penalty clock doing a majority of the work. Six penalties were handed out in the period, and it wasn't until Duffy scored on a low wrister with 1:40 left that the score would change. Pappert was the star of the period, though, turning away all 13 shots he faced to keep the Talbots within a goal.
The 1-goal deficit was erased when Goncar beat McFalls to the glove-hand corner on a power play breakaway at 11:45. Canon Mac restored their lead when sophomore forward Corey Griffith put his own shot in to the top shelf for a 5-4 lead for the visitors. It was Crazy Eights when #8 Goncar responded to #8 Griffith's goal with a shot from the slot that beat McFalls at 8:49. Talbot forward Matt Celin fired the puck in to the Canon-McMillan zone, and the puck caromed off the end boards and straight out to a streaking Goncar for the goal.
With the score deadlocked, Hampton was driving hard to the Canon Mac net to accomplish the upset, but it was a drive from the point by Lang that put the Big Macs ahead for good at 4:27. Nick Cusolito and Erik McKown got assists on the goal. Stanton sealed the deal by taking the puck end-to-end for an empty net goal with 14 seconds left. The goal was Stanton's 4th of the night and team-leading 11th of the season. He would finish the game with 5 points, while Lang had 3 assists to go with this game-winning goal. Relihan also had a goal and 3 assists for Hampton, while Celin finished the game with 3 assists to his credit. McFalls got his first career win by making 27 saves.
After a 12-day lay off prior to this game, Canon-McMillan doesn't get much rest afterwards since they return home to face Bishop Canevin on Monday night. The Big Macs also play at 3rd-ranked West Allegheny in a battle of current unbeatens on Thursday night. Hampton gets the rest of the week off before traveling to face Greater Latrobe next Monday night.
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Bethel overcomes a stubborn Gateway squad
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 5, 2004 4:00PM PST
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Gateway had high aspirations coming into the 2004-2005 season, but coach Lou Biancanello was cautiously optimistic, knowing some of the personalities on his squad. The Gator coach and assistant Ray ‘the Cornerman’ Leith, along with Cody Moy and Michael DiLorenzo, would be on the sidelines for their game against Bethel Park after a less than stellar effort in a 2-0 win over Hempfield, in which Gateway took a mountain of penalties resulting in the shorthanded team to face an undefeated Bethel Park team. Dave Scott would be behind the Gator bench and the team would face a true test of character against the Pa Hockey Elite 8 # 1 ranked team.
Bethel Park is back and if there is anyone who could write a book on character it probably would be Jim McVay, who spent the entire season last year defending his job and finally seems to have a little peace behind the bench. The Blackhawks have been putting their effort on the ice and are undefeated through the seasons first quarter and look to be a Penguins Cup contender. As usual under McVay, BP has a disciplined squad with smothering defense and relentless forechecking to force teams into mistakes and Blackhawk goals.
So the first period as one might expect was all Bethel Park as they outshot Gateway 25-0 and Blackhawk goaltender was coming out to play every icing like a defenseman to keep the pressure and the momentum against Gateway. What was tremendous in the opening period was Gator goaltender John Michael Dominick, who stopped everything but the kitchen sink until with just 49 seconds left in the opening period, Conner McLean broke the ice for a 1-0 BP lead.
On to the second period and Gateway started to wake up offensively mounting 8 shots on BP, while the Hawks had 11. At 5:05 of the 2nd, Bethel Park’s goaltender Bryce Merriam took a penalty prompting coach McVay to pull him and replace him with
Rick McLuckie and then took a bench minor to put Gateway on a 5 on 3 power play.
The Gators would capitalize as Craig Leith buried a slapshot over the stick side of McLuckie to tie the score at one apiece at 4:22. Just seven seconds later, Gateway’s Mark Wroblewski got a rare breakaway behind the Hawk defense, but could not beat McLuckie. Bethel Park found the magic again late in the period as McLean scored high to the stick side past Dominick to help BP ragin the lead at 2-1 with 45 seconds remaining in the middle period.
Bethel Park used the break to regroup and came out and dominated the third period with a 19-3 shot advantage and 55-11 for the night. The Hawks added two more goals at 9:59 by Tim O’Brien and 3:09 by Brian McGinty to secure a 4-1 victory at the Center Ice Arena.
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Canon-McMillan too much for Hampton to handle
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 5, 2004 4:00PM PST
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*****Game Summary provided exclusively to PA Hockey by Canon-McMillan Hockey*****
The Canon-McMillan Big Macs got an unexpected test from the Hampton Talbots on Sunday night but remained steady to come away with a 7-5 win. The victory kept the 2nd-ranked Big Macs' unblemished record in tact at 6-0, but the 2-goal margin was their closest of the season. The Talbots fell to 1-7 on the year despite a 32-save effort by goaltender Tim Pappert.
The Talbots struck first just 1:53 in to the opening period when Dan Relihan found a loose puck at the side of the crease and tucked it in to the CM net. Pat Duffy and Brian Goncar created the scramble in front and were credited with assists on the play. Canon Mac would even the score just over 2 minutes later when Doug Stanton tallied his first of the night with an assist from Eric Lang. The tied score only lasted 29 seconds, however, as Talbot winger Dan Flory beat CM goaltender John McFalls for a 2-1 lead. McFalls, who was playing in his first Varsity game, boarded up the nets from that point, making 14 saves in the first period alone. That gave the Big Macs an opportunity to build some momentum.
