@FriarsHockey @CoachLeaman PCMHockey FriarsHockey 2017-18 FRIAR HOCKEY GAME NOTES GAME #39 #7 Providence College Friars NCAA East Regional vs. #9 Clarkson Golden Knights 2017-18 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date: March 23, 2018 Time: 6:30 PM OCTOBER (5-2-0, 2-1-0 HEA) Location: Bridgeport, Conn. 6 Fri. at Miami (OH) W, 3-1 Venue: Webster Bank Arena TV: ESPNU, WatchESPN, TSN Go 7 Sat. at Miami (OH) W, 3-2 PBP: John Buccigross 15 Sun. vs. Boston College* L, 4-3 (OT) Color: Barry Melrose 20 Fri. at St. Lawrence W, 6-5 (OT) Rinkside: Quint Kessenich 21 Sat. at Clarkson L, 4-0 Radio: WOON 1240 AM 27 Fri. vs. Boston College* (TV: YurView) W, 2-1 PBP: Mike Logan 28 Sat. vs. Boston University* (TV: YurView) W, 3-0 Live Stats: #9 Clarkson collegehockeystats.net #7 Providence NOVEMBER (3-3-1, 3-2-1 HEA) GOLDEN KNIGHTS Twitter Updates: FRIARS 3 Fri. at Boston University* L, 2-0 (23-10-6, 12-5-5 ECAC) @FriarsHockey (23-11-4, 13-7-4 HEA) 9 Thurs. at UMass* L, 5-2 11 Sat. vs. UMass* (TV: YurView) W, 7-2 TALKING POINTS 17 Fri. vs. Merrimack* (TV: YurView) W, 2-1 - Providence dropped a 2-0 decision to Boston University in the Hockey East Cham- 18 Sat. at Merrimack* (TV: NESN) T, 6-6 (OT) pionship Game on Saturday night at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. It was the Friars’ first 24 Fri. vs. Maine*^ (TV: NESN) W, 3-0 Hockey East title game appearance since 2001. 25 Sat. vs. Clarkson^ (TV: NESN Plus) L, 4-2 - The Friars rallied from a one-goal deficit late against Northeastern on Friday night to capture a 3-2 overtime win over the Huskies. Kasper Björkqvist tied the game with DECEMBER (3-2-0, 1-1-0 HEA) 1:51 left in regulation and Brandon Duhaime sent Providence to the final with the 1 Fri. vs. New Hampshire* (TV: YurView) W, 5-2 game-winner 9:55 into the extra session. 2 Sat. at New Hampshire* (TV: ESPN3) L, 1-0 - Providence earned its first overtime win in the Hockey East Tournament since a 4-3 8 Fri. vs. RIT (TV: YurView) W, 8-3 win over New Hampshire in the 2005 quarterfinal round. 9 Sat. vs. RIT (TV: NBC Sports Boston) L, 4-0 29 Fri. vs. Arizona State# W, 6-0 - The Friars earned their fifth-consecutive NCAA Tournament bid on Sunday, which 30 Sat. vs. Robert Morris# W, 2-1 is the second-longest active NCAA appearance streak in the nation. Overall, it’s the Friars’ 14th appearance in the national tournament. Providence is the No. 2 seed in JANUARY (5-1-2, 4-1-2 HEA) the Bridgeport Regional. 3 Wed. vs. Brown! (TV: YurView) W, 5-0 - Last time in Bridgeport in 2014, the Friars earned their first NCAA win since 1991 6 Sat. vs. Merrimack* W, 5-2 with a 4-0 blanking of Quinnipiac in the Northeast Regional Semifinal. Providence 12 Fri. at Boston College* (TV: ESPN3) W, 4-1 fell to the eventual national champion, Union, 3-1 in the Northeast Regional Final. 