2020-21 Friar Hockey Game Notes
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@FriarsHockey @CoachLeaman PCMHockey FriarsHockey 2020-21 FRIAR HOCKEY GAME NOTES GAME #21 #14 Providence College Friars vs. #17 Northeastern Huskies 2020-21 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE SCHEDULE Date: Feb. 27, 2021 Time: 4:30 PM ET DECEMBER (2-3-1) Location: Boston, Mass. 4 Fri. at Boston College* L, 3-0 Venue: Matthews Arena 5 Sat. vs. Boston College* L, 9-0 TV: NESN 13 Sun. at UMass Lowell* W, 4-2 Video: CollegeSportsLive.com 19 Sat. at Northeastern* T, 3-3 (OT/SO) PBP: Rod Rudnick Color: Adam Reid 20 Sun. vs. Northeastern* W, 5-0 Radio: NewsRadio 104.7 FM 28 Mon. at UConn* L, 2-0 PBP: Mike Logan Live Stats: JANUARY (5-2-3) #17 Northeastern collegehockeystats.net #14 Providence 1 Fri. vs. Vermont* T, 0-0 (OT/SO) HUSKIES Twitter Updates: FRIARS 2 Sat. vs. Vermont* W, 3-1 (9-6-2, 9-6-2 HEAM) @FriarsHockey (9-7-4, 9-7-4 HEAM) 8 Fri. at Boston University* W, 7-3 9 Sat. vs. Boston University* L, 6-4 Last Time Out 15 Fri. vs. Maine* L, 4-3 -UMass grabbed an early lead in the opening period, netting two goals. 16 Sat. vs. Maine* W, 3-2 Carson Gicewicz put the Minutemen on the board on the power play at 22 Fri. at UMass* T, 0-0 (OT/SO) 3:33 as John McDermott was whistled for high-sticking. Ty Farmer fol- 23 Sat. vs. UMass* T, 1-1 (OT/SO) lowed up with another goal less than minute later. 29 Fri. at New Hampshire* W, 5-1 31 Sun. vs. New Hampshire* W, 3-2 -The Minutemen returned in the middle period with a goal from Josh Lopina, improving their lead to 3-0. FEBRUARY -Parker Ford netted the first and only goal for the Friars at 2:46 into the 6 Sat. at Merrimack* W, 5-1 second. Ford was assisted by Patrick Moynihan on his fourth goal of the 7 Sun. vs. Merrimack* L, 3-2 season. 12 Fri. vs. UConn* W, 4-0 23 Tues. vs. UMass* L, 8-1 -UMass added three more goals in the second by Garrett Wait, George Mika and Oliver Chau, respectively, and entered the intermission with a Home games in BOLD | All times Eastern 6-1 lead. | * - Hockey East contest -The Minutemen extended their lead in the final period with two more * All dates/times are subject to change goals from Wait and Zac Jones. Jones’ goal was scored on the power play. -The Friars played man-down for five minutes at 9:05 after Jamie Engelbert was given a five-minute major and game misconduct for contact to the head. UMass was unable to capitalize on the power play. -Jaxson Stauber stopped 32 of 40 shots he faced. -Cam McDonald had a team-high of five shots on goal. Stauber Named 2021 Mike Richter Award Finalist - The Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) has announced the final- ists for this year’s Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goalie in men’s NCAA Division I hockey since 2014. Providence College sophomore goaltender Jaxson Stauber (Plymouth, Minn.) was named a finalist for the award. - In 18 games with the Friars in 2020-21, Stauber has posted a 9-5-4 record, a 2.03 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage with four shut- outs. The four shutouts lead all Hockey East goaltenders and are tied for third nationally. TALE OF THE TAPE Providence (NCAA Rank) 2020-21 Northeastern (NCAA Rank) 2.65 (31st) Goals Per Game 3.59 (10th) 2.55 (19th) Goals Against Average 2.88 (26th) 34.1 (5th) Shots Per Game 28.4 (29th) 14-75 (.187) (23rd) Power Play 23-82 (.280) (3rd) Media Relations Contact: Mike Billings 67-76 (.882) (7th) Penalty Kill 56-67 (.836) (17th) email: [email protected] | office: 401.865.2201 .535 (7th) Faceoff % .452 (47th) FRIARS IN THE POLLS (2020-21) Date USCHO USA Today SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTHEASTERN (89-56-19, .601) 10.26 17 -- 11.2 -- RV 11.16 15 15 Date Site Score 11.23 -- 13 Last 20 meetings... 11.30 12 12 2/18/12 Matthews Arena 2-2 T (ot) 12.7 19 RV 12.14 19 RV 11/16/12 Schneider Arena 6-2 W 12.21 15 13 2/22/13 Schneider Arena 6-2 W 12.28 15 RV 1.4 16 RV 2/23/13 Matthews Arena 3-2 W 1.11 16 RV 12/6/13 Matthews Arena 3-3 T (ot) 1.18 18 RV 1/7/14 Schneider Arena 2-1 L (ot) 1.25 17 RV 2.1 16 RV 12/3/14 Matthews Arena 5-1 W 2.8 16 RV 12/6/14 Schneider Arena 2-1 L 2.15 15 RV 11/20/15 Schneider Arena 5-2 W 2.22 14 RV 11/21/15 Matthews Arena 3-0 W 11/18/16 Matthews Arena 5-4 L 11/19/16 Schneider Arena 5-4 W 1/26/18 Matthews Arena 4-4 T (ot) 1/27/18 Schneider Arena 2-1 W (ot) 3/16/18 TD Garden (HE) 3-2 W (ot) 2020-21 AWARDS/ACCOLADES 1/25/19 Schneider Arena 4-1 W 1/26/19 Matthews Arena 3-0 W Nick Poisson 11/15/19 Schneider Arena 3-2 W • Hockey East Rookie of the Week (2.15.21) 11/16/19 Matthews Arena 7-3 L Uula Ruikka 1/31/20 Matthews