Sharp Shooters open season with win over Dragons

The Sharp Shooters were on the mark Monday during the opening day of

the Smythe Division winter season, especially Jeremy McHenry.

McHenry netted six goals and assisted another score to lead the

way in a 9-6 victory over the Dragons at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey

Center in Huntington Beach.

Chad Loughran opened the scoring for the Sharp Shooters in the

opening quarter. McHenry then scored five of the next six goals for

his team.

Justin Williams scored twice, and McHenry’s sixth and final goal

closed out the scoring for the Sharp Shooters.

Williams also had two assists and Bryce King and Cheyne Taylor

each had one.

Joshua Ishizaki scored three consecutive goals and led the Dragons

in scoring.

Tyler Leamer and Aaron Baca-Chavez each scored once with an assist

and Garrett Cook scored once.

In other Smythe openers:

Renegades 2, Vipers 1

Jacob Sabraw had a goal and an assist to lead the Renegades.

Krist Biakanja scored the decisive goal in the third period and

Avi Press recorded 17 saves.

Tristan DeBoom scored unassisted for the Vipers and Zachary Beko

had 16 saves.

Hurricanes 4, Matrix Reloaded 1

Brandon Jones and the Hurricanes’ defense shut down Matrix

Reloaded after yielding a first quarter goal to Sean Mastro.

Matthew Ostovarpour scored twice with an assist to lead the

Hurricanes on offense.

Tyler O’Donnell had 18 saves for Matrix Reloaded.

Blackhawks 5, Crusaders 1

Steve Brandenberg’s two goals and assist paced a Blackhawks attack

that saw Josh Barut and Eric Epperson each score once with an assist,

Connor Culhane score once and Nolan Smith get an assist.

Chas Plimpton finished with 17 saves.

Michael Thomas scored for the Crusaders and Jacob Otis had 23

saves.

In a Mite Division opener:

HB Vipers 9, OCB 93 7

Zachary Beko and Garrett Blackwell scored in overtime to lift the

HB Vipers to victory.

Beko and Blackwell each finished the match with a team-high three

goals. William Alberto scored twice and Tyler O’Donnell scored once.

O’Donnell and Eric Newfield each recorded two assists and Alberto

and J.J. Milikan each had one assist.