Mites: The Gateway Mites C lost to Martha’s Vineyard by a score of 19-15. The score in no means tells the tale of the game. Gateway played their best game so far. MV opened the scoring in the first two minutes taking a 2-0 lead. After that, the game turned into a barn burner. It was the first game they played as one tight unit. The two teams traded goals back and forth in the first period with it ending 9-7 MV. The Mites came out flying in the second and were able to get within one goal halfway through the second. In the end, they were unable to overtake the lead but gave it everything they had to the final buzzer. They really came together as a team, constantly battling on both ends of the ice. Charlie Carroll kept Gateway in the game, making an amazing 72 saves. Jarred Frates led the team with six goals, Ben Hebbel ended the night with four goals. Brayden Cannon and Pat Tripp had two goals apiece, with Tommy Clavell ending the night with one goal. Bree Killion and Collin Downey each had an assist. The team as a whole is progressing every game and constantly battling.
Squirts: The Gateway Squirts played against the Braintree Black on Saturday. The game started off well matched in defense with the first period ending in no score on the boards and Goalie Ryker King having 14 saves. In the second period, Matthew Quinlin was able to score a goal with the assistance of Tyler Rebeiro. King added 10 more saves to end the period in a tie score 1-1. In the third period, Quinlin scored again with an assist by Braden MacDonald making the score 2-2 and King added seven more saves for a total of 31 saves to end the game in a tie. There was some outstanding defensive support by Matthew Paling, Nathan Ribeiro, Thomas Leger, Braden MacDonald, Lucas DeMoranville, Brady Kidney, Jacob Hebbel, and Joseph Urnek. The Squirts play YD Dolphins White at Pembroke, Hobomock on November 2.
Pee Wees: The Gateway Pee Wee team took home another win with their 5-2 victory over the Cape Cod Waves. The Waves played a good game, but Gateway kept constant pressure in the attacking zone, which resulted in goals by Jack Martins, Danny Flynn and RJ Vickery while Chris Cogan earned an assist along with Vickery and Emily Roberge, who both earned their first assists of the season. The entire team played well with a good passing game and outstanding goal tending by Ryker King.
Bantams: The Gateway Youth Hockey Bantam team notched their third win in as many tries against the Bantam team from Weymouth. After playing solid, team-hockey that held the Weymouth team scoreless through the first two periods, Gateway underestimated their opponent in the third. Weymouth’s hard work kept the game close, eventually leading to a nail-biting finish. Leading 3-2 with only seconds remaining, Gateway iced the puck, resulting in a must-win faceoff inside their zone. Center Robert Ramsay was able to control the puck-drop, securing the Gateway win. Gateway goal scorers included Zachary Lovendale, Jake DeMoranville, and Josh Smolinsky. Ramsay and DeMoranville each had an assist in the game, along with Coleby Paling and Noah DeMoranville. Zachary Pateakos and Steven Strachan shared the victory in net.
Middle School 1: The Middle School 1 team had a good weekend, taking away two wins. On Friday, they took on a tough KP team, looking for revenge after an earlier loss to them. KP jumped out early in the first period, scoring four minutes into the game. The Jr. Vikings got on the board in the second, when defenseman Coleby Paling took a shot from the blue line, which skipped by the netminder. They got their second goal of the period, when Wylde Latulippe found the back of the net, with just three seconds remaining. The Jr. Vikings added one more goal in the third when James L’Heureux found a streaking Tyler Lovendale, who waited just long enough for the goalie to make the first move, then quickly went around him to score. They let up a late goal, leaving the final score 3-2, with the victory. In the second game of the weekend, the Jr. Vikings faced a tough Foxboro team, skating away with a 4-1 victory. The Jr. Vikings got right to it, six minutes in, when Zack Lovendale, found the back of the net, assisted by Latulippe and Peter Pimental. Their next goal came in the second when Quirino doCanto redirected a shot, midair, from defenseman Matthew Maloney. Robert Maloney was next in line for goals, quickly depositing a rebound into the back of the net, off a shot from Seth Tomasik. Robert then finished the scoring in the third, with another rebound putback on the shot from Robert Ramsay. Overall, it was a good weekend of hockey for the Middle School 1 team, who will be back in action next weekend.
Middle School 2: Middle School 2 Vikings came out strong against the North Devils with Zack Barris scoring only minutes in to the first period followed by two goals from Bryan Gallager in the first period. The North Devils scored once to end the first with a score of 3-1. Goalie Jake DeMoranville and defensive lines of Noah DeMoranville, Bethany Davis and Jackson St. Don did a great job holding off the Devils. The Vikings continued to play hard with forwards Jack Martins, Jordan Szwedko and Emma Knox doing a great job. With only seven seconds left in the game, the North Devils managed to score and end the game in a 3-3 tie.