The Central freshman ice hockey team played Bishop Guilfoyle to a 5-5 draw on Wednesday evening, Nov. 16 and then edged Altoona 3-2 a day later. Both contests were waged at Galactic Ice.
\nCetral overcame an early goal by Altoona to come back for a 2-2 tie after one period and then scored the only goal of the final two periods to take home the win.
\nJamen Solensky (Cambria Heights) slammed home a goal off an assist from Chris Matish (Penn Cambria) at the 7:32 mark of the opening period to tie the score early. Then after a second Mountain Lion score jumped Altoona into a 2-1 lead, Matish scored an unassisted tally with just 43 ticks left in the period to get Central back into the game again.
\nCentral goal keeper Matthew Erlichman (Bedford) stopped everything in the last two periods, turning back 11 of 13 shots on goal overall.
\nIn the third period, Solensky pushed home the game-winner with an assist from Nate Reid (Spring Cove) at the 9:27 mark for the victory.
\nOn Wednesday evening, the puck was flying into both nets as the Central freshmen team battled the Bishop Guilfoyle to a 5-5 standoff.
\nCentral opened with a flash, scoring four first-period goals, but then allowed BG to come back to earn the tie outscoring Central 5-1 over the final two periods of the contest.
\nAdam Erlichman ((Bedford) opened the hot first period with an unassisted goal just 1:17 into the game and Justin Howard (Tyrone) added a goal with assists from Jamen Solensky and Nate Reid at the 9:06 mark.
\nBishop Guilfoyle scored two minutes later to slice the lead in half, but Central came right back with two more goals. First it was Howard again off an assist from Erlichman and then Solensky netted a goal with an assist from Zach Donner ( (Tyrone) with less than a minute remaining in the period.
\nBG scored a second-period goal to cut the lead in half again 4-2.
\nSolensky slammed his second score into the net at the beginning of the third period, with an assist from Zach Bumbarger (Spring Cove) to put Central in a commanding 5-2 advantage, but BG refused to go down without a fight. The Marauder\u2019s freshmen team tallied three goals in the final 3:07 of the game to earn the 5-5 tie.
\nThe Central freshmen team (2-0-1) will now play in the Dean Patterson Thanksgiving Tournament, opening with a game at 7 p.m. tonight at Galactic Ice against Hollidaysburg.
\nCentral PA Wolves Freshman Next Games:
\nDean Patterson Thanksgiving Tournament
\n\u2013 Central PA Wolves vs. Hollidaysburg Tigers \u2013 Monday 11\/21\/05 \u2013 7:00 PM
\n\u2013 Central PA Wolves vs. Altoona \u2013 Friday 11\/25\/05 \u2013 3:30 PM
\n\u2013 Central PA Wolves vs. Johnstown \u2013 Saturday 11\/26\/05 \u2013 9:00 AM
\n\u2013 Central PA Wolves vs. Johnstown \u2013 Saturday 11\/27\/05 \u2013 5:00 PM
\n\u2013 Freshman Championship Game \u2013 Sunday 11\/28\/05 \u2013 11:30 AM
\n Nov. 16 at Galactic Ice
\nCentral 5 Bishop Guilfoyle 5
\nScore by Period\t1 2 3\tOT Total
\nBishop Guilfoyle\t1 1 3\t– 5
\nCentral Pa. 4 0 1\t– 5
\nGoals and Assists by Period:
\nPd. Team \tGoal Scorer \t(Assists) Clock Time
\n1 Central A. Erlichman\t\t 10:43
\n1 Central Howard\t (Solensky, Reid)\t\t9:06
\n1 BG Murray (Delozier)\t 7:01
\n1 Central Howard\t (A. Erlichman)\t\t3:36
\n1 Central Solensky\t (Donner)\t\t0:51
\n2 BG Bakale\t (Murray)\t 7:37
\n3 Central Solensky\t (Bumbarger)\t 3:25
\n3 BG Murray (Belis)\t 3:07
\n3 BG Delozier\t (Belis, Reinhardt) 2:13
\n3 BG Belis\t (Reinhardt) 1:45
\nGoal Tending \tGoalie Name\t\tShots-Saves
\nBG Krepps\t\t\t22-16
\nCentral \t M. Erlichman\t\t19-14
\nNov. 17 at Galactic Ice
\nCentral 3 Altoona 2
\nScore by Period 1 \t 2\t3\t OT Total
\nAltoona 2 0\t0\t\t2
\nCentral 2 0\t1\t\t3
\nGoals and Assists by Period:
\nPd. Team \tGoal Scorer (Assists)\t Clock Time
\n1 Altoona Fazi\t (Burgmeur)\t \t9:03
\n1 Central Solensky\t (Matish)\t 7:32
\n1 Altoona Burgmeierr\t (Ross)\t 1:26
\n1 Central Matish\t\t\t 0:43
\n3 Central Solensky\t (Reid)\t 9:27
\n\t\tGoal Tending
\nTeam Goalie Name \tShots-Saves
\nAltoona Jacobs\t\t \t25-22
\nCentral M. Erlichman\t\t13-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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