Long Beach's rally tops Syosset in opener

Long Beach rallied to beat Syosset, 4-2, in Game 1 of the Michelino Finals Tuesday night at Bethpage Arena, scoring three goals in the third period after trailing 2-1 after the second.

JT Forkin scored the Marines' first two goals, Thomas McGovern had the go-ahead goal midway through the third, and Liam Pues got the fourth goal with four minutes left in the opener of a best-of-three series.

"Every team's goal in a three-game series is to grab the first one," Long Beach coach Joe Brand said. "We stayed patient and finally in the third period, we broke them a little bit."

Game 1 of the Liberty Finals between East Williston and Oceanside was played later Tuesday night.

Both series resume Wednesday night at Bethpage, starting at 7:15 with Game 2 of the Liberty Finals, followed by Game 2 of the Michelino Finals at 9 p.m.

In Suffolk, Thomas Dunn had four assists and Daniel Nelson scored twice as Smithtown held off Connetquot-Sayville, 4-3, in Game 1 of the Suffolk County High School Hockey League championship series Monday night at the Rinx in Hauppauge.

Smithtown scored four power-play goals and took a 4-1 lead in the third period to put the game out of reach. Connetquot-Sayville scored twice late in the third to make it close, but Smithtown goalie Thomas Drapala was strong in the final minutes to secure the Bulls' victory.

Game 2 is Wednesday night at the Rinx at 9:20.