Men’s Hockey’s Weekend Features Home-and-Home with Wentworth

SUFFOLK vs. WENTWORTH
Date Time Venue Video Stats Program	Friday, Jan. 13 6:00 PM Porrazzo Rink East Boston, Mass. Playsight GoSuffolkRams.com GoSuffolkRams.com
Date Time Venue Video Stats	Saturday, Jan. 14 3:00 PM Allied Veterans Rink Everett, Mass. WentworthAthletics.com GoSuffolkRams.com
Series Last Meeting Last Suffolk Win Streak	15-24-1 Feb. 19, 2022, W, 3-1 Same W2

BOSTON – Suffolk men's hockey rides a two-game win streak into Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action as the Rams have a home-and-home series with Wentworth on this weekend's docket. The Leopards will stop by Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink Friday, Jan. 13 for a 6 p.m. clash with a rematch scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 14 at 3 p.m. at Allied Veterans Memorial Arena in Everette, Mass. 

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LAST TIME OUT
A two-point night by Cole Scott including the game-winner with 2:16 remaining in regulation pushed Suffolk men's hockey over Salem State, 3-2, Tuesday night at Rockett Arena. 

MORE READING: Scott Sends Men's Hockey Past Salem State, 3-2

SUFFOLK SCORES

RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk coupled back-to-back wins together for the first time this season to bring a 3-7-2 overall record into the weekend. The Rams return to CCC contests after a month away for its conference calendar. The last time the blue-and-gold skated versus a league foe was Dec. 9 when it tied Western New England, 1-1, and picked up the extra point with a 1-0, three-round shootout win. The stalemate with the Golden Bears put the Rams at 1-7-1 in CCC action.  

Ryan Webb is on the verge of double figure points to top Suffolk's 25-goal offense. The freshman forward's team-high nine points are behind three strikes and a squad-best six set-ups. Griffin Clark is right on Webb's heels with seven points with four goals, which sit atop the team, and three handouts. Four different skaters, Phil Decresce (2g, 3a), Ryan Harrigan (2g, 3a), Devin Lowe (1g, 4a) and Max Rand (2g, 3a), all share third on the team with five points apiece. 

Cal Wilcox has held down the netminding role for the Rams. In his 11 games played, all starts, he has assembled a 3.07 GAA and .908 save percentage.

LEOPARDS LOOK
Wentworth put down Potsdam, 4-3, Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic, to move to 3-9-1 on the year. In CCC contests, the Leopards sport a 1-7-1 league ledger.  

Jacob Shankar leads WIT's 29-goal offense with nine points on three goals and six handouts. Five skaters share second on the squad with six points apiece in Josh Faussett (2g, 4a), Nolan Lowe (4g, 2a), Nikolas Sombrowski (3g, 3a), George Weiner (1g, 5a) and Ian Worthley (2g, 4a).

Jack McGovern and Will Oliver have split the bulk of the workload in between the pipes. McGovern holds a 3.87 GAA and .878 save percentage in his eight appearances with a 2-4-0 mark, while Oliver boasts a 3.95 GAA and .905 save percentage in his six games played, all starts, with a 1-4-1 record. 

INSIDE THE SERIES

• The Suffolk, Wentworth rivalry is one of the oldest for the Rams, dating back to 1992. 
• The Rams trail the all-time series, 15-24-1. 
• Despite the overall record, the blue-and-gold is 3-0-1 in the last four battles, all of which came in CCC play, including back-to-back victories. 
• There have been six shutouts in the all-time series. 
• Suffolk is 3-3-0 against WIT when a team is kept off the scoreboard. 
• Three cleansheets have come on the Rams' home ice (1-2-0), while the other trio came at WIT's barn (2-1-0). 
• Suffolk and Wentworth have needed extra time to decide a winner six times. 
• The Rams are 2-2-2 when playing in OT against the Leopards. 
• The blue-and-gold is 0-1-1 when playing in overtime as the home team and 2-1-1 in OT as the away team versus Leopards.  

EYES ON THE GAME
 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk will face Curry in a CCC home-and-home next weekend, Jan. 20-21. The Rams will play at the Colonels home barn Friday at 7:00 p.m., and will host the conference counterpart on Saturday at 4:50 p.m.