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Greensburg CC pitches a gem against Indiana
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Nov 10, 2005 4:00PM PST
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The Indiana High School Varsity Ice Hockey team fell to Greensburg Central Catholic Thursday night 3-1 at the Kirk Nevin Rink in Greensburg. Adam Rusiewicz had the lone goal for the night at 11:30 in the third period unassisted. Mike Kennedy stopped 28 of 31 shots by the Centurians, while Indiana had 27 shots on goal.
Greeansburg CC Ryan Homanics stopped 26 of 27 Indiana shots and got scoring from
Evan George in the 2nd Period at 4:33 and two goals in the 3rd period from
Alfonso Arevalo at 8:36 and again at 6:04 for a 3-0 Centurian advantage. Marc Perez picked up two assists for GCC.
Thank you to Indiana and Greensburg CC for contributing to this report !
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North Allegheny makes most of 2ndchance against North Hills
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Nov 10, 2005 4:00PM PST
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Thanks to NA for this report
1 - NA 12:55 Wes Waldschmidt
1 - NA 11:05 Matt Lancaster
2 - NH 3:23 Nick Rostek
2 - NA 1:49 Matt Lancaster
3 - NA 9:41 Dylan Rohar
3 - NH 7:32 David Hansell
3 - NA 6:15 Joe Camut
3 - NH 4:32 David Hansell
SHOTS ON GOAL: NA 32 North Hills 17
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ERIE -
Special Report provided by McDowell Hockey Club
Quite often in high school hockey, a coach hopes to win early in the season while his team searches for an identity and they slowly jell into a finely tuned unit. Although the results aren’t always favorable when a team is not clicking on all cylinders, the McDowell Trojan Varsity Hockey team found a way to post a tense 2-1 victory over the Seneca Valley Raiders Thursday night in a PIHL contest played at the Erie Civic Center.
The game started out on a slow note as both teams fought for territorial advantage. Seneca Valley speedster Matthew Jarrett sprinted towards the games first scoring opportunity on a partial breakaway early in the game, but Trojan defenseman Andrew Sitek hustled over to make a diving play on the puck at the 9:55 mark. McDowell would counter with a 2 on 1 of their own as Nick DiSanti fed Andy Kohler who’s shot just missed it’s mark at the 8:20 mark. Brandon Oathout would come close to scoring less than a minute later as he made a diving attempt at an open net on a loose rebound but was not able to find paydirt. With the game still scoreless, Seneca Valley would get the first break of the game as the Trojan’s DiSanti was whistled for a high sticking penalty with 5:59 left in the first period. But effective penalty killing by Ed Maras and Andy Kohler kept the Raiders bottled up in their own end. The continued pressure from the forwards would pay off as a hustling Ryan Presnar would scoop up a loose puck at mid-ice and push it up to a streaking Trevor Shaw who blistered a shot past Raider goaltender Nicholas Miller and with 4:23 left in the period, the Trojans assumed the lead thanks to the shorthanded goal.
After killing off their second penalty of the period over the last two minutes of the first, McDowell would finally get their first power play opportunity of the night as Seneca Valley captain Kevin Raynovich was sent to the box with one second left in the period. McDowell outshot Seneca Valley in the first stanza by a 9-7 count.
McDowell would assume control of the action during the first five minutes of the second period. Sophomore call-up Chris Michalak and team captain Ed Maras would each get off good shots during the power play, but Miller came up big in net each time for Seneca Valley keeping the Raiders to within one goal. Miles Gates would threaten as well, as his big blast from the face-off circle was turned away by Miller at the 12:12 mark. Gates would follow that up with a breakaway opportunity, but his shot on goal with a defender closing in on him sailed just over Miller’s left shoulder and once again the Trojans came up empty.
Meanwhile, Trojan goalie John Cleary would also come up big with tough saves at the 9:26 mark and one on a lightning quick shot off of a face-off at the 8:49 mark. Raynovich had a golden opportunity to tie the game for the Raiders as he stole the puck at the blue line and walked in all alone on big John. But Cleary’s save at the 3:43 mark kept Seneca Valley off the board once again and seemed to throw a spark back into the Trojan attack. McDowell would maintain good pressure in the offensive zone over the last three minutes of the period, and would eventually capitalize as Shaw’s shot from the blueline which created a mad scramble for the rebound in front of the goal crease as Matt Stahon and Brandon Oathout would take swatting at the puck. But it was Chris Michalak who was at the right place at the right time as he slid the puck past Miller at the 2:09 mark to give McDowell a 2-0 lead and a little breathing room heading into the final period. McDowell carried the play most of the period and once again outshot Seneca Valley 11-8.
