Blue U13 team beats Essex

LEAMINGTON — In their third playoff game, Southpoint U13 Blue took on Essex Orange and came away with a 6-1 victory on a solid team effort.

The Capitals applied a good deal of pressure right from the start but only managed to score one goal in the first period.

Essex coughed up the puck in front of their own net and Southpoint’s Sean Amaral promptly put it away in the top corner.

Essex matched that score, but that was the last goal they were going to get.

Gavin Butiniello scored next off a Cristiano Antunes pass from behind the Essex net.

Jordan Beaudoin picked up a goal after putting in a rebound from a Sean Amaral shot.

Butiniello scored again when he picked up a loose puck at centre ice, skated in and lifted a backhand shot into the top corner.

Amaral scored his second on a scramble in front of the net. Andrew DeGoey had an assist on the play.

Butiniello rounded out the scoring and picked up a hat trick when Jackson Weil dropped the puck back to him in the high slot. Gavin’s slap shot found the back of the net.