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BOSTON--First-place Western New England resumed its Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast men's hockey schedule on Saturday, but the Golden Bears suffered a 3-1 upset at the hands of host Suffolk at Steriti Rink, North End. Western New England falls to 6-10 overall, including 4-2 in the ECAC Northeast, while the Rams improve to 6-7-3 and 3-2-1 in the league.

Suffolk struck early with two goals by Charlie McGinnis and Tim Benedetto in the first 2 minutes and 19 seconds of the contest, putting Western New England on its heels.

The Golden Bears cut the deficit in half with a shorthanded, unassisted goal off the stick of junior Alan Martin with 11 seconds remaining in the first period.

But Tim Sprague restored the Rams' two-goal lead with his 11th of the season at the 14:05 mark of the second period.

Western New England sophomore Tim Carr made 34 saves while his goaltending counterpart Brandon Smolarek stopped 31 shots.

The teams skated to a scoreless third period in which Western New England used an extra attacker after pulling Carr for the final 1:47. But, the Golden Bears couldn't get a second goal to make things interesting.