CHARLESTOWN, Mass. – Suffolk men's hockey closed out its regular-season in winning fashion as the Rams took down Wentworth, 3-1, Saturday night at Emmons Horrigan O'Neil Memorial Rink. The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) outing served as the Rams' Senior Night.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Wentworth 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-12-4, 7-10-4 CCC) | Wentworth (5-17-3, 4-15-3 CCC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Rams potted a pair of unanswered pucks in the first frame to skate into the first intermission up 2-0.
Nick Lachaine was the first Suffolk skater to find the back of the twine. Devin Lowe intercepted a Leopards' pass that was bound to clear Wentworth's zone instead the puck bounced from Lowe's stick to a waiting Lachaine, who sniped a one-timer into the back of the net 13:51 into the outing.
With 59 second remaining in the opening period, Shawn Montgomery etched his named on the scoresheet. The senior put away a breakaway that was set-up by Ryan Harrigan to make it a two-goal gap as the teams went to the locker room.
Following a scoreless second period, Wentworth got on the bard 3:44 into the third to cut the margin in half. Montgomery's second goal of the outing came with 1:44 left in regulation. Harrigan aided in the insurance tally that made it a 3-1 game.
Wentworth pulled Will Oliver from the net following Montgomery's goal to help boost a comeback for the Leopards. Fortunately, Cal Wilcox handled his end to keep the 3-1 victory for the Rams.
NETMINDER NOTES
- Wilcox registered 34 saves in the victory.
- Oliver turned aside 27 shots.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Montgomery's two goals led the way for Suffolk's scoring.
- Harrigan assisted on both of Montgomery's goals.
- Lachaine found the back of the net once.
- Lowe chipped in one assist.
- Wentworth outshot Suffolk, 35-30.
- The Rams commanded the draw, 39-26.
- Neither team was able to score on their three man-up chances.
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk coupled back-to-back wins over Wentworth together.
- The Rams improved to 15-24-1 all-time against the Leopards.
- The blue-and-gold is now 5-2-0 in the last handful of battles against WIT, all of which came in CCC play.
- Suffolk is now 10-18-1 versus Wentworth in the Chris Glionna era.
- Montgomery matched a career high two goals.
- Montgomery scored two goals in one game for the second time this season, third time in his career.
- Montgomery has produced back-to-back two-point games.
- Harrigan handed out a personal-best two assists.
- Harrigan matched a career-high two points.
- Harrigan (1g, 2a) has notched a point in the last two games.
- Lachaine stretched his point streak to three games. In that span he has one goal and two assists.
COMING UP
Suffolk turns its attention to the CCC post season with the full 2022 tournament bracket set to be released later.