A new ice hockey season is underway, and head coach Matt Hayes’ Southern Regional squad will be looking to repeat the success of the past few years this winter. To do that, the Rams will need better defense than they exhibited during their first two games of the season. Southern (0-2) opened with a 6-2 loss to Shore Conference foe Wall on Nov. 27, then dropped a 4-2 contest against Monroe on Dec. 1.

In their latest effort, the Rams got off to a solid start when senior Paul Keyes took classmate David Lytle’s pass and…