Women’s Hockey Blanks Johnson & Wales, 4-0

EAST BOSTON – Four different Rams found the back of the net and Katelyn Michals turned aside 27 shots to pace Suffolk women's hockey to a 4-0 Conference of New England (CNE) cleansheet over Johnson & Wales Friday night at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Johnson & Wales 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-3-0, 2-1-0 CNE) | Johnson & Wales (2-2-0, 2-1-0 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
The first frame was evenly played with Suffolk owning an 8-7 edge in shots.  

JWU came out of the locker room hot, but it was the Rams that found their way on the board first. Lily Abraham gained possession at the Wildcats blue line found Sam Molind, who quickly fired to send Suffolk to a 1-0 advantage 5:04 into the middle period. That cushion remained as the teams headed into the second intermission. 

The Wildcats had a chance to tie things up early into the third period when Allyson Barry took a seat in the box for tripping. With a man-down, Sadie Davignon saw an opportunity and zoomed towards the Rams net. The sophomore's attempt was saved just in time by Suffolk's goalie Michals, which let the blue-and-gold cling to its 1-0 edge. 

Momentum shifted back in Suffolk's favor as it poured in three unanswered to expand its advantage to 4-0. 

Liliana Moose got the scoring frenzy going with a power play marker at the 7:18 mark. Shayna Deutsch followed when she stole the puck in the neutral zone and turned it into the Rams third marker of the night. Katie Newkirk rounded out Suffolk's scorers with 6:20 remaining in regulation. 

Johnson & Wales attempted to break onto the board down the stretch. Michals did her job as she stopped the final six Wildcat attempts to not only preserve the victory, but clinch the shutout. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Michals had 27 saves in the shutout. 
• Leah White turned aside 19 shots in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Molind, Moose, Deutsch and Newkirk all netted one goal for the blue-ang-old. 
• Abraham, Bella Schmidt, Sammy Lassman, Abby Sandler and Alessi DiSilvestro dished out one assist apiece. 
• Johnson & Wales held a 27-23 upperhand in shots. 
• The Rams successfully skated off two penalties. 
• Suffolk went 1-for-3 on the power play. 
• The blue-and-gold won the face-off battle, 31-27. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and Johnson & Wales renewed a rivalry, meeting for the first time since Feb. 22, 2020.
• Suffolk won its third straight game versus the Wildcats, marking the first time the blue-and-gold has strung three wins in a row together in the all-time series. 
• Suffolk is now 5-1-0 all-time against JWU. 
• The Rams are unbeaten at home, 3-0-0, versus JWU. 
• Tonight's' decision was the fourth shutout in the all-time series, third straight first since the last meeting, a 2-0 decision, Feb. 22, 2020.
• Suffolk is undefeated versus JWU when a team is kept off the scoreboard, 4-0-0. 
• The contest was the first-ever between Suffolk and JWU under Abby Ostrom's guidance.
• Suffolk has outscored the Wildcats, 22-3 all-time. 
• The shutout was Suffolk's first since it blanked the University of New England, 2-0, Feb. 2, 2024. 
• Michals put together her first collegiate cleansheet. 
• Molind has registered points in back-to-back games. In that stretch she has two goals and one helper. 
• Molind has potted the game-winner in two consecutive games. She has pushed the blue-and-gold to victory five times throughout her career including the last two outings. 
• Abraham and Sandler both recorded their first collegiate points, respectively. 
• Deutsch has scored in back-to-back games. 
• Di Silvestro produced her first point of the season on one assist. The one handout matches a personal-best in assists for the sophomore.
• Lassman (1a), Newkirk (1g) and Schmidt (1a) all logged their first points of the year. 
• Moose extended her point streak to four games, which ties a career-best for the junior. In that span she has one goal and three helpers. 
• Moose's first goal of the season was her second-ever power play marker, first since scoring one on the power play at Endicott, Nov. 17, 2023.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk and Johnson & Wales wraps up its home-and-home series tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 16 at 5:15 p.m. at Lynch Arena.