Arena 4-3 L • Hockey East Rookie of the Week (12.21.20) 12/19/20 Matthews Arena 3-3 T (ot/so) 12/20/20 Schneider Arena 5-0 W Jaxson Stauber • Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (12.21.20, 1.25.21) Scouting the Huskies The Huskies enter the weekend coming off a split of a weekend series against UMass Lowell. Senior Zach Solow leads Northeastern in scoring with 19 points on eight goals and 11 assists, followed by Jordan Harris (5-11-16) and Aidan McDonough (9-6-15). Sophomore Connor Murphy has started all 17 games in posting a 2.55 GAA and .915 save percentage with two shutouts. Series History vs. Northeastern (PC leads 89-56-19, .601) This meeting will mark the third and fourth meetings of the season between the schools. The Friars hold a 1-0-1 advantage after skating to a 3-3 tie and a 5-0 win in December over the Huskies. Overall, Providence has won six-consecutive games between the schools on home ice dating back to 2015. FRIAR HAT TRICKS* 10.5.19 (vs. Maine) - Greg Printz^! 2.26.19 (at UConn) - Josh Wilkins 10.20.17 (at St. Lawrence) - Kasper Björkqvist 2.10.17 (vs. UConn) - Erik Foley 2.4.17 (vs. Maine) - Anthony Florentino 10.30.15 (at Colgate) - Jake Walman 2.7.15 (vs. UConn) - Nick Saracino 1.16.12 (vs. NU) - Derek Army 11.4.11 (vs. UVM) - Tim Schaller 11.12.10 (at UAH) - Kyle MacKinnon 2.19.10 (vs. BU) - Kyle MacKinnon 10.23.09 (at BG) - Matt Berglund 11.03.02 (vs. Princeton) - Devin Rask# 10.12.02 (vs Iona) - Peter Zingoni 2.16.02 (vs. Maine) - Devin Rask 11.10.01 (at NU) - Jon Disalvatore^ 2.17.01 (at BU) - Peter Fregoe 1.12.01 (vs. Iona) - Peter Fregoe 11.3.00 (vs. Maine) - Devin Rask * - Since 2000 The 2020-21 Providence College leadership group: Tyce Thompson (C), Greg Printz (C), Mike Callahan (C) # - 4 goals (all in 3rd period) // ^ - 4 goals ! - Natural Hat Trick 2 2020-21 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE GAME NOTES Meet the New Guys 2020-21 QUICK FACTS Providence welcomed in a seven-member incoming class for this season - four freshmen and three transfer student-athletes. The freshmen are: Brett Berard, Nick Poisson, Uula GENERAL INFORMATION Ruikka and Chase Yoder. Sophomore Jaxson Stauber is a transfer from Minnesota State, Location ................................Providence, Rhode Island while Matt Tugnutt and Anton Martinsson are graduate transfers from Sacred Heart and Denomination ...................................... Dominican Friars Alaska Fairbanks, respectively. Founded ....................................................................... 1917 Enrollment .................................................................. 4,139 Spreading Out the Points Nickname ...................................................................... Friars Colors ...................... Black, White and Silver (PMS 877) Twenty-one different Friars had at least one point last season. Through 18 games in Arena .......................................... Schneider Arena (3,030) 2020-21, 20 players have recorded at least one point while 18 players have tallied at Arena Surface .......................................................200’ X 85’ least one goal. Conference ....................................................Hockey East President .............................Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P. Stauber Backstops The Friars Assoc. VP/Athletics Director ... Robert G. Driscoll, Jr. Since becoming eligible on Dec. 13, Jaxson Stauber has posted a 2.03 GAA and a .922 Asst. VP/Exec. Assoc. AD/SWA ....................Jill LaPoint Sr. Assoc. AD/External Relations ......Steve Napolillo save percentage in 18 games, stopping 435-of-472 shots. Assoc. AD/Media Relations ..................... Arthur Parks Asst. AD/Facilities ........................................Dave Longo Returning Production Assoc. AD/Business ................. Martha Perez-Schmitz Providence ranked sixth in the nation with 84 goals that returned this season. The 82% Assoc. AD/Sports Medicine ..........................John Rock of returning goals ranked fourth nationally. The Friars also returned 76% of their points Assoc. AD/Compliance ..............................Joe Nicastro from last season, which also ranked sixth. TEAM INFORMATION Youth Movement Head Coach.............Nate Leaman (SUNY Cortland ‘97) The Friars have the 10th youngest roster in the NCAA this season (average age of 21 years, Record at Providence/season............201-120-47/10th 181 days). Freshman Brett Berard is the fifth youngest player on an NCAA roster this year. Career Record/season..........................339-247-83/17th Associate Head Coach....Ron Rolston (Mich.