Rice's hat trick boosts Fox Chapel over Penn-Trafford, 5-1
Date: Feb 22, 2016
Austin Tonkovich had two goals and two assists to lead Canon-McMillan to a 9-5 victory over Penn-Trafford.
Tonkovich scored at 15:56 into the second period to make the score 6-4 Canon-McMillan and again while 5:39 into the third to make the score 8-5 Canon-McMillan.Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 3:26 into the second period. Seven fighting penalties were dished out along with three game misconducts.
Canon-McMillan found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. This season, Canon-McMillan averages 4.7 goals per contest. Canon-McMillan's penalty kill unit could not stop Penn-Trafford's power play, which converted on four of four opportunities.
Canon-McMillan additionally got points from Jacob McClelland, who also had two goals and one assist, Jack Clendaniel, who also racked up one goal and four assists to lead the team in points, and Zach Gebhart, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Canon-McMillan also got a goal from Colman Slain as well. In addition, Canon-McMillan received assists from Luc Lavella, who had two and Christian Stewart, Zachary Mansmann, and Josh Miller, who contributed one each.
Penn-Trafford forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up eight minors and two majors for 56 minutes in penalty time. Penn-Trafford surpassed its season average of 21.0 penalty minutes per game. Penn-Trafford bested its season scoring average. Penn-Trafford averages 2.3 goals per game. Penn-Trafford's offense was handcuffed by Canon-McMillan's defensive play, and Penn-Trafford managed only 10 shots on goal during the game.
Eric Podlaszewski recorded five saves for Canon-McMillan. Canon-McMillan totaled 35 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 1-for-11 on the power play. Penn-Trafford's Phelps stopped 10 shots out of the 19 that he faced. For Penn-Trafford, TJ Byrne, Phelps, and Marc Anthony were ejected from the contest.