Men’s Ice Hockey Charges Past Curry, 5-0

EAST BOSTON – For the first time in 14 meetings Suffolk men's ice hockey defeated Curry and did so in convincing fashion as the Rams rolled by the Colonels, 5-0, in Conference of New England (CNE) action at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink Friday night. The blue-and-gold saw five different goal scorers in their 10th straight win.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Curry 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (16-7-1, 15-3-1 CNE) | Curry (15-8-1, 12-6-1 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a back-and-forth first period, Suffolk broke open the game with three unanswered in the second period. 
• The scoring started thanks to a Joe O'Brien tip in at the 11:43 mark of the middle period. Dimitri Voyatzis took a shot from the point that O'Brien's stick knocked and sent to towards the back of the net. Ralph Berry helped set-up the game-opening goal. 
• Less than two minutes later, Nick Liotino put one away to double the distance. Alex Ondos and O'Brien did a give-and-go with the puck to get it into the Colonels' zone. One in enemy territory, O'Brien thread the needle for a perfect center pass to Liotino, who wasted no time in scoring on the power play.  
• The Rams did not stop there as Quinn Booth stole the puck in transition and found Ondos with 2:56 remaining before the second intermission to give Suffolk a 3-0 cushion.  
• At the midway point of the final period Curry saw its best chance. Nolan McDonough was on the doorstop, but Austin McNicholas made a monster save to keep the Colonels off the board and the three-goal advantage in the blue-and-gold's favor. 
• Suffolk sealed its winning fate with a heads-up goal with just over five minutes to play in regulation. Scott McManus got off the bench and quickly skated towards the action and Marko Giourof found his wide open teammate for a one-on-one with Cam Smith.  
• The scoring did not stop there, however, as Aidan O'Connell cleaned up mess rebounds in front with 45 seconds left on the clock for the lopsided 5-0 margin. Giourof and McManus registered helpers on the final goal of the night.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• Austin McNicholas recorded 33 saves in the shutout.
• Smith stopped 20 shots for the Colonels.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• McManus, O'Brien, O'Connell and Ondos had identical one-goal, one-assist stat lines. 
• Giourof produced two points as well on assists. 
• Berry, Booth, Liotino and Voyatzis dished out one helper each. 
• Curry outshot Suffolk, 33-25. 
• The Rams won the face off battle, 35-30. 
• Suffolk went 2-for-6 on the power play and successfully skated off three penalty kills.   

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk recorded its 16th win of the season, which is the most wins for the blue-and-gold since it posted a 22-5-0 record in 1990-91. 
• The Rams stretched their win streak to 10 in a row. 
• The blue-and-gold is unbeaten in 11 straight, dating back to Jan. 10, 2026.
• Suffolk defeated Curry for the first time since Nov. 14, 2015, a 3-2 decision. 
• The victory is the Rams sixth all-time in program history over the Colonels. 
• The blue-and-gold moved to 6-39-3 all-time versus Curry. 
• Suffolk moved to 4-14-2 at home in the series with the Colonels. 
• The cleansheet is the eighth in the series, first-ever Suffolk shutout over Curry. 
• The five Suffolk goals are the most for the Rams versus the Colonels since a 6-5 loss Feb. 13, 2007. 
• The five-goal margin of victory, meanwhile, is the largest in the all-time series against Curry. 
• Suffolk blanked its fifth opponent of the season, all of which belong to McNicholas. 
• McManus (1g, 2a), who has tallied points in back-to-back games, matched a career-high two points.
• Ondos lengthened his point streak to three games. In that span he has three goals and five assists.
• O'Brien had his first multi-point game of the season.
• O'Connell pushed his point streak to four games. He has five goals and three set-ups in that stretch. 
• Booth (1g, 2a), Liotino (2g, 1a), Giourof (5a) and Voyatzis have notched points in back-to-back games. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
With a CNE First-Round bye on the line, Suffolk closes the regular season tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 21 at Curry at 3:00 p.m.