Providence College Athletics

Saturday, December 4
Boston, MA
7:00 P.M.

Providence College

12-7-0, 6-5-0

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Northeastern

13-4-1, 7-3-1

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MIH-Devine

No. 13 Men's Hockey Falls At No. 16 Northeastern, 4-1

12/4/2021 10:39:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

BOSTON, Mass. – Garrett Devine scored his first-career goal for the Friars but it wasn't enough as No. 16 Northeastern downed the No. 13 Providence College men's hockey team on Saturday night (Dec. 4) at Matthews Arena.

SCORE
No. 13 Providence – 1 | No. 16 Northeastern – 4

RECORDS
Providence – 12-7-0, 6-5-0 HEA | Northeastern – 13-4-1, 7-3-1 HEA

VENUE
Matthews Arena – Boston, Mass.

GOALIES
Jaxson Stauber (PC) – 15 saves
Devon Levi (Northeastern) – 34 saves

NOTES
 -Northeastern's Gunnarwolfe Fontaine got the Friars again with a late first period goal as he beat Stauber through the five-hole with 52.7 seconds left.
- The Friars dominated the pace in the second period, outshooting the Huskies by a 16-3 margin but the hosts capitalized off a turnover and took a 2-0 lead off the stick of Matt Demelis with 9:28 to go in the period.
-Providence finally broke through and it was junior Garrett Devine with his first-career goal after putting home a rebound from Brett Berard with 7:26 remaining in the second period. Nick Poisson earned the secondary assist on the play.
-The Friars couldn't notch the equalizer as Northeastern's Jack Hughes scored on an odd-man rush with 2:35 remaining and added an empty-net goal with 11 seconds left to seal the contest.
-The Friars outshot the Huskies, 35-19 and out-attempted them 67-30. Northeastern blocked 19 shots on the night.
-Parker Ford won 17-of-22 faceoffs on Saturday.

PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: Devine (1)
Assists: Berard, Poisson (1)
Points: Berard, Devine, Poisson (1)
Shots: Engelbert, Poisson (5)

POWER PLAYS
Providence – 0/2
Northeastern – 0/2

SHOTS
Providence – 35
Northeastern – 19

UP NEXT
The Friars will host Princeton University next weekend for a two-game series at Schneider Arena beginning on Friday night (Dec. 10).
 
For more updates on the Providence College men's hockey program, follow the team on Twitter @FriarsHockey.
 
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