Rice's hat trick boosts Fox Chapel over Penn-Trafford, 5-1
Date: Feb 22, 2016
Penn-Trafford tried to dig itself out of a three-goal hole, but Greater Latrobe held on for a 5-3 victory.
Greater Latrobe made the score 5-2 on a goal by Brendan Johns at 10:43 in the third period, and Penn-Trafford got as close as 5-3 when Joseph Gismondi scored 16:49 into the third period.
Greater Latrobe's offense rang up 38 shots on Penn-Trafford's net.
Greater Latrobe additionally got points from Ian Greiner, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Greater Latrobe also got a goal from Jason Defelice as well. Other players who recorded assists for Greater Latrobe were Garrett Lawrence, who had two and Alexander Singley and Evan Clarke-Deaver, who each chipped in one.
Penn-Trafford was helped by Tyler Hufnagel, who had one goal. Hufnagel scored 16:15 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Penn-Trafford. Spencer Sullivan assisted on the tally. Matthew Simkovic also scored for Penn-Trafford. More assists for Penn-Trafford came via Nathan Mickey, who had two and Nicholas Gismondi and Benjamin Lasich, who contributed one each.
Gage Handwork rejected 19 shots on goal for Greater Latrobe. Greater Latrobe incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Alec Pevornik made 33 saves for Penn-Trafford on 38 shots. Penn-Trafford incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.