CCC Semifinals Sets Women’s Hockey Against UNE Saturday
Suffolk women’s hockey drops the puck on the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Tournament this afternoon as the top-seeded Rams entertain fourth seed University of New England in a semifinal showdown at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink at 4:50 p.m.
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Team Stats
U. of New England
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| PowerPlays | 0 for 2 | 1 for 3 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 3 (6) | 2 (4) |
| Shots on Goal | 18 | 63 |
| Face Offs Won | 28 | 41 |
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BOSTON – Suffolk women's hockey drops the puck on the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Tournament this afternoon as the top-seeded Rams entertain fourth seed University of New England in a semifinal showdown at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink at 4:50 p.m.
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2023 CCC WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, Feb. 22
#4 University of New England defeated #5 Curry, 3-0 – Box Score
Semifinals – Saturday, Feb. 25
#4 University of New England at Suffolk – 4:50 p.m. – Live Stats | Live Video
#3 Western New England at #2 Endicott – Live Stats | Live Video
Championship – Saturday, March 4
Semifinal winners at highest remaining seed
MORE INFO: Interactive Bracket | Printable Bracket
RAMS IN THE POSTSEASON
- Suffolk will make its second straight appearance in the CCC postseason.
- The Rams will compete in the playoffs as the first seed for the first time in program history.
- The Rams will make their fourth playoff push in program history.
- Suffolk has never missed a postseason conference field that a league tournament was held in its four-year history.
- Overall, Suffolk is 2-3-0 in the postseason, 0-1-0 in the CCC Tournament, in program history.
- At home, the Rams have yet to win a playoff game, 0-2-0.
- Suffolk is unbeaten, 1-0-0, in a semifinal game in program history. The Rams will compete in the CCC postseason for the first time.
- The blue-and-gold looks for its first postseason win since defeating Southern Maine in the NEHC semifinals, 2-1 Feb. 29, 2020.
- Suffolk aims to make its first bid in the CCC Championship for the first time in program history.
- The Rams look to advance to the conference championship for the second time in program history, first since the 2020 campaign.
- There has been one shutout in Suffolk's postseason history. The Rams own the lone cleansheet in its postseason record book, a 2-0 win over Johnson & Wales in the 2020 NEHC Quarterfinals.
- Suffolk has never gone into overtime in the postseason.
MORE INFO: Suffolk in the Postseason
LAST TIME OUT
Women's hockey made Suffolk University history Friday, Feb. 17 as it captured the Commonwealth Coast Conference regular-season title behind a 5-1 win over Curry at Canton Ice House.
MORE READING: Women's Hockey Clinches CCC Regular Season Crown, Clips Curry, 5-1
SUFFOLK SCORES
RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk wrapped up the regular-season 16-7-2 overall and 14-2-2 in CCC contests.
A pair of players have surpassed the 20-point plateau in Shana Cote and Miranda Gaudet to anchor the Rams' 73-goal offense. Cote's 26-point stat line is evenly divided with 13 goals and 13 assists, while Gaudet has found the back of the net seven times and dished out 17 helpers. Sofia Scilipoti (9g, 10a) rounds out the top scoring trio with 19 points and Madison Duff (5g ,12a) has proven to be a scoring threat from the blue line.
Lily O'Neil has played the bulk of time in between the pipes. In 20 games played, all starts, she has assembled a 1.60 GAA and .937 save percentage.
NOR'EASTER NOTES
UNE shutout Curry, 3-0, in the CCC Quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 22, to carry a 9-14-3 overall record into Saturday.
McKenna Remillard tops the Nor'Easters offense with 14 points behind six goals and eight assists. Keely Kasputis' team-best eight goals are combined with five set-ups for 13 points, good for second on the squad. Abbi Charvat holds a dozen points behind three markers and nine helpers.
In net, Delanie Corcoran has started 25 games. She brings in a 2.11 GAA and .940 save percentage.
WE MEET AGAIN
Suffolk blanked the University of New England, 2-0, in the first meeting this season, Dec. 2, 2022. The Rams and Nor'Easters would then go on to skate to back-to-back stalemates; a 3-3 draw Dec. 3, 2022, before a 2-2 tie Feb. 3, 2023.
MORE READING: Women's Hockey Blanks UNE, 2-0 | Women's Hockey Ties UNE, 3-3 | Women's Hockey Forces 2-2 Tie at UNE
SUFFOLK SCORES
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Suffolk sits 5-1-2 all-time against the University of New England.
- The Rams and Nor'Easters skated in back-to-back draws including the last meeting, a 2-2 stalemate Feb. 3, 2023.
- Suffolk sits 2-1-0 in Eastie against UNE.
- In Biddeford, Maine, the Rams sport a 3-0-2 mark versus the Nor'Easters.
- There have been two shutouts in the all-time series. The last came 2-0 in Suffolk's favor Dec. 2, 2022.
- The Rams are 1-1-2 in OT outings against UNE.
- Four of the last five meetings between Suffolk and UNE went into overtime.
- The Rams have outscored the Nor'Easters 21-13 all-time.
- Suffolk and UNE will clash in the postseason for the first time.
MORE INFO: Suffolk vs. UNE – All-Time Series
EYES ON THE GAME
WHAT'S NEXT?
The winner of Saturday's semifinal showdown will punch its ticket to the 2023 CCC Championship and face the victor of No. 2 Endicott and No. 3 Western New England Saturday, March 4.
