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SENECA VALLEY ENDS TIGERS' SEASON, 4-3, IN OVERTIME

The second-seeded Seneca Valley Raiders edged the Tigers, 4-3, in overtime on Saturday afternoon at Bladerunners in Harmarville in the first round of the PIRHL Playoffs.  The loss ended the NA season with the Tigers finishing with a 6-10-1 final mark.

The Tigers tied Shaler, 4-4, at Bladerunners in Harmarville as the regular season ended.  With the tie, the final NA league record stands at 6-9-1 good for seventh place in the league standings.

2009 PIRHL PLAYOFFS

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TIGERS TOP BALDWIN, LOSE TO HAMPTON AND GREENSBURG SALEM

The Tigers downed the Baldwin Highlanders, 6-3, but dropped games to Hampton, 7-3, and Greensburg Salem, 7-4.  The NA record fell to 6-9-0 as a result of the three game results.

GAME SUMMARIES
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 6  BALDWIN - 3

HAMPTON - 7  NORTH ALLEGHENY - 3

GREENSBURG SALEM -7  NORTH ALLEGHENY - 4

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TIGERS BEAT PINE-RICHLAND AND BALDWIN

The Tigers beat Pine-Richland, 8-4, and Baldwin, 7-2, on successive Saturdays as they evened their record at 5-5-0 in PIRHL play.

The Tigers got hat tricks from both Corey Lamagna and Brett Schindler in the win over Pine-Richland at the RMU-Island Sports Center.  Dan Liebhart and Ben Sardon also scored for the Tigers.  Schindler scored three goals and added two assists to pace NA in the win over Baldwin.  Lamagna added a pair of goals while Liebhart recorded three assists for the winning Tigers.

The wins gave NA a three-game winning streak and pushed them back into playoff contention.  The Tigers will face Penn-Trafford on Saturday, January 10, at the Hot Shots Arena in their next league game.

GAME SUMMARY
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 8  PINE-RICHLAND - 4

GAME SUMMARY
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 7  BALDWIN - 2

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TIGERS LOSE TO SHALER, BEAT
GREENSBURG SALEM

The Tigers split a pair of games on Saturday at the RMU-Island Sports Center.  In the first game, defending champion Shaler knocked off NA, 8-3.  The Tigers came back to post an 8-6 victory over Greensburg Salem in the second contest.

In the loss to Shaler, the Titans' Bill Dobson scored five goals to lead the way.  Corey Lamagna, Greg Mezey and Brian Schick scored for NA with Dylan Rohar adding a pair of assists.  In the win over Greensburg Salem, Lamagna had 3 goals and two assists while Rohar added a pair of goals and assists.  Dan Liebhart, Brett Schindler, and Nick Schubel also scored for the winning Tigers.

With the split, the NA record went to 3-5-0 on the season.  The Tigers will meet Pine-Richland on Saturday night at the RMU-Island Sports Center with game time set for 7:30 pm.

GAME SUMMARY
SHALER - 8  NORTH ALLEGHENY - 3

GAME SUMMARY
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 8  GREENSBURG SALEM - 3

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TIGERS LOSE TO HAMPTON,9-2;
BEAT PENN-TRAFFORD, 6-3

The Tigers split their last two games losing a 9-2 decision to first place Hampton before coming back to down the Penn-Trafford Warriors, 6-3.  Brett Schindler and Nick Schubel had the goals against the league leading Hampton Talbots.

In the win against Penn-Trafford, the Tigers were led by Dan Liebhart who scored three goals while Cody Burdwood, Greg Mezey, and Dylan Rohar also scored for the winning Tigers.

The Tigers are scheduled to meet defending PIHL Champion Shaler on Sunday morning.  Game time is scheduled for 11:45 am at the RMU-Island Sports center.

GAME SUMMARY
HAMPTON - 9  NORTH ALLEGHENY - 2

GAME SUMMARY
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 6  PENN-TRAFFORD - 3

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ROHAR SELECTED TO TEAM USA
 JUNIOR PROSPECTS

Senior Dylan Rohar was selected to the Team USA Jr. Prospects Inline Hockey team.  The team will compete in Europe next summer at an international tournament.  Dylan was invited to the tryouts at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego held from October 31 through November 2.  Dylan was one of only 14 skaters chosen and the only representative from Pennsylvania.

Dylan has played both ice and inline hockey for NA for years.  This year, the Tiger senior is only playing inline hockey for NA because he is playing Junior B ice hockey for the Junior Penguins.

TEAM USA JUNIOR PROSPECTS ROSTER

HEAD COACH: KEN MURCHISON

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TIGERS TOP MONTOUR, 11-7, FOR FIRST WIN

Senior Brett Schindler scored five goals to lead the Tigers to an 11-7 victory over Montour at the RMU-Island Sports Center on Sunday afternoon.  Senior Cody Burdwood added two goals and two assists while Corey Lamagna and Nick Schubel scored two goals each to help NA to their first PIRHL victory.  Brian Schick was in goal for the winning Tigers.

With the win, NA improved to 1-3 on the season.  The Tigers will be in action again on Sunday afternoon when they travel to Bladerunners in Harmarville to meet the Hampton Talbots.  Game time is scheduled for 2:00 pm.

GAME SUMMARY
NORTH ALLEGHENY - 11  MONTOUR - 7

Any questions or comments should be directed to Athletic Director Bob Bozzuto at:  bbozzuto@northallegheny.org