Hockey / West Allegheny beats Wheeling Catholic 13-2 as Derosky gets hat trick

West Allegheny beats Wheeling Catholic 13-2 as Derosky gets hat trick

Date:  Source: PIHL Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights

Brendan Derosky lifted West Allegheny to a 13-2 victory with a hat trick against Wheeling Catholic.

Derosky's first goal came 3:37 into the first period. He then added goals at 8:20 into the second and at 2:44 into the third.

West Allegheny managed to stay out of the box better than usual, racking up one minor for two minutes in penalty time. West Allegheny ended up below its season average of 15.0 penalty minutes per game. West Allegheny kept Wheeling Catholic's goalie busy throughout the game, and Jacob Laurine made 25 saves on 38 shots. West Allegheny found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. West Allegheny averages 7.2 goals per game.

West Allegheny additionally got points from Bradley Ryniawec, who also tallied two goals and two assists, Jaret Mielnicki, who also racked up one goal and one assist, Martin Durkin, who also had one goal and three assists, Jess Ligas, who also registered three goals and one assist, Mason Carlisle, who also tallied two goals and two assists, and Anthony Vidmar, who also racked up one goal and one assist. In addition, West Allegheny received assists from Lorenzo Giacomino and Austin Conn, who contributed one each and Zachary Gunn and Nicholas Skowron, who each chipped in two.

Wheeling Catholic excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in four chances. Wheeling Catholic's offense operated below its season average. Wheeling Catholic puts an average of 5.4 pucks into the net per game. Wheeling Catholic's offense rang up 38 shots on West Allegheny's net. The defensemen of Wheeling Catholic were also effective in West Allegheny's zone, and came away with two goals.

Wheeling Catholic was led by Kyle Newmeyer, who finished with one goal. Newmeyer scored 13:24 into the first period to make the score 3-1 West Allegheny. Kyle Wensel provided the assist. Wheeling Catholic also got a goal from Ryan Gossett as well. Other players who recorded assists for Wheeling Catholic were Aiden Weisenborn, who had one.

Anthony Dominick recorded 36 saves for West Allegheny. Wheeling Catholic incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.