Article by: Dan Ryan

Two members of Suffolk’s hockey team were honored by the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s Northeast division for their performances in the past week. Goalie Jeff Rose, who has had a stellar season thus far, was named the ECAC Northeast’s Goalie of the Week for the second time this year, and senior forward Pat Welch, a Dorchester native, was named to the Weekly Honor Roll.

The Rams went 1-0-1 in the past week, tying Salve Regina, 4-4, before upsetting Curry College in overtime by a score of 3-2. Coming into the game, Curry was ranked 17th in the nation in Division III and hadn’t lost in ECAC play on the season.

However, Rose came up big, stopping 40 Colonel shots, and Welch potted two goals, including the game-winner with just under a minute gone by in overtime. According to the Suffolk Athletics Department, it was Welch’s first game-winning goal of the season. Welch also scored the first goal of the game late in the first period.

Suffolk’s big win knocked Curry out of the top 25 entirely, dropping the Colonels down to the 27th spot and knocking them down to second place in the ECAC Northeast (for the record, Suffolk is ranked 58th in Division III).

On the season, Rose is now 7-7-3 with a sterling .915 save percentage. His goals-against-average is 2.88. Welch’s two goals brought his season total to eight. He also has nine assists, good for a total of 17 points, second on the team to Niles Moore’s 20.