Mites: The Gateway Mites tied Nantucket 15-15 in another comeback thriller Saturday. Gateway came out strong from the start of the game, scoring once again off the opening face off. Gateway quickly went up by three, but Nantucket came right back and scored four straight goals. The two teams traded goal for goal as the first period ended with Nantucket up by one goal. Nantucket came out flying in the second and took the lead by five goals going into the third period, and it looked as though there was not enough time for a comeback with eight minutes left. Gateway began to dig deep as a team and turned the tide and got within one goal with two minutes remaining. Nantucket then scored again to take the lead by two with a minute left. Jarrod Frates was able to score two quick goals, one coming with only thirty-five seconds left to complete the comeback and erase the five goal deficit. Frates would end the night with 11 goals. The other players scoring were Pat Tripp with two, while Lilia Lopez Del Moral and Brayden Cannon each ended with one goal a piece. Bree Killion and Ben Hebble each had an assist. Charlie Carroll played his best game with 45 saves, one coming on a penalty shot with only a minute left. The Gateway Mites once again never gave up and showed their best effort as a team all year.
Pee Wees: The Gateway Pee Wee Team dropped a game against the Southshore Seahawks on Saturday night by a score of 4-2. Gateway played a tough game through the second period which ended with the teams even at two, thanks to two goals by Ben DeMoranville who was assisted on both by Bailey Tieu and Austin Fleming. The Seahawks scored two more goals in the third period, and Gateway was not able to come back from the deficit, even after pulling the goalie for the extra skater in the last few minutes.
Bantams: The Gateway Youth Hockey Bantams defeated Canton 4-2 on Saturday night. For the second week in a row, GYH was down by a goal midway through the first period. This time it was Coleby Paling from the blue-line, finding Mike Ripley positioned in front for his first goal of the season. Canton regained the lead a minute later, but with just over a minute remaining in the period, Jackson St. Don’s wrister deflected off-blocker and in to knot the game at two. In the second period, St. Don assisted as Ripley added his second tally of the game. Robert Ramsay secured the victory by adding an insurance goal in the third. Matt Youlden had a pair of assists in the game, and Jake DeMoranville had one as well. Steven Strachan was perfect in net and came up with some timely saves at critical points in the second and third periods.
Middle School 1: The Middle School 1 team took home another win Friday night, pulling out a 4-0 win over the Lady Spitfires. Just like the first time they played the Spitfires, it took the Jr. Vikings a little while to get going. Quirino doCanto starting the scoring about 12 minutes into the first period, assisted by Zack Lovendale and Seth Tomasik. Coleby Paling scored less than a minute into the second period on a great shift, doing a lot of work himself, attacking the net and putting home a shot right over the goalie’s shoulder. After taking a 2-0 lead into the third, Peter Pimental put home his eighth goal of the season, with assists from Wylde Latulippe and Lovendale. The Jr. Vikings scored just three minutes later with James L’Heureux finding doCanto in front of the net, wide open, for the fourth and final goal of the game. Alex DeMarco earned his second consecutive shutout, not allowing a goal in the last 102 minutes of play. The Middle School 1 team will be on the ice again on December 26.