Providence College Athletics

Friday, December 9
Providence, R.I.
7:00 PM

Providence College

9-10-1, 5-6-1HEA

3
vs
2

Merrimack

6-13-2, 2-10-0HEA

1
2
3
F
MER
1
0
1
2
Providence
0
1
2
3

Women's Hockey Defeats Merrimack, 3-2.

12/9/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score
Dec. 9, 2016

Final Stats

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -

The Providence College women's hockey team defeated the Merrimack College Warriors, 3-2, on Dec. 9 at Schneider Arena. The Friars finish the first half of the season with an overall record of 9-10-1 and a 5-6-1 Hockey East record, while Merrimack moves to 6-14-2 and 2-11-0 in Hockey East.

Merrimack jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first period at 10:54 from Allison Sexton.

Providence evened the score in the second period, when Neve Van Pelt (Mitchell, Ontario) scored her first collegiate goal at 14:22. Cassidy Carels (Bruxelles, Manitoba) forced a turnover deep in the offensive zone and passed to an open Van Pelt in the slot, who one-timed it home.

Merrimack took back the lead less than three minutes into the third period when Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored, putting the Friars down, 2-1.

The Friars scored two goals in the third period to win the game, 3-2. At 4:29 of the third period Carels scored after batting a feed from Lauren Klein (Shoreview, Minn.) out of midair and the roofed the puck to even the score at 2-2.

Brooke Boquist (Thunder Bay, Ontario) scored her eleventh goal of the season on an unassisted short-handed tally at 11:25 of the third. Boquist forced a turnover in the neutral zone and skated into offensive territory, deked Merrimack's Lea-Kristine Demers, and backhanded the puck home to put the Friars up, 3-2.

Providence and Madison Myers (Colchester, Vt.) held off the Warriors for the remainder of the game with Myers making 30 saves.

The Friars will be back in action on Jan. 6 in Ithaca, N.Y. for a non-conference series against Cornell.

-Go Friars!-

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Team Stats

MER
PC
Shots
32
28
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
1
Penalties
2
6
Penalty Mins
4
12
Faceoffs Won
28
35

Game Leaders

29

Cassidy Carels

+/-
+2
Goals
1
Sh
6
A
1
10

Neve Van Pelt

+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
19

Brooke Boquist

c
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
24

Lauren Klein

+/-
+1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1

Players Mentioned

11

Brooke Boquist

F
/ Women's Ice Hockey
29

Cassidy Carels

Forward
/ Women's Ice Hockey
24

Lauren Klein

D
/ Women's Ice Hockey
1

Madison Myers

G
/ Women's Ice Hockey
10

Neve Van Pelt

F
/ Women's Ice Hockey

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