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The Indiana High School Varsity Ice Hockey team pulled off a victory over Greensburg Central Catholic Thursday night defeating them 3-2 at the Kirk Nevin Ice Arena. Troy Gaydosh led off the scoring with a goal in the first period, with Steven Geisel in the second, and Joe Appolonia in the third. Michael Jack, Cory Mills, Lance Lewandowski, Geisel, and Gaydosh provided assists. Mike Kennedy provided goatending duties stopping 18 of 20 shots. Indiana now 5-1-1 returns home next facing against Kittanning at the Indiana Ice & Expo Center.
Scoring
Indiana 1-1-1 = 3
Greensburg CC 1-1-0 = 2
Greensburg CC Goaltender: Evan Humanics Shots on goal 4/6/6=16 Saves=13
Scoring/Assists
Evan George/John Kennedy, David Ulishney 1ST 12:34
Evan George/John Kennedy 2ND 3:42
Visiting: Indiana Goaltender: Mike Kennedy Shots on goal 6/7/7=20 Saves=18
Scoring/Assists
Troy Gaydosh/Mike Jack, Steven Geisel 1ST 3:43
Geisel/Lance Lewandowski, Gaydosh 2ND 11:35
Joe Appolonia/Cory Mills 3RD 3:39
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USC shows why the are contender with five goal 3rd period !
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 2, 2004 4:00PM PST
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HARMARVILLE –
Central Catholic coach Kevin Zielmanski has made it no secret that this years team is very young and in a rebuilding mode, but some people’s definition of re-building is different than other and the young Vikings have looked very proficient early in the season with so many new faces. Another big test for CC would come in the form of Upper St Clair, who has balanced scoring and efficient defense and goaltending.
Upper St Clair has had some good points and bad in the season’s first quarter under new coach John Harford and is looking to work toward consistency heading into December to make a run at the Penguins Cup. The Panthers are the only team to defeat North Allegheny, but also lost two close contests to McDowell [3-2] and Mt Lebanon [3-1 earlier this week].
CC came out storming on the opening shift and capitalized as C.J. Burke banged home a bouncing puck past Kevin Gorder for a 1-0 lead at 14:50. After Central registered the games first 8 shots, USC’s first opportunity apparently tied the game at 6:48, but the goal was pushed in with a glove and the Vikings maintain a one-goal advantage. The Panthers would get the equalizer as Zack Crockett picked up a loose puck in the slot and fired a snapshot high over the glove side of Bryan Adamczak to tie the game at 1:29.
On to the second period and Central regained the lead as Ryan Gebler scored on a rebound low on the ice at 13:38. USC tied it as Brian Gorder scored through the 5-hole after some nice work by linemates Jake Klancher and Ian Joyce, who cycled with great control and passing to set up the goal at 11:45. Back came the Vikings to regain the lead as Ricky Monti picked up the garbage in front and deposited behind Kevin Gorder at 7:52 for a 3-2 CC lead. Gorder robbed CC’s Andy Hanno from point blank range at 3:32 and kept the lead at one goal.
As we sat and watched USC dismantle the Central defense in the third period, we joked that maybe longtime Panther coach R.T. Ford gave a Knute Rocke speech during the intermission, but as it turns out the usually mild mannered coach Harford delivered an effective message to the troops it worked ! The Panthers scored at 14:15 as Brian Gorder blistered a quick shot past Adamczak to tie the game at three apiece. Then after killing a Central Catholic power play, USC went to work as Jake Klancher parted the CC defense and scored on the backhand for the Panthers first lead at 10:46. Just 14 seconds later, it was Mike Penkrot who took advantage of a quick opening off the face-off and made it 5-3 at 10:32. Penkrot was not finished as he beat the CC goaltender low on the stick side at 10:04 to give USC a 6-3 lead with three goals in under a minute. Ian Joyce closed out the scoring with 1:19 remaining and USC captured an impressive 7-3 win at the Harmarville USA rink.
