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Women's Ice Hockey
vs Sacred Heart University (Exhibition)
3:00 PM
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, January 9
Worcester, MA
6:30 P.M.
Providence College
7-1-1
5
at
2
Holy Cross
3-8-0
1
2
3
F
Providence
1
1
3
5
Holy Cross
2
0
0
2
No. 7 Women's Hockey Downs Holy Cross, 5-2
1/9/2021 9:21:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
WORCESTER, Mass. – The No. 7 Providence College women's hockey team skated to a 5-2 win at the Hart Center over the Holy Cross Crusaders on Saturday, Jan. 9.
SCORE
Providence – 5 | Holy Cross – 2
RECORDS
Providence: 7-1-1 (7-1-1 HE) | Holy Cross: 3-8-0 (3-8-0 HE)
VENUE
Hart Center | Worcester, Mass.
GAME FLOW & NOTES
Caroline Peterson (East Falmouth, Mass.) snuck one by the Crusaders and got Providence on the board 13:17 into the opening period. Peterson was assisted by Sara Hjalmarsson (Bankeryd, Sweden) on her third goal of the season.
Holy Cross responded with two goals by Bryn Saarela and Lilly Feeney, putting them ahead of the Friars 2-1 going into the first intermission.
After a quiet middle stanza, Hayley Lunny (Bedford, N.Y.) found the equalizer on the first and only goal of the second period. Scoring on the rebound with less than three minutes to go in the period, Lunny was assisted by Rice and Sara Hjalmarsson (Bankeryd, Sweden).
Lindsay Bochna (Toronto, Ontario) secured the game-winning goal midway through the third period with an assist from Hayley Lunny to put Providence up 3-2.
Bailey Burton (Bloomington, Minn.) gave the Friars insurance with three minutes to go in regulation assisted by Annelise Rice, putting the Friars up 4-2.
Lauren DeBlois accounted for the game's final goal with an empty netter, locking in the win at 5-2.
Sandra Abstreiter (Freising, Germany) finished the game with 24 saves, while Brenon had 43 for the Crusaders.
GOALTENDERS
Sandra Abstreiter (Providence) – 24 saves, 2 goal against
Jada Brenon (Holy Cross) – 43 saves, 4 goals against
STAT COMPARISON
Providence-
Shots: 48
Face-offs: 33/20
Power plays: 0/0
Penalty kill: 0/0
Holy Cross-
Shots: 26
Face-offs: 20/33
Power plays: 0/0
Penalty kill: 0/0
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: DeBlois, Burton, Bochna, Lunny, Peterson (1)
Assists: Hjalmarsson, Rice (2)
Points: Hjalmarsson, Rice, Lunny (2)
Shots: Lunny (7)
LOOKING AHEAD
The Friars travel to Northeastern for a 7:00 p.m. game this Tuesday, Jan. 12.
For more updates on the Providence women's hockey program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @PCWHockey.
Team Stats
PC
Crusader
Shots
48
26
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
0
0
Penalty Mins
0
0
Faceoffs Won
33
20
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+3
Goals
1
Sh
7
A
1
+/-
+1
Goals
0
Sh
6
A
2
+/-
+4
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
2
+/-
+4
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
0
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