Hockey / Early goals doom Thomas Jefferson - MS, falls to Upper St. Clair 1 - MS, 10-3

Early goals doom Thomas Jefferson - MS, falls to Upper St. Clair 1 - MS, 10-3

Date:  Source: PIHL Thomas Jefferson Jaguars

A seven-goal first period deficit cost Thomas Jefferson - MS, which could not recover and fell to Upper St. Clair one - MS, 10-3.

Upper St. Clair one - MS got the win on the strength of a great game by Andrew Woomer, who had one goal and four assists. Woomer scored 3:49 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Upper St. Clair one - MS. Anthony Carone picked up the assist.

Upper St. Clair one - MS excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in four chances. Upper St. Clair one - MS outdid its season average for goals scored. This season, Upper St. Clair one - MS averages 5.9 goals per contest. Upper St. Clair one - MS got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed four goals during the game.

Upper St. Clair one - MS additionally got points from Carone, who also had two goals and three assists, Devin Rohrich, who also registered two goals and one assist, Kevin Finn, who also tallied two goals and one assist, and Tucker Lamb, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Upper St. Clair one - MS also got a goal from Mitch Geinzer as well. More assists for Upper St. Clair one - MS came via Colton Shiry and Owen Knight, who contributed one each and Gunnar Kovell and Michael Drews, who each chipped in two.

Thomas Jefferson - MS' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on four Upper St. Clair one - MS power plays. Thomas Jefferson - MS found itself stymied offensively, and got off a mere 11 shots against Upper St. Clair one - MS' defense.

Thomas Jefferson - MS was helped by Jake Schmidt, who had one goal. Schmidt scored 9:07 into the first period to make the score 5-1 Upper St. Clair one - MS. Will OBrien provided the assist. Others who scored for Thomas Jefferson - MS included Nicholas Stock and Riley Holzer, who scored one goal each.

Charlie Eberle rejected eight shots on goal for Upper St. Clair one - MS. Upper St. Clair one - MS incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Thomas Jefferson - MS' Ryan Sluk stopped 11 shots out of the 21 that he faced. Thomas Jefferson - MS ended with 19 minutes in penalty time with two minors and one major. For Thomas Jefferson - MS, Brandon Kibe was ejected from the game.