Evan Downs scored four goals, and Mason Goodale and Liam Besendorfer each added hat tricks as the Peconic Wildcats 12U Gold – Greig beat North Park Hockey 12U Gold – Pala 17-1 on Sunday at City Ice Pavilion. The LIAHL 12U Gold win kept Peconic perfect at 3-0-0-0.
Peconic led 5-1 after the first period, then scored 12 goals in the second to put the game away. Neither team scored in the third. The Wildcats had nine different goal scorers, and Roxy Jablonski added two goals.
Nathan Ivezaj, Jack Fenlon, Austin Keber, Rowan Santiago and Kellan McCarthy each scored once for Peconic. Downs was also the only Wildcat to take a penalty, finishing with two penalty minutes to go with his four goals.
Matteo Levine scored North Park’s only goal. Theodore Larsson, Yuri Prahin and Varick Chapin each served two penalty minutes. Charles Travaglione took the loss, making six saves while allowing 17 goals on 23 shots.
Patrick O’Rourke earned the win for Peconic with eight saves on nine shots. North Park falls to 1-1-1-0 and will look to rebound from its first loss of the season.
