Youth hockey notches four wins over weekend

Jan 28, 2014

With three teams in action over the weekend of Jan. 25, here's how the Gateway Youth Hockey teams fared.

Squirt Grizzlies. The Gateway Squirt Grizzlies beat Hanover Saturday, Jan. 25, 9-1, in a Yankee Conference matchup at John Gallo Ice Arena.  Chris Gauvin had a hat trick and two assists. Austin Fleming had two goals and an assist. Ryker King was solid in goal.

The Grizzlies faced off against the North Attleboro Devils Sunday and won, 5-0.  Chris Gauvin had two goals and Austin Fleming, RJ Vickery and Jack Satterley each had one goal.  Matt Quinlan had the shutout in net.

Pee Wee Predators. The Gateway Predators were back in action on Sunday, Jan 26, matching up against the Somerset/Watuppa/Swansea Chiefs.  The Predators came out on a mission, scoring early in the first period with a goal by Zack Lovendale, assisted by Quirino doCanto.  They kept the pressure on and managed to catch a break when a deflected pass found the stick of Kaleb Riggle and sent him in on a breakaway.  Riggle beat the goalie with a nice wrist shot high blocker side. A few minutes later, defenseman Bryan Gallagher pulled off some fancy stickwork dangling through a couple Chiefs, then roofed a backhand past the goalie. There was no scoring in the second as the Predators seemed to lose some intensity with the comfortable lead.  The third period was won by SWS, but the Predators did enough to win the game 4-2 as Riggle added another goal.   Alex DeMarco played solid in net to earn the victory.  The Predators will head to Orleans next Sunday to start their playoffs against Lower Cape.

Pee Wee Warriors. The Gateway Warriors scored three goals in the first period, which was just enough to defeat the Coastal Stars, 3-2. Zachary Pateakos made some great saves in the Warrior net, while Jackson St. Don, Robert Ramsay, and Ben DeMoranville provided the goal scoring. Zachary Barris was credited with his tenth assist of the season.