CHARLESTOWN, Mass. – Shawn Montgomery lit the lamp twice including the game-winner to lead Suffolk men's hockey past Western New England, 3-2, Friday night in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action at Emmons Horrigan O'Neil Memorial Rink.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Western New England 2
RECORDS; Suffolk (2-7-2, 2-5-2CCC) | Western New England (4-8-0, 2-7-0 CCC)   

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk sat in front, 2-1, after the first 20 minutes thanks to back-to-back goals in just over a five-minute span. Montgomery put the Rams on the board 4:50 into the contest with help from Joe Feeney and PJ Donahue. Peter Nugent padded that margin just five minutes thanks to assists from Troy Ladka and Phil Decresce.  

Western New England sliced that distance in half at the 13:43 minute mark when Billy Hefferie got the puck past Cal Wilcox. Sam Mitchell and Demitrois Stefanou aided in the goal.  

In what appeared to be a scoreless second period, Griffin Clark was sent to the penalty box with 1:44 left before the second intermission. The Golden Bears capitalized on the man-up advantage to level the playing field at 2-all.  

Things stayed even until halfway through the third when Montgomery put on the hero hat. The senior put away feeds from Feeney and Samuel Rand to give Suffolk the go-ahead, 3-2.  

The Rams staved off the Golden Bears the rest of the way including when WNE plucked Colten Lancaster from in between the pipes for the extra skater boost. Over the final 1:04, Wilcox saved both the shots he faced and Samuel Rand came up with a big block to preserve the victory.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• Wilcox finished with a 32-save effort in the victory. 
• Lancaster registered 36 stops in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Montgomery finished with two goals. He was one of two Suffolk skaters with multi points as Feeney finished with a pair of assists. 
• Nugent registered one marker. 
• Decresce, Donahue, Ladka and Samuel Rand each dished out one assist. 
• Suffolk outshot Western New England, 39-32. 
• The Rams won the face-off battle 43-27. 
• Suffolk went 0-for-3 on the power play, while Western New England took advantage of one of its four man-up chances.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk defeated Western New England for the third straight meeting to over to 21-13-3 since 2000.
• The Rams are now 10-6-1 when hosting WNE. 
• Montgomery matched a career-high two goals. 
• Feeney produced a personal-best two points for the second straight game. 
• Feeney rewrote a career-high two handouts. 
• Nugent notched his first collegiate goal. 
• Decresce and Ladka each registered his first collegiate assists.   

POST-GAME PIC
  

LOOKING AHEAD
Suffolk takes a break for the finals and holidays and returns to the ice Tuesday, Jan. 11 at Salem State.