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12/18 - Dawgs use strong finish to polish off Mustangs !
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 17, 2001 4:00PM PST
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MONROEVILLE -
December at the Golden Mile, a place where anyone with sanity would love spending a Tuesday evening watching or possibly coaching a game. Witness Meadville coach Jamie Plunkett, of 'House of Chills' fame in attendance to coach his Bulldogs against a Plum Mustangs team locked in a battle for supremacy in the PIHL AAA East division.
Coach Stu Relnick's club was looking to defeat a team ahead of them in the overall standings, which failed to happen in the Mustangs losses this season to South Division leader Bethel Park and North Division leader Shaler. The Dawgs are trying to keep pace with North Allegheny in the West Division. Bottom line ...this was an important game in the standings for both clubs.
The first period was scoreless and as even as the shots on goal at 8-8. Plum's B.J. Schreib and Meadville's Dan O'Sharuk were not tested with many quality chances.
In the second, Tim Newhook showed quick hands as he manuevered around the Plum defense in tight and beat Schreib to make in 1-0 with 8:22 left. Exactly three minutes later, D.J. Craven scooped up a Brian Bahurinsky rebound and deposited the puck behind Schreib to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead at 5:22.
The next goal would be pivitol to start the third and Meadville's Christian Nickerson got it just 22 seconds into the final frame on a rebound. The Bulldogs Newhook tallied his second of the evening at 10:11 and Meadville was well on its way to victory.
Plum's Travis Senchur broke the shutout on the penalty shot with 7:23 remaining, but any Plum hope was quickly erased as Ricky Thomas scored with 3:24 left. Senchur closed out the scoring as Meadville picked up its 7th win in its past eight games to close out the first half of the season at 8-2-1.
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12/17 - Shaler mounts big comeback to tie Gators !
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 17, 2001 4:00PM PST
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MONROEVILLE -
Shaler is atop the PIHL North Division this season under Rich Michlowski and is a surprise team in that role. Gateway on the other hand is in a battle with Plum in the PIHL East division.
The Gators came out like world beaters in the opening frame and outhit, outworked and outshot (16-5) the Titans in every aspect of the game. Results were evident as Justin Scott, Matt Kopaczynski and Lucas Pepper tallied to give Gateway a 3-0 lead.
In the second, Shaler came back as John Kearney took a pass in the slot and beat David Himes to get the Titans on the board. Shaler took advantage of some sloppy play by the Gators to outshoot them 10-8 in the middle period.
In the final period, Chris Manchester scored on the power play on a bang bang play and all of the sudden Shaler was within one.
Tim Szczpinski, who plays like he's a nose tackle in a football game, got the tying goal with a little over five minutes to play.
The Gators had several chances including the power play at the end of the third and into overtime. The best coming as Ken McLeary's backhander went over the open net in the final minute of OT. Gateway outshot Shaler 38-27 on the night. ![image](https://photos-images.active.com/file/1/60/604905/original/e2201e8f-b163-4e99-9b7c-f1022fbb006f.gif)
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12/18 - Dawgs use strong finish to polish off Mustangs !
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 17, 2001 4:00PM PST
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MONROEVILLE -
December at the Golden Mile, a place where anyone with sanity would love spending a Tuesday evening watching or possibly coaching a game. Witness Meadville coach Jamie Plunkett, of 'House of Chills' fame in attendance to coach his Bulldogs against a Plum Mustangs team locked in a battle for supremacy in the PIHL AAA East division.
Coach Stu Relnick's club was looking to defeat a team ahead of them in the overall standings, which failed to happen in the Mustangs losses this season to South Division leader Bethel Park and North Division leader Shaler. The Dawgs are trying to keep pace with North Allegheny in the West Division. Bottom line ...this was an important game in the standings for both clubs.
The first period was scoreless and as even as the shots on goal at 8-8. Plum's B.J. Schreib and Meadville's Dan O'Sharuk were not tested with many quality chances.
In the second, Tim Newhook showed quick hands as he manuevered around the Plum defense in tight and beat Schreib to make in 1-0 with 8:22 left. Exactly three minutes later, D.J. Craven scooped up a Brian Bahurinsky rebound and deposited the puck behind Schreib to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead at 5:22.
The next goal would be pivitol to start the third and Meadville's Christian Nickerson got it just 22 seconds into the final frame on a rebound. The Bulldogs Newhook tallied his second of the evening at 10:11 and Meadville was well on its way to victory.
Plum's Travis Senchur broke the shutout on the penalty shot with 7:23 remaining, but any Plum hope was quickly erased as Ricky Thomas scored with 3:24 left. Senchur closed out the scoring as Meadville picked up its 7th win in its past eight games to close out the first half of the season at 8-2-1.
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12/13 - Prep works hard to earn 3-3 tie with Gators
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 13, 2001 4:00PM PST
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MONROEVILLE -
Cathedral Prep coach Nels White was very optimistic prior to the start of this season that his team had positive attitudes and a good work ethic lacking from his team the past few years. The Ramblers faced a Gateway team that loves to muck and grind with the best of them.
Just 16 seconds into the game, Matt WBF Kopaczynski broke through the ECP defense and beat Jon Freeman to the stick side and Gateway had a 1-0 lead. That was easy enough. The battle for territorial play continued through the opening frame and Cathedral Prep got its first break of the night as Tyler Wallen's shot from the point glanced off a Gator defenseman and past Davd Himes to tie the game at 1-1.
In the secod period, the Gators regained the lead as freshman Mike DeLorenzo's blooper shot beat a screened Freeman to make it 2-1 at 7:51. Prep got its next break as an apparant offsides went unoticed and Adam Gerlach tie the game at 2-2.
Early in the third period, Gateway smothered the Ramblers and it paid off as freshman Mark Wroblewski scored to give Gateway another lead 3-2. But Prep answered as Sam Namey tied the game with a little over five minutes to go in the third to make the final 3-3.
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12/14 - Could there be parity in the PIHL AAA ?
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 13, 2001 4:00PM PST
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DELMONT -
Franklin Regional entered their contest with Meadville with a 2-4-1 record and looking for answers. The Bulldogs on the other hand were looking to keep pace with North Allegheny in the PIHL AAA West division.
In the first period, Chris White pounced on a loose rebound and beat Danny O'Sharuk to give FR a 1-0 lead. Panther goaltender Brandon Stallard made several nice stops to keep the Bulldogs off the scoreboard.
Then Meadville struck quickly as Brian Bahurinsky rammed home a Justin Wehrle rebound at 5:38 and David Moyer drilled a slapshot on the ice past Stallard just 39 seconds later to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead. But Franklin showed resilience as Jimmy Daugherty worked the puck out of the corner and fed Mike Roth at point blank range, who beat O'Sharuk to tie the game.
Meadville almost regained the lead as Christian Nickerson hit the post and watched as the puck danced across the goal line and found its way under Stallard with just 11 seconds left in the middle period. The Bulldogs regained the momentum in the 3rd as Phil Sivird walked out of the corner and snapped a shot upstairs at 7:52 to make the score 3-2.
The Panthers just wouldn't quit as Chris White found Roth on the back end of a give and go and just got his stick out to score past O'Sharuk and give Franklin a 3-3 tie. Stallard made a great save on Bahurinsky 25 seconds into overtime as he stopped 34 of 37 Meadville shots.
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