March 27, 1977
Abington split two games in the
second day of round-robin play in the
Keystone High School hockey tourna-
ment yesterday, defeating Cardinal
O’Hara, 3-0, and losing to North Alle-
gheny, 6-4. The Ghosts exploded for three
goals in the final period of the first
game, and goalie Dean Richardson
turned back 15 to shut out O’Hara at
the Skatium in Haverford.
Center Jim Sutow converted a pass
from Danny Richardson for a goal to
open the scoring at the 6-minute
mark. Greg Daniels blasted a slap-
shot from the left faceoff circle past
O’Hara goalie John Furri for a 2-0
lead.
Mark Leegard finished the scoring
for Abington, making good on a pen-
alty shot with just 7 seconds left in
the game.
Kent Thorpe’s hat trick led the way
for North Allegheny against Abington
at Lafayette Arena. Thorpe scored on
a power play in the third period to
give Allegheny a 5-4 lead and added
an insurance goal at 10:49.
Sutow tallied two unassisted goals,
the second coming while Abington
was short-handed. Dennis Garvin
gave Abington its only lead, 4-3, scor-
ing on a power play in the third pe-
riod.
Erie-McDowall scored three goals
in the third period to hand Cardinal
O’Hara its third straight loss in the
tournament. Doug Mercer, Jay Par-
rone and Jeff Buetikofer added goals
for Erie.
Jay Hunt scored a second-period
goal to give the Lions a 1-0 lead.
Tim Walsh and Dave Brodie each
scored twice to lead Richland to a 6-4
victory over West Chester.
Churchill of Pittsburgh and Erie-
McDowall will meet for the state
championship in the final today.
Churchill (3-0) defeated Richland, 4-
1, to capture the first flight, on the
strength of two goals and an assist
by Frank Spena. The Pittsburgh
school is the only team unbeaten in
the tournament.
