Marcus Tan scored a hat trick as the Great Neck Bruins 12U T2 NTB – Clingo beat the LI Kings 12U T2 NTB – Wittekind 7-1 on Saturday at Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. Both teams entered the Tier II 12U NTB game without a loss. The Kings had won all four of their games, and the Bruins came in at 3-0-1-0.
Great Neck scored three times in the first period to take a 3-0 lead. Each team scored once in the second, with Noah Mollaei recording the Kings’ only goal, and the Bruins carried a 4-1 lead into the third. Great Neck then added three more goals in the final period.
Tan led the offense with three goals, and William Keene and Ethan Lu each scored twice. Those three players accounted for all seven Great Neck goals. The Bruins outshot the Kings 24-15.
Ian Huang earned the win in goal for Great Neck, making six saves on seven shots. Hunter Braun came on in relief and stopped all eight shots he faced. For the Kings, Cooper Wittekind made 17 saves on 24 shots and took the loss.
The Bruins improve to 4-0-1-0, while the Kings fall to 4-1-0-0 with their first loss of the season. Both teams will try to build on their strong starts in their next games.
