BIDDEFORD, Maine – Suffolk men's hockey took an early edge it held onto for most of the game, but a last-second strike by No. 11 University of New England tied the game at 1-all and forced overtime where the Nor'Easters netted the game winner to take down the Rams, 2-1, in Commonwealth Coast Conference play at Harold Alfond Forum Saturday night.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | No. 11 UNE 2
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-7-0, 0-5-0 CCC) |No. 11 UNE (4-2-1, 4-1-1CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
UNE may have outshot Suffolk 20-5 in the first period, but on Suffolk's handful of chances paid off for the blue-and-gold. On its first power play of the night, Josh Milso went top shelf with a wrister and caught Joe Stanizzi off guard. Devin Lowe and Joe O'Brien assisted on the Rams goal that came 1:08 into the contest. 

Kannon Flageolle helped Suffolk maintain the one goal margin through the second stanza as the freshman goaltender turned aside all 15 shots he faced. 

The Nor'Easters continued to test Flageolle. The Rams rookie stood up to the challenge and was seconds away from the shutout but a last second snip by Juraj Elias whizzed over the blue-and-gold's goaltender's stick hand shoulder to tie the game with one second left in regulation.  

Suffolk started the overtime down a skater due to a late penalty. UNE had momentum on its side and used it to its favor. Ryan Kuzmich fired a shot from the left face off dot 1:22 into the extra session and the puck zoom into the back of the twine to push the Nor'Easters past the Rams, 2-1. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Flageolle finished with 57 saves. 
• Stanizzi had 15 saves for the Nor'Easeters.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Milso was responsible for Suffolk's lone goal. 
• Lowe and O'Brien had one assist apiece. 
• UNE over power Suffolk in shots, 91-35, and shots on goal, 59-16. 
• The Rams went 1-for-3 on the power play. 
• The Nor'Easters held the upper hand in faceoff wins as well, 40-25.  

NOTEWORTHY

• The Rams needed extra time to determine a winner for the first time this season. 
• Suffolk played in OT for the sixth time under Shawn McEachern's guidance. 
• The Rams moved to 2-2-2 in OT outings in the McEachern era.
• Suffolk and UNE went into overtime for the third time in the all-time series, first since Nov. 20, 2021. 
• The Rams moved to 0-2-1 in OT versus the Nor'Easeters. 
• Milso scored his first collegiate goal. 
• Lowe and O'Brien handed out their eighth assist of the season. 
• Flageolle had a career-high 52 saves. 
• The 52 saves are the most by a netminder with McEachern on the bench. 
• Flageolle is the first Suffolk goalie to have 50-plus saves since Cal Wilcox had 65 in a 5-3 setback at then-No. 15 Endicott, Feb. 18, 2022. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk remains on the road next weekend, but steps aside from CCC contests when it visits Bowdoin and Colby. The Rams face the Polar Bears Saturday, Nov. 25 at 4 p.m., before taking on the Mules Sunday, Nov. 26 at 1 p.m.