Baldwin Highlanders - 1975 & 1988 AAA

Pool Play Friday January 14th Toledo St Francis 4 Meadville 1 Ø Toledo St Francis breaks open a 2-1 game with two empty net goals by Charlie Fox and Anthony Long. Andy Hafner and Brian Bilius gave St Francis a 2-0 lead with goals 2 ½ minutes apart in the 2nd period, but Meadville’s Nick Fedorka scored with :42 left in the period to cut the lead to 2-1. Cleveland St Ignatius 9 Cathedral Prep 0 Ø Kevin Colleran and Tim O’Shaughnessy scored hat tricks and Steve Hruby faced only 12 shots as the Wildcats skunked Cathedral Prep in the Pool Play opener. Mt Lebanon 7 Thomas Jefferson 2 Ø Chad Uddstrom picks up the hat trick and James Cichra with 2 goals as Mt Lebanon breezes to easy win over TJ as Blue Devils outshoot the Jaguars 37-12 LaSalle 3 Central Catholic 1 Ø Over 4 ½ hour drive and a trip to Meadville results in a re-match of the 1998 Pennsylvania State AAA finals in which the Explorers won and they defeated Central Catholic again to win their opener in pool play Saturday January 15th Cleveland St Ignatius 5 Thomas Jefferson 2 Ø Ignatius forward Dan McLain scored a goal and picked up two assists as the Wildcats defeated Thomas Jefferson 5-2 in pool play. Brock Heinauer and Dan Jantzi scored for the Jaguars. Mt Lebanon 6 Cathedral Prep 0 Ø 6 different Blue Devils chipped in with goals as Mt Lebanon swamped Cathedral Prep 6-0. Mike Roman, Rick Beuke, Brandon Dornish, Tony Valerino, Bryan Colligan and Steve Millshouse scored at the Blue Devils clinched a spot in the semi-finals. Matt Stein picks up the shutout for Mt Lebo. Central Catholic 1 Meadville 1 Ø Meadville and Central played to a 0-0 game for three periods and a five minute overtime earlier this season. The Vikings Doug Dietrich scored with 9:03 remaining in the 3rd period, but the Bulldogs Nick Fedorka scored the game tying goal with 3:04 left as the teams fought to another tie. CC’s Bob Magyrics and Meadville’s Brian Danczak both had solid games between the pipes. LaSalle 7 Toledo St Francis 1 Ø LaSalle’s Steve Klenk had a breakout game with two goals and three assists as the Explorer’s smoked St Francis with 7 unanswered goals. L.G Gattison added two goals and two assists and Gino Naticchione and Tom Hartman tallied a goal and an assist for LaSalle. Cathedral Prep 3 Thomas Jefferson 2 Ø Ryan Zapolski is considered one of the top goaltender’s in the State of Pennsylvania and showed why stopping 47 out of 49 shots as the Ramblers edged Thomas Jefferson. Ken Zambryzcki scored two goals including the game winner and Nathan Bond added a goal for ECP. Joe Moore and Corey Joseph scored goals for the Jaguars. Mt Lebanon 3 Cleveland St Ignatius 2 Ø Craig Anderson’s goal with 1:18 remaining in the 2nd period proved to be the difference as Mt Lebanon holds off the Wildcats. Matt Stein stops 23 of 25 shots for the Blue Devils and Chad Uddstrom and James Cichra score goals. Joe Boehm and Jack Ubbing score for St Ignatius as both teams advanced to the semi-finals on Sunday. Toledo St Francis 6 Central Catholic 1 Ø St Francis clinched a spot in the Semi-Finals with a victory over Central Catholic. Anthony Long scored two goals and Alex Majewski and Andrew Hafner added a goal and an assist for Toledo. Meadville 1 LaSalle 1 Ø Meadville and semi-final bound LaSalle played a hard fought contest and the Explorers came out on top on a goal by George Oliver at 13:07 of the 3rd period on a wrist shot high over the glove hand of Brian Danczak. Ken Wochele continued his strong play in the tournament with a shutout win for the Explorers. Sunday January 16th Semi-Finals ~ LaSalle 4 St Ignatius 1 Ø In a fast paced and physical semi-final contest between LaSalle and St Ignatius, the Explorers Ken Wochele stopped 30 of 31 Wildcat shots and John Williams scored twice to lead LaSalle into the finals of the Bulldog Invitational. Steve Klenk and Gino Naticchione also added goals for the Explorers, while Dan McLain scored the lone St Ignatius goal late in the 1st period. Semi-Finals ~ Mt Lebanon 4 Toledo St Francis 1 Ø St Francis dominated the early going and the majority of the 1st period as Anthony Long scored to put his club on top 1-0. The turning point of the hockey game came with 1:58, as Lebo’s Matt Bartkowski scored an apparent goal that was waived off on an offsides call. This gave the Blue Devils a spark and Chad Uddstrom tipped a Brandon Dornish slapshot from the left point for the 1st Mt Lebanon tally with 56 seconds remaining to tie the game. The Blue Devils never looked back as Uddstrom scored his 2nd goal and Tony Valerino added two more for a 4-1 win and a trip to the finals