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Byron’s 2 goals lead Canadiens past Penguins 5-

 – 10/6/18 9:54 PM
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By DAN SCIFO ,  Associated Press
Eds: APNewsNow. Canadiens 5, Penguins 1. With AP Photos.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Byron scored two goals and added an assist, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.

Byron had his first multi-goal game since scoring a hat trick last December against Detroit.

Brendan Gallagher, Joel Armia and Charles Hudon also scored for the Canadiens, who snapped a five-game losing streak against Pittsburgh. It was Montreal’s first win against Pittsburgh since Al Montoya’s 36-save shutout Oct. 18, 2016.

Carey Price made 21 saves on Saturday for his first win against Pittsburgh since Oct. 13, 2015.

Riley Sheahan scored for Pittsburgh, which lamented its puck management during a wild season-opening 7-6 overtime win against Washington on Thursday.

Kris Letang, a Montreal native, had an assist and passed Hall of Famer Paul Coffey for most points in team history by a defenseman with 441. Matt Murray, who has allowed 11 goals in two games, made 24 saves in the loss.

Last season, Pittsburgh scored five goals in each of its three games against Montreal. The Canadiens returned the favor with a five-goal outburst Saturday. The teams will meet again next Saturday in Montreal.

Gallagher scored the game’s first goal midway through the opening period. Tomas Tatar’s initial shot off the rush hit Penguins’ defenseman Olli Maatta and bounced to Gallagher, who converted the 2-on-1.

Byron’s breakaway goal gave the Canadiens a 2-0 lead later in the period. He beat Maatta at the blueline and tucked a backhand-forehand deke between Murray’s outstretched pad and the post.

Byron scored his second goal just 3:43 into the second period. Max Domi chipped the puck from behind the goal to Byron, who flipped a shot past Murray.

Byron had the primary assist on a short-handed goal later in the period to make it a 4-0 game. Armia finished the 2-on-1 pass from Byron with a backhand chip behind Murray.

NOTES: The Canadiens scratched 35-year-old center Tomas Plekanec and 30-year-old defenseman Karl Alzner for the second straight game. Alzner played 622 consecutive games before he was scratched Wednesday against Toronto. . D Juuso Riikola, C Derek Grant and D Chad Ruhwedel were all scratched for Pittsburgh.

UP NEXT

Canadiens: Host Los Angeles on Thursday in their home opener.

Penguins: Welcome Vegas on Thursday.

Final: Canadiens 5 Pens 1 on WBVP and WMBA!!

3rd Period Goals:

Charles Hudon (10:08)

End of 2nd Period: Canadiens 4 Pens 1 on WBVP and WMBA!!

2nd Period Goals:

Canadiens:

Paul Byron (3:43)

Joel Armia (15:14)

Penguins:

Riley Sheahan (17:10)

 

 

 

End of 1st Period: Canadiens 2 Pens 0 on WBVP and WMBA!!

1st Period Goals:

Brendan Gallagher (11:08)

Paul Byron (15:56)

Pitt survives delay, rallies past Syracuse 44-37 in overtime

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By WILL GRAVES ,  AP Sports Writer
Eds: Pittsburgh 44, Syracuse 37, OT. Updates with quotes. Will be updated. With AP Photos.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Darrin Hall ran for 107 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in overtime, as the Panthers rallied past Syracuse 44-37 on Saturday.

Hall’s 3-yard burst on the opening possession of the extra period put the Panthers up and Pitt sophomore defensive back Therran Coleman picked off Syracuse’s Eric Dungey in the end zone on the Orange’s first offensive snap to give the Panthers a stirring victory.

“Our kids needed that one,” Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi said after his team ended a two-game losing streak.

Qadree Ollison ran for 192 yards and a score for the Panthers (3-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who weathered a 75-minute lightning delay and a late surge by the Orange to beat Syracuse (4-2, 1-2) for the eighth straight time at Heinz Field.

