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MEADVILLE - Special Report to PA Hockey provided by McDowell McDowell's Kaylan Rhoades had two goals and one assist to lead the Trojans to a hard fought 5 - 3 victory at Meadville. McDowell never trailed in the game, but never enjoyed more than a one goal lead in the high energy contest. Tony Michylak and Mark Skirzynski each chipped in with a goal and an assist for McDowell while Adam Haas rounded out the Trojan scoring. Meadville's Pat Leone struck twice while teammate Tyler Learn scored once. Trojan netminder John Cleary stopped 27 of 30 Bulldog shots while Meadville's rookie goaltender stopped 20 of 24 shots with an empty netter closing out the scoring for McDowell. Goals By Period: McDowell / 2 - 2 - 1 = 5 Meadville / 1 - 2 - 0 = 3

Bethel Park Martin Luther King Invitational January 14-17 2005 Friday Bethel Park 6 Hudson 0 Predators 4 North Allegheny 0 Sycamore 4 Lancaster 2 Orchard Park 9 Carmel 1 Saturday Bethel Park 5 Lancaster 0 Hudson 5 Sycamore 1 Carmel 5 North Allegheny 2 Predators 3 Orchard Park 1 Bethel Park 6 Sycamore 0 Lancaster 6 Hudson 5 Orchard Park 4 North Allegheny 1 - Shootout Predators 4 Carmel 3 Sunday Semi-Finals Bethel Park 1 Orchard Park 0 Predators 7 Hudson 1 Championship Predators 2 Bethel Park 0 Congratulations Predators AA ~ 2005 Bethel Park MLK Champions

Every February Pa Hockey goes through the process of picking the top 25 players in Eastern and Western Pennsylvania. Soooo....... after much anguish and paring down a list of about 100 players the Top 25 in Western Pa is here and its sister Top 25 in Eastern Pa is here as well. And if that isn't enough our annual list of the top 5 Fans is here and Top 5 Freshman who have bolted onto the scene as well as our Top 5 coaching performances[ Eastern and Western Pa]. Finally, if you are going to battle or want to build a company the question is who would you want to be on the Board of Directors of that entity....well our Top 10 Scholars are a start and I have a sneaking suspicion some of these kids are Ivy League material and the top 10 'Green Acres Moments in Pa Hockey ! Enjoy it ! Comments are welcome ! And if you don't like it go cry about it on PIHLWeb Discussion Forum ..... The Pa Hockey Top 25 is one reason why it the # 1 Interscholastic Hockey Website in the State of Pennsylvania ! The Pa Hockey Top 25 is now available !

The 21st Chicago Showcase tournament will be played on April 13th through the 17th at the AHAI Center in Naperville, Illinois. Team Pittsburgh and Team Philadelphia will participate again in this years Showcase and the tryouts will be held in March to select the teams to participate in this event. Pa Hockey will be there today to cover all the action !!! Saturday April 16, 2005 Consolation Round Ohio 5 Philadelphia 2 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Highlights: Ohio breaks open a 2-2 game in the 3rd period to defeat Philadelphia. Quarter Finals Minnesota 8 Team SouthEast 2 Wisconsin 4 Team New York 2 North Dakota 4 Team New Jersey 1 Pittsburgh 5 Team California 4 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Highlights: Pittsburgh is down 4-2 with a little over 5 minutes to go in the 3rd. Stephen Adams of Pine Richland scores on the power play to cut it to 4-3 and Mark Polidor of West Allegheny ties the game with 1:40 left on a wraparound. The miracle finish concluded as Mike Penkrot of USC scored on a Dan Sidle [Penn Trafford] rebound with just 24 seconds left to win it. Sunday April 17, 2005 Semi-Finals Minnesota 7 Pittsburgh 1 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Wisconsin 4 North Dakota 3 Finals Minnesota 5 Wisconsin 4 Wednesday April 13, 2005 Team North Dakota 5 Team Pittsburgh 4 Highlights: Furious rally by Team Pittsburgh falls short as Mark Polidor [WA], Ryne Savisky [WA], Mario Panucci [Montour] and Dan Sidle [Penn Trafford] score for Pittsburgh. Team Tri State 7 Team Philadelphia 4 Highlights: Andrew Marenco, George Melanchuk, John Williams, and Jon Golden score for Philly. Thursday April 14, 2005 Team Pittsburgh 3 Team Wisconsin 1 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Highlights: Kyle Sidle [Penn Trafford] , Shane Ferguson [Mt Lebanon] and Mario Panucci [Montour] score and Drew Stanton [Canon McMillan] turns back 26 of 27 shots Team Philadelphia 5 Team Florida 4 Highlights: Philly overcomes a 4-3 defeicit in the 3rd to defeat Fla Friday April 15, 2005 Team Southwest 6 Team Philadelphia 3 Team Pittsburgh 1 Team Northern New England 1 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Highlights: Ryan Zapolski [Cathedral Prep] stops 28 of 29 shots and Ray Gillies scores in the 2nd period as Pittsburgh advances to the quarterfinals ***PLEASE CHECK OUT THE GAME SUMMARIES****

