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CANONSBURG - *****Game Summary provided exclusively to PA Hockey by Canon-McMillan Hockey***** Canon-McMillan fought off a heroic charge by Greater Latrobe on Monday night to post a 10-5 victory. The win improved Canon Mac's record to 5-0, while Greater Latrobe fell to 1-5 on the young season. It appeared the Big Macs would run away with an easy victory by the mid-point of the first period. They had jumped to a 3-0 lead on a goal by Justin Cormack and two by Doug Stanton, the second of which was short-handed. Moreover, the Ice Cats had yet to post a shot on goal. But the Greater Latrobe silence would be broken a short time later when Eric Gondosh would find Matt Walker alone in the slot, and Walker buried a wrist shot to shrink the lead to 3-1. Canon-McMillan's Eric Lang would answer that goal with a slap shot past Justin Fontaine to restore the 3-goal lead with 3:24 to play. Jason Hendrick replaced Fontaine between the pipes after the goal, and Greater Latrobe would begin building some momentum from there. They finished the period strong, but still trailed by 3 goals. That would change quickly in the second period, as goals by RJ Williams and Walker cut the CM lead to 4-3. Jesse Patnesky gave Canon Mac a little breathing room again with a short-handed goal, but the Ice Cats responded with a short-hander of their own by Matt Mesaros. David Farah deadlocked the score at 5 with a power play goal at 7:35. A combined 10 goals had been scored in the game, and it was still only at the halfway point. The scoring calmed for a bit, but Stanton put CM back in to the lead by completing the hat trick with 4 minutes left in the 2nd period. The Big Macs certainly weren't comfortable with a 1-goal lead in this shootout, and continued pressure resulted in a goal by Kyle Harnen with 1:59 left in the period. Harnen's goal was short-handed, the 3rd SHG on the night for Canon-McMillan. Cormack notched his 2nd goal of the night just 36 seconds in to the final period of play. Both teams knew another 3-goal lead was far from secure, so the action only intensified over the next 7 minutes. The upset bid by Greater Latrobe suffered a fatal blow at the 7:21 mark when freshman Erik McKown put the Big Macs ahead, 9-5. The Ice Cats continued to press in hopes of battling back again, but a breakaway goal by Patnesky at 5:15 finished the scoring on the night, giving him 5 points in the game. Stanton would post his 3rd assist of the game on the goal, giving him an astounding 6-point night. Cormack added the other assist, his 4th point of the game. Sophomore goaltender Michael O'Neill tallied his first career Varsity win for the Big Macs, who now get 12 days off before traveling to face Hampton on December 5th. Greater Latrobe drives east next Monday to meet divisional foe Somerset.

ROSTRAVER - Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by Montour Hockey Montour defeated Thomas Jefferson by the score of 5-2 tonight at Rostraver Ice Garden. Montour jumped out to an early 3-0 first period lead behind 2 goals scored by Zach Perry which were both assisted by Mario Panucci. Montour senior Dan Shiwarski assisted on Perry's second goal. Jeff Peters scored a big goal to put Montour ahead 3-0 late in the first period. Montour's Joe Clarke quickly answered Gary Bucci's 2nd period goal, making it a 4-1 lead for Montour in the third period off a nice pass from Chad Talotta. Bucci would later score on a controversial goal for TJ in the third to cut the Montour lead to 4-2. However, Chad Talotta would give Ross Polk a nice pass as they entered the Thomas Jefferson zone with two minutes to play. Polk took the pass and slapped a nice shot from the top of the faceoff circle for Montour's fifth goal of the game. Montour looks to extend its 3 game winning streak to 4 when they play rival Moon next Monday, November 29th at the Island Sports Center. Thomas Jefferson will next play at home versus South Park on Monday, November 29th at the Rostraver Ice Garden.

