Men’s Hockey to Tangle with Wentworth in Home-and-Home

SUFFOLK vs. WENWORTH
Date Time Venue Video Stats Program	Friday, Jan. 19 6:00 PM Porrazzo Rink East Boston, Mass. Playsight GoSuffolkRams.com Digital Program
Date Time Venue Video Stats	Saturday, Jan. 20 3:00 PM Allied Veterans Memorial Rink Everett, Mass. CCC Sports Network GoSuffolkRams.com
Series Last Meeting Last Suffolk Win Streak	17-25-1 Feb. 18, 2023, L, 2-1 Jan. 14, 2023, W, 2-1 (OT) L1

BOSTON – Suffolk men's hockey returns to a full weekend of Commonwealth Coast Conference action this weekend with a home-and-home series with Wentworth. The Rams host the Leopards Friday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink before visiting WIT Saturday, Jan. 20 at 3 p.m.

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LAST TIME OUT
Suffolk men's hockey's scoring started late in the third period to mount a comeback, but ultimately No. 9 the University of New England held off the Rams, 4-2, Friday night in Commonwealth Coast Conference play at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.  

MORE READING: Men's Hockey's Comeback Comes Up Short Against No. 9 UNE, 4-2

SUFFOLK SCORES

RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk (2-12-2, 1-7-1 CCC) looks to remerge in the win column after a five-game winless streak. That stretch saw a pair of ties and three setbacks, including back-to-back losses. \ 

Devin Lowe is the only Ram that has hit the double figure point line with a team-best 10 assists and three goals. Carter Schram (4g, 4a) and Joe O'Brien (1g, 6a) have been consistent contributors to the blue-and-gold's 34-goal offense.  

Mid-year transfer CJ Hapward has played every game this semester in net. In three games played, he has assembled a 2.30 GAA and .936 save percentage. 

LEOPARDS LOOK
Wentworth skated to a 3-3 stalemate with Nichols on Friday to head into the weekend 6-9-1 overall and 2-6-1 in CCC contests.  

Nikolas Sombrowski and Desmond Johnson power the Leopards' 44-goal offense. Sombrowski sits atop the team in points (12) behind a squad-best 10 assists and a pair of goals. Johnson's 10-point stat line, meanwhile, is evenly divided by five goals and five assists. Jacob Shankar and Brendan Young have supplied nine points apiece to offense with identical five-goal, four-assist offensive outputs. 

Jack McGovern has taken on the bulk of the workload in net for Wentworth. In 13 games played, 12 starts, he built a 3.09 GAA and .910 save percentage. 

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, 17-25-1. 
• The blue-and-gold is 6-1-1 in the last seven battles, all of which came in CCC playing. 
• 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. 
• 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 2-1-0 against WIT in the Shawn McEachern era. 

EYES ON THE GAME

STILL GOT GAME?
Still got game? Suffolk men's hockey wants you to prove it as the program welcomes back former Rams for an alumni game Saturday, Jan. 27 at 12:00 p.m. at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink, the home of Suffolk hockey.   

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SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
A home-and-home series with Endicott is in store for Suffolk next weekend. The Rams are set to travel to Beverly, Massachusetts, Friday, Jan. 26 for a 7 p.m. battle before hosting the Gulls Saturday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. at Porrazzo Rink.