Seahawks host Rams in ECACNE contest

Summary: Salve Regina University men's ice hockey opens its conference schedule hosting Suffolk University at Portsmouth Abbey Ice Arena with a 3 p.m. face-off.

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (2-0; 0-0 ECACNE) versus Suffolk Rams (1-0; 0-0 ECACNE)

Game date, time and site: Sat., Nov. 9, 2013; 3 p.m. @ Portsmouth Abbey Ice Arena

Video: http://bit.ly/YEVPHU (Salve Regina men's ice hockey on Ustream.tv)

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Tickets: $5 (adults) and $3 (children); Salve Regina students with valid ID admitted free of charge

Series edge: Salve Regina leads 9-8-2; the second tie in series came last season in Boston (1-1 on February 2, 2013)

Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 7-4, in Portsmouth, R.I., on November 13, 2012

Last Ram win in series: Suffolk won, 5-1, in Boston, Mass., on February 14, 2011

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• Salve Regina and Suffolk meet for the 20th time in men's ice hockey.
• The Seahawks have a 9-8-2 edge over the Rams in the all-time series.
• Salve Regina and Suffolk skated to a 1-1 tie in the last meeting on February 2, 2013, in Boston, Mass. Marc Biggs scored a second-period goal for the Seahawks.
• In an earlier meeting last season, on November 13, 2012, Salve Regina rallied from a 3-0 first-period deficit and outscored Suffolk, 7-1, the rest of the way. William Gomolinski got the scoring started late in the first for the Seahawks while Biggs and Michael Naso both added a pair of second- and third-period goals. Cameron Gaudet and John Scorcia also scored goals in the 7-4 victory.
• The home-away split in the series is fairly even ... Salve Regina has a 5-4-1 record at home against Suffolk, and 4-4-1 away.

• Salve Regina is 1-2 all-time on November 9.
• The last time the Seahawks played this date was 2002, when they also hosted Suffolk on a Saturday and won, 3-0. 

• Juniors Scott McMenimen, John Scorcia, and senior Alex Barr will handle the duties as captains this season. McMenimen and Scorcia are in their second year with a "C" on their jerseys while this is the first season for Barr. 

• The Seahawks break up their homestand with a trip to Lowell, Mass., to take on ECAC Northeast defending champion, Wentworth Institute of Technology, on November 12. It will be the first meeting between the Leopards and Seahawks since last season's championship game at Northeastern's Matthews Arena; a 3-1 victory for Wentworth on March 3, 2013.
• Salve Regina concludes its home schedule for the 2013 calendar year with Becker (November 16) and Curry (November 19).
• The November 19 game against the Colonels will be played at St. George's Prep School in Middletown, and the Seahawks will be helping raise awareness about epilepsy.  

• Cameron Gaudet broke a 3-3 tie with just over four minutes to play in the third period to lift the Salve Regina men's ice hockey team to a 5-3 victory over Stonehill.
• Goalie David Chiokadze made a pair of saves in final three minutes to keep the Skyhawks from tying the game.
• Shaun Altshuller sealed the victory for the Seahawks with an empty net goal with 26 seconds left in the game.
• Peter Gintoli fired home his first goal of the season for a 3-2 lead heading into second intermission.
• John Scorcia scored two goals while Marc Biggs had two assists.

• ... started a season with two wins? In 2005-06, Salve Regina opened with victories over Johnson & Wales and Framingham State.
• ... started a season unbeaten through first three games? In 2007-08, Salve Regina opened with a win and a tie over this year's first two opponents (Franklin Pierce and Stonehill) before beating Framingham State in the third game of the season.

• Freshman Parker Bowen was named the ECAC Northeast Rookie of the Week after his game-tying goal in Salve Regina's 3-2 win over Franklin Pierce. 
• Joining Bowen on the weekly honor roll was sophomore Marc Biggs. Biggs had a goal and assist to help the Seahawks to a season-opening victory.

• Salve Regina returns its top five scorers from a year ago in junior captain John Scorcia (30 points • 11g, 19a), sophomore Cameron Gaudet (25 points • 14g, 11a), junior Michael Naso (25 points • 10g, 15a), and sophomores Marc Biggs (24 points • 14g, 10a) and Peter Gintoli (24 points • 12g, 12a). 
• Last season was the first time since 2003-04 that the Seahawk line featured at least five players with 20 or more points on the season.
• Seniors Charlie McGinniss and Jon Stauffer return as the leading active scorers for the Rams (56 and 42 career points, respectively). The pair combined for three assists in their season-opening 3-1 victory against Assumption.

• Salve Regina head coach Andy Boschetto enters his fourth season at the helm of the Seahawks.
• He led the team to the ECAC Northeast playoffs for the first time since the 2009-10 season.
• The 10 regular season wins last year are the most for the team since the 2007-08 season.
• Boschetto was honored as Co-Coach of the Year by the ECAC Northeast last season.
• Once a Ram ... Boschetto has guided Salve Regina to three wins (3-2-1) against his alma mater.