Box Score
Scoring Summary
BOSTON, Mass. – Sophomore forward
Trent Krueger (White Bear Lake, MN) fired home the game-winner with 45 seconds left in regulation as Western New England posted a dramatic 4-3 men's hockey victory over upset-minded Suffolk Wednesday evening (Feb. 15) at Walter Brown Arena.
Sophomore forward
Brian Prost (Parma, OH) and freshman defenseman
Adam Bristol (Carmel, IN) had the assists as the Golden Bears improved to 13-11 after winning for the fourth time in the last five outings.
Western New England also has an 8-5 mark in the ECAC Northeast with a home contest on Saturday (Feb. 18) against Nichols in the final game of the regular season.
Suffolk, which suffered an embarrassing 9-1 loss to WNE on January 21 in Springfield, took an early 2-0 lead on goals by sophomore forwards
David Seidell (Greenwich, CT) at 5:58 of the opening period and
Charlie McGinnis (Hanover, MA) two minutes later.
Senior forward M
ike Kaselouskas (East Longmeadow, MA) put the Golden Bears on the board at the 10:49 mark with assists from sophomore defenseman
Dave Tavella (East Longmeadow, MA) and sophomore forward
John Kelly (Staten Island, NY).
Sophomore forward
Dan Monahan (Monroe, NJ) tied the score with 22 seconds left in the period as sophomore defenseman
Rance Vukovic (Lansdale, PA) and Kaselouskas gained the assists.
Monahan gave Western New England a 3-2 advantage with his second goal of the game and 10th goal of the season at 12:12 of the second period. The assists went to sophomore forward
Alan Martin (Monson, MA) and sophomore defenseman
Cam Napolitan (East Longmeadow, MA).
The stubborn Rams, however, tied proceedings when junior forward
Robbie Donahue (West Bridgewater, MA) tallied his first goal of the year at 17:53.
That set the stage for the deciding third period, which started when Suffolk couldn't convert a power play opportunity in the opening three minutes.
WNE sophomore goalie
Eric Sorenson (Fairport, NY) and Suffolk freshman
Brett Roman (Rock Tavern, NY) each stopped nine shots before Krueger was able to notch his 10th goal of the year and fourth game-winner in the final minute.
Sorenson finished with 26 saves to hike his record to 11-9 while Roman turned away 39 attempts in just his second start and eighth appearance of the season.
Suffolk, which was outshot by a 43-29 margin, falls to 2-21 overall and 0-13 in the league.
Contact: Ken Cerino, Western New England athletic communications director (413) 782-1227
kcerino@wne.edu
