High School Boys Basketball – Friday January 6, 2017
Quaker Valley – 78
Beaver Falls – 58
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Juuse Saros made 35 saves to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Mattias Ekholm, Tanner Jeannot, Eeli Tolvanen and Yakov Trenin scored for the Predators, who have won five of six. Roman Josi had three assists and Colton Sissons added two. Jake Guentzel had the lone goal and Casey DeSmith stopped 21 shots for Pittsburgh, which won its previous two games.
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(AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists, Tristan Jarry made 20 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1. Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper was given a game misconduct for arguing with officials with 53.7 seconds remaining in the second period after the Lightning received an extra minor penalty stemming from a scrum. Sidney Crosby, Danton Heinen, Brock McGinn and Jake Guentzel had the other Pittsburgh goals as the Penguins improved to 19-6-3 on the road. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored for the Lightning.
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The undefeated Blackhawk Lady Cougars took on Quaker Valley in a fast moving playoff match. Blackhawk took off in the first and never lost their speed. Quaker Valley couldn’t keep up and trailed by 20 at the end of the first. By the second half the mercy rule kicked in. Blackhawk ended the game victorious and will move on to the next round with a final score Blackhawk 62 Quaker Valley 24.
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