Senior co-captains Tyler DeMartin and Mike Andreucci led North Haven High School’s varsity hockey team with two goals and two assists apiece as the Indians defeated the Brookfield-Bethel-Danbury Co-op Team 6-1 at the Northford Ice Pavillion last Friday.

“Mike and Tyler have been working very well together,” said NHHS hockey head coach Tom Roche on Dec. 28. “We’ve been rotating some other players around on the lines, but those two work well together on the same line.”

The Icecats scored quickly in the opening period to take a 1-0 lead, but North Haven tallied two goals by the period’s end for a 2-1 advantage. “The kids were nervous and came out slow because it was our first home game, with the crowd and everything,” Roche said. “But then the team started settling down and playing well.”

NHHS got three unanswered goals in the second and added their sixth score in the final period to win their second game of the season, against one loss.

“Mike Andreucci got back-to-back goals in the second within three minutes,” Roche said. “That really got us on top and kept us there.”

Seniors Ken Broccoli and Andrew Babbidge collected the other North Haven goals, while senior Mike Amarone and freshmen Andrew Graziano split time in the net, stopping 20 shots between them.

“It was a good victory for our team,” Roche said. “But our passing still needs work. We need to continue the high-tempo, high-energy level of play that we were able to get in the last two games.”

“We also need to improve breaking out of defensive zones,” he added.

The Indians, who skipped the Maine Invitational Tournament this year, will instead play in the West Haven Holiday Tournament this week.

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