Squirts: Gateway Gladiator Squirts played a defensive game Saturday versus the Cyclones. In the first, Lucas DeMoranville started the scoring for Gateway, assisted by Thomas Clavell; Ty David Ribeiro added another goal assisted by DeMoranville. Benjamin Hebbel also scored two unassisted goals. As the game went into the second, the Cyclones scored early, giving Gateway a push to put the pressure on as Ribeiro, Hebbel, and Matthew Paling added points to the board with DeMoranville helping with two assists. The third period goal scorers were Ribeiro assisted by Hebbel and two back-to-back unassisted goals by Paling giving Gateway a win of 11-1.
Pee Wees: The Gateway Pee Wee Team had another great week with a win over Hingham. Gateway got on the board early with a goal by R.J. Vickery in the first minute and a half. Vickery scored two more goals in the first period, earning a hat trick with assists by Nathan Ribeiro, Luke Mello and Ben DeMoranville. Hingam fought hard to stay in the game, scoring a goal in the second and another in the third period, but Gateway scored three more goals by Demoranville, Tyler Rebeiro and Mello. The game ended 6-2 in favor of Gateway, but Hingham had many shots on net that they just couldn’t get by the superb goal tending of Ryker King.
Bantams: The Gateway Gladiator Bantam Youth Hockey team blanked Plymouth, 9-0. Jake Demoranville and Zachary Pateakos shared the shutout in net. Jack Martins scored a hat-trick and Zachary Barris had two goals. Quirino DoCanto, Robert Ramsay, Jameson Woodward, and Brian Gallagher each added goals. Ramsay also led the team in assists, tallying four helpers. Peter Pimental had two assists, while Woodward and Martins each had one.
Middle School: The Jr. Vikings came out tough in their 4-1 loss to Coyle. After the first period, the score was 0-0. It would not remain that way for long as Coyle jumped out to a one-goal lead, less than four minutes into the second period. The Jr. Vikings tied it up just a few minutes later with Robert Ramsay making a series of great moves, finishing it off with a goal that had the Coyle goaltender wondering what happened. That would be it for scoring, though, as the Jr. Vikings could not keep up with the fast pace. Both Jake DeMoranville and Alex DeMarco played well in net, making numerous saves.