Archbishop Carroll Patriots - 1981 AAA 2004 AA

NEVILLE ISLAND ~ North Hills coach Dave Ciotti has witnessed a lot in his first year as coach of North Hills and his team has had its shares of ups and downs. The steady force of Casey Dudt-Mulzet has kept the Indians in games, where their lack of offense has really hindered NH at times. North Hills looked to make up some ground on Shaler after dropping a heartbreaker to Erie Cathedral Prep on Tuesday night. Long time Shaler skipper Ron Steedle has seen just about everything in 20+ years of Interscholastic Hockey including his team posting 16 goals against Woodland Hills Monday, which was a welcome break for the Titans, who have played in five one-goal games in their first eight which will but some mileage on any coach including this one. So Steedle and his band of merry men, including Shaler teacher Dennis ‘the Drillmaster’ Iwanchuk, who hails from Alberta [that’s in Canada], Mike Butler [former Shaler star], Doug Hastings [who was an outstanding goaltender for the Titans in the 90’s] and yours truly, were in the hallway of Neville Island Sports Center singing ‘All I want for Christmas is a rebound goal, a rebound goal, a rebound goal and hopefully in the third period….if that’s not asking for much Santa ? The game began with North Hills dominating play and outshooting Shaler 9-2 in the opening period. Ben Burns was sharp stopping all nine shots in a quick and penalty free first. On to the second and the Titans picked up their game and pelted Casey Dudt-Mulzet with nine shots but to no avail, the best chance coming as Tommy Carter just missed from in front. The game would be a 0-0 stalemate entering the third period with only three penalties including a phantom even up call at the end of the second on Carter, who was called for unsportsmanlike conduct for getting hauled down….was that # 9 or # 59….well Carter is # 8 and the kid never opens his mouth or questions anything…so Shaler was robbed of a chance to start the third period with a power play. The final period saw Shaler really pick up the pace outshooting North Hills 11-4, but as it seems to happen the Indians capitalize on a Shaler mistake in its own end. A fail clearing attempt by the Titans found its way on to the stick of Chris Oppenlander, who fired a shot through traffic and over the shoulder of Ben Burns with 5:33 to play and give North Hills a 1-0, which had to give coach Ciotti a pretty good feeling. Shaler kept on coming and finally Matt Yost found the net as he took a great feed from Josh Bauer and buried a wrist shot high over the glove hand of Dudt-Mulzet to tie the game with just 2:01 remaining at one apiece. The Titans had several chances in regulation and into the overtime with a 5-1 shot advantage but Dudt-Mulzet stopped or forced bad shots on chances for Graham Papciak, Tommy Carter, Matt Yost and P.J. Domski to earned a hard fought well played 1-1 tie at Island Sports Center.

CORAOPOLIS ~ Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by West Allegheny West Allegheny Indians (4-5) defeated the Moon Tigers (3-6-1) in OT on Friday night (12/19) at the Airport Ice Arena. West Allegheny outshoot Moon 36 to 25. Ian Skacan scored the game winner with 2:06 left in OT. Matt Abrams of West Allegheny started the scoring at 9:33 left in the first period. Dan Ros of Moon scored about 3 minutes later to tie the game at one. Moon jumped in the lead with a goal by Lee Feigert. Nine seconds later, West Allegheny's Marek Polidor tied the game at two. West Allegheny took the lead with 1:11 left in the first period with a shorthanded goal from Ryne Savisky. The first period ended with West Allegheny ahead 3-2. In the second period, Moon scored first of the period with a goal by Chris Simoni. West Allegheny's Marek Polidor scored a power play goal to give West Allegheny the go ahead goal. Ryne Savisky scored to give West Allegheny the lead, 5-3. In the third period, Moon's Jason Anderson scored to bring the Moon Tigers back within one. Moon's Lee Feigert tied the game at five with a power play goal with 10 minuets left in the game. West Allegheny's Ryne Savisky ended the game with 2 goals and 3 assists. Marek Polidor had 2 goals and 1 assist. Matt Abrams had 1 goal. Ian Skacan had 1 goal. Bobby Maliszewski had 2 assists. Moon's Lee Feigert had 2 goals and 2 assists. David Alberga had 1 goal and 2 assists. Dan Ros had 1 goal. Chris Simoni had 1 goal. Travis Greene had 1 assist. Jason Anderson had 1 assist.

