Men’s Hockey Shutouts Wentworth, 2-0

EVERETT, Mass. – Suffolk men's hockey avenged its overtime setback yesterday with a 2-0 cleansheet over Wentworth Saturday afternoon at Allied Veterans Memorial Rink to split the Conference of New England home-and-home series with the Leopards.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Wentworth 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-1-0, 1-1-0 CNE) | Wentworth (2-1-0, 1-1-0 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk capitalized on a Wentworth turnover early in the second stanza to get the scoring going. Scott McManus caused a turnover at the Rams blue line and went down the ice for a one-on-one with Jack McGovern. Suffolk's sophomore went high stick side on McGovern and found the back of the net 18 seconds into the middle period to make it 1-0 Rams.

The score stood still from there until the final 10 seconds of the action. McGovern was taken out from his station in net and Ralph Berry picked up the puck in Suffolk's zone and flicked it towards the Leopards cage from the center ice face-off circle and put away the empty netter with six seconds left in regulation for the 2-0 final.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• CJ Hapward notched 22 saves in the shutout. 
• McGovern turned aside 27 shots in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• McManus and Berry were responsible for Suffolk's goals, both were unassisted. 
• McManus' strike was short-handed, while Berry's marker was an empty net goal. 
• The Rams outshot the Leopards 28-22. 
• Suffolk skated off two penalties and was unable to take advantage of its three power plays. 
• The Rams won the face-off battle, 32-27.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk split the home-and-home series with Wentworth to move to 20-25-3 all-time against the Leopards. 
• The blue-and-gold is now 7-2-1 in the last 10 meetings with WIT, all of which came in CNE play.
• Including tonight's decision, there has been shutouts in the all-time series. 
• Suffolk is now 4-3-0 against WIT when a team is kept off the scoreboard. 
• Four shutouts have come at Wentworth's barn. Suffolk is 3-1-0 in such instances. 
• Suffolk is now 5-2-0 against WIT in the Shawn McEachern era. 
• McManus scored his first goal of the season. He also produced his first collegiate short-handed strike. 
• Berry potted his first goal of the season. 
• Hapward had his first shutout of the season, second of his Suffolk career.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk takes a break from CNE competition Wednesday, Nov. 13 when it welcomes Worcester State to Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink for a 6:00 p.m. non-conference clash.