Griffin Fox scored three goals and the Long Beach Lightning 12U Silver – Deacon pulled away after an even first period to beat North Park Hockey 12U Silver – Hamby 10-3 on Sunday at Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena. The LIAHL 12U Silver win moved Long Beach to 3-1-0-0 and dropped North Park to 0-3-0-0.
The teams were tied 1-1 after the first period before Long Beach took over in the second, scoring three unanswered goals for a 4-1 lead. The Lightning added six more in the third. North Park scored twice in that period.
Fox’s hat trick led an attack that had seven different goal scorers. John Dugan added two goals, and Thomas Surgot, Chase Mischo, Rafe Kaminsky, Jonah Pooley and Ellie Shannon each scored once. Tucker Fox made eight saves on 11 shots to earn the win in goal.
Ashton Duber scored twice for North Park, and Ian Feng had the other goal. Leo Horowitz made 19 saves on 29 shots in the loss.
Long Beach will look to build on its three-game win total, while North Park continues to search for its first victory of the season.
