The Dix Hills Hawks 16U Gold – Bentrewicz opened their LIAHL season with a 4-2 win over LI Edge 16U Gold – Healey on Saturday at Clark Gillies Arena (Dix Hills Ice Rink). Four Hawks scored once each, and goaltender Steven Stavropoulos made 25 saves on 27 shots.
Kai Kelly, Ryan Buscarino, Colin Skinner and Anthony Melendez provided the goals for Dix Hills. The Hawks outscored LI Edge 2-1 in the first period, and the teams traded goals in the second, leaving Dix Hills ahead 3-2 after two. The Hawks added the only goal of the third period.
Joseph Pollaci and Michael Marco scored for LI Edge, with one goal in each of the first two periods. Connor Salembier took the loss in net, making 23 saves on 27 shots for a .852 save percentage. Stavropoulos finished with a .926 save percentage in the win.
The game included 20 penalty minutes. Dix Hills accounted for 12, led by Vincent Sellitto’s four, while Kelly, Andrew Wetter, Shea Levy and Liam McCarthy each had two. For LI Edge, Marco, Mason Ortiz, Thomas Kelly and Graham Hefelfinger each served two minutes.
Dix Hills starts the season 1-0-0-0, while LI Edge looks for its first win after opening at 0-1-0-0.
