Liam Young\u00a0scored 1:19 into double overtime as Long Beach beat Bellmore-Merrick, 5-4, in Game 2 to win the Nassau boys ice hockey title\u00a0at Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage on Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Liam Young of Long Beach skates with the puck during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Jourdan Luskoff of Bethpage handles during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Liam Young of Long Beach passes the puck during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Anthony Max Vitale of Bellmore celebrates goal during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Lucas Lucchi of Bellmore celebrates goal during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Long Beach team raises championship trophy after Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Long Beach players Liam Young #18, Cody Pichichero #17, and Patrick Henry #9 celebrate goal during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Lucas Lucchi of Bellmore celebrates goal during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Michael Calvi #10 and Cody Pichichero #17 of Long Beach hug after Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Liam Young of Long Beach celebrates victory after Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Long Beach players Luke Pichichero #26, Patrick Henry #9, and Cody Pichichero #17 celebrate goal during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Patrick Reilly of Long Beach makes a save during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Patrick Reilly of Long Beach in ready position during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Luke Pichichero of Long Beach takes a slapshot during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Cody Pichichero of Long Beach celebrates goal during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Anthony Max Vitale of Bellmore celebrates goal during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Patrick Henry of Long Beach scores goal during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Michael Calvi of Long Beach celebrates victory after Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Lucas Lucchi of Bellmore celebrates goal during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Long Beach players celebrate victory after Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
Credit: Sam Johnston<\/p>\n
Nicholas Drogan of Bellnore looks to shoot through the defense during Game 2 of the hockey finals at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage, NY, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Young\u00a0scored 1:19 into double overtime as Long Beach beat Bellmore-Merrick, 5-4, in Game 2 to win the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[80987,83557,951,4629,131,133,132,34755],"class_list":{"0":"post-175155","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-calhoun","10":"tag-high-school","11":"tag-ice-hockey","12":"tag-long-beach","13":"tag-long-beach-headlines","14":"tag-long-beach-news","15":"tag-mepham"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175155","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=175155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}