Archbishop Carroll Patriots - 1981 AAA 2004 AA

KITTANNING – One long time observer has an analysis of Butler’s excellent season in 2003-2004 and it went something like this….. the Golden Toronadoes started last season like a house of fire and went undefeated through the first 5 or so games and then they woke up and said “ oh, we are Butler and we can’t be that good”. Well, folks, Butler was a very good team last year and nearly pulled off a major upset at Meadville to move onto the Penguins Cup semi-finals for the first time in their history. The unfortunate thing is that the Golden Toronadoes will need to replace goaltender Bucky Holt to try to duplicate last season’s performance. North Allegheny has been to the Penguins Cup playoffs each of the past six seasons and have been knocking on the final 4 door and waiting for it to open, which it has happened only once in 2000, which resulted in a quarterfinal loss to Cathedral Prep at Rostraver. Head coach Tom ‘Benito’ Pandolfo wants to be part of the process and the Tigers are determined to pace themselves to finish the season rather than start fast and fade. An opening night loss to Upper St Clair put NA at 0-1-0 and the Tigers were looking to rebound against Butler to get in the win column. The first period was a pretty close checking affair with a couple of power play chances for both teams. North Allegheny struck first as Garrett Waldschmidt scored on a wrist shot upstairs at 9:52 for the games first tally. On to the second and the Tigers would score early and often as newcomer Alan Halapin re-directed a Brandon Lied pass at 14:28 for a 2-0 NA lead. Butler would answer as Spencer Crouse took a clean faceoff win from Greg Rogerson and blistered a shot through traffic to cu the lead to 2-1 at 12:12. NA would come back in the middle of the period and break this one wide open as Garrett Waldschmidt [7:16], Wes Waldschmidt [7:03] and Matt Pekins [:20] scored to extend the Tiger lead to 5-1 after two periods. North Allegheny would turn this one into a rout as Chris Gilson, Ian McGlumphey, Wes Waldschmidt and Matt Zrebiec would add goals in the 3rd and Ryan Rodgers scored for Butler for a 9-2 North Allegheny pasting to even the record at 1-1-0 for the Tigers.

KITTANNING – Kittanning came into their opener with high hopes with first year coach Jon Yackmack at the helm. Before the always festive crowd that fills the balcony at the Belmont Complex, the Wildcats looked to get the season started with many new faces in the lineup with a goal of extending their current streak of 8 consecutive winning seasons started under Al Stipp and Jeff Smouse, which includes 3 straight Penguins Cup final four appearances. South Park is also under a new coaching staff led by Larry Locante and the Eagle program has had winning campaigns 13 out of the last 14 years and has been to the Penguins Cup playoffs every year but one [1998-99] since 1988-89. SP features a strong returning nucleus and could be a sleeper in the playoffs. The Eagles came out flying in the 1st period as Tim Ryan beat Wildcat goaltender Pete Tolman through the 5-hole at 13:11 for a 1-0 SP lead. Tolman stopped Matt Nichols from point blank range at 12:44 as South Park pressured to go ahead by two. Zach Avi took a great pass from Joey Ford and scored on his own rebound at 6:20 to tie the score at one apiece. Ryan would put the Eagles ahead as he walked the Kittanning defense and buried a wrist shot high to the glove side at 1:58 for a 2-1 lead for the visitors. South Park would have to kill another penalty late in the first, but they would catch the Wildcats napping as Donny Remlinger found a wide open Robbie Pacelli, who trickled a shot past Tolman for a backbreaking shorthanded goal and a 3-1 Eagle advahtage. Matt Nichol chased Tolman at 12:30 of the 2nd period with a booming slapshot over the glove side and SP now had a 4-1 lead. Joey Mecurio made a nice stop at 12:01 on a SP power play, which fueled a Wildcat shorthanded goal of their own as Justin Kovatch scored on an assist from Joey Ford at 11:37 to cut the lead to 4-2. South Park would get another great effort from Tim Ryan as he circled the Kittanning net and fed a backhand pass to a wide open Mike Sedota, who scored with just 22 ticks remaining in the middle period and gave SP a 5-2 lead at the ice cut. Tim Ryan would scored two more goals in the third period and the Eagles added an empty netter as Joel Shriver scored late for Kittanning to make the final outcome 8-3 for South Park. This was an impressive outing for the Eagles, who came in ranked # 8 in the Pa Hockey Coaches pre-season poll.

