Women’s Hockey Overtakes No. 13 Endicott in Overtime, 2-1

BEVERLY, Mass. – In a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) case of déjà vu, Suffolk women's hockey and No. 13 Endicott ended regulation deadlocked at 1-1. Thankfully for the Rams, history did not repeat itself from the night before as Madison Duff ended up putting away the game-winner on a breakaway in overtime to lift the blue-and-gold past the Gulls, 2-1, at Raymond J. Bourque Arena Saturday afternoon. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | No. 13 Endicott 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (6-2-0, 5-1-0 CCC) | No. 13 Endicott (5-3-0, 4-2-0 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Endicott earned the edge just over six minutes into the action. Sydney Fascetta's winning face-off at the right circle in Suffolk's zone sent the puck to Catherine Milles, who took it in towards the net for a one-on-one with Lily O'Neil. The Gull went high stick side for the game-opening goal.  

Suffolk looked to catch up in the middle period, but Michaela O'Brien kept the edge in Endicott's favor at the second intermission. 

The Rams would not have to play one-goal down for long in the third as Miranda Gaudet equalized matters 2:03 into the final period of regulation. Shana Cote won a battle on the boards nearly behind the cage and passed out to Liliana Moose at the blue line, who shuffled a pass over to Leslie Steiner. Steiner's slap shot was denied by O'Brien, but Gaudet was there to pick up the pieces and poke the puck past the Gulls goalie to lock things at 1-all. 

The blue-and-gold saw a chance to capture the victory in regulation when Teaghan Hall was whistled for cross checking with 2:25 left on the clock in the third. Taylor Wasylk used her timeout to draw up the special teams play. O'Brien helped her team stay in it as she turned aside the two shots the Rams managed to get off in the final two minutes to force the extra frame. 

In overtime, O'Neil was tested first as Hall put an attempt on target just about 15 seconds in. The junior did her job to keep the Rams hopes alive. 

O'Brien did the same with Duff's first attempt of OT, but the same can't be said for the senior captain's second. Madison Ricardo lost an edge in the Gulls zone and the host looked to capitalized on the 3-on-2. As Endicott skated towards Suffolk's net, pressure by Livia Brehm paid off. The freshman gained possession for the Rams and played the puck into the neutral zone to Sam Molind. Molind found Duff wide open. The defense surged ahead for a one-on-one with O'Brien and went glove side for the game-winner.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• O'Neil registered a 38-save victory. 
• O'Brien finished with 20 stops in the setback. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Gaudet logged the game-tying goal, while Duff put away the game-winner. 
• Brehm, Steiner, Molind and Moose each dished out one assist. 
• Endicott outshot Suffolk, 39-22. 
• The Gulls captured more face-offs as well, 32-23. 
• Neither team capitalized on their power plays. Suffolk went 0-for-2 and successfully played off the one time it went a skater down. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and Endicott went past regulation for the second time in as many games and in the all-time series. 
• The Rams moved to 1-1-0 all-time in OT versus the Gulls. 
• Suffolk is now 1-1-0 when taking a nationally ranked foe to overtime. 
• Suffolk played in the program's 13th overtime game. 
• The Rams moved to 4-4-5 in OT outings all-time and 2-1-2 when playing an overtime contest on the road. 
• Nine conference contests in Suffolk's history have needed overtime to decide a winner. The Rams are 3-3-3 in such instances. 
• In the CCC, Suffolk moved to 2-2-0 in OT outings. 
• Suffolk has played in back-to-back overtime contests for the first time in program history. 
• The Rams won an overtime outing for the first time since defeating the University of new England, 3-2, in an extra session Nov. 19, 2021. 
• Suffolk took the ice against at nationally ranked for the 10th time. 
• The Rams moved to 2-8-0 all-time against top-15 opponents. 
• Both of Suffolk's victories against nationally ranked opponents have come on the road.
• The last time the Rams defeated a ranked opponent was when they upset then-No. 8 Endicott, 4-2, Jan. 28, 2022. 
• Suffolk has never been kept off the scoreboard against Endicott. 
• Suffolk improved to 2-7-0 all-time against the Gulls. 
• Both of the Rams victories over Endicott have come in Beverly, Massachusetts. 
• The blue-and-gold is now 2-3-0 when playing at Bourque Arena. 
• The last six games between Suffolk and Endicott have been decided by a one-goal margin. 
• Overall, seven of the ninth outings between the Rams and Gulls have been won by one-goal. 
• Gaudet skated in her 100th collegiate game. She is the second-ever Suffolk women's hockey player to compete in 100 games, first since Tess Adams '19 did so in the Rams' inaugural season, 2018-19. Gaudet has worn blue-and-gold in eight outings and played 92 as an undergraduate at Clarkson. 
• Moose and Steiner have produced one assist apiece in back-to-back games.
• Duff logged the second game-winning goal of her collegiate career, first since lifting the Rams to a 4-3 overtime victory at Trinity Dec. 10, 2021.  

POST-GAME PIC

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk takes a break from CCC competition Tuesday, Nov. 22 when it makes the trip to Connecticut College for a 7 p.m. pre-Thanksgiving contest.