Ice Hockey News

The Upper St. Clair Panthers scored four goals in the first period and outlasted the North Allegheny Tigers on Monday night, 6-4, at the Baierl Ice Complex in Warrendale. Panthers goalie Johnathan Bleier faced 39 shots and stopped 35 of them to earn the win in net. North Allegheny outshot Upper St. Clair, 39-29.

North Allegheny got off to a quick start in the game with a goal from Hayden Shimko just 2:40 into the contest for a 1-0 lead. However, Upper St. Clair scored five of the next six goals, including a hat trick by Jacob Bacik, to take a 5-2 lead by late in the second period. North Allegheny’s Dawson Richard netted back-to-back goals in the second period to pull the Tigers to within 5-4, but Upper St. Clair’s Quinn Giacobbe gave the momentum back to the Panthers with a goal just 26 seconds into the third period to solidify a 6-4 victory.

The loss, North Allegheny’s first on the season, drops the Tigers record to 2-1-1 on the campaign. Upper St. Clair captured its first win to improve to 1-2-0. The NA ice hockey team is back in action on Wednesday, November 2 at Armstrong.

Ice Hockey Summary vs. Upper St. Clair, 10-24-16

GAME SUMMARY
SCORE BY HALVES	1	2	3	FINAL
Upper St. Clair	4	1	1	6
North Allegheny	2	2	0	4

Ice Hockey Individual Scoring vs. Upper St. Clair

INDIVIDUAL STATS
FIRST PERIOD
North Allegheny	Hayden Shimko (Erik Chidester, Dawson Richard)	2:40
Upper St. Clair	Jacob Bacik (Antonino, Del Rossa, Quinn Biacobbe)	3:42
Upper St. Clair	Bacik (Del Rossa, Tucker Lamb)	3:55
North Allegheny	Cameron Zahn (Justin Kidd, Vincenzo Mazur)	5:36
Upper St. Clair	Bacik (Del Rossa, Curt Leonard)	9:31
Upper St. Clair	Derek Kopach (Elliot Stevenson)	16:23
SECOND PERIOD
Upper St. Clair	Michael Daley III (Bacik)	9:08
North Allegheny	Richard	11:49
North Allegheny	Richard (Shimko, Kidd)	13:08
THIRD PERIOD
Upper St. Clair	Giacobbe (Malcolm Miller, Stevenson)	0:26