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MONROEVILLE - Mt Lebanon Coach Paul Taibi has stressed defensive hockey in his short tenure with the Blue Devils. As any coach knows, great defense is born out of great goaltending. This is an area where Mt Lebanon has struggle the past few years, but has seemed to right itself early on in the 2001-2002 season. Mt Lebanon came out flying in the 1st period outshooting the Gators 12-4 and broke out on top with a pair of Mike Colligan goals, the first just 33 seconds into the game. Less than three minutes later, Colligan chipped a rebound past David Himes to give Mt Lebanon the 2-0 lead. Then just 16 seconds into the second, Mike Jordan scored on a rebound and all the sudden Gateway was in a hole 3-0. But the Gators pressed the attack and gain momentum in the 2nd and it paid off when Rob McCoy scored with 1:46 remaining in the second. That momentum carried forward into the third as Gateway outshot the Blue Devils 23-12 over the last two periods. Matt Kopaczynski buried a wrist shot forty seconds into the 3rd and all the sudden it was a one goal game. Enter Collin Sebastian, the Mt Lebanon goalie who shut the door on the Gators the rest of the way. Mike Colligan completed the hat trick and Jason Schultz added another at the buzzer,both on with Himes pulled as Gateway tried to score. The win sets up a big early season matchup next Monday for Mt Lebanon against Bethel Park.