The Raiders would show no quit at the outset of the third period as Jarrett sparked a comeback with his hustle on a rush up ice that led to a shot that Cleary was able to save. But Joe Sasala crashed the net hard and poked in the rebound just 2:12 into the third period, and the Raiders were back to within 2-1.
McDowell would counter with great scoring opportunities of their own as Gates would fire a shot into the chest of Miller on a breakaway at the 11:54 mark and would just miss on a rush to the net less than 30 seconds later.
Seneca Valley’s Michael McChesney fired a one-timer at Cleary, but the Trojan backstop came up big once again at the 8:53 mark. McDowell would have the next scoring threat in the see-saw affair as Stahon’s shot on net was gobbled up by Michalak off the rebound and fired just high of the net at the 4:37 mark. That was followed by Trojan defenseman Dan Gott’s blast from the blue line that hit the post and ricocheted wide at the 3:43 mark. Seneca Valley’s John Raymus later found himself all alone with the puck in front of the net, but two Trojan defenders quickly converged on him thwarting his attempt to tie the contest with 3:18 left in the game. McDowell came right back as Gates circled from behind the Raiders net and let loose with a shot that deflected high in the air. Jimmy Martin was able to glove the loose puck and get it to the blade of his stick, but the Raider goaltender was in position to make a big save on Martin’s shot. Despite pulling their goalie with 1:17 left in the game, Seneca Valley was not able to beat Cleary the rest of the way and the Trojans would hold on for the 2-1 victory. McDowell outshot Seneca Valley10-6 in the final period and 30-21 for the game.
The Trojans evened their PIHL record at 1-1 while Seneca Valley opens up league play with an 0-1 record.
Shots On Goal:
Seneca Valley / 7 - 8 - 6 = 21
McDowell / 9 - 11 - 10 = 30
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New Montour opens up with win over Big Macs
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Nov 3, 2005 4:00PM PST
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CANONSBURG –
Special Report by Pa Hockey
When we last left Montour and Canon McMillan, each team was smouldering over narrow playoff losses. The Spartans fell in overtime to Chartiers Valley, which was easily the upset of the 2005 AA playoffs. Coach Dan Siegel’s club won a Division Championship, but the loss meant the graduation of several key players, which would mean a new group of Spartans led by Zach Perry will have to pick up the slack.
Canon McMillan’s Penguins Cup semi-final appearance and loss to ultimate State Champions Peters Twp left a bad taste in many of the Big Macs mouths and did not satisfy head coach Dave Fryer, who felt his team was destined for a State Championship. CM returns some very solid offensive performers in Justin Cormack and Jesse Patnesky, but goaltending will have to there should this team has playoff aspirations
While everyone was focused on the final result of the 2004-2005 season, I would like to recall some unfinished business in the form of a late season game between the two clubs at Neville Island Sports Center, where the teams battled to a 4-4 tie in a game that was curfewed leaving both teams flabbergasted as to why they couldn’t finish it. That was the last time these two teams met and frankly was the last great game either team played in the 2004-2005 season. What could have been a momentum builder in to the playoffs, became an asterisk on the scoresheet for a league, which compiled plenty of them throughout the season and during the playoffs and floods Gotham City with plenty of crime.
After finding one of the final parking spaces in Canonsburg, not to be confused with the ‘Canonball’ [may it rest in piece], we set off into the Iceoplex to find a seat in the jammed packed arena with the ‘Concerned Citizens of Montour’ and Robin the Boy Wonder’s ‘Concerned Citizens of Canon McMillan’. With Music, pre-game Division Banners ceremonies, tailgate parties and the inability to find a plug to turn on the Bat Computer, we would have to rely on battery power from the Utility Belt to bring you all of the action.
