Box Score PORTSMOUTH, R.I. – The Wentworth men's ice hockey team scored a pair of first period goals to trip up Salve Regina in an ECAC Northeast contest, Saturday afternoon.
The loss takes the Seahawks to 5-3 in the conference and 7-12 on the season while the Leopards improve to 5-3 in the league and 7-10-2 on the year.
Freshman Jake Flynn (Lino Lakes, Minn.) scored his first collegiate goal after collecting the puck in front of the net and pushing it under Salve Regina's goalie freshman Alexander Devine's (Hampton, N.H.) pads to give the Leopards a 1-0 lead just 3:08 into action. Senior Andrew Yarber (Livonia, Mich.) and sophomore Adam Frank (Clarkston, Mich.) each had a hand in getting Flynn the puck in front of the net.
Freshman Matthew Heise (Kirkland, Que.) found an open top right corner of the net at the 17:37 mark in the opening period for his third goal of the year and pushed the WIT lead to 2-0 off assists from freshmen Connor Crowe (Galloway, N.J.) and Joe Mottiqua (Cecil, Pa.).
The second and third periods saw a combined 13 penalties but both teams were able to kill off each power play chance to keep the game at 2-0. Devine and junior Alex Peck (Kirkland, Que.) each made 18 saves in the net for their respective teams as Peck earned his sixth win and second shut out of the year for Wentworth.
Wentworth returns to action when the Leopards host Johnson & Wales on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. while the Seahawks will travel to Boston on Tuesday to face Suffolk at 8:40 p.m.
