BURRILLVILLE, R.I. – Suffolk men's hockey skated to a 1-1 Conference of New England stalemate with Nichols in its regular-season finale Friday night at Levy Rink in Burrillville, Rhode Island. The Rams garnered the extra shootout point by a 2-1 margin.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Nichols 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (12-10-3, 7-9-2 CNE) | Nichols (9-12-4, 5-9-4 CNE) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Nichols netted the first goal of the day when Luke Harvie found the back of the net 13:55 into the contest.  

The Rams leveled the playing field on the power play 8:59 into the middle period thanks to Scott McManus, who had help from Gavin Havens and Michael McEachern.

The score stood still from there as neither team was able to tuck the puck away in the third or the five-minute extra session. 

In the shootout, Daniel McKiernan and McManus connected to Hapward did his job by denying two of the three Bison attempts to push Suffolk to the 2-1 shootout win. 

NETMINDER NOTES

• Hapward had 25 saves in the draw. 
• Liam Choquette registered 34 stops in the tie.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• McManus tallied Suffolk's lone goal. 
• Havens and McEachern notched one assist each. 
• Suffolk outshot Nichols, 35-26. 
• The Rams won the face-off battle, 34-27. 
• The blue-and-gold went 1-for-4 on the power play and skated off three penalities.  

NTOEWORTHY

• Suffolk is unbeaten in its last five games, 4-0-1. 
• The Rams went into overtime for the sixth time this season. 
• Suffolk is 1-2-3 in OT in 2024-25. 
• The Rams went into a shootout for the third time this year. 
• Suffolk is unbeaten in shootouts this campaign. 
• Suffolk moved to 30-26-6 all-time against Nichols. 
• The Rams moved to 15-16-4 as the home team versus the Bison. 
• Suffolk and Nichols needed overtime to decide a winner for the second straight meeting and ninth time overall. 
• The last two games between Suffolk and Nichols ended in overtime 1-1 stalemates. 
• Suffolk is now 2-1-6 in OT outings versus Nichols. 
• The Rams and Bison have gone into a shootout twice, the last two meetings. 
• Suffolk is unbeaten, 2-0, in shootouts against Nichols. 
• Suffolk holds a 2-4-2 record versus Nichols under Shawn McEachern's guidance. 
• McManus has produced a point in back-to-back games.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk awaits the official seeding of the 2025 CNE Tournament, that will be released this weekend.