MELBOURNE – Dillon Lawrence scored a hat trick and Cassian Delsar tallied 4 points as the Melbourne Ice demolished the Adelaide Adrenaline 8-0 at the O’Brien Group Arena on Saturday evening.
Lawrence scored his first goal at 9.28 of the first period, with Dylan Anderson and Robert Clark picking up the assists. Lawrence scored his second goal at 6.03 of the first period, with Cassian Delsar and Todd Graham picking up the assists. Lawrence scored his third goal at 1.38 of the first period, with Cassian Delsar getting the assist.
Cassian Delsar scored 2 goals and got 2 assists for 4 points. Robert Clark scored 1 goals and got 2 assists for 3 points. Todd Graham got 3 assists and Nate Fleming got 2 assists.
Michael James was the winning goalie for Melbourne Ice, making 10 saves on 10 shots, for a Save Percentage of 1.000. James left the game at the end of the second period. Jaden Pine-Murphy took over for Melbourne Ice, making 10 saves on 10 shots, for a Save Percentage of 1.000. Sebastian Andersson was the losing goalie for Adelaide Adrenaline, making 8 saves on 13 shots, for a Save Percentage of 0.615. Andersson left the game after the first period, and was replaced by Glen Forbes-White. He made 11 saves on 14 shots, for a Save Percentage of 0.786.