Men’s Hockey Can’t Hold Off Nichols, 3-2

EAST BOSTON – Three unanswered Bison goals upstaged the Rams back-to-back tallies in the middle period and proved to be the difference in a Commonwealth Coast Conference affair Saturday night at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink, which Suffolk loss 3-2 to Nichols.  as Suffolk men's hockey fell to Nichols, 3-2.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Nichols 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (5-15-2, 4-10-1 CCC) | Nichols (6-13-3, 4-8-3 CCC)   

HOW IT HAPPENED
It was a case of déjà vu as Tyler Borys broke open the scoring tonight just like last night in Harrisville, Rhode Island. The sophomore chipped the puck into the back of the net on the power play with help from Ryan Webb and Jake Kircher at the 7:08 mark.  

Suffolk padded its advantage with 5:53 left in the middle period. Alex Pratt tipped in Cole Scott's shot from the point to double the distance. Olle Akermark helped set up the score.  

Rebounds factored into the Bison's first goal of the day. After Kaiden Scott's first shot was blocked Thomas Dempsey the rebound flew out to Zac Gmerek at the blue line who quickly put the puck pack on target where Scott's stick found it once again to trim the gap back to one, 2, with 2:29 remaining in the second period. 
A pair of power play goals by the Bison helped Nichols tie the game at 2-all 3:17 into the third before the lead exchanged in the visitors favor with 4:20 remaining in regulation. 

Down 3-2 with 1:38 left to play, Suffolk pulled CJ Hapward from his position in between the posts. With the extra skater the Rams put two shots on target. Both attempts were denied by Tyler Bost and the Bison skated away with the victory. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Hapward put together a 30-save effort. 
• Bost finished with 28 stops. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Borys and Pratt scored one goal each for Suffolk.
• Akermark, Webb, Kircher and Scott had one assist apiece. 
• Nichols edged Suffolk in shots, 33-30. 
• The Rams won the face off battle, 32-30. 
• The Bison went 2-for-6 on the power play. 
• Suffolk went 1-for-5 on the power play.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Pratt produced his first collegiate goal. 
• Borys has scored a goal in back-to-back games. It is the first time in his collegiate career that he had back-to-back games with at least one point. 
• Borys produced his second goal of the season. 
• Akermark and Webb tallied an assist in two straight games. 
• Kircher dished out his fourth assist of the year. 
• Scott notched his second assist of the year. 
• Webb dished out an assist in back-to-back games.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk hosts Salve Regina next Friday, Feb. 9 at 6:00 p.m. at Porrazzo Rink.