Suffolk Spoils Hockey's Home Opener

EVERETT, Mass. – Five different student-athletes scored goals and junior Cal Wilcox (Pomfret, Conn.) stopped all 33 shots he faced as the Suffolk University ice hockey team spoiled Wentworth Institute of Technology's home opener with a 5-0 win in Commonwealth Coast Conference play Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS:

RECORDS:  SU: (1-1-1, 1-0-1 CCC); WIT (1-2-1, 0-1-1 CCC)
SHOTS:  SU:     27; WIT:           33
PENALTIES/MINUTES:  SU:  11/30; WIT:  9/18
POWER PLAYS:  SU:  1-6 ; WIT:  0-7
GOALIE SAVES:  SU – Cal Wilcox, 33; WIT – Connor Carbo, 22

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Suffolk wasted little time getting on the board, scoring just 16 seconds into the contest when junior Nick Lachaine (Lakeville, Conn.), who won a faceoff in the Wentworth zone, scored from sophomore Jared Newell (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and senior Daniel Ovchinnikov (Womelsdorf, Pa.).
• The Leopards nearly tied the game in the waning seconds when junior Kevin Obssuth (Chester, N.J.) went in on a breakaway, however, Wilcox stopped him right before time expired. Wentworth had an 18-6 shot advantage in the first period, with 10 of those shots coming on three power plays.
• At 8:23 of the second period, Suffolk upped its lead to 2-0 when senior Shawn Montgomery (Natick, Mass.) broke in alone and fired a shot on net, which was saved by sophomore Connor Carbo (Berlin, Vt.). The rebound popped out to senior Billy Roche (Braintree, Mass.) who found the back of the net.
• The Rams put the game away in the third period, scoring three times in a span of 1:42 early in the period. At 2:52, sophomore Kyle Valiquette (Monroe, N.C.) scored from junior Alex Kolowrat (Praha, Czech Republic) before junior Griffin Clark (Charlotte, N.C.) made it 4-0 with an unassisted marker at 3:31. Suffolk completed the scoring with a power-play goal at 4:34 as junior Ryan Donnelly (Swampscott, Mass.) scored from Roche and Montgomery.
• Wentworth had a 33-27 shot advantage with 16 of its 33 shots coming on seven power plays. Senior Joey O'Leary (Boston, Mass.) and Obssuth combined for 11 shots.
• Junior Guillaume Bose (San Jose, Calif.) won 17 of 26 faceoffs.

SERIES NOTES:

• Today marked the 40th all-time meeting between the two teams. While Suffolk is 3-1-1 in the last five series meetings, Wentworth holds a 23-14-3 overall advantage.

NEXT UP:

• Wentworth hosts Western New England on Saturday, November 14, at 5:00 p.m.

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