Rinx Hockey 10U Silver – O’Donoghue scored four goals in the first period and never looked back, beating the Peconic Wildcats 10U Silver – McCarthy 8-2 in the season opener for both teams Sunday at Peconic Ice Rink. Five players scored for Rinx Hockey, three of them twice.
Sean Fox, Matthew Grosskurth and Jorge Leonardo each finished with two goals. Ryan Lupia and Tristen Pajak added one apiece.
The visitors set the tone early, taking a 4-0 lead out of the first period. Peconic answered in the second, with Ace Briguglio scoring both of the Wildcats’ goals in the frame. Rinx Hockey matched those two goals in the period to carry a 6-2 lead into the third.
Rinx Hockey closed the game with two more goals in the third period while keeping Peconic off the board. Briguglio accounted for all of the Wildcats’ offense.
Rinx Hockey starts the season 1-0-0-0, while Peconic is 0-1-0-0 and will look to build on Briguglio’s two-goal effort in its next outing.
