STORRS, Conn. – The Providence College women's hockey team defeated the UConn Huskies in overtime, 2-1, on Friday, Dec. 6 in the Freitas Ice Forum. Providence trailed 1-0 in the third period before
Whitney Dove (Port Moody, British Columbia) scored the equalizer, followed by
Avery Fransoo's (North Battleford, Saskatchewan) game-winner 2:11 into the overtime period. Providence improves to 9-7-2 on the season with a 6-5-0 conference mark.
SCORE (OT)
Providence – 2 | UConn – 1
RECORDS
Providence – 9-7-2 (6-5-0 HEAW) | UConn – 9-8-1 (6-4-1 HEAW)
VENUE
Freitas Ice Forum – Storrs, Conn.
GAME FLOW & NOTES
-UConn gained the first lead of the night converting 7:41 into the second period. Claire Peterson shot a wrist shot from the top of the left circle that found the back of the net through traffic.
- Both sides played a clean opening period with zero penalties, the Huskies held an 8-5 advantage in shots at the end of the first period.
- Providence and UConn skated to a scoreless second period. The Friars nearly tied it at one goal apiece when
Whitney Dove put a wrist shot top shelf midway through the period. Dove's shot came just after the whistle as Providence was called for too many skaters on the ice.
- The Huskies failed to convert on two power play chances as Providence's first power play of the night carried into the third period for 1:05.
- Dove scored her fifth goal of the season with 12:03 remaining in the third period to tie the game at 1-1.
Avery Fransoo grabbed the puck off a rebound before feeding Dove at the point, Dove wristed a shot over the goaltender's stick side.
- Fransoo tallied her second point of the game with the game-winner in the overtime frame. The goal marked her first of the season. Dove slid the puck to Fransoo at the point who fired a wrist shot that deflected off a defender and in.
HOW THEY SCORED
1-0 (UConn) – 12:19/1
st – EV – Claire Peterson (Bouzide, Sim) – Wrist shot from the top of the left circle
1-1 (Providence) – 7:57/3
rd – EV –
Whitney Dove (Fransoo) – Wrist shot from the rightpoint
2-1 (Providence) – 2:11/OT – EV – Wrist shot from the blue line deflected in off a defender
GOALTENDERS
Clare Minnerath – 18 saves, 1 goal against
Morgan Fisher – 23 saves, 2 goals against
STAT COMPARISON
Providence –
Shots: 25
Face-offs: 20-47
Power plays: 0-2
Penalty kill: 2-2
UConn –
Shots: 19
Face-offs: 27-47
Power plays: 0-2
Penalty kill: 2-2
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: Dove, Fransoo (1)
Assists: Dove, Fransoo, Rickard (1)
Points: Dove, Fransoo (2)
Shots: Hjalmarsson (4)
UP NEXT
Providence will be back in action on Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7 as they take on the Vermont Catamounts in Burlington, Vt.
For more updates on the Providence women's hockey program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @PCWHockey.
-GO FRIARS-