The Orange trailed by 10 in the third quarter but pushed in front 37-34 with 5:53 left in regulation only to let it slip away while losing late for the second consecutive week.

Pitt’s Alex Kessman hit a 45-yard field goal to tie it with 8 seconds to go and Hall, Ollison and the offensive line did the rest in overtime.

“The line said, ‘Coach, keep running it, we got you,'” Narduzzi said.

Dungey completed 18 of 38 passes for 195 yards with a touchdown and two picks during an erratic day in which he also ran for a team-high 70 yards and a touchdown.

Syracuse head coach Dino Babers pointed to the game as a test of his team’s maturity following a draining loss to ACC-power Clemson last week. Early on it looked like Syracuse had finally grown up. The Orange raced to a quick 14-0 lead less than 10 minutes in.

The Panthers, however, found their footing behind a defense that kept Dungey off balance and occasionally off his feet.

Pitt ripped off 27 of the game’s next 30 points — including Ollison’s long touchdown sprint, Dane Jackson’s fumble return following a Dungey fumble and a 68-yard catch-and-run by Rafael Araujo-Lopes — to go up 27-17 just 48 seconds into the third quarter.

Then the deluge hit, sending the teams retreating to the locker rooms for more than an hour. Pitt’s momentum vanished when the game resumed and the Orange responded.

Just not enough for Syracuse to get it together on the road. The Orange are just 4-18 away from the Carrier Dome in conference play since joining the ACC in 2013, including a 1-8 mark under Babers.

“We didn’t give it away,” Babers said.

Maybe, but the Orange didn’t do much late to stop the Panthers from taking it either.

THE TAKEAWAY

Syracuse: The Orange might be improved, but their rushing defense still has a long way to go. A week after letting Clemson’s Travis Etienne go for 203 yards and key the Tigers’ rally, Syracuse surrendered 265 yards on the ground to Pitt.

Pitt: The Panthers might want to just go to the triple-option and get it over with. The passing game remains practically nonexistent. Quarterback Kenny Pickett completed 11 of 20 passes for 137 yards with a touchdown, pick and a fumble. On Pitt’s game-tying drive at the end of regulation, the Panthers ran it on 10 straight plays and threw it just once, a desperation heave to the end zone by Pickett that was well off target.

UP NEXT

Syracuse: The Orange are off next week then host North Carolina on Oct. 20 for the first time since joining the ACC in 2013. The schools last met in 2003, a 49-47 Syracuse victory.

Pitt: The Panthers continue a brutal stretch at No. 6 Notre Dame next Saturday.

2018 Geneva Homecoming Pre-game broadcast on WBVP and WMBA

Homecoming 2018 for the Geneva College Golden Tornado’s started out as a beautiful afternoon on an early October Saturday. Beaver County Radio’s Frank Sparks and Ed Hermick hosted a pre-game tailgate broadcast from the North Gate of Reeve’s Stadium on the Campus of Geneva College. Frank started out by interviewing Dr. Calvin Troup who is President of Geneva College. The rest of the afternoon involved interviews with staff and faculty of Geneva College as they gave their predictions about today’s football game.

During the broadcast Frank interviewed many dignitaries from Geneva College. They talked about topics such as student life, admissions, degrees, and of course athletics.

Check out the pictures below of all of the fun……

If you would like  more information on Geneva College click on the Logo below to be directed to their website ……

Final: Bethany 26 Geneva 20 on WBVP and WMBA!!

In a game heard on WBVP and WMBA Bob Barrickamn and Tom Hayes had the call from Revees Field in Geneva on Homecoming afternoon. A game in which Behany jumoed out to an early 6-0 lead, eventually grabbing a 16-7 lead. Geneva answered right before half making it a 16-14 game at the half. Bethany answered in the third quarter with 10 unanswered points making it a 26-14 ballgame. Geneva wouldn’t go down easy scoring making it 26-20 where it would go final with Bethany taking a win 26-20 at Reeves field.

 

Listen to Bob Barrickman’s recap of the game:

Check out the pictures of game action below….