PITT GREENSBURG STUNS ALTOONA

Sunday, October 20, 2013

NO MATTER WHAT SPORT YOU ARE PLAYING, THE MESSAGE IS ALWAYS THE SAME, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OPPONENT.  ON SATURDAY EVENING, THE NITTANY LIONS DID JUST THAT.  THE BOBCATS WOULD SHOCK THE LIONS SCORING THE FIRST 3 GOALS OF THE PERIOD AND LEAD 3-0 AT THE END OF ONE.  PSUA WOULD ON THE POWER PLAY TO START THE 2ND PERIOD, AND FRESHMAN ADAM BADORREK WOULD SCORE CUTTING THE LEAD TO 3-1 ASSISTED BY JACK LAWN AND DAVID BRAMLEY.  PITT GREENSBURG WOULD SCORE  AT 13 MINUTE MARK MAKING IT 4-1.  KYLE LEES WOULD JOIN THE RUSH LATE AND MAKE IT 4-2 FROM A STEVE FEDENA AND BRIAN KRUSER ASSIST.  WITH 14 SECONDS LEFT LUK DEVORSKI WOULD CUT GREENSBURG LEAD TO 4-3 ASSISTED FROM CONLAN SODROSKY.  DEVORSKI WOULD RETURN THE FAVOR IN THE 3RD PERIOD SETTING UP SODROSKY.  PLAY WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH WITH NEITHER TEAM SCORING  UNTIL PITT GREENSBURG WOULD SCORE ON THE POWERPLAY.  SODROSKY WOULD TIE THE GAME 9 SECONDS LATER ON AN ASSIST FROM NICK DELAURENTIS.  PSU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THE GAME LATE AS PITT GREENSBURG WOULD TAKE A TRIPPING CALL.    AS PSUA WAS TRYING TO GET THE SECOND POWERPLAY UNIT ON THE ICE THE BOBCATS CLEARED THE PUCK THE LENGTH OF THE ICE, WHERE FRESHMAN GOALIE JOHN TRAVIS PLAYED THE PUCK TO THE CORNER INSTEAD OF FREEZING THE PLAY.  PITT GREENSBURG ATTACKED WITH SPEED GOT BEHIND THE DEFENSEMAN AND SCORED SHORTHANDED.  THE BOBCATS WOULD ADD AN EMPTY GOAL TO SEAL THE VICTORY 7-5.  JOHN TRAVIS WOULD STOP 26 OF 32 SHOTS.    "WE WERE NOT READY TO PLAY TODAY.  THE FIRST PERIOD PUT US IN A HUGE HOLE THAT WE COULD NOT DIG OUT OF."  THE BOYS FOUGHT HARD TO TIE THE GAME, BUT TO MANY MISTAKES AND THE FLAT START SEALED OUR FATE.  "WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO START FASTER AND PLAY BETTER."