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Canon Mac ends a big week still undefeated !
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 17, 2004 4:00PM PST
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CASTLE SHANNON -
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Four times in their first nine games this season, Canon-McMillan has been tied or behind in the third period, but they've rallied to win each of those games en route to a 9-0 record. In seeking their 10th win on the year Friday night, the Big Macs were once again in that familiar position when they trailed 2-1 to South Park after 2 periods. And for the fifth time this season -- and fourth time in their last five games -- the Big Macs used a strong third period to pull ahead for the victory.
South Park trailed first in this one, though, after Nick Cusolito gave CM the 1-0 lead with 7:02 to play in the opening frame. Justin Cormack picked up the assist on the play after he appeared to have scored on a backhander from the slot. The puck was ruled to have not crossed the line until Cusolito buried the loose puck in to the back of the SP net. South Park didn't trail for long, however. Larry Locante jammed home a loose puck of his own from the edge of the Canon-McMillan crease 1:06 later to tie the score at 1. Eric Narolesky and Danny Remlinger got the assists on the goal. The Eagles then claimed the lead when Matt Nichol fired a wrist shot past CM goaltender Drew Stanton for an unassisted shorthanded goal at the 12:50 mark. The first period ended with South Park leading, 2-1.
So did the second period. Canon Mac tightened up defensively to hold the home team to just 7 shots in the period, and Stanton turned away each of them. Eagle netminder Shane Bicker was just as good in the period, especially during a span of CM power play time that lasted 3:13, including 47 seconds of 5-on-3.
Canon-McMillan knew they'd need some of their same third period magic to win this one, while South Park sought to play smart defensively and slow the pace with icing calls to keep the 2-1 lead. The Big Macs just had too much up their sleeve, and 4:17 in to the third period, they tied the game. Cormack battled for the puck behind the South Park net, and Corey Griffith was able to back him up and come away with the puck. Cusolito freed himself in front of the net and took a pass from Griffith to convert his second goal of the night. Cormack, who had returned to the game after an early injury, then gave Canon Mac their first lead of the game just under 3 minutes later. Erik McKown crossed the SP blue line in a 2-on-1 with Cormack and drew the attention of the defender. Cormack then made a quick move to the backhand to beat Bickar on the short side. A strong performance on the night by the Canon-McMillan power play finally saw some fruits for its labor on its last opportunity of the game. Doug Stanton scored what would prove to the eventual game-winning goal on the man advantage with 2:51 to play, putting the visitors ahead, 4-2.
With a little over a minute left to play, the game looked to be safely in hand for the Big Macs. But South Park pulled the goalie for an extra attacker and immediately created chances around the CM net. Drew Stanton was able to keep the puck out of the net, but South Park went on the power play with 1:03 to go. During what was 6 skaters against 4, Narolesky and Remlinger again created more Eagle offense, and Nichol finished the job. The rebound off of Narolesky's shot came to an open Nichol, who wasted no time in depositing the puck in to the net. There was still 50 seconds to play, and after gaining possession of the puck again, South Park put on the extra man. They weren't able to get the equalizer, however, after a few key defensive zone face-off wins by CM forward Jesse Patnesky.
Drew Stanton made 19 saves as Canon-McMillan came away with their 10th
win of the year. The undefeated Big Macs close out the first half of
their season on Monday night when they face Thomas Jefferson at home.
South Park got a strong game from Bickar, who made 29 saves on the
night. The Eagles, whose record fell to 4-5 with the loss, travel up
the road to play Peters Township on Monday before ending their first
half at Canevin on Thursday.
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A Special Report provided to Pa Hockey by Montour
RMU ISLAND SPORTS CENTER
Montour and West Allegheny's highly anticipated match up lived up to the hype with the Spartans 4-3 victory. A closely played, scoreless first period, was followed by 2 periods of momentum-sustained hockey. Mario Panucci scored 2 shorthanded goals, while
Chad Talotta played an excellent game and started the scoring for the
Spartans. Ed Elbel had a nice slap shot from the point for the Spartans 3rd goal and helped give them some room to work with.
Montour took a 1-0 lead in the second period when Chad Talotta found a loose puck and got behind the defense on a clearing attempt by West Allegheny. Talotta stole the puck and put it into an empty net for the first goal of the game. Talotta continued to create several scoring chances and made some great plays in the offensive zone. Marek Polidor would later answer for West Allegheny when he found a loose puck in front of Montour goalie Nick Gialloreto and tied the game at one apiece.
