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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS
Posted: Jan 31, 2014

Last year's finalists meet at the Abbey

The Seahawks welcome back the program's alum as well as the Newport Youth Hockey to Portsmouth Abbey on Saturday.
The Seahawks welcome back the program's alum as well as the Newport Youth Hockey to Portsmouth Abbey on Saturday.
Recap Box Score
Scoring Summary
1st - 03:08 - Jake Flynn (Wentworth)
1st - 17:37 - Matthew Heise (Wentworth)
Game Leaders
Wentworth
G: 2 Players (#8, #21) - 1
A: 4 Players (#7, #13, #17, #23) - 1
Sh: 2 Players (#11, #21) - 4
Sv: Alex Peck - 18
Salve Regina
G: N/A
A: N/A
Sh: 2 Players (#13, #27) - 3
Sv: Alexander Devine - 18
Team Stats
Full stats

Salve Regina vs. Wentworth Summary: Salve Regina University men's ice hockey hosts Wentworth Institute in an ECAC Northeast contest. 

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (7-11; 5-2 ECACNE) versus Wentworth Leooards (6-10-2; 4-3 ECACNE)

Game date, time and site: Sat., Feb. 1, 2014; 4:35 p.m. @ Portsmouth Abbey

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: Wentworth leads the all time series 23-1-1

Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 4-2, in Boston, Mass. on Jan. 23, 2002

Last Leopard win in series: Wentworth won, 2-1, in Lowell, Mass. on Nov. 12, 2013

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SALVE REGINA VS. WENTWORTH
  • Salve Regina and Wentworth have faced each other 25 times in program history. 
  • Wentworth holds a 23-1-1 all time series lead. 
  • Last season, the Seahawks and Leopards faced off in the ECAC Northeast championship game. 
  • The last time Salve Regina defeated the Leopards was in 2002. 
TODAY'S SALVE REGINA MEN'S ICE HOCKEY FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
  • Salve Regina is 0-3 on Feb. 1
  • The last time the Seahawks played on Feb. 1, SRU fell to JWU, 8-1, in 2012.
TODAY'S SPECIAL GUESTS
  • Prior to the contest between Salve Regina and Wentworth, the men's ice hockey team welcomes back its programs alums for HockeyFest 2014. The alums will participate in an alumni game.
  • The Seahawks also welcome the Newport Youth Hockey league to Saturday's contest. All members of the NYHL that come in their jerseys will get free admission to the game.
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. 
  • Joining McMenimen, Scorcia and Barr leading the team this season is senior David Watkins as an alternate captain.
WHAT'S UP NEXT 
  • Following Saturday's contest, the Seahawks get on the road for a three-game ECAC Northeast road trip.
  • The Seahawks head to Boston to take on Suffolk on Tuesday, Feb. 4 before heading to Curry on Saturday. 
  • Salve Regina rounds out the trip with a visit to Becker on Wednesday, Feb 12. 
LAST TIME OUT
  • Salve Regina defeated Johnson & Wales (R.I.) 2-1 at the Dunkin Donuts Center on Jan. 28.
  • The win for Salve Regina snapped a 10-game losing streak for the Seahawks and halted a nine-game winning streak for the Wildcats. 
  • Sophomores Lucas Sousa and Marc Biggs scored for the Seahawks as Biggs' game-winner came with the Seahawks shorthanded to open the third period. 
  • Freshman goalie Alexander Devine made 25 saves in the net for the Seahawks to secure the win. 
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.
  • Naso currently leads the team with 18 points (8g, 10a) on the season. 
  • Naso and Gaudet are tied with eight goals on the year to lead SRU. 
  • Naso is fourth in the league with four power play goals. 
  • Scorcia leads the league with two shorthanded goals.
  • Four Seahawks are tied with 10 assists on the year; Naso, Gintoli, Biggs and senior Chad Hollenshade. 
  • Hollenshade is tied atop the league's standings for defensemen scoring with 11 points on the year. 
  • Leading the Leopards is freshman Devin Smith with 11 points (4g, 7a) on the year with two power play goals. 
  • Junior Mike Domsodi leads the team with eight assists on the season. 
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.
WHERE THEY ARE NOW
  • Salve Regina goes into today's game a point behind Nichols for first place in the conference. 
  • The Seahawks are a point in front of both Wentworth (4-3) and Johnson & Wales (4-3). 
  • Saturday's game marks the start of the second half of the conference schedule.
HOME SWEET HOME 
  • Salve Regina is 5-2 this season on its home ice.
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 46 assists so far in his career.
  • Scorcia has cracked the top ten all-time in scoring and is tied for fifth with 72 points (26g, 46a) in his career. Scorcia needs three points to tied fourth place.