Hudson Brenke scored three goals and Luca Romeo posted a shutout as the Long Beach Lightning 16U T2 NTB – Podolskiy opened their season with a 10-0 win over the LI Sharks 16U T2 NTB – Rudzewick on Sunday at Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena. The Lightning outshot the Sharks 47-5 in the Tier II 16U NTB matchup.
Long Beach led 2-0 after the first period and scored four goals in each of the final two periods. Eight different players scored for the Lightning. Brenke led the way with his hat trick, and Patrick Famularo, Ryan Reinhart, Thomas Russell, James Joyce, Brady Johanson, Matthew Jackman and Frankie Smart each added a goal.
Romeo earned the win and the shutout in net for Long Beach. On the other end, Sharks goaltender Jacob Luden made 37 saves and allowed 10 goals in the loss.
Johanson had 12 penalty minutes in addition to his goal, and Eamon Murray (four), Ryan Miller (two) and Peter Duva (two) also spent time in the box for Long Beach. Chace McManus and Thomas Moriarty each had two penalty minutes for the Sharks.
The Lightning start the season 1-0-0-0, while the Sharks fall to 0-2-0-0 and are still looking for their first point of the year.
