Long Beach held on to beat Bellmore-Merrick, 1-0, in Game 1 of the Nassau ice hockey finals on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, at Long Beach Municipal Arena.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Fernando Cerda III dives while defending during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Joshua Vobis of Long Beach and Vincent Sampogna of Bellmore reach for the loose puck during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Anthony Vitale of Bellore takes a shot during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Luke Pichichero of Long Beach celebrates goal during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Patrick Reilly of Long Beach pokes away the puck during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Chase Goldman of Bellmore handles the puck during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Michael Calvi and Miles Siegel of Long Beach celebrate goal during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Jourdan Luskoff of Bellmore celebrates goal during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Luke Pichichero of Long Beach celebrates his goal during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Luke Pichichero of Long Beach deflects a shot during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Patrick Reilly of Long Beach prepares for a shot during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Ryan Felsberg celebrates goal with team during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Lucas Lucch of Bellmore handles the puck around the defender during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Henry Lagalia of Bellmore makes a save during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Patrick Reilly of Long Beach concentrates during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Patrick Reilly of Long Beach tracks the puck during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Anthony Vitale of Bellmore and Miles Siegel of Long Beach battle for the puck during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Long Beach celebrates victory with fans after Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Patrick Reilly of Long Beach celebrates victory after Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Long Beach players are turns hugging goalie, Patrick Reilly after Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Chase Goldman of Bellmore handles the puck during Game 1 of the hockey finals at the City of Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY, on Monday Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach held on to beat Bellmore-Merrick, 1-0, in Game 1 of the Nassau ice hockey finals on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[80987,951,4629,131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-172007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-bellmore-jfk","9":"tag-high-school","10":"tag-ice-hockey","11":"tag-long-beach","12":"tag-long-beach-headlines","13":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}