The Great Neck Bruins 12U T2 NTB – Clingo built their win in a six-goal second period and edged the PAL Blue Knights 12U T2 NTB – Duggan 8-7 on Saturday at Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. William Keene recorded a hat trick for Great Neck, and Keith Jackson scored four goals for PAL in a game that produced 15 total goals.
PAL took a 2-1 lead after the first period. Great Neck then outscored the Blue Knights 6-2 in the second to take a 7-4 lead into the third. PAL won the final period 3-1 but could not close the gap.
Keene’s three goals led a balanced Great Neck attack. Marcus Tan and Ethan Lu each scored twice, and Christopher Mazzie added a goal. Hunter Braun made five saves on seven shots and was credited with the win. Ian Huang stopped nine of 14 shots in his share of the game.
For PAL, Jackson’s four goals accounted for more than half of the team’s offense. Luke Duggan, Aiden Wollney and Reece Devlin each scored once. Dylan Shuman made four saves on 12 shots and took the loss.
Great Neck improves to 3-0-1-0 and remains unbeaten, while PAL falls to 1-1-0-0 after its first loss of the season.