Stanton slammed home a loose puck in front of the Hampton net at 8:23 after chances by Jesse Patnesky and Jake Borish to tie the game at 2. Back-to-back penalties by Hampton late in the period put all the momentum in Canon-McMillan's favor, and they would seize the opportunity. Nate Bohn took a feed from Stanton and blasted a slap shot by Pappert to notch a 5-on-3 power play tally at 2:45. Bohn then returned the favor and assisted on a power play goal by Stanton 38 seconds later. Lang also got an assist on the play, and the Big Macs claimed a 4-2 lead after one period of play.
The scoreboard would remain active in the second period, but it was the penalty clock doing a majority of the work. Six penalties were handed out in the period, and it wasn't until Duffy scored on a low wrister with 1:40 left that the score would change. Pappert was the star of the period, though, turning away all 13 shots he faced to keep the Talbots within a goal.
The 1-goal deficit was erased when Goncar beat McFalls to the glove-hand corner on a power play breakaway at 11:45. Canon Mac restored their lead when sophomore forward Corey Griffith put his own shot in to the top shelf for a 5-4 lead for the visitors. It was Crazy Eights when #8 Goncar responded to #8 Griffith's goal with a shot from the slot that beat McFalls at 8:49. Talbot forward Matt Celin fired the puck in to the Canon-McMillan zone, and the puck caromed off the end boards and straight out to a streaking Goncar for the goal.
With the score deadlocked, Hampton was driving hard to the Canon Mac net to accomplish the upset, but it was a drive from the point by Lang that put the Big Macs ahead for good at 4:27. Nick Cusolito and Erik McKown got assists on the goal. Stanton sealed the deal by taking the puck end-to-end for an empty net goal with 14 seconds left. The goal was Stanton's 4th of the night and team-leading 11th of the season. He would finish the game with 5 points, while Lang had 3 assists to go with this game-winning goal. Relihan also had a goal and 3 assists for Hampton, while Celin finished the game with 3 assists to his credit. McFalls got his first career win by making 27 saves.
After a 12-day lay off prior to this game, Canon-McMillan doesn't get much rest afterwards since they return home to face Bishop Canevin on Monday night. The Big Macs also play at 3rd-ranked West Allegheny in a battle of current unbeatens on Thursday night. Hampton gets the rest of the week off before traveling to face Greater Latrobe next Monday night.
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Bethel overcomes a stubborn Gateway squad
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 5, 2004 4:00PM PST
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DELMONT –
Gateway had high aspirations coming into the 2004-2005 season, but coach Lou Biancanello was cautiously optimistic, knowing some of the personalities on his squad. The Gator coach and assistant Ray ‘the Cornerman’ Leith, along with Cody Moy and Michael DiLorenzo, would be on the sidelines for their game against Bethel Park after a less than stellar effort in a 2-0 win over Hempfield, in which Gateway took a mountain of penalties resulting in the shorthanded team to face an undefeated Bethel Park team. Dave Scott would be behind the Gator bench and the team would face a true test of character against the Pa Hockey Elite 8 # 1 ranked team.
Bethel Park is back and if there is anyone who could write a book on character it probably would be Jim McVay, who spent the entire season last year defending his job and finally seems to have a little peace behind the bench. The Blackhawks have been putting their effort on the ice and are undefeated through the seasons first quarter and look to be a Penguins Cup contender. As usual under McVay, BP has a disciplined squad with smothering defense and relentless forechecking to force teams into mistakes and Blackhawk goals.
So the first period as one might expect was all Bethel Park as they outshot Gateway 25-0 and Blackhawk goaltender was coming out to play every icing like a defenseman to keep the pressure and the momentum against Gateway. What was tremendous in the opening period was Gator goaltender John Michael Dominick, who stopped everything but the kitchen sink until with just 49 seconds left in the opening period, Conner McLean broke the ice for a 1-0 BP lead.
On to the second period and Gateway started to wake up offensively mounting 8 shots on BP, while the Hawks had 11. At 5:05 of the 2nd, Bethel Park’s goaltender Bryce Merriam took a penalty prompting coach McVay to pull him and replace him with
Rick McLuckie and then took a bench minor to put Gateway on a 5 on 3 power play.
The Gators would capitalize as Craig Leith buried a slapshot over the stick side of McLuckie to tie the score at one apiece at 4:22. Just seven seconds later, Gateway’s Mark Wroblewski got a rare breakaway behind the Hawk defense, but could not beat McLuckie. Bethel Park found the magic again late in the period as McLean scored high to the stick side past Dominick to help BP ragin the lead at 2-1 with 45 seconds remaining in the middle period.
Bethel Park used the break to regroup and came out and dominated the third period with a 19-3 shot advantage and 55-11 for the night. The Hawks added two more goals at 9:59 by Tim O’Brien and 3:09 by Brian McGinty to secure a 4-1 victory at the Center Ice Arena.
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