Gateway Youth Hockey

Squirts: The Gateway Squirts played great hockey and showed impressive teamwork Saturday night, dominating Attleboro North Devils 10-1. Matthew Quinlan scored a hat trick plus one and assisted with two. Team mate Braden MacDonald not only scored his first career goal but a hat trick with assists from Quinlan and Nathan Ribeiro. Getting two on the board was Matthew Paling and adding one was Thomas Leger. Goal tender Ryker King held the net with some great saves and only allowed the Devils one. Lucas DeMoranville, Jacob Hebbel, and Brady Kidney worked hard to help keep the puck out of their zone most of the night. Watch for highlights of next week’s game versus WHK Hawks.

Pee Wees: The Gateway Pee Wee team had a great weekend of hockey with two strong games. The team tied their Saturday game against the Duxbury B2 team with goals by Ben DeMoranville, Danny Flynn and Matthew Quinlan and assists by Austin Fleming, Ben Martins and Jack Martins. Sunday’s game proved to be another nail biter with back and forth scoring leading to a tied-up game down to the last 45 seconds of the third period when Flynn scored the winning goal assisted by Chris Cogan and Jack Martins, ending with a final score of 4-3 against the Eagles. Other goal scorers where Chris Cogan and Jack Martins with assists by Luke Mello. Goalie Ryker King made some amazing saves and had strong support from a defense that stepped up to make some key plays. All of the Pee Wees worked hard and continue to show improvement as they come together as a team.

Bantams: The Gateway Youth Hockey Bantams handed the Canton Bulldogs their first loss of the season by a score of 4-0. Steven Strachan and Zachary Pateakos shared their second shutout in five games, as they watched their teammates dominate the Bulldogs throughout all three periods. Zachary Lovendale had a three-point night, as he scored the first two Gateway tallies and later assisted Noah DeMoranville’s first goal of the season. Robert Ramsay’s nifty stickhandling resulted in a goal, assisted by Coleby Paling. Nick Snow and Jackson St. Don were also credited with assists in the game. Jared Westgate led the team’s physical play, and combined with team-wide hustle, the Gateway effort was simply too much for the Bulldogs to match.

Middle School 1: The Middle School 1 team came off a bye week with a hard fought 6-5 victory over a tough Brockton team. The Junior Vikings got on the board quickly, scoring just 30 seconds into the game, with Zack Lovendale winning the face off back to Seth Tomasik, who took the shot, which deflected off a Brockton defender’s stick into the back of the net. The lead was short lived as Brockton tied it up a few minutes later. Both teams played tight defense until Brockton took the lead with a goal. Gateway didn’t trail for long, though, as Wylde Latulippe found the back of the net, assisted by Zack Lovendale and Robert Maloney. Brockton jumped back on top just 30 seconds later, making the score at the end of one, 3-2. The second period didn’t see much scoring, with both teams scoring a goal a piece. Matthew Maloney put in a rebound off a shot from the corner by Quirino doCanto. The Junior Vikings took advantage of an early power play with Tyler Lovendale beating the goalie five hole, set up by some nice passing by doCanto and Ramsay. With the score tied, the Junior Vikings took the lead on a shot taken from the blue line by Tomasik that deflected off a Brockton defender and past the goalie. Of course, Brockton tied it up less than a minute later. The Junior Vikings dug deep and two minutes later took the lead one last time with Peter Pimental tipping home a shot from Coleby Paling. Overall, a great team effort in front of Alex DeMarco who pushed away 15 shots earning his second win on the young season.

Middle School 2: Middle School 2 won their first game of the season Friday night in Bridgewater against Norton. Forwards Zack Barris and Jordan Szwedko both played outstanding, along with a great job by Jack Martins and Jackson St. Don with several shots on goal. The two strong defensive lines in Bethany Davis, Austin Fleming, Makayla Lorance and Bryan Gallagher all worked hard to keep the puck away from their goalie, Noah Saunders. The third period started with a 3-3 tie game until Noah Demoranville scored and then Johnny Rodrigues scored again to earn himself a hat trick with the final score being 5-3.

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