Squirts: This week, the Gateway Gladiator Squirts faced YD Dolphins on Saturday. Gateway had trouble finding the net until later in the first with an unassisted goal from Ty David Ribeiro. In the second period, YD got on the board, but Matthew Paling soon countered with another unassisted goal for Gateway. In the third, Gateway just couldn’t get the shots off, despite the great effort from Lucy Murphy who was trying to keep her team’s spirits high while cheering them on from the bench. YD was able to slide in two more goals giving them the 3-2 win.
On Sunday morning, the Gateway Gladiators showed a different spirit and team play on the ice facing KP Walpole. In the first period, it was a hard-fought game with back and forth puck possession. Gateway’s Ty David Ribeiro had a goal called back due to an offsides call, making the Gladiators determined to get it back, and they did. In the second, Matthew Paling scored an unassisted goal making the score 1-0 Gateway. Ribeiro added two more goals, one unassisted and the other assisted from brothers Jacob and Benjamin Hebbel. Going into the third, both team’s goalies were denying goals. Paling tallied another with an assist from Thomas Clavell and Ribeiro. Ribeiro added another unassisted goal giving Gateway the win 5-0.
Last week, 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: Gateway Pee Wees faced Walpole Express Red on Sunday and took the game with a respectable score of 5-2. Walpole kept it a tight game throughout the first with the score tied at one off of a goal by RJ Vickery, but as time went on and Gateway’s pressure increased, the Gladiators pulled away. The second and third resulted in two more goals for Vickery to earn a hat trick with an assist from Ben Demoranville and a pair of goals by Demoranville who was assisted by Sean Pollack. Goalie Ryker King was phenomenal in net and allowed Gateway to keep a comfortable lead with some key saves.
Last week, 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 last week 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 last week 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.