Announcement
12/6 - Mt Lebanon shuts down North Hills
Posted by Jeff Mauro on
Dec 07 2001
at
04:00PM PST
NEVILLE ISLAND -
North Hills coach Jimmy Black and
Mt Lebanon Paul Taibi have a rivalry back
to Black's days at Pine Richland and
Taibi's at Bethel Park. So familiarity in
coaching style on both ends was evident
and the battle to keep pace with Bethel
Park continues in the PIHL South Division.
If you are going to beat Mt Lebanon,
you must get the lead and that theory was
gone at the 12:27 as Bill Leckenby (son
and nephew of star players for the South
Hills Catholic 1979 State AA
Champions), scored to give the Blue
Devils the lead.
Mt Lebo's big gun Jason Schulz
extended the lead to 2-0 with 5:20
remaining in the first. Mike Colligan had
a great chance to make it a three goal
lead but was stopped on a great save by
Casey Dudt-Mulzet with just :07 left in
the opening frame.
Mt Lebanon and North Hills then
engaged in some end to end action with
both teams trying to get that big goal.
Colligan, considered by many one of the
best two way players in the PIHL,
stripped the puck from an Indian
defenseman and was in alone and beat Dudt
Mulzet upstairs and Mt Lebanon was now on
top 3-0.
North Hills pressured the Blue
Devils toward the end of the second and
almost scored as the puck lay on the goal
line, but Colin Sebastian scooped it up to
preserve the advantage. Shots through two
periods were even at 14-14.
The third period of this contest was
a different story as North Hills kept Mt
Lebo penned up in its own end and outshoot
them 16-2. Sebastian was terrific with
great stickwork and controlling rebounds
to earn the shutout and a big 3-0 win.
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