NA Ice Hockey Opens Season With 5-0 Drubbing Of Big Macs
The reigning PIHL and Pennsylvania Cup champions opened the 2013-14 regular season on Thursday night and pummeled the Canon-McMillan Big Macs, 5-0, at the Iceoplex in Southpointe. En route to their state championship a year ago, North Allegheny defeated Canon-McMillan in overtime, 2-1, in the PIHL quarterfinals. The Tigers gave the Big Macs little opportunity for revenge in the rematch by jumping out to a 3-0 first period lead and never looking back.
North Allegheny used the power play to grab early command of the game as Marty Hubert and William Rahenkamp scored two man-advantage markers in just over five minutes into the contest to put the Tigers ahead, 2-0. Tyler Wilson added an even strength goal at the 10:18 mark of the period courtesy of an assist from Daniel Bostedo to make it 3-0, Tigers.
In the second period, Dominick Zangaro ballooned the NA lead to 4-0 and Hubert scored the final goal of the night with less than two minutes to play in the third period to put the game on ice, 5-0. In net, Bradford Thornburgh made 21 saves for the shutout. Big Macs goalie Ryan Christian collected 20 saves on 25 shots.
North Allegheny starts the season with a 1-0 mark while Canon-McMillan falls to 1-1. In a rematch of last year’s Penguins Cup Final, the Tigers face the Peters Township Indians at Southpointe on Thursday, November 6. Start time is slated for 8:50 pm.
Ice Hockey Summary vs. Canon-McMillan 10-31-13
| GAME SUMMARY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCORE BY PERIODS | 1 | 2 | 3 | FINAL |
| North Allegheny | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Canon-McMillan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ice Hockey Individual Scoring vs. Canon-McMillan
| INDIVIDUAL STATS | ||
|---|---|---|
| FIRST PERIOD | ||
| North Allegheny | Martin Hubert (Dominick Zangaro) - PP | 3:57 |
| North Allegheny | William Rahenkamp (Zangaro, Hubert) - PP | 5:12 |
| North Allegheny | Tyler Wilson (Daniel Bostedo) | 10:18 |
| SECOND PERIOD | ||
| North Allegheny | Zangaro (Cameron Fisher) | 9:47 |
| THIRD PERIOD | ||
| North Allegheny | Hubert (B. Heil) | 15:19 |