Montour Spartans

Results from the 11th annual Erie McDowell Invitational Hockey Tournament held December 10-12,2004 Grand Island,NY 5 Harborcreek 1 Beavercreek,OH 3 Harborcreek 3 Orchard Park 3 Erie McDowell 0 Youngstown Stars 5 Beavercreek 3 Mercyhurst Prep 6 State College 2 Erie McDowell 5 Grand Island 2 Mercyhurst Prep 3 Youngstown Stars 0 Harborcreek 5 State College 2 Mercyhurst Prep 6 Beavercreek OH 5 McDowell 4 Youngstown Stars 2 Orchard Park 8 State College 0 Grand Island 1 Orchard Park 0 Preliminary Standings AAA Orchard Park ~ 11.0 Grand Island ~ 10.5 Erie McDowell ~ 7.5 State College ~ 1.0 Preliminary Standings AA Mercyhurst Prep ~ 14.0 Harborcreek ~ 7.5 Youngstown Stars ~ 5.5 Beavercreek OH ~ 4.5 AAA Championship: Orchard Park 4 Grand Island 3 - Overtime Note: Orchard Park wins title in shootout AA Championship Game: Mercyhurst Prep 7 Harborcreek 4

October 28, 29, 30 & 31 2004 Kittanning Invitational PRELIMINARY ROUND Thursday's Results Serra Catholic 5 Indiana 4 Kittanning 8 Freeport 2 Friday's Results Butler 6 Freeport 2 Downingtown East 4 Serra Catholic 3 Kittanning 5 Butler 3 Saturday's Results Downingtown East 5 Indiana 3 Playoff Round Butler 3 Indiana 2 Serra Catholic 10 Freeport 1 Semi-Finals Kittanning 6 Butler 2 Downingtown East 4 Serra Catholic 3 OT Shootout ***GAME SUMMARIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE*** CHAMPIONSHIP Downingtown East 7 Kittanning 3 ***GAME SUMMARIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE***

Greensburg CC Invitational September 13 - October 25 Final - Penn Trafford 4 Franklin Regional 0 ***GAME SUMMARY IS NOW AVAILABLE*** Semi-Finals: Franklin Regional 5 Fox Chapel 0 Highlights: Joe Ferriero 2 goals & 1 assist & Adam Treml with the shutout Penn Trafford 5 Plum 0 Highlights: Nick Whaley with 3 Goals & 2 assists, Kyle Sidle with 1 goal & 1 assist and Joel Sterniak with the shutout ***CLICK ON THE LOGO FOR THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE AND HISTORY OF THE GCC Invitational and check out GAME SUMMARIES for the 2004 GCC Invitational Final Story ...Only on Pa Hockey ***

Check out all the action on the Pa Hockey Network brought to by Bx Video as PA Hockey brings us on Demand Internet Television from Center Ice Arena ~ 2004 Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase Semi-Finals between Bethel Park and Upper St Clair DELMONT ~ Everyone in Western Pennsylvania knows how explosive that Upper St Clair is on the offensive side and coach John Harford’s club ripped through their bracket whipping Gateway 8-1, Chartiers Valley 14-4 and Indiana 8-0 to gain the medal round of the 2004 Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase. The Panthers are a very talented club who would be looking to put another notch on their belt against archrival Bethel Park. The Hawks entered the medal round after defeating Shaler 9-0, Thomas Jefferson 10-3 and Franklin Regional 4-2 to gain the medal round for the 2nd consecutive year. Coach Jim McVay’s club displayed their depth and was looking to shut down Upper St Clair’s scoring frenzy in the preliminary round. USC’s David Crockett would strike first at 11:46 beating Bryce Merriam with a wrist shot to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. Bethel Park answered at 5:58 of the 1st as Tim O’Brien scored after a nice feed from Ken Lehman to tie the game at one apiece. Upper St Clair would capitalize on rare sloppy play by the Bethel Park defense as Jono Lohman found a loose puck in Bryce Merriam’s feet and gave USC a 2-1 lead a 4:02. Coach Jim McVay replaced Merriam with Rick McLuckie and the Panthers didn’t waste any time baptizing the new BP goaltender as Mike Penkrot overpowered the Hawk goaltender with a blistering slapshot from the top of the circle just 6 seconds after Lohman’s goal to give USC a 3-1 lead with 3:56 left in the opening period. If their was a turning point of this hockey game it came midway through the second period when USC’s Andrew Blazek got loose behind the Bethel defense and ticketed a shot for the upper corner, but Bryce Merriam snatched the puck with the glove hand to keep the deficit at two goals for Bethel Park. The Hawks fed of their goaltenders big save and after some hard work by the 5 man BP unit, Graham Cohen scored from just in front at 2:50 to cut the USC advantage to 3-2. On to the third period and Bethel Park continued its siege on Panther goaltender Kevin Gorder, who face 31 Hawks shots on the evening. Tim O’Brien would score a beautiful goal at 13:35, as the lanky BP forward circled from behind the net and whistled a backhand upstairs over the glove of Gorder to tie the game and give the Hawks all the momentum. Bethel Park went on the power play at 10:40 and would take the lead at 10:07 as Michael Diethorn scored on an assist to Conner McLean and Ed Bendik. Bethel would add an insurance goal just 50 seconds later as Mike Poljak scored after a nice play by Ken Lehman, who picked up his 13th assist of the Showcase in just 4 games. The Hawks would shut down USC the rest of the way and move on to the Director’s Cup final for the 4th time in 6 years.

Check out all the action on the Pa Hockey Network brought to by Bx Video as PA Hockey brings us on Demand Internet Television from Center Ice Arena ~ 2004 Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase Semi-Finals between Penn Trafford and North Allegheny DELMONT ~ Penn Trafford was enjoying their first trip to the Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase and although Head Coach Todd Purvis has been here before, ironically as the coach of North Allegheny, the Warriors players were experiencing the medal round for the first time. PT gained a spot in the semi-finals with two impressive victories over the # 1 ranked in Class AA, Canon McMillan and Central Catholic, by identical 6-2 scores and a 3-2 victory over Greensburg CC. North Allegheny is the defending Director’s Cup champions and head coach Tom Pandolfo was looking to make the 2004 Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase a hat trick after the Tigers captured the St Margaret’s Fall Face Off in October and the Central Catholic Invitational in November. NA reached the medal round with wins over Plum 5-1, South Park 5-1 and a hard fought 3-3 overtime tie with a very good Montour team. Early on in this semi-final game, Penn Trafford and North Allegheny displayed some real physical play, but the Warriors may have gotten too involved at 12:03 being whistled for interference and putting the lethal Tigers on the power play. North Allegheny would capitalize at 11:42 as Garrett Waldschmidt scored to give NA a 1-0 lead. The Tigers would hold the lead into the second period as the teams settled onto a very physical and defensive battle. Penn Trafford was able to match North Allegheny with 11 shots apiece but could not beat Jeff Kristan. NA would extend the lead at 4:15 of the middle frame as Garrett Waldschmidt would pick up his second goal on an assist from brother Wes at 4:15 to make it 2-0. Penn Trafford came on in the third period and held the Tigers to just 3 shots, but Wes Waldschmidt would make the most of one of the at 11:40 to give North Allegheny a 3-0 lead. Penn Trafford just kept on working and finally broke Kristan and the NA defense on the power play at 5:36 of the 3rd as Tim Cortazzo scored on a Chris Cerutti rebound to cut the lead to 3-1. The Warriors continued to press to get back in the contest, but the Tigers would hold them off and gain the Director’s Cup final for the second straight year.