Gateway Youth Hockey teams enjoy winning weekend

Oct 27, 2014

The Gateway Youth Hockey Bantams are enjoying a three-game win streak following a victory this weekend and the Gateway Mites C team, despite losing by four goals, played some of the best hockey they all season. To read the game summaries, see below.

Mites

The Gateway Mites C lost to Martha’s Vineyard by a score of 19-15. The score doesn’t reflect how the game was played as Gateway had their best game so far this season. Martha’s Vineyard took a 2-0 lead in the first couple of minutes. After that the teams traded goals back and forth and ended the first period 9-7 with Martha’s Vineyard ahead. In the end, they were unable to overtake the lead. Charlie Carroll kept Gateway in the game and made 72 saves. Jarred Frates led the team with six goals and Ben Hebbel ended the night with four goals. Brayden Cannon and Pat Trip had two goals apiece with Tommy Clavell ending the night with one goal. Bree Killion and Collin Downey had an assist each.

Squirts

The Gateway Squirts played against the Braintree Black on Saturday. The game started off well matched in defense with the first period ending in no score and goalie Ryker King having 14 saves. In the second period, Matthew Quinlin scored with the assistance of Tyler Rebeiro. Ryker King added 10 more saves to end the period 1-1. In the third period Matthew Quinlin scored again with an assist by Braden MacDonald making the score 2-2. Ryker King added seven more saves for a total of 31 saves to end the game in a tie. There was some outstanding defensive support by Matthew Paling, Nathan Ribeiro, Thomas Leger, Braden MacDonald, Lucas Demoranville, Brady Kidney, Jacob Hebbel and Joseph Urnek. The Squirts play YD Dolphins White at Pembroke, Hobomock on Nov. 2.

Pee Wees

The Gateway Pee Wee team took home another win with their 5 - 2 victory over the Cape Cod Waves. The Waves played a good game, but Gateway kept constant pressure in the attacking zone which resulted in goals by Jack Martins, Danny Flynn and RJ Vickery while Chris Cogan earned an assist along with RJ Vickery and Emily Roberge who both earned their first assists of the season.

Bantams

The Gateway Youth Hockey Bantam team notched their third win in as many tries against the Bantam team from Weymouth. After holding the Weymouth team scoreless through the first two periods, Gateway underestimated their opponent in the third. Leading 3-2 with only seconds remaining, Gateway iced the puck, resulting in a must-win faceoff inside their zone. Center Robert Ramsay was able to control the puck-drop, securing the Gateway win. Gateway goal scorers included Zachary Lovendale, Jake DeMoranville and Josh Smolinsky. Ramsay and DeMoranville each had an assist in the game, along with Coleby Paling and Noah DeMoranville. Zachary Pateakos and Steven Strachan shared the victory in net.

Middle School 1

The Middle School 1 team had a good weekend, taking away two wins. On Friday, they took on a tough KP team, looking for a win after an earlier loss to them. KP jumped out early in the first period, scoring four minutes into the game. The Junior Vikings got on the board in the second when defenseman Coleby Paling took a shot from the blue line, which skipped by the goalie. They got their second goal of the period, when Wylde Latulippe found the back of the net with three seconds remaining. The Junior Vikings added one more goal in the third when James L’Heureux found a streaking Tyler Lovendale, who waited just long enough for the goalie to make the first move, then quickly went around him to score. They let up a late goal, leaving the final score 3-2 with the victory.

In the second game of the weekend, the Junior Vikings faced Foxboro, skating away with a 4-1 victory. Six minutes in Zack Lovendale found the back of the net, assisted by Wylde Latullipe and Peter Pimental. Their next goal came in the second period when Quirino doCanto redirected a shot, midair, from defenseman Matthew Maloney. Robert Maloney was next in line for goals, quickly depositing a rebound into the back of the net, off a shot from Seth Tomasik. Robert then finished the scoring in the third, with another rebound putback on the shot from Robert Ramsay.

Middle School 2

The Middle School 2 Vikings came out strong against the North Devils as Zack Barris scored minutes in to the first period followed by two goals from Bryan Gallager shortly after. The North Devils scored once to end the first with a score of 3-1. Goalie Jake Demoranville and the defensive lines of Noah Demoranville, Bethany Davis And Jackson St. Don held off the Devils. The Vikings continued to play hard with forwards Jack Martins, Jordan Szwedko and Emma Knox doing a great job. With only seven seconds left in the game the North Devils managed to score and end the game in a 3-3 tie.