The Gateway Gladiators Squirts skated their way to a 19-2-1 regular season, 2-1-0 playoffs, but just missed the championship win in overtime versus  Walpole Express on Sunday afternoon. Gateway was fired up the whole game and so were their fans, cheering to the end.

In the first period, Ty David Ribeiro fired one in with assists from Jacob Hebbel and Lucy Murphy. In the second, Gateway was unable to get on the score sheet. In the third period, the pressure was on with the score sitting at 2-1 Walpole. Benjamin Hebbel added one with help from J. Hebbel and Ribeiro. Ribeiro then scored his second of the game with an assist from Brayden Hathon.

Soon after, Walpole scored again from a bad bounce, tying the game 3-3. With seconds left, it could go either way, both teams playing hard and then the buzzer to end regulation.

In overtime, Gateway so wanted the win and they showed it, putting the pressure on, but Walpole was able to find a break and score the winning goal to make it a 4-3 championship final.