Posted: Nov 18, 2013
Salve Regina hosts Curry in an Epilepsy Awareness Game
Curry
(2-4, 1-3 ECAC NE)
3
Salve Regina
(5-1, 3-1 ECAC NE)
6
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Curry (2-4, 1-3 ECAC NE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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Salve Regina (5-1, 3-1 ECAC NE) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Summary: Salve Regina University men's ice hockey hosts Curry in a ECAC Northeast conference contest.
Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (4-1; 2-1 ECACNE) versus Curry (2-3; 1-2 ECACNE)
Game date, time and site: Tues., Nov. 19, 2013; 7:30 p.m. @ St. George's Ice Arena
Video: http://bit.ly/YEVPHU (Salve Regina men's ice hockey on Ustream.tv)
Directions: http://bit.ly/162KQuB
Tickets: $5 (adults) and $3 (children); Salve Regina students with valid ID admitted free of charge
Series edge: Curry leads 22-2-1; Salve Regina snapped a 13-game skid last year with a 4-4 tie at home last season.
Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 6-2, in Portsmouth, R.I., on January 19, 2000
Last Colonels win in series: Curry won, 5-2, in Milton, Mass., on December 1, 2012.
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SALVE REGINA VS. CURRY
- Salve Regina and Curry meet for the 26th time in men's ice hockey.
- The Colonels have have not been defeated in the last 14 meetings between the two teams.
- Salve Regina snapped a 13-game losing skid to the Colonels with a 4-4 tie last season.
- Sophomore Liam Centrella had three assists in the 4-4 tie last season.
TODAY'S SALVE REGINA MEN'S ICE HOCKEY FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
- Salve Regina is 1-0-1 all-time on November 19.
- Last time the Seahawks played on November 19, Salve Regina defeated Suffolk 5-2 on Nov. 19, 2011.
CAPTAINS
- 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.
EPILEPSEY AWARENESS
- The Seahawks join with the women's ice hockey team in the effort to raise awareness for the Epilepsy Foundation of New England.
- Salve Regina will wear special purple jerseys to raise awareness while members of the women's ice hockey team will be collecting donations and selling tee-shirts in the effory to help the foundation.
ECAC NORTHEAST PRESEASON POLL
- Salve Regina ranks second in the 2013-14 Eastern College Athletic Association (ECAC) Northeast preseason coaches' poll (54 points).
- The Seahawks finished last year with a 5-7-2 mark in the conference to earn a No. 5 seed.
- After defeating No. 4 Western New England in the opening round of the conference tournament, the Seahawks went on to upset No. 2 Nichols before falling to No. 1 Wentworth in the conference title game.
HOME SWEET HOME
- Salve Regina is 4-0 this season on its home ice and has a five-game winning streak at home that dates back to last season.
- The Seahawks will play at different home arena this Tuesday as they host Suffolk at the St. George's Ice Arena.
WHAT'S UP NEXT
- Salve Regina begins a seven-game road trip starting on Saturday, Nov. 23 when the Seahawks travel to Western New England.
- The Seahawks will close out the calendar year at Utica on December 7.
- Salve Regina opens 2014 with two straight road games against Castleton (Jan. 3) and Skidmore (Jan. 4)
LAST TIME OUT
- Sophomore Marc Biggs had a three point game in Salve Regina's 5-2 win over Becker. Biggs scored the Seahawks' final goal of the game with less than five minutes to play in the second period.
- Salve Regina opened the game with three goals in a three-minute span early in the first period.
- Freshman Jonathan Felteau netted his first game-winning goal in the three-minute scoring span for Salve Regina.
- Junior goalie Jake Williams made 19 stops in the net for Salve Regina.
LAST TIME THE SEAHAWKS ...
- ... 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.
SCORING LEADERS
- 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.
- Biggs currently leads the Seahawks and the ECAC Northeast with eight points on the season.
- Freshman Jonathan Felteau is second in the league in freshman scoring with five points (2g, 3a)
- Sophomore Brandon Gilmore is the returning leading scorer for the Colonels after he finished his freshman campaign with 21 points (9g, 12a).
- Freshman Michael Vallescuro and sophomore Frankie Posillico lead the Colonels with three points each. Vallescuro has a goal and two assists while Posillico has three assists on the year.
COACHES' CORNER
- 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.
RECORD BOOK CHECK
- Junior John Scorcia ranks fifth all-time with 43 assists entering his junior season.
- Scorcia has cracked the top ten all-time in scoring with 64 points (21g, 43a) in his career so far, tied with Brian Hannafin.