Turner, Smolarek and Shields Earn ECAC Northeast Hockey Accolades

Turner, Smolarek and Shields Earn ECAC Northeast Hockey Accolades

Sophomore Stanton Turner (San Francisco, Calif.) was a second team All-Conference selection by the ECAC Northeast for the 2014-15 season. Junior goaltender Brandon Smolarek (Chesterfield, Mich.) was named to the league's honorable mention team for the second straight season while junior defenseman Shaughn Shields (Anchorage, Ala.) also earned recognition.

Turner had a monster season for Suffolk as he finished leading the team with 16 goals and 26 points in 26 games played. He was third among goals scorers in the league and is seventh among conference point scorers. Turner finished sharing the team lead with four power-play games, he also scored a pair of game winning goals. He is the first player for Suffolk in five seasons to score at least 15 times in a year. He finished with nine multi-point games on the season, and three multi-goal games on the year which included his first career hat trick on November 22, a 7-2 victory over Becker College. Through two seasons at Suffolk, Turner has scored 22 goals in 50 games played while adding 19 points for a total of 41 points.

Smolarek posted a strong season in goal as he appeared in 24 of Suffolk's 26 games on the season. He had a 3.12 goals against average while maintaining a .906 save percentage. He recorded a 10-12-2 overall record on the season in goal. Smolarek wrapped up his third season. In 56 games he has stopped nearly 91-percent of the shots he's faced while allowing 3.12 goals per game. He's recorded a 21-26-8 record in 53 career starts.

Shields appeared in 18 games on the season helping anchor the Rams' blueline. He registered six points on a goal and five assists. He also served as an assistant captain. In three seasons with Suffolk, Shields has appeared in 47 games tallying a goal and nine assits.

Suffolk finished the season with a 11-13-2 overall record. They entered the 2014-15 ECAC Northeast Hockey playoffs as the number six seed before falling to Johnson & Wales University 5-0 in the quarterfinal round.