Issue date: 12/8/04 Section: Sports

Hockey season is now in full swing here at Suffolk, with the Rams looking towards winter break and over a month to rest their skates. As the break looms over the horizon, there continues to be a lot of talk brewing with the team.

Many of the players that have been stepping up and scoring goals for the Rams are underclassmen. Four of the top five scorers on the team are freshmen, the top two being forwards Dan Pencinger and Ryan Coakley. In the past two games, eight of the 10 goals were scored by first year players, five of which came from Pencinger alone.

On Saturday, Dec. 4, the Rams notched their second victory of the season against Worcester State, winning by a score of 5-3. The Rams jumped out to an early lead, scoring three of their five goals in the first period.

Goaltender Greg Blais, a junior, made 35 saves and allowed only three goals in 60 minutes of play.
Pencinger scored the first hat trick of his college career, while freshman center Joe Keane racked up three points, on a goal and two assists."It was a very exciting, hard fought game," exclaimed head coach Chris Glionna. "It was a big win for us, because it was a league game and we got the upper hand in the head-to-head battle."

The win, however, doesn't mask the team's 6-5 lost to Franklin Pierce College last Wednesday, Dec. 1.

"It was disappointing. We really saw, in spurts, how good we could be," commented Glionna.

"There were a few spurts throughout the game, including the third period. If we could play that way every game, we'd be in a great spot."

The past two games have brought Suffolk's overall record to 2-4, with one very important conference game left before the semester's break against Salve Regina on Wednesday, Dec. 8.

The past few years have shown that these two teams are always neck and neck in the standings and every head-to-head game will matter, should there be a tiebreaker involved for playoff positioning.

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