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MONROEVILLE - It was Senior Night for Woodland Hills, which could be the last hurrah for the Wolverines varsity hockey club. Goaltender Greg Haduch shutout Woodland Hills and the Cougars scored eight straight to win 8-0. imageimage
GREENSBURG - Indiana and Latrobe, in a battle of division leaders. Indiana, who has already clinched and was looking to nail down the # 2 seed behind Peters Twp. Latrobe was looking to clinch the elusive PIHL AA Eastern Division crown. The Wildcats capitalized in the first as a weak clearing attempt by Indiana found its way on to Kevin Lace's stick in the slot and he beat Mike Lady for a 1-0 lead. Indiana on the power play tied the game at 2:45, as Casey Haines walked out of the corner and snapped a shot high on the glove side of Matt Bloom. The game picked up pace in a hard hitting second period and Indiana apparantly grabbed the lead as Haines rung a shot off the post, which was originally called a goal and then waived off at 6:51. The Indians came back just 25 seconds later as Clint Pizarchik used a 2 on 1 as a decoy to beat Bloom with a shot on the stick side for a 2-1 advantage. On to the third and Casey Haines scored twice at 14:44 and just 12 seconds later at 14:32 to break open a one goal game and to complete the hat trick for a 4-1 Indiana lead. Corey Schaffer completed the scoring at 6:58 of the final period as Indiana outshoot the Wildcats 23-11 and went on to a 5-1 victory. imageimage
GREENSBURG - The Greensburg CC Centarians are currently ranked # 8 in the Penguins Cup rankings and would like to secure a home game for the first round of the playoffs. GCC got two goals from Matt Ward and singles from John Kennedy, Maunee George and Josh Chiado to defeat arch-rival Greensburg Salem 5-1. Duke Versaw tallied the only score for the Golden Lions, who were outshot 40-28.imageimage
Beaver - Senior night at Brady's Run Park and the defending Pennsylvania AA Champion Beaver Bobcats were in the celebrating mode. Doug Rheam's upstart Big Macs were not interested because a win would put CM in a tie with the Bobcats for the division lead. After a scoreless first period, Eric Rheam took a pass in stride and could not beat Beaver goaltender Rob Dappenbrook at 13:58. Then Beaver's Ryan Morgan found a loose puck in the slot and scored to make it 1-0. Then with the Bobcats on the power play, Aaron Veydt picked up a rebound goal shorthanded to tie the game at 1-1 at 6:49. Then it was Beaver's Doug Miller pulling the puck between the defenseman's legs and around another defender and deposited a backhanded through the five hole of Watkinson to give Beaver a 2-1 lead at 5:36. The Big Macs knotted the score again as Tom Hunt blistered a long shot past the Beaver goaltender and we were tied again at 2-2. Then at 11:01 of the final period, Veydt wristed one past Dappenbrook to give Canon McMillan its first lead. The Big Macs had a chance to extend the lead on the power play, but could not score. Then Beaver's Adam Krupp took a Morgan pass and buried it with 3:07 remaining. The game went into overtime and Ryan Morgan streaked down the right side and blasted a slapshot by Watkinson with only :08 remaining in OT and Beaver captured its third straight PIHL West Division championship. To secure the future of Beaver Hockey, the faithful freshman players were routing on their leaders. From the Bobcat Freshman team C.J Sheveryn, Andrew Scott, Colby Hawkey, Chris Juba, Alex Bodrie and Brenden Finn were on hand hoping for Bobcat miracle and it was delivered by Captain Morgan. imageimageimage
JOHNSTOWN - Serra and Bishop McCort in a rematch of the 2000 and more recently 2001 Penguin Cup Final. A battle for the # 1 seed in the upcoming Class A Penguin Cup playoffs. Big Game right....Where was Serra star Steve Leppo ? Another meaningless Hornet practice and John Mooney ? No Show and nowhere to be found. Serra was not starting on the right foot. Even though Crusher head coach John Bradley was in the stands serving his last game of a controversial four game suspension issued by the PIHL, which is interesting because they don't follow any of their other rules ! Bishop McCort was focused as they always are for big games at the War Memorial and got off to a great start as Joe Delic scored on a rebound at 13:20 to give his team a 1-0 lead. Serra answered at 8:28 on the power play, after some nice puck movement, C.J. King took a Jesse Lubasch pass and beat Ron Stenger to tie the game. The Crushers took over in the 2nd period as Danny Thomas followed his own rebound and beat Timmy Johnson through the five hole to give McCort a 2-1 lead. Then at 5:57, Delic, on a great individual effort would not be denied as he beat Johnson to extend the lead to 3-1. In the third period, Anthony Feyock held Serra off the board and Bishop McCort earned a huge 3-1 victory. Serra outshot the Crushers 25-24 on the night. image