NEVILLE ISLAND ~ North Hills coach Dave Ciotti has witnessed a lot in his first year as coach of North Hills and his team has had its shares of ups and downs. The steady force of Casey Dudt-Mulzet has kept the Indians in games, where their lack of offense has really hindered NH at times. North Hills looked to make up some ground on Shaler after dropping a heartbreaker to Erie Cathedral Prep on Tuesday night. Long time Shaler skipper Ron Steedle has seen just about everything in 20+ years of Interscholastic Hockey including his team posting 16 goals against Woodland Hills Monday, which was a welcome break for the Titans, who have played in five one-goal games in their first eight which will but some mileage on any coach including this one. So Steedle and his band of merry men, including Shaler teacher Dennis ‘the Drillmaster’ Iwanchuk, who hails from Alberta [that’s in Canada], Mike Butler [former Shaler star], Doug Hastings [who was an outstanding goaltender for the Titans in the 90’s] and yours truly, were in the hallway of Neville Island Sports Center singing ‘All I want for Christmas is a rebound goal, a rebound goal, a rebound goal and hopefully in the third period….if that’s not asking for much Santa ? The game began with North Hills dominating play and outshooting Shaler 9-2 in the opening period. Ben Burns was sharp stopping all nine shots in a quick and penalty free first. On to the second and the Titans picked up their game and pelted Casey Dudt-Mulzet with nine shots but to no avail, the best chance coming as Tommy Carter just missed from in front. The game would be a 0-0 stalemate entering the third period with only three penalties including a phantom even up call at the end of the second on Carter, who was called for unsportsmanlike conduct for getting hauled down….was that # 9 or # 59….well Carter is # 8 and the kid never opens his mouth or questions anything…so Shaler was robbed of a chance to start the third period with a power play. The final period saw Shaler really pick up the pace outshooting North Hills 11-4, but as it seems to happen the Indians capitalize on a Shaler mistake in its own end. A fail clearing attempt by the Titans found its way on to the stick of Chris Oppenlander, who fired a shot through traffic and over the shoulder of Ben Burns with 5:33 to play and give North Hills a 1-0, which had to give coach Ciotti a pretty good feeling. Shaler kept on coming and finally Matt Yost found the net as he took a great feed from Josh Bauer and buried a wrist shot high over the glove hand of Dudt-Mulzet to tie the game with just 2:01 remaining at one apiece. The Titans had several chances in regulation and into the overtime with a 5-1 shot advantage but Dudt-Mulzet stopped or forced bad shots on chances for Graham Papciak, Tommy Carter, Matt Yost and P.J. Domski to earned a hard fought well played 1-1 tie at Island Sports Center.

VALENCIA ~ Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by the Montour Hockey Club Montour(4-4) defeated Hampton(3-6) by the score of 3-2 in OT on Thursday Night (12/18). In an evenly and cleanly played game in which shots were nearly identical with Hampton outshooting Montour by the total of 23-22. Dan Shiwarski scored a power play goal just 42 seconds into overtime for the game winner. By adding a goal, Mario Panucci continued his point scoring streak which now stands at 5 games. Chad Talotta scored his first goal of the season as Zach Perry added 2 assists for the 2nd consecutive game and 4th time in his last 5 games for the Spartans, who have now won 4 in a row and are atop the PIHL AA North Divison. Hampton tied the score with 13 seconds left in the 3rd period on a shorthanded Ben Daniels goal in a pulled goalie situation. Patrick Duffy also scored a power play goal for the Talbots.

VALENCIA ~ Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by the Montour Hockey Club Montour(4-4) defeated Hampton(3-6) by the score of 3-2 in OT on Thursday Night (12/18). In an evenly and cleanly played game in which shots were nearly identical with Hampton outshooting Montour by the total of 23-22. Dan Shiwarski scored a power play goal just 42 seconds into overtime for the game winner. By adding a goal, Mario Panucci continued his point scoring streak which now stands at 5 games. Chad Talotta scored his first goal of the season as Zach Perry added 2 assists for the 2nd consecutive game and 4th time in his last 5 games for the Spartans, who have now won 4 in a row and are atop the PIHL AA North Divison. Hampton tied the score with 13 seconds left in the 3rd period on a shorthanded Ben Daniels goal in a pulled goalie situation. Patrick Duffy also scored a power play goal for the Talbots.