Luca Montrony scored three times in the first period, and West Islip Gold (DV) opened its season with an 8-1 win over East Islip Black (DV) on Saturday night at The Rinx – North Rink. West Islip led 5-0 after one period and 8-0 in the second before Charles Mazziotti ended the shutout bid.
Montrony opened the scoring unassisted with 14:22 left in the first, drawing applause from the crowd. Giovanni Izzo doubled the lead on the power play with 11:22 remaining, finishing a two-on-one rush with a tip-in that held up as the game-winner. Montrony then struck twice in quick order, converting a feed from Andrew Von Thaden with 6:51 left and adding an unassisted goal with 5:41 left to complete the hat trick, his speed giving East Islip problems all period.
East Islip’s Michael Ventura was assessed a charging minor and a 10-minute misconduct with 3:37 left in the first. Anthony Garafola later added a power-play goal with 2:46 remaining, with Jake Rocco picking up the assist, to send West Islip to the intermission up 5-0.
Rocco carried that momentum into the second, scoring back-to-back unassisted goals with 14:38 and 13:20 left for a 7-0 lead. Michael Coyle followed with a deflection goal with 8:16 left, with Von Thaden collecting his second assist. With the game nearing the league’s running-clock threshold, West Islip managed its pace and personnel deliberately. Mazziotti then answered for East Islip with a backhand move with 1:20 left in the period, drawing cheers and keeping the margin short of the running-clock mark.
The third period moved quickly with few whistles and went scoreless. Rocco, who finished with two goals and an assist, was given a boarding minor and a 10-minute misconduct with 1:35 left in regulation. East Islip pulled its goaltender for an extra attacker on the ensuing power play, but time expired before it could score. Liam Louvier allowed one goal in the win for West Islip, while Luke Vigliotta allowed eight in the loss for East Islip.
West Islip Gold (DV) starts the season 1-0-0-0, while East Islip Black (DV) will look to rebound from its 0-1-0-0 start.
