Gateway Youth Hockey round up
The Middle School Junior Vikings had a good vacation week, coming away with two victories. On Feb. 18, against second place Franklin, the team earned a 6-5 win. The Junior Vikings were down 2-0 after the first period, but managed to even the score in the second. Robert Maloney put in a rebound off a shot by Jake Smolinsky. Zach Barris, taking a feed from Quirino doCanto, deposited the puck in the back of the net. With the score tied at two, going into the third period, goals came in a flurry for both teams. Franklin opened the scoring, followed by doCanto less than 30 seconds later. Franklin added two more goals and doCanto matched them, with assists coming from Seth Tomasik, Barris and Tyler Lovendale. The score would remain tied until Tomasik capitalized on a Franklin turnover and beat the goalie with a hard wrist shot, just inside the circles, with 18 seconds on the clock. Alex DeMarco played great in net, to earn the victory over a Franklin team that had easily beaten the Jr. Vikings two weeks earlier.
In the second game of the week, against first place Medfield, the Junior Vikings took home a decisive 4-1 win. Seth Tomasik started the scoring early in the first, with the assist coming from Robert Ramsay. Quirino doCanto would add a goal on an assist from Tyler Lovendale. Less than two minutes later, Ramsay would add an unassisted goal, to put the Junior Vikings up by three after the first period. The score would remain the same until the third period, until each team added a goal, with Jack Martins scoring the fourth, assisted by doCanto. Alex DeMarco had a number of great saves in net, to get his second win in as many days.