Clark, Quinn lead with three-point efforts
Brandon Clark scored one goal – his first as a varsity player – and added two assists while Spencer Quinn and Connor Quinn each scored two goals as Churchville-Chili defeated visiting Batavia 6-1 in high school hockey.
After a scoreless first period, a major penalty to Batavia opened the offensive floodgates for the Saints in the second as they scored twice during the four minutes.
Junior defenseman Mathias Horvath walked in from the right point, skated around a defenseman and found the lower right corner of the net at 11:30 with assists from Spencer Quinn and Zach Pollotta to open the scoring.
The Saints made it 2-0 just 45 seconds later on the same power play as Clark knocked in a rebound for his first varsity goal. Eric Andolina and Jesse Scarpulla were credits with assists on the play.
With only 50 seconds remaining in the stanza, Batavia halved the lead.
But Churchville-Chili exploded with four third period tallies to put the game out of reach.
Spencer Quinn gathered up a loose puck in the corner, skated behind the net and was able to tuck his wraparound into the net just 1:41 into the third. Quinn scored again 69 seconds later on the rebound of a shot from the point by Hunter Richardson to make it 4-1 Saints.
Connor Quinn then put the game on ice with a pair of tallies. He found a loose puck in the slot and backhanded it in at 4:55 and scored again at 8:51 as he banged in the rebound of a Ryan Evans shot from the left point. The assist marked Evans’ first varsity point.
The Saints have now outscored two opponents 15-1 in improving to 2-0.
“We are young and inexperienced,” Saints head coach Brian Young said. “And we need our players to face some adversity and learn to deal with it. 15-1 doesn’t say anything about who we are as a team. Those tests will come.”
Senior goaltender Ben Trembath made 14 saves in net for Churchville-Chili with eighth-grader Nick Anderson playing the final 3:30. The Saints outshot Batavia 46-15.
In addition to Clark’s three-point effort, Spencer Quinn had two goals and one assist, Connor Quinn scored twice and Scarpulla added two assists.
