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12/14 - Could there be parity in the PIHL AAA ?

Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 13, 2001 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
DELMONT - Franklin Regional entered their contest with Meadville with a 2-4-1 record and looking for answers. The Bulldogs on the other hand were looking to keep pace with North Allegheny in the PIHL AAA West division. In the first period, Chris White pounced on a loose rebound and beat Danny O'Sharuk to give FR a 1-0 lead. Panther goaltender Brandon Stallard made several nice stops to keep the Bulldogs off the scoreboard. Then Meadville struck quickly as Brian Bahurinsky rammed home a Justin Wehrle rebound at 5:38 and David Moyer drilled a slapshot on the ice past Stallard just 39 seconds later to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead. But Franklin showed resilience as Jimmy Daugherty worked the puck out of the corner and fed Mike Roth at point blank range, who beat O'Sharuk to tie the game. Meadville almost regained the lead as Christian Nickerson hit the post and watched as the puck danced across the goal line and found its way under Stallard with just 11 seconds left in the middle period. The Bulldogs regained the momentum in the 3rd as Phil Sivird walked out of the corner and snapped a shot upstairs at 7:52 to make the score 3-2. The Panthers just wouldn't quit as Chris White found Roth on the back end of a give and go and just got his stick out to score past O'Sharuk and give Franklin a 3-3 tie. Stallard made a great save on Bahurinsky 25 seconds into overtime as he stopped 34 of 37 Meadville shots. imageimage
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12/13 - Penn Trafford defeats Woody High !

Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 12, 2001 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
MONROEVILLE - In 1994-95, Penn Trafford coach Gary Artz was the first coach at Woodland Hills and was on the opposite end of a lot of lopsided scores when he inherited a very inexperienced group. So when Penn Trafford came calling for Artz to coach, he had to say here we go again. In the first period, the Warriors came out flying as David Rogina (13:39) and Kyle Sidle (10:05) tallied scores to make it 2-0. The Wolverines Jon Yearsley brought his team one goal closer with a goal at 6:26. Penn Trafford pressed in the second period and Tim Gribbin made several key stops to keep the one goal differential. The best save for Woody High came as PT's Clint Clifford tried the wrap around, but WH's defensman Ryan Wilt dove and made a great play the keep the goal out with 7:59 left. Then Pat Finnerty pulled Woodland Hills into a tie with a wrist shot with just :17 seconds left. The Wolverines had a ton of momentum going to the third and Gribbin continued to stand out in the nets. As they started the game, Penn Trafford came out hard in the 3rd and Clint Clifford's wrist shot past Gribbin gave the Warriors the lead. Glenn Bowersox closed out the scoring with 4:27 left to give PT a 4-2 victory. The Warriors outshot Woody High 37-19. imageimage
MOON TWP - Serra coach John Mooney knows his two time defending state champion Serra Eagles are not in championship form, in fact they finally were back to a full lineup for the first time all season due to suspensions and injuries. Just in time for a rematch between last years top two Class A teams. The first period was a very conservative battle and equally played with the shots at 7-7. The best scoring chance came as Serra freshman Josh Jones was robbed by Luke Belsky with just two seconds remaining. The second period brought on a little more action as Quigley's Mike Haney picked up a rebound from Chris Cummings shot and scored to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead. Then Quigley took a couple of bad penalties, which woke up Serra and Jesse Lubasch blasted a shot on the ice past Belsky to knot the game at one apiece with 2:55 remaining. A little over a minute later Lubasch set up C.J. King, who wristed a wicked shot past Belsky and all the sudden Serra had the lead 2-1, which it took to the locker room. Serra outshot the Spartans 15-7 in the 2nd period. Quigley pressed for the tie early in the third as Al Randolph found Haney on the back door, who beat Timmy Johnson to deadlock the game again. Serra attempted to regain the lead as Lubasch hit Steve Leppo on the breakaway with a perfect pass, but they could not beat Belsky at the eleven minute mark. Less than a minute later, Ken Lytle found a loose puck and beat Johnson to give the Spartans a 3-2 lead. The Serra picked up its game and poured shots on Belsky outshooting Quigley 14-7 in the period. Kane hit the post on the power play, Leppo missed the open net wth three minutes left and Serra was buzzin. Serra pulled the goalie with a little over a minute to play and a great play by Leppo, who jumped in the air, and what seemed like a play all in one motion, wristed the puck past Belsky to tie the game with just 54 seconds remaining. All the sudden the rust was off for the defending champs and the puck movement was dominating in the third and OT for Serra. But in the end it was Belsky, who made an incredible on Justin Lubasch on the backdoor with just 1.5 seconds left in the overtime. imageimage
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12/9 - Gators outlast McDowell

Posted by Jeff Mauro at Dec 9, 2001 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
ERIE - The JMC Arena, formerly known as the Glenwood Zoo, in Erie has been the scene of many historic high school hockey games over the years. The first state final in 1975 which saw the comeback kids from Baldwin defeat Churchill in overtime. A return in of the State Final in 1979,for Churchill to captured the crown over Erie McDowell. And the Upper St Clair victory over McDowell in 1980 to capture its first of three state titles. Steve Daniels must have had karma on the same ice in which his uncles Verne and Brian Shaver, once tallied goals more than 20 years ago because the Gator defenseman moved the puck toward the net and watched as if the puck had eyes on it floated past Trojan goaltender Chris Honard at 8:53 to give Gateway a 1-0 lead. That lead stood as Honard and David Himes kept the puck out of the net until 10:46 of the third as Matt Kopaczynski scored to extend the Gateway lead to 2-0. McDowell coach Marlin Coon had to be scrathing his head and he was looking for answers, when all the sudden his captain Travis Blackman found a loose puck and beat Himes to cut the Gator lead at 8:07. Back came the Gators just 25 sceconds later, as Zach Flora took a beautiful cross ice feed from Kopaczynski and roof it past Honard and the Gators had the two goal lead. McDowell struck another 29 seconds later as Chris McDonald poked a loose puck into the Gateway net to make it 3-2. Then McDowell got into penalty trouble and Matt Capalongo made them pay as he jammed home a rebound with 1:14 left to give Gateway a safe or so it seemed safe 4-2 lead. Not so fast as Sean Stutzman grab a Gator miscue and scored with :43 seconds remaining. Gateway hung on for the victory and outshot the Trojans 36-33. image
VALENCIA - Early game in Erie...over at seven ....catch the 9:00 PM game at the Ice Connection... Why not!. A rivalry between Hampton and Pine Richland is always fun and with first place on the line in the PIHL North division, it makes it just a little more meaningful. Hampton coach Craig Clontz hope to make a statement as his club sat just a half game behing the Rams and would have to solve the tough Pine Richland defense. Ram defenseman Randy Bauer, who is probably the premier all around defenseman in high school hockey had other ideas as he blasted a long slapshot past Hampton goaltender Troiano at 8:53 to give Pine Richland a 1-0 lead. In the second period, it was Zach Malone taking a great feed from Mike Kearns and beat Troiano with a quick wrister at 6:28. At the other end, Dan Mills made a great save on Mark Persic to preserve the two goal cushion at 3:38. On to the third .... Hampton recieved an opportunity on the 5 on 3 and capitalized when Neal Klueber blasted a slapshot home to give the Hampton faithful new home and cut the lead to 2-1. It was shortlived hope as Kearns spotted Adam Foder in front who poked the puck past Troiano and the lead was now 3-1. The Rams Ryan Tessmer sealed the victory for Pine Richland with 1:56 remaining with a wrist shot through the five hole and a final score of 4-1. imageimage