At 13:04 of the first period, Montour netminder freshman Matt Skoff stopped CM’s Justin Cormack, who broke around the Montour defense for the game’s first chance. Montour would strike first as at the 10:00 mark, Paul Ciotti played bumper pool to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead, on a shot that fooled goaltender Mike O’Neill and trickled past him. Montour continued the pressure on CM with a flurry of shots at around the 7minute mark, but O’Neill was equal to the task. The Big Macs struggled in their own end in the first period, but held off the Spartans keeping the 1-0 score in tact. With just :58 seconds remaining in the opening period, Canon McMillan was buzzing as Nick Cusilito and Justin Cormack dug the puck free and Jesse Patnesky was there for a tap-in to tie the score at one apiece.
On to the second and at 13:39 of the period on the power play, the Spartans displayed some real nice puck movement and Zach Perry blasted a snapshot on a one-timer off an Aaron Siegel cross-ice feed to give Montour a 2-1 lead. Canon Mac had an early season mental mistake as they were caught with too many men on the ice at 6:31, giving the Black and Gold a chance to go up by two. CM’s Kyle Harnen had a great chance on a partial break at 5:19, but Matt Skoff cut down the angle and made a big save. Then the Spartans made them pay at 4:46 as Zach Perry went upstairs over the shoulder of O’Neill to make it a 3-1 hockey game, which Montour took to the ice cut.
At 11:39 of the third period, Adam Rizza was parked out in front and took a pass from Josh Spano and burieda a snapshot past O’Neill for a hug insurance tally and a 4-1 lead for the Spartans. With 7:45 remaining, Justin Cormack broke down the off wing and Matt Skoff said no. Canon Mac went on the power play with 5:03 remaining to try a last ditch effort to get back in the game and with 4:03 left Justin Cormack finally solved Skoff skating around the zone and then down the middle of the ice blasting a slapshot high over the glove side to cut the lead to 4-2. With 2:20 remaining, the Big Macs went back on the power play, but the Spartans would shut the door for a 4-2 opening night victory.
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HARMARVILLE -
Thank you to the North Allegheny Hockey Club for this report
NA vs Fox Chapel Game Summary courtesy of Don Vandergrift
TIGERS WIN PIHL OPENER, 2-0, WITH TWO GOALS IN FINAL PERIOD
After being held to a scoreless tie through the first two periods, seniors Paul Dittrich and Chris Gilson were able to tally third-period goals to give the Tigers a 2-0 victory over Fox Chapel at Bladerunners in Harmarville in the PIHL opener on Monday night. The win earned a little revenge for a loss to the Foxes in the final of the St. Margaret's Fall Face-off Tournament earlier in the year.
The Tigers outshot Fox Chapel in both the first and second periods but could not beat Fox Chapel goalie Eric Thiessen. NA had nine shots to three for the Foxes in the first period, and added 10 more in the second to just three for Fox Chapel.
For most of the third period, it looked like the game would go to overtime with neither team able to get the all-important first goal. Finally, with just 3:33 left, Dittrich beat Thiessen with a hard slap shot from just inside the blue line to give the Tigers a 1-0 advantage. Gilson picked up an insurance goal with 37 seconds left when he poked in a rebound from in front of the net. The Tigers came away with a hard fought 1-0 decision as the PIHL regular season got under way.
For the game, the Tigers outshot the Foxes, 36-11, and only the outstanding play of Thiessen in the net kept the game close. Sophomore Max Richards was in goal for NA and posted the shutout. Fox Chapel had six penalties for a total of 12 penalty minutes while NA was called for three penalties totaling six minutes.
The Tigers will host Bethel Park on Friday night in the home opener. The game is a rematch of last year's PIHL championship game with game time scheduled for 6:00 pm at Bladerunners in Warrendale. Students are requested to wear black for an NA Student Blackout. Sunglasses are acceptable indoors for this game. Student admission will be $2.00.
GAME SUMMARY
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 2 FOX CHAPEL - 0
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 FINAL
NORTH ALLEGHENY 0 0 2 2
Fox Chapel 0 0 0 0
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
FIRST PERIOD
No Scoring
SECOND PERIOD
No Scoring
THIRD PERIOD
NORTH ALLEGHENY Paul Dittrich (unassisted) 3:33
NORTH ALLEGHENY Chris Gilson (Dittrich) 0:37
SHOTS ON GOAL
TEAM 1 2 3 TOTAL
NORTH ALLEGHENY 9 10 17 36
Fox Chapel 3 3 5 11
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