Providence College Athletics

Thursday, December 5
North Andover, Mass.
7:00 PM

Providence College

1
at
2

Merrimack *

Men's Hockey Defeated At Merrimack, 2-1, in Overtime

12/5/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Dec. 5, 2002

Box Score

NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. -- The 15th-ranked Providence College men's hockey team was defeated by Merrimack, 2-1 in overtime, on Thursday, December 2 at the Volpe Complex.

Providence controlled the first period, outshooting Merrimack, 9-6. The Friars opened the scoring at the 9:02 mark of the period when junior Mike Robinson (Biggar, Sask.) collected a rebound after freshman Jason Bloomingburg's initial shot and tallied his second goal of the season. In the second period the Warriors tied the game at 1-1 as freshman Blake Stewart scored his third goal of the season at 2:08.

Neither team could score in the third period, but with 2:51 remaining in overtime, Stewart fired a high shot over PC netminder Bobby Goepfert's (Kings Park, N.Y.) shoulder to win the game. All of Stewart's four goals this season have come against Providence. Merrimack's win marked the first time since the 1992-93 season that they have defeated the Friars twice in one season

The Friars will next play on Thursday, January 3, 2003 versus Maine at Schneider Arena.


Providence  1   0   0   0       --  1Merrimack   0   1   0   1       --  2

First period - PC, Mike Robinson (Jason Bloomingburg) 9:02; Penalties - PC, 2-4; MC, 2-4.

Second period - MC, Blake Stewart (Rob LaLonde) 2:08; Penalties - PC, 2-4; MC, 2-4.

Third period - No scoring; Penalties - none.

Overtime - MC, Blake Srewart (Brendan Clark, Lucas Smith) 2:09; Penalties - none.

PC, Bobby Goepfert, 6-4-7-2 -- 19 (62:09); MC, Joe Exter, 8-6-15-0 -- 29 (62:09)

Records - PC, 9-6-1, 3-5-1; MC, 4-6-3, 3-3-1.

Attendance - 1,041 (Volpe Complex).

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