Connect with us

High School

Bulls Dominate Tigers in 8-1 Victory

Published

on

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Senior Andre McGraime had two assists in a dominant, two-way performance as the Smithtown/ Hauppauge Bulls (16-1-0) cruised to an 8-1 victory over the Northport/ Huntington Tigers (7-10-0) on Wednesday.

Senior Draven Cacciani and Sophomore John Avlonitis each found the back of the net in the Bulls big win.

Junior Jack Pring earned the win in goal for the Bulls.

Junior Brett Kostor made some sensational saves in the early going for the Tigers, but couldn’t fend off the Bulls onslaught forever.

Senior Shane Reidy opened the scoring at 3:21 in the 1st period. Senior Raymond Sherwood made a stretch pass to Reidy, who scored a breakaway goal.

https://lihockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jan23Reidy1mp4.mp4

The Bulls captain, Senior Brendan Landrigan, scored the game-winning goal at 2:13 in the first frame to double the Bulls lead.

https://lihockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/23JanLandyOnemp4.mp4

Avlonitis lit the lamp for his 4th of the season at 13:47 in the 2nd period. Senior Andre McGraime carried it down the ice, showing off his silky mitts to blow by multiple Tigers, and set up shop in Gretzky’s office before dishing it to Avlonitis for the tap-in.

https://lihockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/23JANMcGraimeApple.mp4

Senior R.J. Pfister creeped his way in from the blue line before sniping top cheddar to make it a four score game at 6:03 in the 2nd period.

https://lihockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/23JanRJ1.mp4

Then, Reidy on the redirect, makes it 5-0 Smithtown/ Hauppauge at 3:26 in the middle frame.

https://lihockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/23JanReidy2.mp4

Smithtown/ Hauppauge struck twice in the opening minute of the 3rd period.

Senior Max Campo put the biscuit in the basket at 14:46 to make it 6-0.

https://lihockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/23JanDraven1-2.mp4

Cacciani scored his 3rd of the season at 14:08 to make it 7-0.

https://lihockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Draven-FR-tho.mp4

Brendan Landrigan capped the scoring with a power play goal for the Bulls at 7:53 in the final frame

Senior Joe Boeckmann broke the seal late at 3:41 in the 3rd period to make it 8-1.

Scoring Summary

TeamTimePeriodGoal ScorerAssist(s)Type
Smithtown Hauppauge03:211st(#91) Shane Reidy (17)(#27) Raymond Sherwood (4)Even Strength
Smithtown Hauppauge02:131st(#88) Brendan Landrigan (13)(#94) Gavin Bareham (13), (#19) Richard Pfister III (9)Power Play (GWG)
Smithtown Hauppauge13:472nd(#20) John Avlonitis (4)(#45) Andre McGraime (7)Even Strength
Smithtown Hauppauge06:032nd(#19) Richard Pfister III (7)(#91) Shane Reidy (26), (#80) Max Campo (17)Even Strength
Smithtown Hauppauge03:262nd(#91) Shane Reidy (18)(#97) David Wetzel (5)Even Strength
Smithtown Hauppauge14:083rd(#17) Draven Cacciani (3)(#27) Raymond Sherwood (5)Even Strength
Smithtown Hauppauge14:463rd(#80) Max Campo (16)(#97) David Wetzel (6)Even Strength
Smithtown Hauppauge07:533rd(#88) Brendan Landrigan (14)(#94) Gavin Bareham (14)Power Play
Northport Huntington03:413rd(#24) Joseph Boeckmann (4)(#40) Joseph Caruso (10)Even Strength

Three Stars Of The Game

StarPlayerStat Line
1st(#45) Andre McGraime2A
2nd(#17) Draven CaccianiG
3rd(#20) John AvlonitisG

Upcoming Schedule

The Northport/ Huntington Tigers (7-10) are set to face the St. Anthony’s Friars (16-0-1) on Monday, January 27 at 7:50 p.m. The Tigers fell 6-0 in their first meeting against the Friars.

The Tigers have clinched the #6 Seed, an improvement from last season’s 7th place finish, but it is unlikely that they can advance any higher than that as they close out the season with games against the aforementioned #1 Seed Friars, the #3 Seed Knights.

The Tigers will also have to close out the season against a West Islip Lions team that has no margin for error if they want to sneak into the playoffs.

The Smithtown/ Hauppauge Bulls (16-1) take on the Kings Park/ Commack Knights (13-4) on Wednesday, January 29 at 7:50 pm. The Bulls defeated the Knights 4-1 in their first meeting.

Smithtown/ Hauppauge has clinched the #2 seed. To have a chance at the #1 seed, the Bulls have to win out, and need St. Anthony’s to lose. On the other hand, the Knights are at risk of dropping out of the #3 seed in the final games of the season for the second time in as many seasons.

KPC needs to win two out of their last three games, which means beating the Bulls in their next matchup or the Friars in the final game of the season. So Smithtown/. Hauppauge’s best chance at securing the #1 spot is to hold KPC’s feet to the fire.

Continue Reading
Click to comment

You must be logged in to post a comment Login

Leave a Reply

Cancel reply