Tigers Drop Overtime Heartbreaker In PIHRL Semifinals, 4-3
North Allegheny’s best-of-three semifinal series with Canon-McMillan not only went to the decisive third game but also overtime in the final game before a victor could be determined. In the end, a power-play goal by Gavin Rindt at the 3:38 mark of overtime lifted Canon-McMillan to a 4-3 win over North Allegheny in the PIRHL semifinals on Sunday.
Like most of the series, game three was another back-and-forth affair following a scoreless first period. Fresh off his five-goal performance in game two on Saturday, junior Tyler Putnam scored North Allegheny’s first two goals of the day to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead by the early stages of the third period.
CM’s Tommy Becker tied the game at 2-2 with a short-handed goal at 6:54 mark of the third. The game remained deadlocked until the Tigers’ Nicholas Sobien scored for a 3-2 advantage at the 13:38 mark. While it appeared North Allegheny was headed to the championship series, Canon-McMillan’s Thomas Zukowski netted the game-tying goal in the waning seconds to force overtime. From there, Rindt tallied the game-winner in the extra session to propel Canon-McMillan into the PIRHL finals.
The loss does not spoil a terrific season for the North Allegheny inline hockey team. Congratulations to the Tigers for a memorable season.
NA Inline Summary vs. Canon-McMillan, 3-3-19
| GAME SUMMARY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCORE BY PERIODS | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | FINAL |
| Canon-McMillan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| North Allegheny | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