INDIANA - Special Report provided by the Indiana Hockey Club The Indiana High School Varsity Ice Hockey team defeated Montour 5-4 in overtime tonight for their season opener at the Indiana Ice & Expo Center. The Indians led off the scoring effort with four goals by Joe Appolonia, Zach Damico, Troy Gaydosh, and Cory Mills. Nick Onuscheck had the game winning score with 1:39 on the clock in sudden death overtime. Mills, Onuscheck, Damico, Michael Jack, Lance Lewandowski, Abhi Nandi, and TJ George provided assists. Mike Kennedy recorded the save with 19 of 23 shots. Indiana outshot their opponent 25-23. The Indians look to the road next week where they will face Moon H.S. at the Airport Ice Rink on Tuesday, November 9th. Goaltender: Mike Mentch Total shots faced/saves 23/19 Scoring/Assists Joe Appolonia/Cory Mills Period: 1 Time: 2:10 Zach Damico/Nick Onuscheck, Mike Jack 2 9:15 Troy Gaydosh/Lance Lewandowski, Abhi Nandi 2 4:52 Cory Mills/TJ George 2 2:34 Nick Onuscheck/Zach Damico OT 3:21 Goaltenders: Nick Gialloreto Aaron Williams Total shots faced/saves 25/20 Scoring/Assists Brian Dugan/Mario Panucci (powerplay) Period: 3 Time: 12:56 Brian Dugan/Mario Panucci, Aaron Siegel 3 6:52 Ross Polk/Zach Perry, Aaron Siegel (powerplay) 3 3:17 Panucci/Kevin Bishop 3 2:36

KITTANNING – One long time observer has an analysis of Butler’s excellent season in 2003-2004 and it went something like this….. the Golden Toronadoes started last season like a house of fire and went undefeated through the first 5 or so games and then they woke up and said “ oh, we are Butler and we can’t be that good”. Well, folks, Butler was a very good team last year and nearly pulled off a major upset at Meadville to move onto the Penguins Cup semi-finals for the first time in their history. The unfortunate thing is that the Golden Toronadoes will need to replace goaltender Bucky Holt to try to duplicate last season’s performance. North Allegheny has been to the Penguins Cup playoffs each of the past six seasons and have been knocking on the final 4 door and waiting for it to open, which it has happened only once in 2000, which resulted in a quarterfinal loss to Cathedral Prep at Rostraver. Head coach Tom ‘Benito’ Pandolfo wants to be part of the process and the Tigers are determined to pace themselves to finish the season rather than start fast and fade. An opening night loss to Upper St Clair put NA at 0-1-0 and the Tigers were looking to rebound against Butler to get in the win column. The first period was a pretty close checking affair with a couple of power play chances for both teams. North Allegheny struck first as Garrett Waldschmidt scored on a wrist shot upstairs at 9:52 for the games first tally. On to the second and the Tigers would score early and often as newcomer Alan Halapin re-directed a Brandon Lied pass at 14:28 for a 2-0 NA lead. Butler would answer as Spencer Crouse took a clean faceoff win from Greg Rogerson and blistered a shot through traffic to cu the lead to 2-1 at 12:12. NA would come back in the middle of the period and break this one wide open as Garrett Waldschmidt [7:16], Wes Waldschmidt [7:03] and Matt Pekins [:20] scored to extend the Tiger lead to 5-1 after two periods. North Allegheny would turn this one into a rout as Chris Gilson, Ian McGlumphey, Wes Waldschmidt and Matt Zrebiec would add goals in the 3rd and Ryan Rodgers scored for Butler for a 9-2 North Allegheny pasting to even the record at 1-1-0 for the Tigers.

KITTANNING – Kittanning came into their opener with high hopes with first year coach Jon Yackmack at the helm. Before the always festive crowd that fills the balcony at the Belmont Complex, the Wildcats looked to get the season started with many new faces in the lineup with a goal of extending their current streak of 8 consecutive winning seasons started under Al Stipp and Jeff Smouse, which includes 3 straight Penguins Cup final four appearances. South Park is also under a new coaching staff led by Larry Locante and the Eagle program has had winning campaigns 13 out of the last 14 years and has been to the Penguins Cup playoffs every year but one [1998-99] since 1988-89. SP features a strong returning nucleus and could be a sleeper in the playoffs. The Eagles came out flying in the 1st period as Tim Ryan beat Wildcat goaltender Pete Tolman through the 5-hole at 13:11 for a 1-0 SP lead. Tolman stopped Matt Nichols from point blank range at 12:44 as South Park pressured to go ahead by two. Zach Avi took a great pass from Joey Ford and scored on his own rebound at 6:20 to tie the score at one apiece. Ryan would put the Eagles ahead as he walked the Kittanning defense and buried a wrist shot high to the glove side at 1:58 for a 2-1 lead for the visitors. South Park would have to kill another penalty late in the first, but they would catch the Wildcats napping as Donny Remlinger found a wide open Robbie Pacelli, who trickled a shot past Tolman for a backbreaking shorthanded goal and a 3-1 Eagle advahtage. Matt Nichol chased Tolman at 12:30 of the 2nd period with a booming slapshot over the glove side and SP now had a 4-1 lead. Joey Mecurio made a nice stop at 12:01 on a SP power play, which fueled a Wildcat shorthanded goal of their own as Justin Kovatch scored on an assist from Joey Ford at 11:37 to cut the lead to 4-2. South Park would get another great effort from Tim Ryan as he circled the Kittanning net and fed a backhand pass to a wide open Mike Sedota, who scored with just 22 ticks remaining in the middle period and gave SP a 5-2 lead at the ice cut. Tim Ryan would scored two more goals in the third period and the Eagles added an empty netter as Joel Shriver scored late for Kittanning to make the final outcome 8-3 for South Park. This was an impressive outing for the Eagles, who came in ranked # 8 in the Pa Hockey Coaches pre-season poll.