Providence College Athletics

Friday, February 16
Providence, R.I.
7:00 PM ET

Providence College

4
vs
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY %

Men's Hockey Defeats Boston University, 4-3

2/16/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Feb. 16, 2001

Box Score

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The ninth-ranked Providence College Friars defeated the Boston University Terriers, 4-3, in HOCKEY EAST action on Friday, February 16 at PC's Schneider Arena. Shawn Weiman scored on a blast from the right point at 3:31 of the third period for what proved to be the game winner for the Friars.

The Friars' J.J. Picinic tallied the game's first goal at the 2:57 mark of the first period. Picinic received a pass in the right face-off circle a ripped a slap shot past Terriers' goaltender Sean Fields, giving the Friars a 1-0 lead. The goal was Picinic's ninth tally of the season and his first goal since November 25, 2000. At the 13:32 mark, BU tied the game, 1-1, on Pat Aufiero's fifth goal of the season. During a scrum in front of the Friars' net, Aufiero fired a shot past PC's netminder Nolan Schaefer.

The Friars regained the lead at the 3:24 mark of the second period. PC's Doug Wright dumped the puck into the Friars' zone from the blue-line and it bounced under Fields' pads. The Friars extended their lead to 3-1 at the 3:48 mark of the second period. PC's Devin Rask received a pass from Peter Fregoe at the left face-off circle and ripped a slap shot past Fields. The Terriers closed to within one goal with 2:12 remaining in the second period when Mike Pandolfo scored the Terriers' second power-play goal of the night.

PC regained its two-goal lead with 16:29 remaining on Weiman's second goal of the season. The Terriers kept the pressure on the Friars and got within one goal when Pandolfo finished off a two-on-one break in and netted his second goal of the night. BU pulled its goaltender with 1:09 remaining in the game but could not get the tying goal past Schaefer who finished with 25 saves.

With the win, the Friars improved to 17-8-4 overall and 11-6-2 in HOCKEY EAST, while Boston University fell to 12-15-2 and 8-9-2 in league play.

Providence College will return to action on Saturday, February 17 at Boston University at 7:00 p.m.

Friday, February 16, 2001 Schneider Arena, Providence, R.I.

Boston University (12-15-2) 1   1   1   ---3        3-6     2-5Providence College (17-8-4) 1   2   1   ---4        6-12        0-2
Per Time    Team    Goal Scorer  (Assists)1   2:57    PC  J.J. Picinic 9 (Adam Lee, Stephen Wood)1   13:32   BU  Pat Aufiero 5 (Brian Collins, Dan Cavanaugh)  pp2   3:24    PC  Doug Wright 3 (Michael Lucci, Shawn Weiman)2   3:48    PC  Devin Rask 17 (Peter Fregoe, Matt Libby)2   17:48   BU  Mike Pandolfo 9 (Mike Bussoli, Carl Corazzini)  pp3   3:31    PC  Shawn Weiman 2 (Cody Loughlean, Devin Rask)3   16:20   BU  Mike Pandolfo 10 (Brian Collins, Dan Cavanaugh)
Saves:Sean Fields(BU) 9   7   7   --23    (58:51)Nolan Schaefer (PC)    7   10  8   --25    (60:00)
Attendance: 2,587 (Schneider Arena)

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