Ryan Anderson scored four goals, Robert Auerbach added a hat trick and Smithtown/Hauppauge beat Connetquot/Sayville/BBP 13-2 on Monday night at The Rinx – North Rink. Marcus D’Errico had a goal and four assists for a five-point night. The win was the first of the season for Smithtown/Hauppauge, which improved to 1-0-0-1, while Connetquot/Sayville/BBP fell to 0-1-1-0.
The visitors led from the start. Luke Anderson opened the scoring with 13:26 left in the first period, set up by Christian Krikau. Brennan Parker followed less than a minute later, and Ryan Anderson’s goal with 10:59 remaining, assisted by D’Errico and Luke Anderson, stood as the winner. D’Errico scored on the power play, and Auerbach added a goal. Luke Anderson then scored short-handed with 4:21 left, again from Krikau. Five different players scored as Smithtown/Hauppauge built a 6-0 lead after one period.
Connetquot/Sayville/BBP replaced starter John Higgins, who allowed six goals and took the loss, with Jake Degenfelder. Degenfelder produced the home side’s best moment of the night, a glove save on D’Errico with Luke Anderson alone in front, and the crowd responded loudly. Smithtown/Hauppauge kept scoring in the second period. Auerbach and Joseph Poserina scored before Ryan Anderson added two more, both assisted by D’Errico, to make it 10-0.
Joseph Villani ended the run of 10 unanswered goals by scoring on the power play with one second left in the second period, assisted by Nikolas Nasta and Gavin Beisel. Ryan Anderson scored his fourth early in the third, with D’Errico assisting on all four of his goals. Anderson had entered the game with one goal. Krikau scored on a setup from Jack Hinteman and Auerbach, and Auerbach completed his hat trick with 6:55 remaining, assisted by Hinteman. Bennett King scored late for Connetquot/Sayville/BBP, putting in a rebound on the backhand.
Seven different Smithtown/Hauppauge players scored. Luke Anderson finished with two goals and two assists, Hinteman had four assists and Krikau had three points. Joseph Scholz allowed two goals and earned the win. Beisel had two assists for Connetquot/Sayville/BBP, and Degenfelder was charged with seven goals in relief.
Smithtown/Hauppauge will look to build on its first win of the season, while Connetquot/Sayville/BBP will try to recover from a lopsided loss.
