PIHL Notebook – 01/20/2014

By: HSSN Staff
Monday, January 20, 2014 | 4:14 PM

Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. First up, “Melting the Ice” provides your weekly thermometer of streaking teams around the league. Plus, this week’s “Scoreboard Watch” includes a pair of close contests in Class AAA heard on these airwaves, an exciting upset in Section 3-AA and some Open Class action featuring the programs of West Virginia. So, let’s light the lamp on this edition of “PIHL Notebook.”

MELTING THE ICE (Records listed indicate current unbeaten streak):

Class AAA: Bethel Park (9-0-0); North Allegheny (5-0-1); State College (2-0-1)

Class AA: Chartiers Valley (5-0-0); Latrobe (1-0-2)

Class A: Quaker Valley (6-0-0); Freeport (5-0-0); Thomas Jefferson (3-0-0); Deer Lakes (3-0-0)

Open Class: Baldwin (9-0-0); Harbor Creek (8-0-0); Hempfield (4-0-0); Peters Township (3-0-0); Morgantown (3-0-0)

SCOREBOARD WATCH:

Class AAA

1/13/14 – Non-Section: Butler 1-2-3=6, Canon-McMillan 1-2-2=5 (MSA)

Shots on Goal: CM 30, BU 26

Game-Winner: Troy Double PP (Dalton Scott) @ 9:19 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Nicholas Whann, BU (1 G, 3 A); #2 Austin Tonkovich, CM (3 G, 1 PP); #1 Double, BU (3 G, 2 PP, 1 A)

1/14/14 – Non-Section: Peters Township 1-1-3=5, Pine-Richland 0-1-2=3 (MSA)

Shots on Goal: PT 27, PR 27

Game-Winner: Giovanni Carbonara (Jacob Dachille, Gavin Rebholz) @ 13:56 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Andrew Vislosky, PR (2 A); #2 Carbonara, PT (2 G, 1 PP); #1 Tony Lejeune, PT (24 SV)

1/14/14 – Non-Section: Bethel Park 2-1-1=4, Seneca Valley 1-1-0=2

Shots on Goal: BP 42, SV 26

Game-Winner: Louie McLinden (Ethan Wdowiak; Derek Lesnak) @ 2:04 of 2nd

Three Stars: #3 McLinden, BP (2 G, 1 EN); #2 Zach Davis, BP (24 SV); #1 Tanner Pfeffer, SV (38 SV)

Class AA

1/13/14 – Section 3: Erie Cathedral Prep 2-2-3=7, Armstrong 0-1-3=4

Shots on Goal: EP 37, AR 33

Game-Winner: John Colvin (Brandon Gotkin) @ 1:53 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Grant Kennedy, EP (29 SV); #2 Ben Eliason, EP (2 G, 1 A); #1 Christian Miller, AR (3 G, 2 PP, 1 A)

1/13/14 – Section 4: Plum 2-1-2-0=5, Latrobe 2-1-2-0=5 (OT)

Shots on Goal: PL 39, LA 28

Game-Tying: Adam Ferguson (Joseph Wright, Brendan Johns) @ 15:12 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Ferguson, LA (2 G, 1 A); #2 Timothy Ruppen, LA (34 SV); #1 Joe Randazzo, PL (3 G, 2 PP, 2 A)

1/13/14 – Non-Section: Moon 2-2-2=6, Hampton 1-2-2=5

Shots on Goal: HA 33, MN 28

Game-Winner: Jacob Fortwangler (Alexander Ottaviani) @ 5:18 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Zachary Kosick, HA (2 G); #2 Brendan Walkom, MN (2 G); #1 Dustin Egenlauf, MN (2 G, 1 PP, 1 A)

Class A

1/16/14 – Section 3: Bishop McCort 1-0-0=1, Serra Catholic 0-0-0=0

Shots on Goal: BM 41, SC 27

Game-Winner: Connor Bunn (Conner Hagins, Daniel Formica) @ 14:41 of 1st

Three Stars: #3 Bunn, BM (GWG); #2 Ian Ritchie, SC (40 SV); #1 John Bradley, BM (27 SV)

1/16/14 – Non-Section: Freeport 2-2-4=8, South Park 0-3-1=4

Shots on Goal: FR 27, SP 21

Game-Winner: Hunter Kepple PP (Robert Reichenbaugh, Tyler Sherrieb) @ 1:05 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Tanner Orr, SP (2 G, 1 A); #2 Thomas Intieri, FR (2 G, 1 PP, 1 A); #1 Nick Rusak FR (3 G, 2 A)

1/16/14 – Non-Section: Thomas Jefferson 2-2-2=6, Mars 0-1-0=1

Shots on Goal: TJ 36, MA 32

Game-Winner: Tommy Kimmick (Brendan Mason, Michael Krieger) @ 13:45 of 1st

Three Stars: #3 Kimmick, TJ (GWG); #2 Zach Uhlyar, TJ (2 G, 1 A); #1 Nick Ripepi, TJ (31 SV)

Open Class

1/13/14 – Section 1: Morgantown 0-3-3=6, John Marshall 0-1-1=2

Shots on Goal: MO 31, JM 27

Game-Winner: Nate Frisbee SH (Unassisted)

Three Stars: #3 Joshua Merriman, JM (2 G); #2 Jacob Hough, MO (25 SV); #1 Cullen Gookin, MO (3 G, 1 PP)

1/16/14– Section 1: Wheeling Central Catholic 3-2-3=8, Wheeling Park 1-1-1=3

Shots on Goal: WP 47, WC 24

Game-Winner: Michael Tighe (Anthony Basil) @ 11:21 of 2nd

Three Stars: #3 Ben Duplaga, WC (1 G, 3 A); #2 Gus Heath, WC (44 SV); #1 Tighe, WC (5 G, 3 PP)

1/16/14 – Non-Section: Hempfield 2-0-0=2, Carrick 1-0-0=1

Shots on Goal: HE 41, CA 21

Game-Winner: Nicholas Spino (Anthony Ciocca, David Adams) @ 15:51 of 1st

Three Stars: #3 Spino, HE (GWG); #2 Garrett Ciaramella, HE (20 SV); #1 Nathan Norkevicus, HE (40 SV)

That wraps up this edition of “PIHL Notebook,” but check back every Monday through March for more news from around the league. In the meantime, Adam Hoerner and Josh Rowntree host another episode of “The PIHL Power Play” this Wednesday night at 8:00. Joining us this week will be Greensburg Salem forward Logan Davis, Pittsburgh Central Catholic head coach William Connelly and North Hills bench boss Brandon Dudt-Mulzet. Your home for the 2014 Penguins Cup Playoffs is the MSA Sports Network!