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Shockwave Sweep Geese Chasers to Win Keystone Title, Earn First-Ever PIHA Finals Berth
The Steel City Shockwave are Keystone Division champions—and for the first time in their long PIHA history, they’re headed to the PIHA Finals.
Steel City completed a decisive two-game sweep of the Marple Geese Chasers in the PIHA Minor Keystone Division Final, rolling to a 7–3 win in Game 1 before closing the series with a 5–1 victory in Game 2 at Marple Sports Arena (Red Rink).
With the way the Shockwave are scoring, pressuring, and getting saves, they’ll arrive at the national tournament as one of the teams most opponents will circle immediately.
Game 1: Shockwave 7, Geese Chasers 3
Steel City detonated early, scoring six first-period goals to effectively decide the opener in the opening half.
The Shockwave offense was relentless:
Kyle Rosendale (#92) scored twice (8:16 and 0:53).
Nate Loughner (#67) posted a hat trick, including a short-handed goal at 2:10.
Nick Pilotti (#76) and Jory Rodgers (#17) added goals to complete the first-period avalanche.
Marple battled back with three even-strength goals—Kyle Grizzard (#54), David Hayes (#28), and Luke Viola (#98) found the net—but the damage was done.
Steel City goaltender Jacob Proskin (#33) turned aside 13 of 16 as the Shockwave held a 16–18 shot line that shows how clinical their finishing was in the opener.
Game 2: Shockwave 5, Geese Chasers 1
Game 2 was a different look—tighter checking, fewer whistles, and a Shockwave team that didn’t give Marple any runway. Steel City led 2–0 after the first, then put the series away with three more in the second.
The Shockwave’s top-end skill showed again:
Rosendale (#92) opened the scoring at 10:13.
Marco DeLisi (#99) scored twice (2:19 and 6:07).
Scott McNaugher (#26) and Steel City’s finishing touch rounded out the five-goal effort.
Marple’s lone response came from Kyle Young (#97) early in the second (1:36), but Steel City immediately reasserted control.
And while Game 1 was about offense, Game 2 was about efficiency and goaltending—Proskin stopped 11 of 12, and Steel City won the shot battle 17–12.
What It Means
Two wins. Two convincing scorelines. And a program-defining milestone.
The Shockwave’s championship run sends them to the PIHA Finals for the first time ever, and based on the way they overwhelmed the Keystone bracket—especially with the scoring punch of Loughner and Rosendale and the stability in goal—they’ll enter the tournament as a legitimate Minor title favorite.