Green Hands Gray First Loss with 8–3 Victory
Green extended its winning streak to four games and ended Gray’s perfect start with an 8–3 victory. Cameron Wood scored a hat trick, Harrison Varner recorded four points, and James Rockmore supplied three assists as Green drew level with Gray at 4–1.
Dionisio Mitchell opened the scoring at 14:02 of the first period, assisted by Rockmore. Wood doubled the advantage at 11:15 on a setup from Cliff Johnson, giving Green a 2–0 lead at the intermission.
Green added to its advantage in the second. Varner scored on the power play at 15:56, with Mark Braun and Rockmore assisting, then struck again at 12:59 on assists from Frankie Nunez and Aaron McCollum. Kyle Haskill got Gray on the board one minute later, assisted by Bill Hawley and Tyler Higgins, but Green carried a 4–1 lead into the third.
Braun scored at 16:04 of the final period on Rockmore’s third assist of the night. Wood added his second at 14:31, assisted by Varner and Mitchell, to stretch the lead to 6–1. Gray responded with goals from Ryan Rico at 13:13 and Julias Vargas at 11:30, cutting the deficit to three.
Wood completed his hat trick at 5:18 on another setup from Varner. McCollum added an unassisted goal at 3:00 to finish the scoring and secure Green’s fourth consecutive victory.
Varner led Green with two goals and two assists. Wood scored three times, Rockmore recorded three assists, and Mitchell, Braun and McCollum each contributed a goal and an assist.
Green improved to 4–1 after opening the season with a loss. Braun has now scored in all five games and recorded multiple points in every outing. Varner extended his point streak to five games and has goals in three consecutive games. Mitchell scored for the second straight week, and Wood followed his previous outing’s goal with a hat trick.
Gray fell to 4–1, ending its four-game winning streak. Haskill and Vargas have scored in all five games this season. Winter’s goal-scoring streak ended at four games, but an assist on Rico’s goal extended Winter’s point streak to five games.
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