MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – Exactly a week after keeping Salve Regina off the scoreboard for the first time in program history, the Suffolk women's hockey team repeated the performance. Hannah Gordon picked up 22 saves and the blue-and-gold's offense scored three times on the power play to shutout the Seahawks, 4-0, in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) battle at Howard Rink at the St. George's School.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Salve Regina 0 
RECORDS: Suffolk (18-4-0, 13-3-0 CCC) | Salve Regina (5-13-3, 4-9-3 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
After a scoreless first, Suffolk went off in the second with three unanswered goals. The Rams got going at the 6:20 mark thanks to Shana Cote. The senior lofted a puck from just outside the right face-off dot and into the top left side of the net to give the visitors an edge. Sofia Scilipoti slipped the pass to Cote and Madison Duff aided in the game-opening goal as well.  

Cote chipped in her second goal of the day nearly 10 minutes later. This time, the captain poked the puck away right off the face-off that was won by Julia Volpe just 25 seconds after the Rams went on the power play as Tori Amaral went to the box for tripping.

Suffolk capitalized on another power play, this time a 5-on-3 as two Seahawks sat down at the same time. Duff tucked a goal 1:08 before the second intermission on a feed from Jesse Kenendy to make it a 3-0 margin in the Rams' favor.  

Just over five minutes into the final frame the Rams notched their third man-up marker. Kennedy picked up the pieces of Julia Franklin's rebound and slipped the puck past the goal line to extend the Rams cushion to four. Stpehanie Moy helped set up the shot from the blue line. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Gordon registered 22 saves in the shutout. 
• Madison Jalbert stopped 31 shots in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Cote scored half of Suffolk's goals. 
• Duff and Kennedy both tallied two points with one goal and one assist, respectively.
• Franklin, Moy, Scilipoti and Volpe all handout out one assist. 
• Suffolk outshot Salve Regina, 35-22. 
• Both teams won 21 face-offs. 
• The Rams scored on 75 percent (3-4) of their power plays. 
• Suffolk denied the Seahawks on their only power play of the night. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk improved to 3-0-0 all-time against the Seahawks. 
• The Rams shutout Salve Regina for the second time in program history and second straight meet. 
• Suffolk's four goals scored against SRU are the most in a single-game in the all-time series. 
• The blue-and-gold kept notched their fourth shutout of the season. 
• The four cleansheets in a single season are the second most in program history behind the inaugural 2018-19 team that posted six shutouts. 
• Gordon kept her collegiate record perfect, 6-0-0. 
• Gordon posted her first collegiate shutout. 
• Duff (1g, 5a), Kennedy (2g, 4a) and Scilipoti (2g, 2a) have extended their point streaks to four games. 
• Cote (4g, 3a) has pushed her point streak to five games. 
• Franklin (1g, 1a), Volpe (2a) and Franklin (1g, 2a) have notched points in the last two games. 

POST-GAME PIC
   

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk will cap off the regular-season at home as the Rams are set to host Curry and No. 9 Endicott Feb. 17-18. The Colonels stop by Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink Thursday for a matinee, 12 p.m., puck drop, before the Gulls head to Eastie Friday for a 6 p.m. outing.