Huge game by Ligas boosts West Allegheny AA over Franklin Regional AA, 7-0

West Allegheny AA's Jess Ligas had a big offensive game, scoring one goal and contributing three assists in his team's 7-0 win over Franklin Regional AA.

Ligas scored 41 seconds into the second period to make the score 1-0 West Allegheny AA. Ligas dished an assist on Bailey Foy's goal that made the score 3-0 West Allegheny AA at 10:11 into the second period. He then added assists on Jaret Mielnicki's goal at 2:05 into the third and on Hunter Ross's goal at 7:53 into the third.

West Allegheny AA's penalty kill excelled, as West Allegheny AA gave up zero goals despite allowing seven power plays.

West Allegheny AA stifled Franklin Regional AA's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. West Allegheny AA's offense rang up 44 shots on Franklin Regional AA's net. West Allegheny AA found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. West Allegheny AA has scored at the pace of 3.0 goals per game during the current campaign. West Allegheny AA was forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as it racked up 18 penalty minutes. West Allegheny AA's defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in three goals.

West Allegheny AA also got points from Ryan Rohal, who also had one goal and one assist. West Allegheny AA also got a goal from Zachary Gunn as well. More assists for West Allegheny AA came via Brendan Rossi, who had two and Sean Weber, who had three.

The Franklin Regional AA penalty box was a popular destination as the team totaled six minors and one major for 27 minutes in penalty time. Franklin Regional AA had been averaging 23.0 minutes in penalties per game. Franklin Regional AA excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in seven chances.

West Allegheny AA's Christopher Carnot stopped 17 shots out of the 17 that he faced. Sean Mcdonald made 37 saves for Franklin Regional AA on 44 shots. For Franklin Regional AA, Joey Merlina was ejected from the game.