Shaler Titans

VALENCIA - What a difference ten days makes in a season......On 11/21...Jeff Smouse's Kittanning club scored an exciting 3-2 overtime victory over powerful South Park, which confirmed the Wildcats comeback streak of three in a row after an 0-2 start. On the same night, Hampton moved to 2-1 and into first place in the PIHL AA North with a convincing 4-1 victory over arch-rival Pine Richland. For Hampton head coach Craig Clontz, he was looking ahead at the schedule after the PR game and saw Greensburg CC and Kittanning as big tests for his young team and after the thumping the Centarians put on Hampton, he was looking for a better effort against Kittanning. The first period see-sawed as both teams jabbed in a tennis match through the first 7 1/2 minutes. Kittanning had the first opportunity on the power play and Zach Cain scored at the 6:41 mark to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead. Then with 3:10 remaining, Hampton's Brian Troiano made a spectacular save on Dustin Kellner, but Joel Shriver pounced on the rebound and buried it to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead after one. Coach Clontz tried to rally his troops early in the second, but an undisciplined penalty behind the play put Kittanning on the power play and at 12:54 Brandon Beatty's shot from the point deflected off a Talbot defenseman in front and behind Troiano for a huge goal and a 3-0 lead for Kittanning. The flood gates opened late in the middle period as Lee Heilman [4:05] and Shriver [3:01] score to give the Wildcats a commanding 5-0 lead. Pat Schneidier and Luke Heller added third period goals and Adam Toy stopped everything the Talbot threw at him to coast to a 7-0 victory at the Ice Connection.