Squirts: Gateway Gladiator Squirts played a strong game early Saturday morning versus Plymouth Red. Despite being down a few players, Gateway earned the 11-3 win. In the first period, Matthew Paling and Ty David Ribeiro both earned hat tricks with assists credited to Thomas Clavell, Brayden Hathon, Lucas DeMoranville and Ribeiro. In the second, Paling and Ribeiro each added one more goal with assists from Hathon and Paling. The third was a three-point period with two goals from Ribeiro with assists from Lucy Murphy on both and DeMoranville on one, while Paling added another for the Gladiators unassisted. Thomas Leger was strong in net and made some key saves.
Pee Wees: The Pee Wee Gladiators played their hearts out this weekend. In Game 1, the Gladiators won their Saturday morning Yankee Conference game with a surprising twist as center Ben Demoranville played goal and goalie Ryker King played center for this game. These versatile players, along with the support of their team, did not disappoint as they beat Hingham in a close 3-2 finish. King started the scoring with a goal off of an assist by RJ Vickery. King returned the favor by feeding the puck to Vickery a few minutes later for Gateway’s second goal. Hingham would score two of their own to tie the game, but with only two minutes remaining, Matthew Paling netted the game winner off of an assist by Luke Mello. In Game 2, Gateway took to the ice again on Saturday evening playing in their State Play Down game at Brown University. Once again, the team came out fighting with good positioning, passing and hard skating. The North Devils got on the board first, but Gateway evened the score with a goal by Tyler Lovendale off of an assist by Demoranville. Gateway then took the lead in the third period with a goal by Vickery off of an assist by Lovendale. The end of this game would be nothing but pure heart as Gateway tried to hold off the rush by the North Devils who pulled their goalie and tied the game with one minute remaining to force the five minute sudden death OT. Both teams fought hard for 4:59 seconds with goalie King playing an amazing game with stop after stop. The final half second in OT and a controversial call ended Gateway’s hunt for the State win with a final score of 3-2 for the North Devils.
Bantams: The Gateway Gladiators defeated Hanover 10-0 on Saturday at Hobomock. Goal scorers included James L’Hereaux (2), Quirino DoCanto (2), Zack Lovendale (2), Chris Cogan, Jack Martins, Nick Snow, and Robert Ramsay. Several goal scorers also added assists, as did Noah Demoranville.
Middle School: The Middle School Jr. Vikings won their second game in a row with a 4-2 victory over a tough Hopkinton team. It was a hard fought game right from the beginning with both teams playing stout defense, ending the first period in a scoreless tie. The score would remain that way until Jack Martins grabbed a loose puck and skated in on a breakaway, beating the goalie five hole, for the game’s first goal. Hopkinton hung tough and tied the game with six minutes left in the second period, quickly followed by a go-ahead goal. With the Jr. Vikings down a goal, Bethany Davis beat the goalie with a shot from the blue line, for her first goal of the season, while Robert Maloney screened the goalie. The Jr. Vikings thought they took the lead late in the third, when a shot taken by Seth Tomasik was deflected in by Quirino doCanto, but the shot initially called a goal was ruled a high stick. The disappointment was quickly forgotten, as less than a minute later, Tyler Lovendale tucked in a goal, set up by nice passing from line mates Robert Ramsay and doCanto. Tomasik would add an empty netter to make the final 4-2. Alex DeMarco got the start and had his best night in the net this season, saving every shot sent his way, before handing over the duties.