PIHL Notebook – 12/02/2013

By: HSSN Staff
Monday, December 2, 2013 | 11:39 AM

Welcome to the 2013-14 debut edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. We return this year with two familiar segments while the third gets a facelift. First, we have your weekly thermometer of streaking teams in “Melting the Ice” while also previewing upcoming MSA broadcasts. The “Scoreboard Watch” is also back with a new twist, providing the highlights in more a capsule format while expanding to include the top t here games from each classification during the past week. That means more teams and players get a mention, which is what this little article is all about. So, let’s light the lamp on this season of “PIHL Notebook.”

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

Class AAA: Peters Township (4-0-0); Canon-McMillan (3-0-0); Penn-Trafford (3-0-0)

Class AA: Armstrong (5-0-0); Bishop Canevin (3-0-0)

Class A: Mars (5-0-0); Westmont Hilltop (3-0-0)

Open Class: Morgantown (6-0-0); Greensburg Salem (5-0-0); Peters Township (4-0-0); Indiana (4-0-0); John Marshall (3-0-0); Carrick (3-0-0)

SCOREBOARD WATCH:

Class AAA:

11/25/13 – Non-Section: Pine-Richland 2-2-5—9, Butler 1-2-2—5

Shots on Goal: PR 41, BU 48

Game-Winner: Ryan Cole PP (Nicholas Matelan, Matthew Cole) @ 6:48 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Connor Scott, BU (2 G, 1 A); #2 Cole, PR (GWG, 4 A); #1 Matelan, PR (4 G, 2 PP, 3 A)

11/26/13 – Non-Section: North Allegheny 1-0-3—4, Upper St. Clair 0-1-2—3

Shots on Goal: NA 31, USC 18

Game-Winner: Dominick Zangaro (Unassisted) @ 13:46 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Zangaro, NA (GWG); #2 Tyler Finn, USC (27 SV); #1 Austin Cassidy, USC (2 G, 1 PP, 1 A)

11/27/13 – Non-Section: Canon-McMillan 1-0-4—5, Seneca Valley 1-3-0—4

Shots on Goal: CM 28, SV 16

Game-Winner: Austin Tonkovich (Lucas Lavella, Zachary Mansmann) @ 15:49 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Tanner Pfeffer, SV (23 SV); #2 Christopher Marziotto, SV (PPG, 2 A); #1 Tonkovich, CM (2 G, 2 A)

Class AA:

11/25/13 – Non-Section: Bishop Canevin 1-0-3—4, Hampton 1-1-1—3

Shots on Goal: BC 35, HA 28

Game-Winner: Randy Unger (Liam Walsh) @ 15:27 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Eric Leya, HA (PPG, 1 A); #2 Nikita Meskin, BC (25 SV); #1 Unger, BC (GWG, 2 A)

11/25/13 – Non-Section: Plum 1-1-1—3, West Allegheny 0-0-0—0

Shots on Goal: PL 34, WA 34

Game-Winner: Zachary Keller (Austin Samarco, Blake Biertempfl) @ 14:39 of 1st

Three Stars: #3 Keller, PL (GWG); #2 Grant Gerstner (31 SV); #1 James Borriello, PL (34 SV)

11/25/13 – Non-Section: Armstrong 4-2-4—10, Latrobe 1-4-1—6

Shots on Goal: AR 36, LA 21

Game-Winner: John Phelps (Unassisted) @ 8:57 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Brendan Johns, LA (2 G, 1 SH, 1 A); #2 Hunter Grafton, AR (2 G, 2 A); #1 Christian Miller, AR (3 G, 2 PP, 1 A)

Class A:

11/25/13 – Section 1: South Fayette 1-1-3—5, South Park 1-2-0—3

Shots on Goal: SF 36, SP 21

Game-Winner: Tyler Vidak (Jordan Timmons, Jacob Stack) @ 9:06 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Wesley Sprecher, SF (18 SV); #2 Travis Campolong, SP (1 G, 1 A); #1 Timmons, SF (2 G, 2 A)

11/26/13 – Section 2: Mars 2-1-1—4, Quaker Valley 2-1-0—3

Shots on Goal: MA 35, QV 28

Game-Winner: Paul Maust (Ian Newman) @ 15:20 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Nicholas Makozy, MA (2 G, 1 PP); #2 James Perkins, QV (2 G, 1 PP); #1 Maust, MA (GWG, 2 A)

11/27/13 – Section 3: Westmont Hilltop 1-1-4—6, Bishop McCort 0-1-0—1

Shots on Goal: WH 43, BM 15

Game-Winner: Ty Rickabaugh (Cullen McQuillan, Stephen DeMarco) @ 8:43 of 2nd

Three Stars: #3 John Bradley, BM (37 SV); #2 DeMarco, WH (3 A); #1 Rickabaugh, WH (2 G)

Open Class:

11/25/13 – Section 2: Blackhawk 0-5-1—6, Harbor Creek 1-2-0—3

Shots on Goal: HC 45, BL 25

Game-Winner: Kyle Schaefer (Robert Swinderman, Rombold) @ 13:42 of 2nd

Three Stars: #3 Schaefer, BL (GWG, 3 A); #2 Swinderman, BL (2 G, 3 A); #1 Steinle, BL (42 SV)

11/25/13 – Section 2: OLSH 0-2-1—3, Beaver 1-0-1—2

Shots on Goal: BE 37, OL 26

Game-Winner: Walter Riggs (Paul Heflin, Dante Egizio) @ 14:35 of 3rd

Three Stars: #3 Joe Line, OL (1 G, 1 A); #2 James Scisson, BE (23 SV); #1 Jesse Broniszewski, OL (35 SV)

11/26/13 – Section 1: John Marshall 1-0-2-1—4, Wheeling Park 1-2-0-0—3 (OT)

Shots on Goal: JM 27, WP 19

Game-Winner: Joshua Merriman PP (Logan Landis) @ 0:17 of OT

Three Stars: #3 Cameron Eberhard, WP (1 G, 2 A); #2 Landis, JM (1 G, 2 A); #1 Merriman, JM (GWG, 1 A)

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 the ninth season premiere of “The PIHL Power Play” this Wednesday night at 8:00. Joining us this week will be guests from the three defending Penguins Cup champions, including North Allegheny head coach Jim Black, Latrobe bench boss John Winebrenner and Quaker Valley goaltender Parker Sherry. Your home for the 2014 Penguins Cup Playoffs is the MSA Sports Network!