UNE Takes Down Men’s Hockey 4-1

Scoring Summary

1st - 16:28 - Murphy, Dominic (U. of New England)
2nd - 02:31 - Cook, Brayden (U. of New England)
3rd - 06:53 - Grace, Jake (Suffolk)
3rd - 10:01 - PP - Murphy, Dominic (U. of New England)
3rd - 12:43 - O'Keefe, Kevin (U. of New England)

Game Leaders

Suffolk
G: Jake Grace - 1
A: 2 Players (#14, #27) - 1
Sh: 2 Players (#14, #36) - 3
Sv: CJ Hapward - 17
U. of New England
G: Dominic Murphy - 2
A: Chip Hamlett - 2
Sh: 2 Players (#17, #37) - 3
Sv: Stefan Carney - 16

Team Stats

Suffolk
U. of New England

PowerPlays

0 for 3
1 for 2

Shorthanded Goals

0
0

Penalties (min)

2 (4)
4 (8)

Shots on Goal

17
21

Face Offs Won

19
46
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UNE Takes Down Men’s Hockey 4-1
Posted: Nov 22, 2024

BIDDEFORD, Maine – Suffolk men's hockey fell to the University of New England, 4-1, Friday night at Harold Alfond Forum. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | University of New England 4
RECORDS: Suffolk (3-3-1, 1-3-1 CNE)) | University of New England (4-2-0, 3-2-0 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Nor'Easters knocked the first goal of the game away with 3:32 remaining in the opening period. Drew Olivieri won the face-off at the left circle inside Suffolk's zone. Dominic Murphy quickly picked the puck up and sniped a shot over CJ Hapward's glove side shoulder to put the Rams in a 1-0 hole at the first intermission.  

Kevin O'Keefe doubled UNE's advantage with no help 2:31 into the middle period.  

That two-goal gap remained as the teams headed to the locker room for the second time. 

Suffolk got on the board 6:53 into the third period. Nick Liotino had the puck inside the left face-off dot in Suffolk's zone. He dished it ahead to Scott McManus at the Rams' blue line, who quickly found a zooming Jake Grace. Grace took the puck into the Nor'Easters terrioty and flicked a wrister into the back of the twine to make it 2-1. 

UNE restored the two-goal margin on the power play at the midway point of the third frame and put away its fourth tally of the night for insurance with 7:17 remaining in regulation. 

Kyle Pelletier had a chance to add to Suffolk's side of the board less than two minutes later, but the rookies' attempt hit the post and the 4-1 distance remained the rest of the way. 

NETMINDER NOTES

  • Hapward had 17 saves in the setback. 
  • Stefan Carney turned aside 16 shots for the Nor'Easters.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

  • Grace was responsible for Suffolk's lone goal. 
  • McManus and Liotino had one assist apiece. 
  • The Nor'Easters held a 21-16 edge in shots. 
  • UNE also won the face-off battle, 46-19.  

NOTEWORTHY

  • Grace scored his first goal of the season. 
  • McManus is on a two-game point streak. He dished out his second assist of the season. 
  • Liotino logged his second helper of the year.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams and Nor'Easters are in store for a rematch tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 23 at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink in East Boston at 3:20 p.m.