Hockey / Bethel Park beats Seneca Valley 5-2 as Oakley gets hat trick

Bethel Park beats Seneca Valley 5-2 as Oakley gets hat trick

Date:  Source: PIHL Seneca Valley Raiders

Evan Oakley lifted Bethel Park to a 5-2 victory with a hat trick against Seneca Valley.

Oakley got on the scoresheet 12:19 into the first period. He then added goals at 55 seconds into the second and at 15:41 into the third.

Bethel Park managed to stay out of the box better than usual, tallying one minor for two minutes in penalty time. Bethel Park ended up below its season average of 8.0 penalty minutes per game. Bethel Park's offense rang up 32 shots on Seneca Valley's net. The defensemen of Bethel Park were also effective in Seneca Valley's zone, and came away with three goals.

Bethel Park additionally got points from Antonio Esposito, who also registered one goal and one assist. Adam Kusluch also scored for Bethel Park. In addition, Bethel Park received assists from Jack Wagner, who had two and Tyler Kruszewski and Gavin Plotz, who contributed one each.

Seneca Valley was helped by Connor Williams, who finished with one goal. Williams scored on the power play 14:37 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Seneca Valley had gotten the advantage when Bethel Park's Austin Read was sent off for interference. Nicholas Raible assisted on the tally. Seneca Valley also got a goal from Zachary Broskey as well. More assists for Seneca Valley came via Shane Galis, who had one.

Bethel Park's starting goalie, William Lowe, made zero saves and finished with the win before he was taken out in favor of Nicholas Guimond, who stopped 28 shots. Bethel Park registered zero goals on two power play opportunities. Dylan Sloat made 27 saves for Seneca Valley on 32 shots. Seneca Valley incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.