Mite Bobcats: The Mite Bobcats played the best game of year in a comeback win over LCCYH, winning by a score of 14-12. The game was an action-packed one with both teams having multiple scoring chances. With only 10 minutes remaining, the Bobcats were down by two goals and LCCYH had no plans on giving up. But the Bobcats would go on a 6-1 scoring run led by Juni Suarez, Trendyn Medeiros, Jarred Frates, Drek Gau and Kytian Pothel, who all had at least 2 goals each and several assists. Patrick Tipp and Tomas Leger played well on defense, and Charlie Carroll had his best game of the year, including stopping a penalty shot with little time left to preserve the comeback win.
Squirt Grizzlies: The Gateway Grizzlies traveled to Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday and won 6-0 in a Yankee Conference game. The offense was led by Chris Gauvin, who scored two goals. Stephen Old, Matt Quinlan, and RJ Vickery each had a goal and an assist. Tyler Kelly scored his first goal of the season and also added an assist. Ryker King made some great saves to earn another shutout. The Grizzlies face YD next Saturday and Hanover on Sunday.
Pee Wee Predators: The Gateway Predators had a busy weekend with three games. On Saturday, they traveled to Orleans to play a tough Lower Cape team. They skated away with a 9-7 victory. Zack Lovendale certainly came to play with 6 goals and an assist. The game was back and forth with the Predators coming back from a 2 goal deficit. Also adding goals were Tyler Lovendale, Quirino doCanto, and Robert Maloney. Zack Pateakos manned the net for the Predators, starting slow, but finishing strong, making a number of saves to get the win.
On Sunday, the Predators faced the Nantucket 1 team, giving it all they had, but lost both games of the double header. In the first game, the Predators just couldn’t get it going, falling behind 1-0 after one period. They tied the game on a goal from Zack Lovendale. They quickly fell behind again and were never able to catch the tough Nantucket team. Pateakos had a tremendous effort in goal, but came up just short as the Predators lost 3-1.
In the second game, it seemed as if the boys lost their legs and had little left in the tank to keep up with Nantucket. It was a one-sided game, but to the Predators’ credit, they played hard until the end, with Zack Lovendale scoring late in the third with a pass from doCanto. Alex DeMarco played strong in net, but just couldn’t stop the wide-open Nantucket players camping in front of his net. The team was complimented by the Nantucket coaches, who said that was the best competition they had seen so far this season
Pee Wee Warriors: The Gateway Warriors finally got back to their winning ways, but Saturday’s 2-1 edging of the second-place North Attleboro Devils was no easy task. After a scoreless first period of evenly matched hockey, Jared Westgate sent a puck with eyes into the Devil net, capitalizing on textbook Warrior hockey provided by defenseman Jackson St. Don. Later in the second, it was the heads up hockey of RJ Vickery that resulted in his first career Pee Wee goal, as he got his breakaway bid to sneak under the pads of the Devil’s goalkeeper. Midway through the third period, the Devils got on the scoreboard, as they were able to capitalize on a quick odd-man rush, taking a neutral-zone face-off and netting it under the Warrior crossbar. But time after time in this game, Warrior goalie Steven Strachan acted as his team’s guardian angel. Strachan made several crucial saves at critical moments, keeping his Warriors competitive and eventually leading his team to their 11th victory on the season.