Aidan Cohen scored three goals as the PAL Soundtigers 14U Gold – Johnson opened their season with a 6-2 win over North Park Hockey 14U Gold – Reid on Saturday at Islanders Iceworks. The LIAHL 14U Gold result moves PAL to 1-0-0-0 and leaves North Park at 0-1-0-0.
PAL scored once in each of the first two periods and took a 2-0 lead into the third. The final period produced most of the offense, with PAL outscoring North Park 4-2 in the frame.
Cohen’s hat trick led the PAL attack. Owen Specht, Tyler Moshes and Preston Gancos each added a goal.
Christopher Johnson made 17 saves on 19 shots to earn the win in net for PAL. For North Park, Zander Beshara took the loss after allowing six goals on 32 shots with 26 saves, and Jake Stosuy stopped all five shots he faced.
Anthony Pasquin and Oliver Feltman scored the North Park goals, both in the third period. Feltman also had four penalty minutes. North Park will look for its first win of the season, while PAL aims to build on its opening victory.
