Jackson Barnett scored three goals and the Long Beach Lightning 10U Silver – Ponte opened their season with an 11-2 win over North Park Hockey 10U Silver – Mauro on Sunday at Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena. Seven different players scored for Long Beach (1-0-0-0) in the LIAHL 10U Silver matchup.
Barnett’s hat trick led the attack, while Gavin McConnon and Leo Koren each added two goals. Anthony Ponte, Leo McAllister, Lincoln Shiels and Ethan Miller scored once apiece.
Long Beach led 2-0 after the first period and pulled away with four goals in the second to go up 6-0. The Lightning added five more in the third.
North Park (0-2-0-0) scored both of its goals in the third period. Marcus Eng and Beckett Inchausti each found the net. Eng also had two penalty minutes, as did Long Beach’s James Callaghan and Wesley Niemczyk.
Dominic Grosso earned the win in net for Long Beach with nine saves on 11 shots. Fisher Kaplowitz took the loss for North Park, making 34 saves on 45 shots as the Lightning held a wide edge in shots. North Park will look for its first win of the season in its next outing.
