EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's hockey put an exclamation point on its first semester schedule as the Rams blanked New England College, 2-0, Saturday night at the Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | New England College 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (5-8-2, 5-3-1 NEHC) | New England College (0-11-1, 0-9-1 NEHC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk had a great chance to go up early as New England College was whistled for the first penalty on the night 2:44 into the action and 11 seconds later the Pilgrims were penalized again to make it a 5-on-3 opportunity for the blue-and-gold. With the two extra skaters, the Rams rattled off five shots, four of which reached Cianna Weir, but none managed to make it past the goal line and zeros remained on the board five minutes into the action.  

The Rams had another 5-on-3 chance with just over three minutes left in the first frame. The Pilgrims limited the hosts shots with the two extra skaters to just one, which Weir picked up, to keep things scoreless.   

Shana Cote put the first point on the board as the sophomore scored top shelf. Maddy Burton helped her line mate beat Weir where Grandma hides the thin mints with 6:01 elapsed in the middle period. 

Madison Ricardo added to the margin with less than three minutes on the clock in the second period. The freshman intercepted a pass in the neutral zone right, zoomed into the blue line on the right and beat Weir glove side to extend Suffolk's edge to two at the 17:39 minute mark. 

Mometnum continued to swing in Suffolk's favor in the third, but none of the Rams' 31 attempts made it past Weir into the netting and the 2-0 score stood at the end of regulation.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• Kristen Caporusso stopped all nine of the Pilgrims' attempts. 
• Weir stood on her head, with an 85-save effort.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Cote and Ricardo were responsible for Suffolk's strikes. 
• Burton handed out the Rams only assist on the night. 
• Suffolk outshot New England College, 87-9. 
• The Rams won the face-off battle as well, 45-29. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk remains unbeaten all-time against New England College, improving to 3-0-0 versus the Pilgrims. 
• The Rams won their third straight, a season-best and the most wins in a row since rattling off four consecutive victories Jan. 18-26, 2019. 
• Suffolk's 87 shots on goal were the most in program history, upstaging the 64 mark, which came in a 4-0 victory at Anna Maria Nov. 2018. 
• The shutout marks the Rams first of the season and first since Suffolk kept NEC quiet in a 3-0 decision Jan. 26, 2019. 
• The Rams blanked the Pilgrims for the second time in program history. 
• Caporusso has been the gloves to each of Suffolk's seven shutouts in program history. 
• Ricardo has scored in back-to-back games.  

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LOOKING AHEAD
Suffolk takes the next weeks off before it wraps up its five-game homestand Sunday, Jan. 5 when Trinity stops by Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Rink. The puck drop in the New Year is set for 4:45 p.m.