Gateway Youth Hockey game summaries
Gateway Youth Hockey teams notched two wins, one tie and one loss last weekend. To read game summaries, see below.
Mites
The Gateway Mites lost in their first game of the season 6-1 to the Lower Cape Coyotes. The coyotes got on the board in the first two minutes and never looked back. Jared Frates scored the lone goal for the Mites. Despite it being the first game, the Mites kept digging and never gave up until the end. Charlie Carroll played a solid game making 30 saves. Brie Killion, Brayden Cannon and Patrick Tripp played very strong for the Mites.
Squirts
The Gateway Squirts took home another win this week versus WHK Hawks 8-0. Ryker King held the net while teammates Matthew Paling and Matthew Quinlan each scored hat tricks. Braden MacDonald and Thomas Leger each added a point to the board. Jacob Hebbel, Lucas DeMoranville and Trendyn Medeiros played strong defense.
Bantams
The Gateway Bantam team got help from Tyler Lovendale as he skated up for the first time this season. The younger Lovendale debuted with a goal and an assist as the Bantams defeated Weymouth 3-1. Zachary Lovendale and Noah Demoranville also scored goals. Jared Westgate, Robert Ramsay and Josh Smolinsky each had assists. Goalies Zachary Pateakos and Steven Strachan faced a limited number of scoring chances from the physical Weymouth team, while strong Gateway back checking assisted the defensive efforts of Beth Davis, Matt Youlden and Coleby Paling.
Middle School
The Middle School 1 Junior Vikings matched up against a tenacious Spitfires team Friday night and earned a 1-1 tie. The Junior Vikings controlled the game and got most of the shots, but the Spitfires took the lead in the second period after a shot on goal rebounded in front of an uncovered Spitfire player, who scored. The Junior Vikings came back with a backhand feed from Quirino doCanto to a streaking Tyler Lovendale who beat the Spitfire goalie. The score remained tied for the rest of the game, with the Junior Vikings getting a lot of opportunities, but no goals.