Mites: The Gateway Mites lost 10-5 Saturday to YD behind a strong team effort. The team was short-handed, missing four of their players. Back-up goalie Pat Tripp stopped 42 shots and a penalty shot. Gateway jumped out to a 2-0 lead early, but couldn’t hold the lead. Jarred Frates had a hat trick, and Brayden Cannon and Jack Langlais also had goals. Kevin Place, Bree Killion and Thomas Clavell were strong on defense. The Mites are back at it next Saturday versus Nantucket.
Squirts: The Gateway Squirts played the Cape Cod Canal Sharks at Gallo Arena Saturday and came away with another win 8-0, with Matthew Quinlan and Juni Suarez each scoring four goals. Great defense was played by Thomas Leger, Lucas DeMoranville and Braden MacDonald. Brady Kidney and Nathan Ribeiro hustled on offense and Ryker King had 12 saves, giving him another shut-out. Joseph Urnek-Sullivan was awarded the game puck for his outstanding effort on the ice.
Pee Wees: The Gateway Youth Hockey Pee Wee team beat Canal by a score of 5-2. The players worked together, which resulted in lots of goal scorers and play makers. Matthew Quinlan scored two goals, followed by Austin Fleming, Danny Flynn and Jack Martins who also earned goals. This week’s strong passing and shooting game led to three assists by Ben DeMoranville and an assist each by Jack Martins, Luke Mello, Bailey Tieu and Quinlan. Canal played hard, keeping the score tight in the first half of the game and didn’t make it easy for Gateway. Gateway had one of their best team efforts this season, by everyone on the ice, and pulled away towards the end of second period and through the third.
Bantams: Bolstered by shutout net-minding from Steven Strachan and Zachary Pateakos, along with a five-point night from Tyler Lovendale, the Gateway Bantams trounced Weymouth, 8-0. Lovendale had a hat-trick and two assists, while brother, Zack Lovendale, also added a pair of assists. Josh Smolkinsky had a pair of goals and an assist. Robert Ramsay also had three points (goal and two assists). Jared Westgate and Nick Snow each had a goal, and Jameson Woodward chipped in with an assist. The defensive efforts of Westgate, Jackson St. Don, Noah DeMoranville, and Coleby Paling limited Weymouth to less than a handful of shots on goal.
Middle School: The Middle School 1 team took on a tough KP team on Friday, coming away with a tough 6-5 loss. KP jumped out quickly, taking a 3-0 lead. The Jr. Vikings didn’t fold, scoring two and leaving the score at the end of the first 3-2. The Jr. Vikings outscored KP 1-0 in the second period, but KP just had too much offense in the third, scoring three while the Jr. Vikings only had two. Scoring on the day were Quirino doCanto with two, Matthew Maloney, Robert Maloney, and Peter Pimentel, each with a goal.