Men’s Hockey's Final Weekend Features No. 6 Curry, Wentworth

SUFFOLK vs. CURRY
Date Time Venue Video Stats Program Series Last Meeting Last Suffolk Win Streak	Friday, Feb. 17 6:00 PM Porrazzo Rink East Boston, Mass. Playsight GoSuffolkRams.com GoSuffolkRams.com 5-31-3 Jan. 21, 2023, L, 6-2 Nov. 14, 2015, W,3-2  L5

SUFFOLK at WENTWORTH
Date Time Venue Video Stats Series Last Meeting Last Suffolk Win Streak	Saturday, Feb. 18 3:00 PM Allied Veterans Rink Everett, Mass. WentworthAthletics.com GoSuffolkRams.com 17-24-1 Jan. 14, 2023, W, 2-1 (OT) Same W4

BOSTON – Suffolk men's hockey wraps up the regular-season this weekend with Commonwealth Coast Conference clashes against No. 6 Curry and Wentworth. The Rams welcome the Colonels to Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink Friday, Feb. 17 for a 6 p.m. match. The blue-and-gold's regular-season finale is on tap for Saturday, Feb. 18 against the Leopards at Allied Veterans Memorial Rink in Everett, Massachusetts. 

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LAST TIME OUT
No. 4 Endicott was too much for Suffolk men's hockey as the Gulls offense was red hot and handed the Rams a 9-1 setback Saturday night at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.   

MORE READING: No. 4 Endicott Thrashes Men's Hockey, 9-1

RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk (6-15-2, 4-14-1 CCC) | looks to snap a five-game skid this weekend and secure a spot in the CCC playoffs.  

Four different skaters have hit the double-digit point mark this season led by Ryan Webb's 14. He has found the back of the net five times and assisted on nine set-ups. Griffin Clark's 12-point stat line is evenly divided in half with six goals and six assists. Peter Nugent (5g, 6a) and Ryan Harrigan (4g, 6a) round out the foursome.  

Cal Wilcox (3.19 GAA, .902 save percentage) has played the bulk of time in net with 19 appearances, 18 starts. Jarret Bovarnick has got the nod as of late with. Over eight games played, five starts, he has assembled a 3.98 GAA and .883 save percentage. 

COLONELS CATCH UP
Curry (18-4-1, 14-4-1 CCC) defeated Wentworth (6-0) and Western new England (4-2) to ride a two-game win streak into the weekend, which it opens at Suffolk Friday.  

The trio of Timmy Kent (15g, 19a), Nick Favaro (7g, 25a) and Mark Zhukov (11g, 20a) have all surpassed the 30-point plateau to anchor the Colonels 101-goal offensive output. 

Reid Cooper is the usual goaltender for Curry. In 21 games played, all starts, he has assembled a 1.86 GAA and .934 save percentage. 

WE MEET AGAIN
Curry clipped Suffolk in both battles in the CCC home-and-home series Jan. 20-21. The Colonels outscored the Rams, 10-3. 

MORE READING: No. 10 Curry Ends Men's Hockey's Win Streak, 4-1 | No. 10 Curry Charges Past Men's Hockey, 6-

SUFFOLK SCORES
  

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Since the 1999-2000 season, Suffolk trails the all-time series with Curry, 5-31-3. 
• Suffolk looks to snap a five-game skid versus the Colonels and defeat Curry for the first time since a 3-2 decision Nov. 14, 2015. 
• At home, the Rams are 3-11-2 versus Curry. 
• On the road, Suffolk owns a 2-19-1 record against the Colonels. 
• Suffolk and Curry have gone into overtime five times. 
• The Rams are 2-0-3 in OT outings versus the Colonels. 
• Five outings have been decided in shutout fashion in the all-time series between Suffolk and Curry. 
• The Colonels have won every game that a team was kept off the scoreboard. 

EYES ON THE GAME

LEOPARDS LOOK
Wentworth has fallen in seven straight to sit 4-18-1 on the year and 2-16-1 in CCC contests. The Leopards start the weekend at Western New England Friday.  

Jacob Shankar and Nikolas Sombrowski are the only Leopards to hit the double figure point mark. Shankar leads the way with 13 on five goals and eight assists. Sombrowski's 10 points meanwhile are split between goals (5) and handouts (5). 

In net Jack McGovern is the usual starter for WIT. He holds a 3.56 GAA and .884 save percentage in his 15 appearances, 13 starts. 

WE MEET AGAIN
Suffolk swept the home-and-home series with Wentworth Jan. 13-14 behind a pair of 2-1 overtime decisions over Wentworth. 

MORE READING: No. 13 Endicott Too Much for Men's Hockey | Men's Hockey Upended by No. 13 Endicott

SUFFOLK SCORES
 

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, 17-24-1. 
• Despite the overall record, the blue-and-gold is 5-0-1 in the last six battles, all of which came in CCC playing, including four victories in a row. 
• 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 eight times, including the last two meetings. 
• The Rams are 4-2-2 when playing in OT against the Leopards. 
• The blue and gold is 1-1-1 when playing in overtime as the home team and 3-1-1 in OT as the away team versus the Leopards. 
• Suffolk is unbeaten, 2-0-0, against WIT in the Shawn McEachern era. 

EYES ON THE GAME

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk awaits the official seeding of the 2023 CCC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, which will be released following all play on Saturday, Feb. 18.