T&T international Shaquille Daniel began the 2014 T&T Hockey Board Outdoor season in impressive fashion, scoring all five goals to lead Notre Dame to a 5-0 clobbering of Malvern in their Men's Championship Division clash at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Saturday.
The powerfully-built Daniel, son of national rifle shooter and former T&T hockey player, Roger Daniel opened the scoring as early as the seventh minute from penalty-corner play before adding items in the 14th, 23rd, 37th and 51st.
Queen's Park joined the Dames in winners row, courtesy a 1-0 triumph over Fatima thanks to a sixth minute penalty-corner goal from Jordan Reynos while in the Women's Championship Division, national forward Krizia Layne's second-half strike was enough for Courts Malvern to edge Harvard Checkers 1-0.
Recently retired T&T international Stacey Siu Butt was in her usual scoring form with two goals in Shandy Carib Magnolias 5-1 whipping of rival Ventures.
Daniella Granado handed Magnolias a 1-0 lead after only three minutes while Kim Fraser made it 2-0 at the half, with her 22nd minute field goal.
Any chance of a Ventures second-half rally was dashed when Siu Butt netted in the 41st before national forward Yesenia Luces pulled one back for Ventures.
However, that was as close Luces and her team-mates would get as Siu Butt got her second in the 57th minute for a 4-1 lead while teenager Lauryn Pounder rounded off the scoring in the 63rd.
Twenty-four hours earlier, Corey Bain fired in a beaver-trick and former national standout Anthony Marcano, a treble as Malvern flicked off its Mixed Veteran title defence with a resounding 12-0 thrashing of Shape.
Bain netted in the tenth, 34th, 67th and 69th minutes while Marcano found the back of the net in the 29th, 46th and 53rd minute for Malvern who led 4-0 at the half-time interval.
Former national women's team captain, Sherlan Cabralis added a second-half brace for Malvern while the trio of Shawn Alexander, Rigel Gomes and Peter Edwards chipped in with one each.
In Friday' league curtain-raiser, another reigning champion, Queen's Park hammered Fatima in its Trinity Division opener led by a Mark Ayen brace.
Ayen scored both his goals in the second-half, in the 43rd and 63rd minutes while Jordi OzBrien (13th), Raphael Govia (15th), Damian Bright (54th) and Kadeem Fortune (65h) got one apiece.
T&T Hockey Board results
Friday:
Trinity Men:
Queen's Park 6 (Mark Ayen 43rd, 63rd, Jordi O'Brien 13th, Raphael Govia 15th, Damian Bright 54th, Kadeem Fortune 65thth) vs Fatima 0
Mixed Veterans:
Malvern 12 (Corey Bain 10th, 34th, 67th, 69th, Anthony Marcano 29th, 46th, 53rd, Sherlan Cabralis 58th, 59th, Shawn Alexander 15th, Rigel Gomes 39th, Peter Edwards 56th) vs Shape 0
Saturday:
Under-19 Boys: Notre Dame 3 vs Raiders 0 � By Default
Under-19 Girls: Notre Dame 3 vs Raiders 0 � By Default
Trinity Women:
Magnolias 5 (Stacey Siu Butt 41st, 57th, Daniella Granado 3rd, Kim Fraser 22nd, Lauryn Pounder 63rd) vs Ventures 1 (Yesenia Luces 47th)
Women's Championship:
Malvern 1 (Krizia Layne) vs Harvard Checkers 0
Men's Championship:
Queen's Park 1 (Jordan Reynos 6th) vs Fatima 0
Notre Dame 5 (Shaquille Daniel 7th, 14th, 23rd, 37th, 51st) vs Malvern 0