Men’s Ice Hockey Completes 3-2 Comeback Against Johnson & Wales

PROVIDENCE– Trailing 2-0 after the first period, Suffolk men's ice hockey stormed back on the road with three unanswered, capped by Marko Giourof's go-ahead goal in the third period to lift the Rams to a 3-2 victory over Johnson & Wales on Saturday night.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Johnson & Wales 2
RECORDS: Suffolk (9-7-1, 9-3-1 CNE) | Johnson & Wales (6-8-1, 4-6-0 CNE)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Johnson & Wales jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening period on goals from Jack Gerne and Roman Wainright.
• Suffolk cut the deficit to one just 3:43 into the second, as Ralph Berry finished a deflected Joe O'Brien shot that Dimitri Voyatzis fed into the crease from behind the net.
• The Rams tied the game early in the third period on a power-play goal by Michael Gallagher, who blasted a shot from the blue line into the bottom corner off assists from Marko Giourof and Aidan O'Connell. Suffolk completed the comeback at the 9:03 mark of the third when O'Connell kept the puck alive behind the net and slipped a backhanded pass to Nolan Leonard, whose shot was tipped home by Giourof for the 3-2 game-winner.

NETMINDER NOTES

• Austin McNicholas recorded 17 saves in the outing.
• Jake Inzirillo stopped 53 shots on the night.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Giourouf registered the game-winning goal and one assist. 
• Gallagher, and Berry accounted for the Rams' two other goals. 
• O'Connell dished out two assists, while O'Brien, Voyatzis, and Leonard each added one helper.
• Scott McManus led all skaters with seven shots on goal.
• Suffolk dominated the shot total, outshooting JWU 56-19.

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk improved to 12-23-3 all-time against Johnson & Wales and has now won four straight meetings.
• The Rams moved to 7-10-2 on the road versus the Wildcats.
• Head coach Shawn McEachern improved to 4-0-0 all-time against JWU.
• Giourof recorded his ninth multi-point game of the season, extended his point streak to four games, and now has 13 goals and 11 assists on the year.
• O'Connell dished out assists No. 7 and 8, pushing his point streak to four games with four goals and five assists during that stretch.
• Leonard picked up his 16th assist of the season and has recorded a helper in four straight contests.
• Gallagher and Berry each netted their second goals of the season.
• Voyatzis logged his seventh assist of the campaign.
• O'Brien registered his first assist of the year.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk returns to Eastie for the home leg of the series on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 5:00 p.m.