Rams win shootout for 4-3 victory over Falcons
Ringgold’s shootout victory over Connellsville Thursday night, coupled with Elizabeth Forward’s win against Morgantown, lifted the Rams into a first-place tie in the PIHL D2 Blue Division standings.
Ringgold won 4-3 and the Warriors secured an 8-3 victory.
The Rams (9-4-0-1-1), Morgantown (10-6-0-0-0), and Carrick (9-4-0-1-1) are tied atop the standings with 20 points.Elizabeth Forward (8-6-0-0-0) is alone in fourth place with 16 points and hold a three-point lead over Connellsville (6-8-0-0-0).
Connellsville tied the game in regulation on Nolan Wojnar’s goal with just under four minutes remaining in the third period. Brady Lippert gave the Rams a 3-2 lead early in the period.
Phil Quattrone’s power play goal at 5:51 of the first period spotted Ringgold a 1-0 lead. The Falcons’ Ian Zerecheck tied the game just 37 seconds later.
Ringgold regained the lead 12½ minutes into the second period on Bruce Santina’s goal. Connellsville responded quickly on Braden Rogerson’s power play goal 56 seconds later.
Ringgold’s Collin Moffett made 30 saves in the victory. Connellsville’s Nick Daniels-Nimick stopped 35 shots.
Elizabeth Forward led 2-1 after the first period and 5-2 after two periods.
The Warriors’ built a 2-0 lead in the first 10 minutes of the first period on goals by Bobby Boord Jr. and Joey Wach.
Albert Gallatin’s Geno Valenti drew Morgantown to within a goal less than a minute after Wach scored.
Boord Jr. scored two goals in the second period for a hat trick. Doug Hoffman also scored for the Warriors.
Cooper Cox netted a power play goal with two minutes left in the game that drew Morgantown to 5-3.
Boord Jr. scored his fourth goal of the game on a power play with just 13 seconds left in the game. Teammate Josh Hill scored on a power play into an empty net seven seconds before Boord Jr. Hoffman also scored an empty net goal in the final minute.
Elizabeth Forward’s Andrew Weir stopped 43 shots in the victory. Morgantown’s Lincoln Cox stopped 23 shots.