The Westchester Vipers 16U Gold – Spisso beat the Peconic Wildcats 16U Gold – Lee 3-1 on Saturday at Peconic Ice Rink in the LIAHL 16U Gold season opener for both teams. Colin Berlinski, Alexander Salman and Christian Kazmierczak each scored for Westchester, and Mason Kay made 12 saves for the win.
The Vipers scored once in each period. They led 1-0 after the first and traded goals with Peconic in the second to take a 2-1 lead into the third. Westchester added an insurance goal in the final period.
Hugo Schleiffelder scored Peconic’s only goal in the second period. Kay stopped 12 of the 13 shots he faced, a .923 save percentage. Westchester outshot Peconic 25-13.
Scott Armusewicz made 22 saves on 25 shots in the loss for the Wildcats. Anthony Portanova of Peconic and Lucas Vicari of Westchester each finished with two penalty minutes.
The Vipers start the season 1-0-0-0, while the Wildcats open at 0-1-0-0 and will look for their first win in their next game.
