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Men's Ice Hockey
vs Simon Fraser (Exhibition)
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, February 22
Boston, Mass.
7:00 PM
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Boston University * Fox Sports Net
Men's Hockey Ties No. 9 Boston University, 3-3
2/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 22, 2003
BOSTON, Mass. -- The Providence College men's hockey team skated to a 3-3 overtime tie versus No. 9 Boston University on Saturday, February 22 at Walter Brown Arena in Hockey East action.
The Friars opened the scoring at 6:08 of the first period as junior Mike Robinson won a faceoff in the Boston University zone to freshman Torry Gajda (Westfield, Mass.) who fired a quick shot that beat BU netminder Sean Fields. The Terriers tied the game at 1-1 as Mark Mullen scored a power-play goal from the slot at 15:54.
In the second period, the Terriers took a 2-1 lead at 5:04 as Mullen scored again, this time while BU was short-handed. The short-handed tally marked the first time since February 23, 2002 that the Friars gave up a short-handed goal, which came against Boston University. However, the Friars responded 26 seconds later as senior Devin Rask (Parkside, Sask.) fired a wrist shot that was redirected by senior Jon DiSalvatore (S. Windsor, Conn.) at 5:26 for his career-high 17th goal of the season. The Friars regained the lead at the 10:44 mark as senior Mike Lucci's redirected shot bounced off a Terrier skate into the net.
The Terriers tied the game at 10:04 of the third period with their second power-play goal of the night as Brian McConnell coverted on a pass from Frantisek Skladany. In overtime, the Terriers nearly won the game with 42 seconds remaining, but PC netminder Nolan Schaefer (Yellow Grass, Sask.) stopped BU's David VanderGulik on a wrap around attempt. Schaefer finished with 34 saves.
The Friars return to action on Friday, February 28 as they will play UMass Lowell in the final regular season game.
Providence 1 2 0 0 -- 3Boston Univ. 1 1 1 0 -- 3
First period - PC, Torry Gajda (Mike Robinson) 6:08; BU, Mark Mullen (Frantisek Skladany, Freddy Meyer) 15:54. Penalties - PC, 3-6; BU, 2-4.
Second period - BU, Mark Mullen (unassisted) 5:04 PP; PC, Jon DiSalvatore (Devin Rask, Jason Platt) 5:26 PP; Mike Lucci (unassisted) 10:44. Penalties - PC, 5-10; BU, 4-8.
Third Period - BU, Brian McConnell (Frantisek Skladany, Ryan Whitney) 10:04 PP; BU, Penalties - PC, 1-2; BU, 1-2.
Overtime - None; Penalties, None.
PC, Nolan Schaefer, 5-15-11-3 -- 34 (65:00); BU, Sean Fields, 7-7-8-0 -- 22 (65:00).
Records - PC, 18-12-3, 11-9-3; BU 20-12-3, 12-9-1.
Attendance - 3,806 (Walter Brown Arena).
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