Squirts: Gateway Gladiator Squirts took to the ice on Sunday morning with the mindset to get a win, and they did. Facing Walpole Express, the Gladiators were able to give Walpole their first loss in the Yankee Conference by the score of 6-3. In the first period, Ty David Ribeiro scored, assisted by Matthew Paling putting the Gladiators on the board early. Paling later came in with an unassisted goal. In the second, Walpole scored a goal of its own, but Paling countered with his second goal of the game, assisted by Jacob Hebbel, and Ribeiro soon answered, making the score 3-1. Walpole heated things up later in the period, getting two back-to-back goals on goalie Thomas Leger. In the third period, Ribeiro added an unassisted goal and Paling scored his third goal of the game, giving him and Ribeiro hat tricks for the game.
Pee Wees: The Gateway Pee Wee Gladiators played Walpole Express on Sunday. The team played well and after falling behind, Gateway got on the board in the second period off of an unassisted goal by RJ Vickery. Toward the end of the third period, Gateway was down by three when Stephen Old scored a goal with 31 seconds remaining, but the last effort was not enough to overcome the deficit and Gateway lost by a score of 4-2.
Bantams: The Bantam Gladiators dug deep and found a way to beat their season nemesis, Walpole Express, by the score of 6-2 on a tremendous team effort and a five-goal performance by Quirino doCanto. The Gladiators jumped ahead early in the first period when doCanto blocked a pass, went the other way on a break away, and beat the goalie with a quick wrist shot. For his second score of the day, doCanto deflected home a shot taken by Bryan Gallagher. Walpole would get back in the game quickly, cutting the deficit in half, just sneaking one by goalie Zachary Pateakos. They would tie it up late in the second period, but the Gladiators didn’t let it stay that way for long, as less than a minute later, James L’Heureux tipped home a shot from Jackson St. Don. doCanto would score his third goal later in the second on assists from brothers Tyler and Zack Lovendale. With the score 4-2 after two periods, the Gladiators kept up the intensity, which led to doCanto scoring his fourth goal of the game, with T. Lovendale and Bethany Davis getting assists. doCanto’s final goal was scored off a rebound from a shot taken by Gallagher. It was an overall team effort, completed by a great day in net for Pateakos.
Middle School: The MS Jr. Vikings took a tough 6-3 loss to Franklin. Franklin jumped ahead early scoring just four minutes into the game. They scored again, late in the first period, leaving the score at the end of the first period, 2-0. The Jr. Vikings would strike first in the second period, when Robert Ramsay went in by himself and beat the sprawling goalie to bring the Jr. Vikings within a goal. Franklin wouldn’t allow the tenacious Jr. Vikings get back in the game, though, scoring two more goals late in the second period as well as two early in the third period. Ramsay would add another goal in the third on an assist from RJ Vickery. Ben DeMoranville also chipped in with a goal off some nifty passing from Quirino doCanto and Tyler Lovendale, making it 6-3. Jacob DeMoranville and Alex DeMarco both played well in net, but just couldn’t stop all the shots.