WARRENDALE — Just call Ryan Schutte the life preserver.

The Seneca Valley senior goaltender stopped 14 of 15 shots in the third period, including on a breakaway and when his team played two men short, to help the Raiders to a 2-1 PIHL Class AAA quarterfinal win over Bethel Park Tuesday night.

The fourth-seeded Raiders (17-5-1), unbeaten in their last six games, will play either Shaler or State College in the semifinals Monday or Tuesday at Mellon Arena.

The seventh-seeded Black Hawks (15-7-2) managed only 12 shots on net through the first two periods.

"There wasn't much action coming my way. I was getting a little bored, to be honest," Schutte said. "I like facing a lot of shots. Most goalies do."

He got his wish in that third period.

"Ryan was outstanding," SV coach Denis Kirstein said. "At this time of year, you want your goalie to lead you, and that's what he did tonight."

With a little help from Logan Peffer and friends, that is.

Peffer, a senior forward, scored both Raiders goals. He snapped a scoreless tie 5:35 into the second period when he scored a short-handed goal.

After gathering a loose puck in the neutral zone, Peffer skated down the left wing and let loose a high wrist shot just as a defender knocked him to the ice.

The puck sailed over Bethel Park goalie Dillon Ondrako's glove hand and into the net.

"That's the spot I had picked out," Peffer said. "I saw the puck go in just before I hit the ice."

The goal was the Raiders' 17th short-handed tally of the season, believed to be the most in the PIHL.

Peffer deflected a Tyler Wagner shot from the point with 8:21 left in the second period for the score that gave his team a 2-0 lead and Peffer his 15th goal this season.

But Bethel Park got its opportunities in the final period of a penalty-filled game.

The Raiders were on the wrong end of a 5-on-3 situation for 1:49 early in the third period, but Schutte stood his ground.

Finally, on the Black Hawks' eighth power play of the night, they got one behind him.

With bodies sprawled all over the ice in front of and on top of Schutte, Bethel Park's Tyler Shipley poked in a loose puck with 8:39 left.

"I thought there should have been a whistle beforehand, but the referee told me he never lost sight of the puck and we never had it covered," Kirstein said.

"That was a weird play. ... I thought I had it smothered, I got pushed backward and the puck went in," Schutte said.

Moments later, Schutte stopped Shipley on a breakaway while the Black Hawks were short-handed.

Seneca Valley was 0-for-7 on the power play.

"There were a lot of penalties, but it was that type of game," Bethel Park coach James McVay said. "The officials did a great job out there."

Kirstein concurred.

"I can't think of one penalty they called that shouldn't have been called," he said. "I thought we slowed up in the third period. We didn't apply as much offensive pressure as we did earlier.

The Raiders had a 36-27 edge in shots, but both teams had plenty of scoring opportunities, with many of Seneca Valley's chances occurring short-handed.

"Our top scorers are on the penalty kill and we're aggressive out there," Peffer said. "Most teams aren't used to that approach and we create chances for ourselves."

Ondrako entered the game with a 1.64 goals against average. Schutte has a 2.19 GAA.

"I didn't see some of those shots coming at me, but our defensemen were blocking a lot of them," Schutte said.

McVay knew Schutte well.

"He plays on my travel team, so I know how good he can be," the Black Hawks coach said. "He stoned us tonight. I thought we outplayed them at times, but he was the difference."

Notes: Sam Jarrett and Tyler Mesisca lead the Raiders with 20 goals each. ... Shipley has eight goals for Bethel Park, including four in two playoff games. He had a hat trick in the Black Hawks' 5-1 first-round win over McDowell. ... Former SV coach Mike Schall is an assistant coach with Bethel Park and Kirstein is a Bethel Park graduate.