Gateway Youth Hockey teams notched four wins this weekend as the season opened for the Squirts, Bantams and Midgets. For game summaries, see below.

Squirts

The Gateway Gladiator Squirt team won 5-3 against Whitman, Hanson, Kingston on Sunday led by Ryan Killion’s strong play in net.

Ben Hebbel led the offense with a goal and two assists. Braydon Hathon, Liz Kilpatrick, Braydon Cannon and Tommy Clavell also scored. Kevin Place contributed with an assist.

Bantams

The Gateway Gladiator bantam team opened up its 2016 campaign with a pair of victories. On Saturday, the Gladiators faced a tough Weymouth team, coming away with a 7-3 win. Quirino doCanto started the scoring less than one minute into the game on a feed from Tyler Lovendale. Weymouth tied the game, but shortly after that, Jack Martins put one past the goalie on a feed from Austin Fleming. doCanto added his second goal of the game at the halfway mark in the first period, assisted by Ethan Carpentier and Robert Maloney. Tyler Lovendale then got himself into the goal column scoring his first of two goals on the night, both assisted by doCanto. Matt Cadieux added a goal on a shot from just inside the blue line, while Maloney added a goal, assisted by Lovendale. Alex DeMarco had a great game in net and made 20 saves.

In the second game of the weekend for the Bantams, the team scored another seven goals, and only gave up two, getting the win against the Canal Sharks. Jack Martins scored the first goal of the game, with assists coming from Christian Araujo and Luke Mello. Quirino doCanto would score the next three goals, with assists coming from Matt Cadieux, Will Goldman and Martins. Martins would add another goal assisted by linemate Austin Fleming. Tyler Lovendale scored the final two goals, with doCanto assisting on both, and Bailey Tieu on one of them. Defensemen Liv Fryer also played well in front of her netminder Alex DeMarco who made 13 saves on the night.

Midgets

The Gateway Gladiator Midget team won its first game of the season against the Southcoast Panthers 5-2. Alex Hathaway opened up the scoring as he snuck one by the Panthers’ goalie early in the first period. Quirino doCanto followed up Hathaway with a goal, giving the Gladiators an early 2-0 lead.

The Panthers then got within a goal, but not for long as Hathaway put his second goal home, giving the Gladiators another two goal lead. The Panthers then scored their second goal, but doCanto quickly erased that goal with one of his own. Zack Lovendale added the fifth and final goal, when doCanto fed him with a pass out front and Lovendale quickly put it past the Panthers’ goalie. Steven Strachan had a strong game in net, stopping all but two shots he faced.