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ERIE - Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by McDowell Hockey The McDowell Trojans scored four goals in the first 5:15 of the game and went on to cruise past the Baldwin Highlanders by the score of 8 – 0 in a PIHL game played Wednesday night at the JMC Ice Arena. Eric Trapp scored the first of his two goals just 19 seconds into the game followed with a rebound goal by freshman Miles Gates just 50 seconds later for a quick 2 – 0 Trojan lead. McDowell wasn't finished just yet as freshman Ryan Presnar scored the first of his two goals, unassisted 3:26 into the period. The flurry of goals ended 5:15 into the period as Kaylan Rhoades rifled home a goal and pushed the Trojan lead to 4 – 0 after one period of play. Trapp’s second goal of the game off of a turnover just 10 seconds into the second period was followed by goals from Brian Hammel and Tony Michalak for a 7 – 0 advantage after two periods. Presnar’s second goal of the game midway through the third period accounted for the final score. McDowell goalie John Cleary turned away all 19 shots he faced as the Trojans outshot the Highlanders 41 – 19. McDowell improves their PIHL record to 3–2 (8-3-1 overall) while Baldwin falls to 1-2-1 in the league. Goals by Period: Baldwin / 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 McDowell / 4 - 3 - 1 = 8 Goal Scorers: Baldwin / -None- McDowell / Eric Trapp (2), Ryan Presnar (2), Miles Gates, Kaylan Rhoades, Brian Hammel, Tony Michalak Shots on Goal by Period: Baldwin / 7 - 7 - 5 = 19 McDowell / 17 - 15 - 9 = 41

SOUTHPOINTE - Special Report to Pa Hockey provided by Canon McMillan Canon-McMillan Varsity squad posted a strong showing by beating Elizabeth Forward, 6-1. The win improves the Canon Mac record to 4-0, one of only 4 'AA' teams with an undefeated record after 2 other teams suffered their first loss of the season Monday night. The scoring opened mid-way through the first period when Kyle Harnen tucked a shot in the EF net off a feed from Doug Stanton. Stanton dug the puck out of the corner and drove to the net before sliding a pass to Harnen, who fought off a Warrior defender to get off the shot. Jesse Patnesky also got an assist on the play, continuing the offensive mastery of the Stanton-Patnesky-Harnen line. The first period would end with CM holding the 1-0 lead as Elizabeth Forward netminder Mike Cole hung tough for the first 15 minutes of play, making 11 saves. But the second period has been the strongest period for the Big Macs in each of their first 3 games, and tonight would be no different. Patnesky intercepted an EF clearing attempt and fired a wrist shot in the upper left corner to increase the CM lead to 2-0 at 8:54 of the 2nd. The goal, his team-high 7th of the season, extended Patnesky's goal streak to 4 games. Elizabeth Forward would battle back just over a minute-and-a-half later when a 2-on-1 shot by Jeremy Delmaster turned in to a rebound goal for Casey Burns. But it would be less than 2 minutes again before the score changed again, this time going back in the Big Macs' favor. CM defenseman Josh Tohey took a feed from Justin Cormack and used a Nick Cusolito screen to blast a wrist shot by Cole to restore the 2-goal lead. But Canon Mac wasn't finished just yet. Fifty-four seconds later, freshman Erik McKown buried a back-door pass from Stanton after a scramble in the slot to put Canon-McMillan ahead, 4-1. Cormack would notch his first goal of the night 83 seconds later to continue the CM onslaught and stretch the lead to 5-1. Canon Mac fired 22 shots on goal during the second period alone, a total that would eventually prove to be greater than the Warriors total shots for the entire game. A fired-up Big Mac team came out of the locker room to start the third period with their sights set on finishing off their strong performance. A power play opportunity just 40 seconds in to the final frame gave them their chance to put the game out of reach, and it didn't take long for them to seize the opportunity. Canon Mac won the offensive zone face-off, and Josh Tohey quickly found Cormack streaking toward the EF net, who would post his 2nd goal of the evening just 6 seconds in to the power play. A 5-goal lead was more than enough for the Big Macs, who tightened up defensively and held Elizabeth Forward to just 2 third period shots. Goaltender Drew Stanton totaled 19 saves in the game, while Cole put forth an impressive 37-save effort. Doug Stanton, Patnesky, and Cormack each had 3-point games for Canon Mac, who faces Greater Latrobe on November 22nd. Elizabeth Forward fell to 1-2 with the loss and look to even their record Friday night at South Park.