Dominic Grosso made 35 saves, and the Long Beach Lightning 10U Silver – Ponte held off a late push from the Peconic Wildcats 10U Silver – McCarthy for a 3-2 win Saturday at Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena. The victory keeps Long Beach unbeaten at 3-0-0-0, while Peconic falls to 2-2-0-0.
Long Beach took a 1-0 lead in the first period and held it through a scoreless second. The third period opened up, with the teams trading two goals apiece before the Lightning closed out the one-goal win.
Anthony Ponte, Lincoln Shiels and Luke Demille each scored for Long Beach. The Lightning were outshot 37-19, but Grosso stopped 35 of the 37 shots he faced for a .946 save percentage.
Carmine Delucia and Jake Difiglia scored for Peconic, both in the third period. Owen Besendorfer made 16 saves on 19 shots and took the loss.
Long Beach will look to stay perfect in its next outing, while Peconic will try to get back in the win column.
