The Gateway Squirts remain undefeated and the Middle School 1 team bounced back with a win against Taunton in Gateway Youth Hockey action last weekend. To read game summaries, see below.

Mites

The Gateway Mite C team tied the South Coast Panthers 9-9 Saturday. The Panthers got on the board in the opening minute. Gateway then turned the jets on and peppered the opposing goalie with several shots and was able to take the lead by the end of the first period. The Panthers came out strong in the second period. With three minutes to go, Gateway was down by three goals. The Mites pushed hard the rest of the game and with about a minute to play tied the game. However, the Panthers scored with 36 seconds left and it seemed the game would end that way. But with 16 seconds left, Pat Tripp tied the game on a great pass by Ben Hebble. Pat Trip and Brayden Cannon each had a hat trick. Ben Hebbel ended the night with two goals and an assist. Jarrod Frates also had a goal and Bree Killion had an assist. Charlie Carroll had another strong outing with 30 saves.

Squirts

The Gateway Squirts remain undefeated after a win 4-0 against Franklin on Sunday. The team seemed a little sluggish in the beginning but soon found their pace. In the first period, Nathan Ribeiro put Gateway on the board assisted by Osvaldo (Juni) Suarez and Matthew Paling. In the second period, they picked up the speed and team work scoring three goals credited to Matthew Paling, Juni Suarez was assisted by Thomas Leger, and Joe Urnek with assists from Ty Ribeiro and Brady Kidney. The defense played a good game, giving forwards multiple chances to get the puck down the ice. The Squirts next game is on Sunday.

Middle School 1

The Middle School 1 team got back on track this week against Taunton with a 5-0 win. Quirino doCanto got the Junior Vikings on the board less than one minute into the first period, assisted by Tyler Lovendale. Neither team scored after that, until the third period, when Peter Pimental scored one of his two goals. Robert Maloney quickly followed with a goal of his own. Late in the period, Pimental put home his second goal and defenseman Coleby Paling put one in the back of the net. Alex DeMarco earned the shutout and made numerous saves.