DOUBLES for Daniel Berno, Riley Klugerman, Francis Drolet, Josh Adkins and Zane Jones have helped the Newcastle Northstars ease past Adelaide Adrenaline at Hunter Ice Skating Stadium on Sunday.
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The hosts beat the visitors 11-2, moving to 30 competition points and maintaining second spot in their Australian Ice Hockey League conference.
Klugerman, Berno, Droley and Wehebe Darge found the back of the net in a dominant first period, the Northstars leading 4-0 at the change of ends.
Tyler Leeming replied for Adelaide early in the second period but Jones, Adkins and Berno converted to give Newcastle a 7-1 advantage.
Klugerman, Drolet and Adkins extended the margin to nine in the third period before Brett Radford scored a consolation goal for the Adrenaline. Jones nabbed the last.
Newcastle's Sean Oultram and Adelaide's Daniel O'Handley were each given 25-minute penalties for fighting.
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Josh Callinan
My name is Josh Callinan and I'm a sports journalist at the Newcastle Herald. I started with the newspaper in 2016 after a decade at the Maitland Mercury.
My name is Josh Callinan and I'm a sports journalist at the Newcastle Herald. I started with the newspaper in 2016 after a decade at the Maitland Mercury.
