Wayne Legerton scored a pair of goals as champions Petrotrin concluded its season as the lone unbeaten team in the T&T Hockey Board Men's Championship Division with a 5-2 spanking of runner-up Paragon at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Sunday night.
Triston Grant fired the Oilmen ahead as early as the second minute while Paragon conceded an own-goal to trail 0-2 in the tenth minute before Legerton got his first on the stroke of half-time for a comfortable 3-0 lead.
Dwain Quan Chan made it 4-0 in the 39th and with six minutes left in the match Paragon finally got on the board with Cogie Butler field goal.
Legerton added a second in the 69th but in the blink of an eye, Akim Toussaint got a second consolation goal for Paragon.
With the win, the Oilmen who have now won the league for a fourth straight season to add to their "Big Four" crown they won ahead of Paragon as well, ended with 40 points from 12 matches,13 wins and one drawn result.
Second placed Paragon ended 11 points behind, while Notre Dame jumped to third with 25 points following its 3-0 shut-out of Corona Fatima on Friday.
Tobias Ottley fired the Dames inside the first two minutes while Aidan De Gannes added the two other goals in the 31st minute and 70th minutes.
Also on Sunday, Marcus James closed out the season with a hat-trick to lead Defence Force past Paradise 6-2 and into fourth spot ahead of Queen's Park on goal-difference after both clubs ended with 23 points.
James got his goals in the 15th, 19th and 45th while Brian Burrows got two, in the 25th and 66th and Shane Legerton, the other, in the 40th. Desmond Archer and Kirkton Alleyne were the two Paradise scorers in the tenth and 50th minutes respectively.
In the other men's match, R Daniel (2nd) and J Vieira (47th) got one each for Fatima to blank Malvern.
Thompson's deny Dames perfect campaign
In the Women's Championship Division, Paragon denied Notre Dame the chance of ending the season without a loss, via its 3-1 triumph in their top-of-the-table match to close out the season.
Blair Wynn had given the Dames the perfect start with a fourth minute opener which lasted until one minute before the break when Kristin Thompson drew Paragon even.
Eight minutes into the second-half, Thompson got her second to put her team ahead while her older sister Gabrielle Thompson got a third item in the 59th to seal all three points and hand the Dames their first loss in 12 matches.
The Dames entered the match already crowned champions and finished the season with 31 points, three more than Paragon while third placed Shandy Carib Magnolias finished with 20 and Malvern, fourth with 16.
Nieves signs off with win
Friday night also marked the end of former national standout Dean Nieves' playing career on local soil as he is moving to Australia.
Nieves who represented T&T for over 15 years, ended on a winning note as his Corona Fatima clobbered Notre Dame 8-4 in the Mixed Veterans Division to claim third spot.
Richard Downie got a beaver-trick for Fatima in the win while Mark Nieves, Dean's older brother got two and Alan Young, the other. Sean Olton and Selwyn King scored two each for the Dames.
results & standings
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Results
Friday:
Mixed Veterans:
Fatima 8 (Richard Downie 15th, 44th, 64th, 67th, Dean Nieves 27th, Alan Young 37th) vs Notre Dame 4 (Sean Olton 20th, 67th, Selwyn King 54th, 60th)
Men's Championship:
Notre Dame 3 (Aidan De Gannes 31st,70th, Tobias Ottley 2nd) vs Fatima 0
Saturday:
Women's Championship:
Paragon 2 (Keima Gardiner 28th, Zene Henry 68th) vs Checkers 0
Notre Dame 2 (Tamara De Nobriga 17th, own goal 43rd) vs Magnolias 1 (Brianna Govia14th)
Sunday:
Women's Championship:
Paragon 3 (Kristin Thompson 34th, 43rd, Gabrielle Thompson 59th) vs Notre Dame 1 (Blair Wynn 4th)
Men's Championship:
Petrotrin 5 (Wayne Legerton 35th, 69th, Triston Grant 2nd, own goal 10th, Dwain Quan Chan 39th) vs Paragon 2 (Cogie Butler 64th, Akim Toussaint 70th)
Fatima 2 (R. Daniel 2nd, J. Vieira 47th) vs Malvern 0
Defence Force 6 (Marcus James 15th, 19th, 45th, Brian Burrows 25th, 66th, Shane Legerton 40th) vs Paradise 2 (Desmond Archer 10th, Kirkton Alleyne 50th)
Final T&THB Divisional standings:
Men's Championship:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Petrotrin 14 13 1 0 59 21 40
Paragon 14 9 2 3 55 30 29
Notre Dame 14 8 1 5 35 19 25
D/Force 14 7 2 5 41 21 23
QPCC 14 7 2 5 40 40 23
Fatima 14 3 2 9 23 58 11
Malvern 14 2 1 11 19 42 7
Paradise 14 1 1 12 30 71 4
Women's Championship:
Notre Dame 12 10 1 1 37 15 31
Paragon 12 8 4 0 40 9 28
Magnolias 12 6 2 4 27 16 20
Malvern 12 5 1 6 19 29 16
Checkers 12 4 3 5 17 18 15
Paradise 12 3 1 8 12 30 10
Ventures 12 0 0 12 0 36 0
Trinity Women:
Magnolias 8 6 1 1 28 4 19
Notre Dame 8 6 0 2 25 15 18
Checkers 8 5 1 2 14 6 16
Malvern 8 5 0 3 18 10 15
Paragon 8 4 2 2 14 12 14
D/Force 8 4 1 3 23 15 13
Police 8 2 1 5 8 17 7
Petrotrin 8 1 0 7 3 30 3
Ventures 8 0 0 8 0 24 0
Trinity Men:
QPCC 10 8 1 1 51 17 25
Malvern 10 7 1 2 35 10 22
Paragon 10 6 4 0 38 15 22
Paradise 10 7 1 2 35 18 22
Notre Dame 10 5 1 4 20 14 16
Carib 10 3 2 5 13 23 11
Petrotrin 10 3 0 7 27 39 9
Shape 10 3 0 7 26 61 9
D/Force 10 1 4 5 28 32 7
Police 10 2 1 7 11 32 7
Fatima 10 2 1 7 14 37 7
Mixed Veterans:
Malvern 8 7 1 0 29 9 22
QPCC 8 6 0 2 37 13 18
Fatima 8 5 1 2 40 30 16
Carib 8 4 1 3 25 15 13
Police 8 3 2 3 10 14 11
D/Force 8 2 3 3 28 17 9
Notre Dame 8 2 1 5 25 31 7
Petrotrin 8 1 1 6 9 51 4
Paragon 8 1 0 7 11 34 3
Under-19 Boys:
Notre Dame 6 5 0 1 36 8 15
Malvern 6 4 1 1 51 6 13
Fatima 6 4 1 1 28 11 13
Paradise 6 2 3 3 16 7 9
QPCC 6 2 1 3 15 15 7
Carib 6 1 0 5 3 53 3
Shape 6 0 0 6 1 50 0
Under-19 Girls:
Magnolias 6 5 1 0 37 2 16
Paragon 6 4 1 1 20 10 13
Notre Dame 6 4 0 2 34 8 12
Malvern 6 4 0 2 15 13 12
Paradise 6 1 1 4 4 13 4
Checkers 6 1 1 4 4 50 4
Ventures 6 0 0 6 0 18 0