NEWCASTLE – A hat trick to Luke Simpson and Francis Drolet found the back of the net twice as the Newcastle Northstars smashed the Adelaide Adrenaline 14-3 at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Simpson scored his first goal, a power play goal, at 13:56 of the second period, with Sammy Banga and Francis Drolet picking up the assists. The second goal for Simpson was scored at 12:05 of the second period unassisted. Simpson scored his third goal at 1:00 of the second period, with Patrick Ward and Jayson Chalker picking up the assists.
The first goal for Drolet was scored at 11:35 of the second period, with Jayson Chalker and Richard Tesarik picking up the assists. Drolet’s second goal came at 2:15 of the second period, with Richard Tesarik and Sammy Banga picking up the assists.
Banga scored his first goal at 4:56 of the second period, with Trey Phillips and Francis Drolet picking up the assists. The second goal for Banga was scored at 1:17 of the third period unassisted.
Jayden Ryan’s first goal, a short handed goal, came at 5:03 of the first period, with Luke Simpson getting the assist. The second goal for Ryan, a power play goal, was scored at 3:09 of the second period, with Richard Tesarik and Liam Manwarring picking up the assists.
Tesarik scored his first goal at 0:20 of the second period, with Sammy Banga and Francis Drolet picking up the assists. Tesarik scored his second goal at 9:48 of the third period, with assists going to Francis Drolet and Sammy Banga.
Trey Phillips scored one goal and one assist for two points, while Jayson Chalker got two assists for two points.
The Adrenaline got their goals from Zach Boyle, Quentin Tombleson and Jake Riley. Harley Anderson got three assists for three points.
Dayne Davis was the winning goalie for Newcastle Northstars, making 5 saves on 5 shots, for a Save Percentage of 1.000. Davis left the game at 2:59 of the 2nd period. Charles Smart was the backup goalie for Newcastle Northstars, making 13 saves on 16 shots, for a Save Percentage of 0.813.
Glen Forbes-White was the losing goalie for Adelaide Adrenaline, making 22 saves on 33 shots, for a Save Percentage of 0.667. Forbes-White left the game at the end of the second period. Jeremy Friederich was the backup goalie for Adelaide Adrenaline, making 15 saves on 18 shots, for a Save Percentage of 0.833.