Baldwin Highlanders - 1975 & 1988 AAA

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.