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Date: Mar 01, 2010

Junior A Pens split with Cleveland

The Junior A Pens hosted one of the top teams in the CSHL, the Cleveland Lumberjacks this past weekend in Harmarville.  The Pens came away with a split and locked up fourth place and home ice advantage for the first round of the CSHL Playoffs.  The Junior A Pens came out flat in the first period of Saturdays game, but rebounded with a 3-1 victory. "  Cleveland was all over us in the first and Collin LeMay (Goaltender) kept us in it.  Shamus Finnerty scored a huge power play goal for us and that seemed to get us on track.  I thought both Finnerty and Persichetti's lines gave us real good minutes and Mikael Lemieux played a good game in both ends of the rink, " said Coach Dorsey.

The story on Sunday was a little different as the Penguins came out strong and then Cleveland scored on their first shot of the game, which was a breakaway.  The Junior A Penguins were down 4-0 and 6-4, but rallied to tie it at six late in the game.  The Lumberjacks prevailed and scored on their first shot in overtime to win 7-6. "

We played a sloppy game defensively and that has lot to do with the fact they are a very good team and put a lot of pressure on the puck.  I was very happy with the fact that we never quit and kept coming back.  I thought Todd Thomas's line got us going by simply working hard and getting pucks to the net. Hopefully, we learned a valuable lesson today and that is in order to be successful as a team we need to be totally committed as a group defensively, " added Coach Dorsey.  The Junior A Penguins travel on the road to Michigan for three games to finish out the regular season.

 

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