Gage and Emily met in the summer of 2014 while both attending preseason for hockey and soccer at UMass Lowell. Emily was a senior and Gage was a freshman despite her only being 5 days older (and he never lets her forget it). The two began dating in November 2014. Gage broke Emily out of her east coast bubble and introduced her to the Midwest. In 2017 Gage moved to Arizona to attend Arizona State University to play hockey and complete grad school. After a year of long distance the two decided they would start their next adventure in Arizona together so Emily made the cross country move. In January of 2021 Gage popped the question at Sanctuary resort, the first place Gage had brought Emily during her first visit to Arizona in 2017.