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ERIE -
Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by the McDowell Trojans
A power play goal by Ed Maras in the first period sparked the McDowell Trojans to a 1-0 victory over the Meadville Bulldogs in a key PIHL West Division matchup Wednesday night at the JMC Ice Arena.
With the Trojans on a power play, Kaylan Rhoades was able to gain control of the puck behind the Bulldog net and feed a centering pass to Maras who was streaking across the front of the goal crease. As he was being checked to the ice he was able to fire a shot across his body and past Bulldog goalie Bryan Danczak with 4:36 left in the opening period for the decisive goal.
From there on out it was a battle of sparkling goaltender’s play as Danczak and Trojan netminder John Cleary were unbeatable. Danczak would make 15 saves in the second period while Cleary came up with three outstanding saves in the period. With 6:45 left in the third period, McDowell had a golden opportunity to double their lead while on the power play but came up empty. And just as the penalty had expired, Meadville would also get a man advantage where they came
up empty despite putting five shots on net. Meadville would pull their goaltender with 1:30 left in the game, but only muster one more shot on Cleary who picked up his second shut-out of the year
in league play.The game was a well-played contest as McDowell finished the contest 1 for 2 on the poewerplay while Meadville finished 0 for2. The Trojans outshot the Dawgs for the game by a 39-24 margin. McDowell, ranked 8th in the PIHL by the Pa Hockey Elite 8, improved their record in the league to 6-2 (11-3-1 overall) while Meadville, ranked #6 in the polls fell to 3-2-1 in the league (8-6-5).
Goals By Period:
Meadville / 0 – 0 – 0 = 0
McDowell / 1 – 0 – 0 = 1
Shots On Goal:
Meadville / 8 - 8 - 8 = 24
McDowell / 15 – 15 - 9 = 39
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JOHNSTOWN -
Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by Latrobe Hockey Club
The Latrobe Wildcats ended the first period of ice hockey play with a 3 - 0 lead over the Somerset Eagles. The Wildcats never relinquished
their lead and went on to win the game 5 - 4.
Brad Roth scored two goals for Latrobe with teammates Brendan Berkley,
Mat Mesaros and Miles Ritenour each adding a goal. RJ Williams
registered three assists for the Wildcats. Also, Latrobe's Chris
Castine, Mike Kimmel, Mesaros and Roth each provided an assist. Latrobe Goalie Justin Fontaine stopped 39 of 43 Somerset shots to help secure the Wildcat victory.
For Somerset, Cullen Eddy registered a hat trick and teammate Tristan
Barth contributed a goal. Kruz Schmucker and Mathias Eliason each
provided two assists for the Eagles. Additional Somerset assists were
tallied by Brandon Ditzler, Josh Barron and Barth. Somerset Goalie
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Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by the Carrick Hockey Club
The Cougars had a 12-4 shots on goal advantage in the 1st period but were held scoreless until soph. Chris Larkin poked in a Nick Kelly rebound in the final seconds of the period. The second period was a defensive battle until soph. Justin Hennon scored on a TJ Gault rebound to make it 2-0. Carrick would score again later in the period when Gault found jr. Matt Abbott in front of the net to make it 3-0. Carrick took that lead into the final period. The Cougars put the clamps on WCC in the final frame holding them to only 3 shots. The lone Carrick goal was set up by Larkin who made a long pass to Justin Deery to spring him on a breakaway. Deery, who scored his 12th goal of the season, put a great double move on the WCC goalie and backhanded the puck into the top of the net. The defense then put the game on ice as the continuously shut down the neutral zone and turned away dump ins. The combination of seniors Tim Tagmeyer, Walter Meuhlbauer, and George Demko along with juniors Gary Delehenty, Brian Klein, and Ryan Koch held WCC to just 12 shots on goal. The six defensemen earned a big assist for goaltender Jonny Rethage's first varsity shutout. Offensively Abbott scored his 10th goal of the season while Nick Kelly had three assists and TJ Gault had two assists. The Cougars now are 5-1 sitting just behind Penn Hills and Chartiers Valley for the top spot in the open division.
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