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CRANBERRY ~ Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by Montour Hockey Club Montour (5-4) won its fifth straight game defeating Ambridge (1-9) at Bladerunner's in Warrendale on Tuesday night. Montour stormed out to an early 5-0 lead by the beginning of the second period and held on to win by the final score of 9-3. Chad Talotta (4 pts on the night) and Kevin Smith (3 pts) both scored hat tricks for the Spartans. Defenseman Brian Dugan tallied 3 assists while winger Ross Polk added a goal and 3 assists. Tyler Kocak played great at both ends of the ice and assisted on two Spartan goals. Joey Clarke assisted on two of Talotta's goals and Steve Tauriello collected a powerplay goal. Zach Perry added a shorthandegoal on a centering pass from Mario Panucci. Ambridge's first goal was scored in the 2nd period by Chas Cvitkovic (1 goal, 1 assist) on the powerplay following a pass from Dan Meerdo. Ambridge then scored five minutes later to cut the Montour lead to 5-2 on a goal by Cory Bajik that was set up by passing from Ben Beeman and Chas Cvitkovic. However, Ambridge would only score once more when Alex Calabrese scored on a penalty shot midway through the third period.