Montour's Mario Panucci and West Allegheny's Ian Skacan played physically with some great hits along the boards and came out firing early. Panucci also scored on a quick snap shot from the right side that found its way over WA goalie Dan Kuzio's shoulder. The first of his two shorthanded goals gave the Spartans a spark and Ed Elbel soon scored on a slap shot from the point to give the Spartans a 3-1 cushion. Panucci would later add another shorthanded goal when he hopped on a loose puck at the blue line, beat a defenseman, and scored on his own rebound, top shelf for the 4-1 lead.
Montour's Ross Polk played solid two-way hockey and grinded his way to two key assists and played excellent on the penalty kills. Joe Clarke, Brian Dugan, Ed Elbel, & Paul Ciotti all had crucial playing time and came through in crunch time with key assists in what seemed like a playoff game atmosphere. However, West Allegheny would would not waiver and nearly made a great comeback. With under 10 minutes to play, West A answered on the power play when Ryan Kumpfmiller scored on a low slap shot glove side, following a nice pass from Ian Skacan, glove side to bring the Indians within 2 goals. West Allegheny's Ryne Savisky then scored less than two minutes later off a draw deep in the Spartans zone to make the score 4-3 in favor of Montour.
Montour, however, was able to weather the storm behind the great defensive efforts of Brian Dugan, Josh York, Ed Elbel, Aaron Siegel, Kevin Bishop, all of whom played spectacular games. Montour goalie Nick Gialloreto played admirably in net and made nearly every save he was asked to. With its 8th straight win, Montour improves to 8-2 and has taken sole position of first place in the West Division. Montour will next play at Blackhawk while West Allegheny faces a crucial match up against Pine Richland.
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Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by Quigley Hockey Club
Quigley came out flying in the first period tonight, out shooting the Hilltoppers 15 to 4. The Spartan's Nate Dobson started off the scoring with a wrist shot past Pat Krumenacker, the Hilltopper net minder, off a nifty feed from Michael Conti from behind the net. Conti then broke in alone on Krumenacker, after receiving a great pass from Sean Wormald to score on a backhander making the score 2-0. Dobson closed out the scoring in the first period with a goal that caromed off a Westmont defender, 3-0 Spartans after one period. Westmont would answer midway through the second period with Westmont's Kevin Gleason setting up team mate Anthony Demarco for a beautiful one timer from just below the right face-off circle. The third period started right where the Hilltoppers left off in the second with unrelenting pressure. Quigley, with only eight skaters, was just hanging on. Kyle Harnish scored late in the period with an assist from Gleason to close the gap to one. Westmont out shot Quigley over the final two periods 29 - 17, but were denied by Quigley's goalie Kyle Milbert, making terrific saves from point blank range. Dobson recorded a hat trick by scoring the final goal of the game, an empty netter, with one second remaining.
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Indiana keeps on winning over Latrobe
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 15, 2004 4:00PM PST
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INDIANA -
Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by Indiana & Latrobe Hockey Club
Indiana defeated Latrobe 5-1 Wednesday night at the Indiana Ice & Expo Center. Zach Damico led the scoring drive with a powerplay goal in the second period, and a short-handed goal in the third. Cory Mills, Michael Jack and John Ogden each added one goal while Jack and Mills also each had two assists for the night. Matt Mesaros gave Latrobe a 1-0 lead on a power play goal in the 1st period but Kevin Dougherty stopped the rest, stopping 13 of 14 shots, while Indiana out shot their opponent 34-14.
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Hampton traveled to the Kirk S. Nevin Ice Arena in Greensburg on Monday, December 13, 2004 to take on Greater Latrobe in AA Varsity Ice Hockey action. Although the final 9 - 5 score would appear to be a lopsided Latrobe victory, both teams deserve credit for a hard played game. Hampton's Brian Goncar contributed a hat trick to help his team keep pace with Latrobe through the second period. However, Latrobe's Mike Kimmel and Matt Mesaros scored two goals each to stay a step ahead of Hampton.
Additional Latrobe goals were scored by David Farah, Eric Gondosh, Brad Roth, Paul Simkovich and RJ Williams. Also, Roth, Matt Walker and Aaron Stitt respectively contributed four, three and two assists toward Latrobe's winning effort. Single Latrobe assists were recorded by Brendan Berkley, Farah, Kimmel and Williams.
In addition to Goncar's hat trick, Pat Duffy and Dan Relihan tallied single goals for Hampton. Also, Duffy provided three assists while teammates Goncar, Brian Relihan, Adam Haller, Sean Mahaffey and Dan Relihan contributed one assist each.
The oppossing Goalies virtually saw an equal number of shots. Hampton's Tim Papper stopped 26 of 35 shots and Latrobe's Justin Fontaine turned away the puck on 26 of 31 scoring attempts.![image](https://photos-images.active.com/file/1/60/604905/original/4b16fda2-9397-40ce-a6df-90cd30b133f8.gif)
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