Bowdoin Blanks Men’s Hockey, 4-0, in Non-Conference Finale

BRUNSWICK, Maine – Suffolk men's hockey was kept off the scoreboard as it closed its non-conference schedule as Bowdoin shutout the Rams, 4-0, Tuesday night at Sidney J. Watson Arena. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Bowdoin 4
RECORDS: Suffolk (5-10-2) | Bowdoin (11-5-1)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Bowdoin burst onto the board late in the first period. With less than two minutes remaining before the first intermission, Bobby Pearl fired a low shot from the point that beat Cal Wilcox to break the Bears onto the board.  

The Polar Bears added a second strike in the second. It was Ethan Kimball on the grind from James Cerepak at 6:37 to double the distance. 

Bowdoin matched its offensive output in the first two periods in the third for the 4-0 final. First, Cerapak set-up Chris Brown 3:20 into the final frame of regulation before Ean Small put an exclamation point on the win with his own marker at the 15:31 mark. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Wilcox stopped 27 shots in the setback. 
• Kevin Clark had 25 saves in the victory. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• The Polar Bears outshot the Rams, 31-25. 
• Bowdoin won the face off battle, 27-24.
• The Rams went 0-for-3 on the power play. 
• Suffolk played penalty less hockey.  

NOTEWORHTY

• Suffolk and Bowdoin met for the first time. 
• The Rams played penalty absent hockey for the second time this season, first since Nov. 19, 2022 against then-No. 13 Endicott. 
• Suffolk was kept off the scoreboard for the third time this season. 
• All three times the Rams were shutout this year came on the road. 

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WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk has a full weekend with a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) home-and-home series against Western New England. The Rams will host the Golden Bears in a Military Appreciation Game at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink Friday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m., before wrapping up the series in Springfield, Massachusetts, Saturday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.