Jack Mooney and Tyler Jones each recorded a hat trick, and Connetquot/Sayville/BBP (JV) built a four-goal lead in the third period before holding on for a 10-9 win over Longwood (JV) on Friday night at The Rinx – North Rink. Ryan Fink and Cesar Aravena posted hat tricks of their own for Longwood. Four players scored three goals in a 19-goal game that played out ahead of a forecasted nor’easter.
Connetquot/Sayville/BBP scored on its first offensive chance when Mooney finished from Nicholas Fielding and Jones with 14:07 left in the first, and Jones made it 2-0 less than a minute later. Longwood answered with three straight goals. Mathieu Dischley scored unassisted, Aravena tied it from Fink, and Fink put Longwood ahead 3-2 with 7:25 left on a solo effort that included a between-the-legs move.
The teams’ top units traded goals through the second period. Mooney squeezed a shot through a tiny opening to tie it 3-3, and the score was later tied 4-4 and 5-5, with the crowd getting louder at each equalizer. Jones produced one of the best individual plays of the night with a toe-drag goal, and Fielding’s second goal of the period, with 4:09 left, sent Connetquot/Sayville/BBP into the third ahead 6-5. Mooney, Jones and Fielding combined for 17 points, with Jones and Fielding each finishing with six and Mooney adding five. Jones entered the game with one point on the season.
Connetquot/Sayville/BBP opened the third with three straight goals from Mooney, Zachary Primm and Jones to lead 9-5. After Riley Parrales scored for Longwood, Primm added his second unassisted goal with 9:47 remaining, which stood as the game-winner. Primm had entered the night without a point. Longwood called a timeout while trailing by four, and Aravena scored with 4:01 left to make it 10-7.
Playing with a short bench, Longwood pulled its goaltender for an extra attacker in the final two minutes. Fink scored with 1:14 left and again with 19 seconds remaining to finish with five points, and an icing call against Connetquot/Sayville/BBP with 3.6 seconds left gave Longwood one more possession in the offensive zone. Luke Andruszkiewicz made timely stops in the third, including on breakaways, and earned the win while allowing nine goals. Malcolm Sherman turned in a strong night in net for Longwood despite taking the loss.
Connetquot/Sayville/BBP earned its first win of the season and improved to 1-1-0-0, while Longwood also moved to 1-1-0-0. Both teams will look to build on this game in their next outings.
