Box Score

BOSTON, Mass. --  Junior Paul Weisser's (Longmeadow, Mass.) goal with 53 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Suffolk to a 4-3 non-league college ice hockey victory over Assumption Sunday evening at Steriti Rink.

Weisser converted feeds from junior Zach Barron (St. Louis, Mo.) and senior Joe Drago (Waltham, Mass.) on the deciding tally for the host Rams (3-6-2), who received a late second period marker from freshman Jason Molle (Stoneham, Mass.) and a goal from fellow freshman Andrew Flynn (Stamford, Conn.) with less than eight minutes remaining in regulation to snap a 1-1 tie and take a 3-1 advantage.  Sophomore Pat O'Kane's (Hollis, N.H.) second shorthanded goal of the game with 4:25 remaining in regulation enabled the visiting Ice Dogs (4-5) to pull to within one, and Assumption took advantage of an extra skater in the closing minute of the third period to even matters on sophomore Taylor Larsen's (Blackstone, Mass.) tally with 21 seconds to play, setting up Weisser's heroics in the extra session.

O'Kane's first shorthanded goal of the contest staked the Ice Dogs to a 1-0 edge just eight minutes into the contest, but Suffolk evened matters with a power play tally off the stick of senior Nick Davis (Pittsburgh, Pa.) less than three minutes later to forge the 1-1 draw after 20 minutes of action.  Weisser and Flynn each finished with a goal and an assist in the win for the Rams, who also received a pair of assists off the stick of Barron as well as single helpers from junior Dan Dandreo (Swampscott, Mass.) and freshman Matt Robertson (Whitman, Mass.).  O'Kane added an assist to finish with three points in the setback for Assumption, which also received a goal and an assist from Larsen as well as a helper from sophomore Kevin Glanzman (Massapequa, N.Y.).

Junior Ryan Mula (Waltham, Mass.) picked up the win in goal with 37 saves in net for Suffolk, while sophomore Nick Blanchette (Stuart, Fla.) made 25 stops in net for Assumption as the Ice Dogs outshot the Rams by a 40-29 margin for the contest.

Suffolk will be idle until Tuesday, December 29th when the Rams square off with Southern New Hampshire in opening round play of the UMass Boston Codfish Bowl Invitational at the Clark Athletic Center beginning at 2:00 p.m., while Assumption hosts SUNY-Canton in opening round play of the Assumption Holiday Tournament on Monday, December 28th in Worcester, Mass. beginning at 7:35 p.m.