Bishop McCort Crimson Crushers - 1994-1995-1996-1997-1999 A

NEVILLE ISLAND - Montour coach Paul Bonetti was scratching his head prior to his squads game with Latrobe and mainly because the Spartans were punished 7-0 by Keystone Oaks in their last outing. Ron Makoski's Wildcats on the other hand have been impressive in the second half of the season in seizing the PIHL AA East lead. David Fitzgerald got Montour off and running with a one time slapshot past Matt Bloom at 7:44 of the first period. While Montour controlled the play of the period, Latrobe's Nick Loughner nearly tied it with a shot off the crossbar with :35 left in the opening frame. In the second period,Latrobe went on the power play and they should have declined the penalty as Freshwater intercepted an outlet pass and buried a wrist shot upstairs at 12:33 and all the sudden the Spartans were up 2-0. Then, Joe Federoff got into the act as he wheel around the Wildcat goal and fed Fitzgerald in close and he scored to make it 3-0 at 5:41. Tim Armanious scored on a Kevin Lace rebound just forty seconds later to get Latrobe on the board at 3-1, but Montour came right back as Fitzgerald to Freshwater back to Fitzgerald was the recipe for a 4-1 lead at 4:30 of the second. Phil Supan added a power play goal on a pass from Federoff and the Spartans took a commanding 5-1 to the locker room. Fitgerald added his fourth goal of the evening on a slick shot down on the ice at 8:40 of the third period to extend the lead to 6-1. Latrobe's Josh Fajt closed out the scoring at 7:18 to make the final 6-2. Montour's great puck movement proved to be the difference as the Spartans scored a big victory for home ice playoff positioning for the upcoming playoffs.