Gateway had a lot of high expectations coming into the 2004-2005 season with a group of seniors who overachieved last season down the stretch and secured a playoff spot in the season’s final week. Coach Lou Biancanello has watched his team play well against some good teams and just awful against some not-so good teams, but the end result has been a disappointing 5-12 season for the Gators. One more loss to this evening’s opponent Shaler would leave Gateway in the cellar of the North Division. Shaler coach Ron Steedle has seen a lot in 20 + years at the helm with Shaler, but has never had a team which scored less than the 2004-2005 squad with just 23 goals in 17 games. The Titans have suffered from players who started out in the program and have departed to places like Shady Side Academy or North Allegheny or are playing in a beer league or bantam program near you. So coaching this team has been a challenge, but this team made up of a handful of seniors and mostly underclassmen including almost a dozen freshman who have competed in the lineup, has never quit and has improved drastically from the season’s first half as evidenced by the past four games where Shaler has been leading, tied or trailing by a goal entering the final period. Shaler played a very efficient first period keeping the Gators out of their end and getting a few quality chances of their own on J.D. Dominick. The Titans hard work paid off with 2:30 remaining in the opening period as sophomore Will Moushey pounced on a rebound and beat Dominick to give Shaler a 1-0 lead. The 2nd period was a little different as Gateway had a couple of chances, but this time it was Titan goaltender Ben Burns stoning the Gators on all of the 21 shots through the first two periods. Shaler went on the power play midway through the 2nd and capitalized as freshman Robert Kuhn chipped a rebound past J.D. Dominick to give the Titans a 2-0 lead, which they took to the locker room for the ice cut. Gateway came out storming in the 3rd and would outshoot Shaler 15-3 in the third period, but Ben Burns was phenomenal and looked like the Gators would not beat him, until Ryan Whitfield found a wide open chance with 9:57 left in regulation to put the Gators back within one at 2-1. Shaler had a great opportunity with a little over five minutes to play as P.J. Domski had a breakaway, but shot it wide of Dominick. The Gators took an undisciplined penalty with a little over three minutes left, but Shaler could not capitalize keeping the score at 2-1. Gateway pulled the goalie for the extra attacker and made it count as Michael Delorenzo burst down the slot and lofted a wrist shot through traffic which eluded Burns to tie the game with just 14 seconds left in the regulation. Then in the overtime, it was DeLorenzo again, a kid who I coached at Gateway as a freshman and was looked at as a liability by many Gateway people [but not me] and is now Gateway’s best player [aside from goaltender J.D. Dominick] and wasn’t even nominated for an all-star position. DeLorenzo took this game into his hands and took the Gators from being 14 seconds into last place to winning a crucial game in overtime by scoring on a wrist shot from the slot to give Gateway a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory and put them back within striking distance for a playoff spot down the stretch.