Pee Wees: The Gateway Pee Wees are back on track. After two straight losses, the Gladiators put another win in the books. Gateway took the ice against Plymouth and the teams went scoreless for the first two periods. Gateway turned it on in the third period when Ben Demoranville broke the ice off of an assist by Austin Fleming. Soon after the first goal, Michael Parker got another one for Gateway off of an assist by Stephen Old. Plymouth felt the pressure late in the third when they pulled their goalie for the extra skater, but a long-range empty netter by Demoranville sealed the deal, giving Gateway the 3-0 win and earning Goalie Ryker King another shut-out victory.
Bantams: The Gateway Gladiator Bantams defeated Weymouth, 6-2, on Saturday. Brian Gallagher scored a hat trick. Nick Snow had a goal and an assist. James L’Heureux and Quirino doCanto also scored goals. Pete Pimental, Chris Cogan, Jackson St. Don, and Jameson Woodward each had assists. Both Zachary Pateakos and Jake Demoranville were busier in net than usual, each allowing one goal.
Middle School: The Middle School Jr. Vikings got back on the winning track this week against Brockton, winning 8-2. Brockton got on the board first, when a loose puck was picked up in front of the Jr. Vikings net and put in. Just about a minute later, Tyler Lovendale stuffed in a rebound off a shot by Quirino doCanto to tie the game at one, where it would remain for the remainder of the first period. Seth Tomasik put the Jr. Vikings ahead when he snuck a blue line wrist shot by the screened goalie who didn’t see the puck until it hit the back of the net. doCanto then scored his first of four consecutive goals on a tip of a slap shot from Tomasik. Tomasik added another late goal, while Bethany Davis added the last goal. Both goalies, Jake DeMoranville and Alex DeMarco, played exceptionally well, each only allowing one goal.