Youth hockey update
Gateway Girls
The Lady Jaguars came out battling, but lost two games to Martha's Vineyard Saturday, November 9. Bethany Davis and Rachel Breault worked hard defending the net as Jack Breault attempted to make saves. The Jaguars didn't stop fighting until the last buzzer, losing 5-0.
In the second game, Julia Elicier scored with an assist from Makayla Lorance in the first period.
Julia Elicier scored her second goal of the game on a strategic penalty shot bringing the score to 3-2 ending the first period. Despite a a valiant effort, the girls lost to Vineyard 7-2.
Squirt Grizzlies
On Saturday, November 9 the Grizzlies skated to a 8-2 victory over Pembroke in the Yankee Conference. Chris Gauvin led the offense with two goals and three assists, and Thomas Galavotti had his first career hat trick.
Bailey Tieu and Austin Flemming scored as well.
On Sunday, November 10 the Grizzlies lost to Braintree 2-0. Braintree jumped out to a one goal lead in the first and added another late in the third. The Grizzlies head to Martha's Vineyard this weekend.
Pee Wee Predators
The Pee Wee Predators became the first major Gateway team to beat Nantucket the weekend of November 9 and 10, and they did it twice!
In the first game, an 11-4 victory, the Predators scored at will. Tyler Lovendale got the scoring going early on his way to four goals in game one. His older brother Zack also joined the scoring with two goals. The Maloney Brothers, Matthew and Robert each scored a goal apiece. Quirino doCanto rounded out the scoring with a hat trick.
Helping out with assists on the day were Jack Martins and doCanto with two, Kaleb Riggle, Matt and Robert Maloney and Tyler Lovendale with one each.
In the second game, the Predators took a little while to get going, not scoring until late in the first with defenseman, Bryan Gallagher, stepping up and putting one past the goalie. Zack Lovendale and Riggle each netted a pair of goals, while doCanto added another hat trick and Seth Tomasik scored a goal as well.
Pee Wee Warriors
With many of their players vacationing in the Sunshine State, the Gateway Warriors called up three Squirt players in the hopes of maintaining their perfect Yankee Conference record. But with more penalties than goals, the Warriors found themselves overmatched by the Canton Bulldogs, suffering their first conference loss by a score of 7-3.
Noah Demoranville had two goals for the Warriors. Stephen Old had a goal and two assists, while fellow Squirt Austin Fleming added an assist. The loss marks the second in as many games for the struggling Warriors, as they dropped their state play-down game to the Southcoast Panthers earlier in the week, 9-2.
Middle School 1
A solid team effort yielded a 4-3 win for the Junior Vikings 1 team in an exciting game against Oliver Ames Friday night. The evenly matched teams put on a display of passing and defense for most of the first period, until Josh Smolinsky scored the first goal, assisted by Cameron DeMarco and Vyper LaTulippe.
The game remained tied until midway through the third period when a pitched scoring battle began.
Vikings skater Seth Tomasik was first to break the scoring stalemate, with an assist by Bryan Gallagher. That goal was quickly answered by Oliver Ames to tie the game once again.
The tie was broken one minute later as Kaitlin Kelly scored, assisted by Quirino DoCanto. Another goal by Oliver Ames looked to tie the game up for good, but with just 30 seconds left, Vyper LaTullippe took the feed from Vittorio Consoletti for a top shelf shot to win the game.