Eli Irizarry scored twice and the Dix Hills Hawks 14U Gold – Karbot earned their first victory of the season with a 5-1 road win over North Park Hockey 14U Gold – Reid on Sunday at City Ice Pavilion. Dix Hills had dropped its first two games and improved to 1-2-0-0. North Park fell to 0-4-0-0.
The Hawks led 1-0 after the first period and pushed the lead to 3-1 by the end of the second. They added two more goals in the third. Dix Hills outshot North Park 31-14.
Irizarry led the attack with his two-goal performance. Brendan Gigantiello, Andrew Cohen and Nico Walton each added a goal. Walton also took four penalty minutes, and Lucas Long and Ryan Donley each served two.
Isaiah Vance scored North Park’s only goal, which came in the second period. Mason Suarez had two penalty minutes for North Park.
Sean Lealand made 13 saves on 14 shots for the win in net for Dix Hills. Jake Stosuy stopped 26 of 31 shots and took the loss for North Park.
North Park is still looking for its first win, and Dix Hills will try to build on this one.
