Squirts: The Gateway Squirts took home a 5-4 win Sunday despite being down multiple players and not playing the best game of the season. Scoring is credited to Matthew Quinlan with a hat trick and Juni Suarez with two goals, and assists credited to Nathan Ribeiro and Ty Ribeiro. Gateway Squirts play again next Saturday versus the South Coast Cyclones.
Middle School 1: The Middle School 1 team closed out 2014 with another victory, skating to a 7-0 victory over Oliver Ames. The Jr. Vikings were playing with a short bench, but managed to put it together after a slow start. Robert Ramsay got the scoring started with a goal late in the first period, assisted by James L’Heureux. Quirino doCanto scored next, five minutes into the second period. doCanto scored just forty seconds later, assisted by brothers Tyler and Zack Lovendale. Tyler Lovendale then jumped in on the scoring assisted by doCanto and Coleby Paling. Robert Maloney added a pair of goals in the third period, and Peter Pimental closed out the scoring with less than a minute left. Jake DeMoranville did great in net, saving everything that was shot in his direction. The defense, led by Paling, Matthew Maloney, Seth Tomasik, and L’Heureux kept Oliver Ames away from the net, allowing minimal scoring opportunities. The Middle School 1 team will open up their 2015 schedule on New Year’s Day.