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Canon McMillan 8 Greensburg CC 5 Thank you to Canon McMillan for providing the Game Summary ! *** In a rematch of the first round of last year's state playoffs, Canon-McMillan outlasted Greensburg Central Catholic by a score of 8-5. The season opener for both teams featured timely goaltending, streaks of offensive, and a furious third period. GCC started the scoring when John Kennedy deflected in a Jeff Robinson shot at 11:44 of the opening frame. However, Canon Mac responded by scoring the next 4 goals while holding the Centurions off the board for the next 30 minutes of play. Doug Stanton got the Big Macs on the board with a slap shot off the rush at 7:28 of the first. Justin Cormack would give CM the lead at the end of one with his first career Varsity goal with an assist from Eric Lang at 4:25. A spectacular glove save by Centurion netminder Ryan Homanics kept the CM lead to only one early in the second period, but the period would belong to Canon-McMillan. Cormack would extend the lead to 2 with his second goal of the night at 9:05. Freshman Nate Bohn padded the lead with a wrist shot from the slot off a Kyle Harnen pass to make it 4-1 at the intermission. A relatively solid defensive game would take on an entirely different look in the third period as Greensburg Central found new life coming out of the locker room. Doug Francken was finally able to solve CM goaltender Drew Stanton again just 36 seconds in to the period, sparking what would become an incredible rally for the home team. The ensuing face-off at center ice would lead to a breakaway goal by Alfonzo Areunlo just 13 seconds later to pull Greensburg Central within a goal. Kennedy would complete the comeback by firing a wrist shot past Stanton at 11:50 to knot the score at four. A methodical game had suddenly turned in to an offensive barrage. But while the excitement ran high, the goaltenders boarded up their nets over the next 9 minutes. Canon Mac freshman Nick Cusolito would put the scoreboard in motion again with a goal at 2:51 off a pretty feed from Cormack. The Centurions were once again able to answer with a goal of their own 19 seconds later by Robinson to lock the score at 5. The offense kept coming, though, as Jesse Patnesky was able to find the back of the net through a crowd to propel the Big Macs back in to the lead. With the goaltender pulled, Greensburg Central looked to counter once again. But it was not to be as Doug Stanton tallied his second of the night in to the open net. Patnesky added some extra insurance with his second marker in the game by diving over a sprawling defenseman and shooting the puck in to the empty net from his stomach with just 15 seconds remaining to put the Big Macs ahead, 8-5. Kennedy finished with 2 assists to match his two goals for GCC, while Canon-McMillan had a four-point performance of their own from Nate Bohn (1g, 3a). Drew Stanton would pick up the win with 21 saves, while Homanics took the loss with 18 saves.