Luca Carcaterra scored four goals and Brewster 12U Gold – Burkhard pulled away in the third period for a 7-5 win over Aviator Hockey 12U Gold – Werstine on Saturday at Aviator Sports Center. The LIAHL 12U Gold game was the season opener for both teams.
Brewster led 2-0 after the first period, but Aviator outscored the visitors 3-1 in the second to tie the game 3-3 heading into the final period. Brewster then scored four times in the third, while Aviator answered with two, to decide it.
Carcaterra’s four-goal hat trick accounted for more than half of Brewster’s scoring. Dougie Leblanc, Maia Bonilla and Ben Zylewicz each added a goal. Brewster also took eight of the game’s 12 penalty minutes, including four from Harris Taylor and two each from Leblanc and Victor Bartovic.
Aviator spread its offense across five scorers. Mason Hodzic, Adrian Gavrilov, Antonio Difiore, Cristian Almonte and Patrick Murray each scored once. Gregory Filloramo and Ilyan Levitas were each called for a minor penalty.
Brewster opens the season at 1-0-0-0, while Aviator starts 0-1-0-0 and will look to build on its second-period push next time out.
