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TIGERS LOSE THRILLER TO NORTH HILLS

by Inline Hockey Contributor

North Allegheny’s Varsity 1 inline team fell 5-4 to undefeated North Hills on Saturday night at RMU.

The Indians got on the board first with a late first period goal by Sam Quatrini. North Hills expanded their lead in the second period with Quatrini notching his second and Christian Scott scoring unassisted to give the Indians a 3-0 lead after two periods. The Tigers started a frantic third period with junior forward Zack Morton scoring off an assist by junior defenseman Anthony Guntrum. The Tigers pulled to within one after sophomore forward Troy Martin scored an unassisted shorthanded goal. North Hills restored their two goal lead 40 seconds later with a goal by Michael Punzak.

The Tigers pulled within one again two minutes later with senior forward Corey Lamagna scoring from in front from another Guntrum assist. The Tigers’ junior forward Peter Kovacevic appeared to have tied the game with one minute left and sophomore goalie Tyler Kuhn, who stopped 17 of 21 shots, pulled but the ruling was no goal. North Hills’ Punzak scored an empty netter but the Tigers’ Morton answered with twenty nine seconds remaining to again pull the Tigers within one. The Tigers’ junior defenseman Joe Kirk and junior forward David Lamagna both had chances in the last seconds but North Hills held on for an exciting 5-4 win.

The Tigers currently are in fourth place in the 12 team tier 1 varsity division. They will resume play after the Thanksgiving break.

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