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Men's Ice Hockey
vs #17/18 UMass
Final
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Providence College Athletics
Friday, January 27
Durham, N.H. (Whittemore Center)
7:00 PM
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New Hampshire
No. 19 Men's Hockey Blanks New Hampshire, 3-0
1/27/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Jan. 27, 2017
DURHAM, N.H. - Ryan Tait's two goals in the third period and Hayden Hawkey's 27-save shutout lifted the No. 19 Providence College men's hockey team to a 3-0 blanking of New Hampshire on Friday night at the Whittemore Center in the first game of a weekend series.
SCORE
No. 19 Providence - 3 | New Hampshire - 0
NEW RECORDS
Providence - 13-8-4 (5-6-2 HEA) | New Hampshire - 11-10-4 (6-4-3 HEA)
VENUE
Whittemore Center - Durham, N.H. (4,708)
GAME FLOW & NOTES
- Senior captain Josh Monk notched his 2nd goal of the season and 4th goal of his career with under a second to play in the first period. Monk appeared in his 100th career game on Friday night.
- The Friars held a 12-8 advantage in shots after 20 minutes of play.
- Providence is 8-2-1 when leading after one period and have out-scored opponents 24-13 in the opening period this season.
- Jake Walman snapped a six-game scoreless streak with an assist on Monk's goal in the first period.
- Conway extended his point streak to four games (2-3-5) with his assist in the first period.
- Erik Foley recorded a team-high three shots on goal in the second period.
- Providence improves to 8-1-2 when leading after 40 minutes this season.
- After two crucial penalty kills in the third period, the Friars got insurance at 17:18 on Ryan Tait's first of the night to make it 2-0.
- Tait added an empty netter with 22.6 seconds to play.
- The Friars extended their season-high win streak to four games.
- Ryan Tait now has three multi-goal games in his career and second such outing this season.
- Hayden Hawkey stopped all 27 shots on goal for his second shutout of the season and first since Oct. 30 at Brown.
- The Friars held the UNH power play (22.6% entering Friday) to a 0/4 performance on the power play.
- Shots on goal: Providence 30, UNH 27. Shot attempts: Providence 59, UNH 53.
- Shot blocks: Providence 14, UNH 8.
HOW THEY SCORED
1-0 (PC) - 19:59 - EV - Josh Monk (Walman, Conway) - Conway won the faceoff directly back to Walman, who fed Monk for a one-timer over the shoulder of Tirone with under a second left in the first period.
2-0 (PC) - 17:18 - EV - Ryan Tait (Bryson) - Bryson forced a turnover along the boards and Tait picked up the loose puck and streaked down the right wing and wired a wrist shot past Tirone.
3-0 (PC) - 19:39 - EN - Ryan Tait (Pinho, McKenzie) - Pinho chipped out to the neutral zone and Tait sent a shot from center ice into the empty net.
PC GAME HIGHS
Points: Tait (2-0-2)
Goals: Tait (2)
Assists: Walman (1); Conway (1); Pinho (1); Bryson (1); McKenzie (1)
Shots: Conway (4)
Face-offs: Pinho (6/17)
POWER PLAYS
Providence -0/3
New Hampshire - 0/4
LOOKING AHEAD
The Friars and Wildcats will conclude their season series on Saturday night at the Whittemore Center for a 7 p.m. puck drop.
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