CANTON, Mass. – The fourth-seeded Suffolk men's ice hockey team fell to top-seed, No. 4 Curry in the Conference of New England (CNE) Semifinals Saturday afternoon at the Canton Ice House.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | No. 4 Curry 4
RECORDS: Suffolk (13-11-3) | No. 4 Curry (23-3-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Curry potted a pair of pucks in a 3:48 span early on in the first frame to force Suffolk to play catchup, which it did when Nolan Leonard poured in an unassisted strike at the 18:55 mark to send the Rams into the locker room down 2-1.  

Two unanswered goals from Curry in the middle period made it a 4-1 game in the host favor. 

The Rams made one last move in the third when Gavin Havens struck on the power play with help from Michael McEachern and Jake Grace to slice the deficit in half with 3:11 left in regulation.  

Suffolk managed to get one last shot off in the final three minutes, but Shane SOderwall denied it to seal the season-ending setback fate.   

NETMINDER NOTE

• CJ Hapward had 24 saves. 
• Soderwall made 16 stops.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Havens and Leonard scored one goal each. 
• Grace and McEachern dished out one assist apiece. 
• Curry outshot Suffolk, 28-18.
• The Colonels won the face-off battle, 35-23. 
• The Rams went 1-for-5 on the power play, while Curry went 1-for-4 with a man-up.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk competed in a conference's semifinals for the first time since 2008. 
• Suffolk played in the postseason for the first time since 2022, 10th time overall and third time in the CNE Tournament. 
• Suffolk competed in the league's postseason field as the fourth seed for the second time. 
• Suffolk is 2-10-0 in the postseason and 1-8-0 on the road in tournament play. 
• The Rams moved to 1-1-0 in the tournament under Shawn McEachern's guidance.