Men’s Hockey Meets #6 Babson in a Monday Night Replay

MONDAY, FEB. 10 // 7:00 PM  BABSON SKATING CENTER // BABSON PARK, MASS. LIVE STATS // VIDEO
EYES ON THE GAME SERIES RECORD // SUFFOLK TRAILS 0-5-0 LAST MEETING // DEC. 7, 2019, L, 6-0 LAST SUFFOLK WIN // NEVER STREAK // L5

BOSTON – Suffolk men's hockey skates at No. 6 Babson in an NEHC clash Monday evening, after the game was rescheduled due to Zamboni failure on Friday night. Puck drop from the Babson Skating Center is set for 7 p.m.

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LAST TIME OUT
UMass Boston potted four second period to goals, which proved to be enough, to take down the Suffolk men's hockey team, 5-2, on Senior Night at Emmons Horrigan O'Neil Memorial Rink.

MORE READING: UMass Boston Spoils Men's Hockey's 5-2

RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk enters Monday's contest looking to snap a four-game losing streak, holding a 6-14-2 ledger, while posting a 2-11-2 record in NEHC play. 

Suffolk has scored 55 goals this season with a quartet of skaters pocketing five goals each in Brian Brooks, Alex Kolowrat, Nick Lachaine and Joseph Mortillaro. Brooks leads the way in every offensive category in fact. To go along with his five markers he tops the team in assists (10) and points (15). Miller Rubin, Devin Lowe and Shawn Montgomery have a knack for setting-up scores as well. Rubin is second on the squad with nine helpers, while Lowe and Montgomery each have eight handouts.  

Cal Wilcox has taken on the bulk of the load in between the pipes in his first collegiate campaign. He brings in a 4.16 GAA and a .891 save percentage, however, Jarret Bovarnick may see his first start in net tonight. 

BEAVERS BREAKDOWN
Babson, who checked in at No. 6 in today's updated USCHO.com Coaches' poll, pulled out an 11-2 thrashing of Johnson and Wales on Saturday, to push its overall record to 16-4-2 and 11-3-1 against NEHC counterparts.   

Mike Egan paces the Beavers with 12 goals on the season, while Ryan Black, Matt Wiesner, and Nick Rosa each have 10.  Black leads the Beavers in assists (19) and points (29), with Wiesner and Patrick Flynn adding 15 assists each. 

Aiden Murphy and Brad Arvanitis have duties in net over the season, with the former making 12 appearances and the latter in net nine times. Arvanitis numbers are top of Babson's netminders with a 1.11 GAA and .964 save percentage. Murphy's are also outstanding at 1.61 GAA and .943 save percentage. 

WE MEET AGAIN
Suffolk men's hockey's offense never got going and six skaters scored for Babson to trip up the Rams', 6-0, Dec. 7, 2019 at Babson Skating Center.

MORE READING: Men's Hockey Falls at Babson

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Suffolk is in the hunt for its first victory over Babson as the Rams trail the series, 0-5-0.
• Babson has outscored the blue-and-gold, 23-8, in the five meetings.

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WHAT'S TO COME?
Suffolk will wrap up the regular season on the road this weekend when it makes the trip to Castleton and Norwich. The Rams stop by the Spartans Friday, Feb. 14, before paying the top-ranked Cadets the next day, Saturday, Feb. 15.