Providence College Athletics

Friday, December 4
Chestnut Hill, MA
6:00 P.M.

Providence College

0-1-0

0
at
3

Boston College

3-0-0

1
2
3
F
Providence
0
0
0
0
Boston College
0
1
2
3
Matt Tugnutt

No. 12 Men's Hockey Blanked at No. 2 Boston College, 3-0, in Season Opener

12/4/2020 10:18:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score
CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. – Senior Gabe Mollot-Hill made 24 saves in his second career start, but No. 2 Boston College broke a scoreless tie late in the second period in an eventual 3-0 win over the No. 12 Providence College men's hockey team on Friday night (Dec. 4) at Kelley Rink.
 
SCORE
No. 12 Providence – 0 | No. 2 Boston College – 3
 
RECORDS
No. 12 Providence – 0-1-0 (0-0-0 HEAM) | No. 2 Boston College – 3-0-0 (0-0-0 HEAM)
 
VENUE
Kelley Rink – Chestnut Hill, Mass.
 
GOALIES
Gabe Mollot-Hill (PC) – 24 saves
Spencer Knight (BC) – 30 saves
 
NOTES
- The Friars put out a solid effort to kick things off in the first period, battling the Eagles to a scoreless period and outshooting them by a 15-6 margin. Greg Printz and Matt Koopman each paced the Friars with three shots on goal in the opening stanza.
- Trevor Kuntar gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead with 21.1 seconds remaining in the second period after an initial highlight-reel stop by Mollot-Hill.
- Boston College extended its lead to 2-0 at 7:36 of the third period on Nikita Nesterenko's finish off a feed from Jack McBain.
- Mike Hardman capped the scoring with an empty-net goal with 11 seconds remaining in regulation.
- Senior goaltender Gabe Mollot-Hill made his second career start on Friday night.
- Freshmen Brett Berard, Nick Poisson, Uula Ruikka and Chase Yoder all made their collegiate debuts. Graduate transfer Matt Tugnutt made his Friar debut on Friday night.
- Providence dropped its season-opener for the first time since the 2014-15 season.
 
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: --
Assists: --
Points: --
Shots: Six players (3)

POWER PLAYS
Providence – 0/2
Boston College – 0/4
 
SHOTS
Providence – 30
Boston College – 27
 
UP NEXT
Providence will host the Eagles Saturday night (Dec. 5) at Schneider Arena beginning at 7 p.m.

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Team Stats

PCM
BCM
Shots
30
27
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
2
Penalty Mins
8
4
Faceoffs Won
28
29

Game Leaders

14

Matt Koopman

+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0
11

Greg Printz

+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0
13

Craig Needham

+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0
21

Brett Berard

+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0

Players Mentioned

21

Brett Berard

F
/ Men's Ice Hockey
14

Matt Koopman

F
/ Men's Ice Hockey
33

Gabe Mollot-Hill

G
/ Men's Ice Hockey
12

Nick Poisson

F
/ Men's Ice Hockey
11

Greg Printz

F
/ Men's Ice Hockey
22

Uula Ruikka

D
/ Men's Ice Hockey
29

Matt Tugnutt

F
/ Men's Ice Hockey
17

Chase Yoder

F
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