Salve Regina Stumps Men’s Hockey

EAST BOSTON – Suffolk men's hockey suffered an 8-3 Commonwealth Coast Conference setback to Salve Regina Saturday afternoon at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Salve Regina 8
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-3-0, 0-2-0 CCC) | Salve Regina (4-0-0, 2-0-0 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Devin Lowe got the scoring going 1:20 into the action. The graduate student captain used a long feed from Nick Liotino and snipped the puck past Seahawks netminder Selby Warren to give the Rams a one-goal edge. Thomas Dempsey had a stick on the goal as well.  

Salve Regina leveled the playing field four minutes later when Aiden Coupe found the back of net for the first time on the afternoon. Five minutes later Coupe would score again to push the visitors in front, 2-1, a score that stayed at the first intermission.  

The Seahawks poured in six unanswered in the second period to make things lopsided, 8-1. 

Suffolk held Salve Regina scoreless in the third and managed to tuck two goals of its own way, but it wouldn't be enough to complete the back. 

Ryan Webb cut off a Salve Regina pass in the Seahawks' zone 2:48 into the third and converted it into Suffolk's second goal of the day.   

Will MacNeil etched his name on the scoresheet at the 13:20 mark with help from Kyle Valiquette and Thomas Dempsey to cut the gap down to a handful, 8-3. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Christopher Jackson logged 27 stops in the setback. 
• Selby Warren put together a 30-save effort in the victory. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Lowe, MacNeil and Webb had one goal apiece. 
• Dempsey dished out two assists. 
• Liotino and Valiquette tallied one helper each. 
• Shot were nearly even, however, Salve Regina held the 35-33 edge. 
• The Rams won the face-off battle, 34-33.

NOTEWORTHY

• Lowe had recorded a point in all four of Suffolk's games this season. 
• Lowe extended his point streak to five games dating back to last season. Over that stretch he has scored four goals and dished out four assists. 
• Webb scored his first goal of the season. 
• MacNeil's first goal of the season is the second of the sophomore's collegiate career.
• Dempsey notched a personal-best in points (2) and assists (2). 
• Valiquette dished out his first assist of the year, eighth of his career.
• Jackson notched a personal-best 27 saves.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is set to take on Curry in a home-and-home series next weekend, Nov. 10-11. The Rams will host the Colonels Friday at Porrazzo Rink at 5 p.m., before heading to Milton, Massachusetts, Saturday for a 7 p.m. showdown.