Women’s Hockey Clinches CCC Regular Season Crown, Clips Curry, 5-1

CANTON, Mass. – Women's hockey made Suffolk University history Friday night as it captured the Commonwealth Coast Conference regular-season title behind a 5-1 win over Curry at Canton Ice House. 

The title is not only the first regular-season championship for the Rams' women's hockey squad but marks the first time a Suffolk program has captured a CCC regular-season crown since joining the ranks in 2020-21.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Curry 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (16-7-2, 14-2-2 CCC) | Curry (8-14-2, 5-10-2 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Shana Cote broke open the scoring at the 9:04 mark of the first period with help from Madison Duff and Sofia Scilipoti. 

Suffolk's one-goal lead remained up until Hannah Berkowitz potted a power play mark in the middle of the second stanza to knot things up at 1-all.  

The evened playing field did not last long as Jenna Caballero regained the advantage for the Rams just over five minutes later. Caballero was aided by Madison Ricardo and Jesse Kennedy at the 16:36 mark. Less than a minute elater, Scilipoti pushed the margin to a pair thanks to help from Natasha Savage and Cote. 

Up 3-1 at the end of the second set of 20 minutes, Suffolk's scoring carried over into the third. Duff put away a power play goal 8:01 into the final frame of regulation with assists from Livia Brehm and Elise Wainwright. Brehm scored one of her own with 4:04 left on the clock for the final 5-1 decision. Scilipoti and Cote helped on the Rams final goal of the day. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Lily O'Neil tallied 12 saves in the victory. 
• Soleil Archambeault notched 34 stops in the setback. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Cote and Scilipoti had three points each on identical one-goal, two-assist stat lines. Both skaters finished with a plus-3. 
• Brehm and Duff both notched one goal and one assist. 
• Caballero found the back of the net once. 
• Kennedy, Ricardo, Savage and Wainwright all had one helper. 
• Suffolk outshot Curry, 39-13. 
• The Rams won the face off battle, 34-23. 
• Suffolk went 1-for-5 on the power play, while the Colonels went 1-for-3 with an extra skater.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk cliched the CCC Women's Hockey regular-season title, the first Rams' program to do so in the University's history. 
• The regular-season crown is the first for the women's hockey program. 
• The Rams won their third game in a row against the Colonels. 
• Suffolk sits 6-1-0 all-time versus Curry. 
• The blue-and-gold is unbeaten on the road, 3-0-0. 
• The Rams have outscored the Colonels 39-12 all-time. 
• Cote matched a season-high three points, achieving the feat for the fourth time this year. 
• Scilipoti produced three points for the second time this season. 
• Caballero contributed the first game-winner goal of her collegiate career. 
• Brehm matched a personal-best two points.  

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WHAT'S NEXT?
With the regular season clinched, Suffolk awaits the official seeding of the 2023 CCC Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket, which will be released at the conclusion of play tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 18.