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Men's Ice Hockey
vs Simon Fraser (Exhibition)
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, October 9
Springfield, MA
7:05 P.M.
Providence College
3-0-0
5
at
1
American International
0-1-0
1
2
3
F
Providence
2
1
2
5
American Int'l
1
0
0
1
Five Unanswered Goals Pace No. 11 Men's Hockey Past AIC, 5-1
10/9/2021 11:04:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. – After going down 1-0, the Providence College men's hockey team responded with five unanswered goals en route to a 5-1 victory against American International at the MassMutual Center on Saturday night (Oct. 9).
SCORE
Providence – 5 | AIC – 1
RECORDS
Providence – 3-0-0, 1-0-0 HEA | AIC – 0-1-0, 0-0-0 AHC
VENUE
MassMutual Center – Springfield, Mass.
GOALIES
Jaxson Stauber (PC) – 23 saves
Jake Kucharski (AIC) – 20 saves
Notes
- Chris Dodero got AIC on the board first at 6:21 on the power play with the Friars' Alex Esposito in the penalty box for roughing.
- Ben Mirageas got the Friars even at 1-1 on the power play at 9:06 with a one-timer from the right point past former Friar goaltender Jake Kucharski. Uula Ruikka earned the assist on the play.
- Freshman Tomas Mazura notched his first career NCAA goal after finishing off a Craig Needham centering feed at 15:25 of the first period. Jamie Engelbert earned his third assist of the season.
- The teams battled through a scoreless second period for 19:16 until freshman Riley Duran gave the Friars some insurance with his first career goal on a short side net drive.
- The third period proved to be a time for special teams, as the two teams combined for 36 penalty minutes in the final frame.
- Providence killed off three penalties to begin the third period and extended its lead off of a Parker Ford shorthanded goal at 4:53 to make it 4-1 Friars.
- Brett Berard netted his third of the season with a power-play strike off a highlight reel passing sequence from Cody Monds and Nick Poisson.
- Jaxson Stauber made 23 stops to improve to 3-0 this season.
- Providence has begun the season 3-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season.
- The Friars improve to 14-3-0 all-time against AIC.
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: Mirageas, Mazura, Duran, Ford, Berard (1)
Assists: Six players (1)
Points: 11 players (1)
Shots: Berard (6)
POWER PLAYS
Providence – 2/8
AIC – 1/5
SHOTS
Providence – 25
AIC – 24
SCORE
Providence – 5 | AIC – 1
RECORDS
Providence – 3-0-0, 1-0-0 HEA | AIC – 0-1-0, 0-0-0 AHC
VENUE
MassMutual Center – Springfield, Mass.
GOALIES
Jaxson Stauber (PC) – 23 saves
Jake Kucharski (AIC) – 20 saves
Notes
- Chris Dodero got AIC on the board first at 6:21 on the power play with the Friars' Alex Esposito in the penalty box for roughing.
- Ben Mirageas got the Friars even at 1-1 on the power play at 9:06 with a one-timer from the right point past former Friar goaltender Jake Kucharski. Uula Ruikka earned the assist on the play.
- Freshman Tomas Mazura notched his first career NCAA goal after finishing off a Craig Needham centering feed at 15:25 of the first period. Jamie Engelbert earned his third assist of the season.
- The teams battled through a scoreless second period for 19:16 until freshman Riley Duran gave the Friars some insurance with his first career goal on a short side net drive.
- The third period proved to be a time for special teams, as the two teams combined for 36 penalty minutes in the final frame.
- Providence killed off three penalties to begin the third period and extended its lead off of a Parker Ford shorthanded goal at 4:53 to make it 4-1 Friars.
- Brett Berard netted his third of the season with a power-play strike off a highlight reel passing sequence from Cody Monds and Nick Poisson.
- Jaxson Stauber made 23 stops to improve to 3-0 this season.
- Providence has begun the season 3-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season.
- The Friars improve to 14-3-0 all-time against AIC.
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: Mirageas, Mazura, Duran, Ford, Berard (1)
Assists: Six players (1)
Points: 11 players (1)
Shots: Berard (6)
POWER PLAYS
Providence – 2/8
AIC – 1/5
SHOTS
Providence – 25
AIC – 24
Team Stats
PRO
AIC
Shots
25
24
PPG
2
1
SHG
1
0
Penalties
7
11
Penalty Mins
14
36
Faceoffs Won
37
29
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
6
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
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