Rian Yanega scored five goals and Long Beach Lightning 10U T2 TB – Florio produced three hat tricks in a 14-1 win over LI Edge 10U T2 TB – Nielsen on Saturday at Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena. The LIAHL Tier II 10U TB victory was Long Beach’s first of the season and lifted the Lightning to 1-1-0-0.
Long Beach led 3-1 after the first period, with Gavin Goldfarb scoring LI Edge’s only goal in that frame. The Lightning then scored eight times in the second period, and the game was effectively decided before the third. Long Beach added three more goals in the final period.
Yanega’s five goals led the offense, and Charles Borello and Ryan Johnson also recorded hat tricks. Borello scored four times, and Johnson scored three. James Haggerty and Luke Lowe each added a goal to round out Long Beach’s scoring.
Robert Incantalupo earned the win in net for Long Beach, making nine saves on 10 shots. Joshua Cohn took the loss for LI Edge, making 25 saves and allowing 14 goals on 39 shots. LI Edge was assessed 6 penalty minutes, three of them to Andrew Kwon, while Long Beach had 3 penalty minutes.
LI Edge fell to 1-3-0-0 and will try to rebound in its next outing, while Long Beach looks to build on its first win.
