Home-and-Home with Wentworth Ahead for Men’s Ice Hockey

SUFFOLK vs. WENTWORTH
Date Time Venue Video Stats Notes	Friday, Jan. 16 6:30 PM Allied Veterans Rink Everett, Mass. CNE Network GoSuffolkRams.com GoSuffolkRams.com
Date Time Venue Video Stats Program	Saturday, Jan. 17 6:00 PM Porrazzo Rink East Boston, Mass. CNE Network GoSuffolkRams.com GoSuffolkRams.com
Series Last Meeting Last Suffolk Win Streak	22-25-3 Nov. 8, 2025, W, 8-0 Same Won 3

BOSTON – Suffolk men's ice hockey continues Conference of New England (CNE) play this weekend with a home-and-home rivalry series against Wentworth. The Rams open the set on the road in Everett on Friday, Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m., before retuning to East Boston to host the Leopards on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 6:00 p.m. at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.

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LAST TIME OUT
Ten different Rams etched their name on the scoresheet, but it would not be enough as Suffolk men's ice hockey fell in a thrilling 11-goal contest to No. 7 University of New England (UNE), 7-4, on Saturday night at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink. 

MORE READING: Men's Ice Hockey Drops to No. 7 UNE, 7-4

SUFFOLK SCORES
 

RAMS RUNDOWN

• Suffolk enters the weekend at 6-7-1 overall and 6-3-1 in CNE contests following a split with No. 7 UNE in which the Rams snapped a 12-game skid to the Nor'easters.
• Suffolk's special teams rank 16th nationally on the penalty kill (88.2 percent) and 29th on the power play (22.4 percent).
• Marko Giourof has 10 goals and seven assists and ranks second in the CNE in goals. Giourof has recorded seven goals and four assists over his last seven games.
• Nolan Leonard owns four goals and 12 handouts for 16 points and ranks fourth in the conference in assists. 
• Daniel McKiernan sits fifth in the league in goals with eight and has added four helpers to sit at 12 points. He has scored in back-to-back games and has three power play goals.
• Austin McNicholas has started all 14 games, compiling a 6-7-1 record, 2.50 goals-against average, and a .885 save percentage with 270 saves.

LEOPARDS LOOK

• Wentworth enters the series at 4-9-1 overall and 3-7-0 in CNE play following a split with Nichols this past weekend.
• Ian Worthley leads the Leopards with three goals and seven points, while Xavier Vaillancourt serves as the top goal scorer with six tallies on the season.
• Nicholas Ramm and George Kolovos have each contributed eight points on the campaign with identical four-goal, four-assist stat lines.
• Jack McGovern has seen the majority of the time in net, making 10 starts and posting a 4-7-0 record to pair with a 3.12 goals against average a .903 save percentage.
• Topher Chirico has appeared in three games and owns a .914 save percentage.

WE MEET AGAIN
Daniel McKiernan rattled off three goals and Austin McNicholas denied all 15 shots he faced for the pair to anchor Suffolk men's hockey's 5-0 Conference of the New England (CNE) shutout win over Wentworth Saturday at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink.

MORE READING: McKiernan Nets Hat Trick in Men's Hockey's 5-0 Shutout of Wentworth

SUFFOLK SCORES

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Suffolk has won three in a row to move to 22-25-3 versus Wentworth all-time in a series that dates back to 1992. 
• Suffolk has won eight of the last 10 meetings (8-1-1), including the last battle, 5-0, Nov. 8, 2025.
• The blue-and-gold holds an 12-12-3 record as the home team in the series.
• As the away team, Suffolk is 10-13-0 on the road versus the Leopards.
• The Rams are 6-2-0 against the Leopards under head coach Shawn McEachern.
• Nine games in the series have gone to overtime. With Suffolk owning a 4-3-2 record in OT.
• Eight meetings in the series have been decided via shutout, including two of the last three contests.
• Suffolk and Wentworth have split games in which a team is kept off the scoreboard (4-4-0).
• Four shutouts have come on the Rams' home ice (1-3-0), while the other four have been recorded at Wentworth (2-2-0). 

STATS SHOWDOWN

SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
Suffolk returns to the ice with another CNE home-and-home, Jan. 23-24, facing Johnson & Wales. Actin begins on the road Friday at 7:00 p.m., before the Rams welcome the Wildcats to Porrazzo Rink on Saturday for a 5:00 p.m. puck drop.