The Peconic Wildcats 14U Gold – Pereira picked up their first victory of the LIAHL season Sunday, defeating LI Edge 14U Gold – Kavanagh 3-1 at Peconic Ice Rink. Three players scored for the Wildcats, and goaltender Colton Sganga made 21 saves on 22 shots.
Peconic scored once in the first period. Neither team scored in a scoreless second. The Wildcats then added two more goals in the third to put the game away.
Zachary Peragine, Peter Kentros and Tyler Onza each scored for Peconic. Onza also had two penalty minutes, and Anthony Esposito was assessed 10 penalty minutes.
Aiden Prestia scored LI Edge’s only goal in the third period. Sganga stopped every other shot to finish with a .955 save percentage. At the other end, Edge goaltender Padraig Baron made 19 saves on 22 shots in the loss.
The Wildcats entered the game at 0-0-1-0 and improve to 1-0-1-0. LI Edge, which came in at 1-0-1-0, suffers its first loss and falls to 1-1-1-0. Both teams will look to build on this early-season result in their next outings.