13 Sat. at Boston University* T, 2-2 (OT) - In 2017-18, the Friars are 4-1-4 in overtime games with two of those wins coming 18 Thurs. at UConn* W, 3-1 over Northeastern. Friday night was the first OT win in the Hockey East Semifinals 20 Sat. vs. UConn* (TV: NBC Sports Boston) L, 3-1 for the Friars. 26 Fri. at Northeastern* (TV: ESPN3) T, 4-4 (OT) - Nate Leaman has posted a 5-3 NCAA Tournament record while at Providence. 27 Sat. vs. Northeastern* (TV: YurView) W, 2-1 (OT) - Providence is 3-4-2 this season against NCAA Tournament teams. All three wins came against Hockey East schools, Boston University and Northeastern. FEBRUARY (3-2-1, 3-2-1 HEA) - Brian Pinho now ranks second all-time at Providence with 154 games played. He sits 2 Fri. at Vermont* T, 2-2 (OT) two games played behind Ross Mauermann for the program record. 3 Sat. at Vermont* L, 4-3 - Hayden Hawkey is second among goaltenders in the NCAA Tournament field with 9 Fri. vs. Maine* (TV: NESN Plus) W, 3-2 (OT) 47 career wins. He’s also fourth in that group with 1,832 career saves. 16 Fri. vs. UMass Lowell* (TV: NESN Plus) W, 5-2 - The fifth-consecutive season of 20-plus wins is the third-longest active streak in the 17 Sat. at UMass Lowell* (TV: ESPN3) W, 3-1 nation behind Denver (17) and Minnesota State (6). 24 Sat. at UMass* L, 1-0 - Providence is just one of three NCAA Division I programs all-time to send its basketball and hockey teams to the NCAA Tournament in the same season for five MARCH (3-1-0) consecutive years (Michigan, and Michigan State). The Friars are the only school to 9 Fri. vs. Maine (TV: NBC Sports Boston) W, 4-3 accomplish the feat in the last five seasons. 10 Sat. vs. Maine (TV: NBC Sports Boston) W, 3-2 - Ben (Providence) and Zack (Air Force) Mirageas are one of six brother combinations 16 Fri. Northeastern (TV: NESN Plus) W, 3-2 (OT) playing in the NCAA Tournament. 17 Sat. Boston University (TV: NESN Plus) L, 2-0 23 Fri. Clarkson (TV: ESPNU) 6:30 PM TALE OF THE TAPE Home games in BOLD | All times Eastern | * - Hockey East contest | ^ - Friendship Four (Belfast, N. Ireland) | ! - Mayor’s Cup | Providence (NCAA Rank) 2017-18 Clarkson (NCAA Rank) # - Three Rivers Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 3.03 (T-22nd) Goals Per Game 3.13 (14th) 2.18 (9th) Goals Against Average 1.90 (2nd) * All dates/times are subject to change 32.4 (13th) Shots Per Game 30.3 (25th) 31-171 (.181) (34th) Power Play 42-160 (.262) (4th) Media Relations Contact: Mike Billings 129-151 (.854) (7th) Penalty Kill 128-152 (.842) (10th) email: [email protected] | office: 401.865.2201 .514 (17th) Faceoff % .545 (3rd) FRIARS IN THE POLLS (2017-18) SERIES HISTORY VS. CLARKSON (16-36-2, .315) Date USCHO USA Today 9.25 11 5 10.2 n/a 5 10.9 9 5 10.16 10 9 Date Site Score 10.23 11 10 2/25/53 Clarkson Arena 4-7 L 10.30 6 6 2/26/55 Clarkson Arena 4-3 W 11.6 8 7 2/27/56 Clarkson Arena 3-8 L 11.13 10 9 11.20 10 11 1/4/57 Clarkson Arena 2-7 L 11.27 9 9 2/3/58 Clarkson Arena 1-9 L 12.4 9 9 2/5/58 RI Auditorium 2-10 L 12.11 11 11 1/15/59 Clarkson Arena 3-5 L 1.2 11 11 12/16/60 RI Auditorium 2-7 L 1.8 11 10 1.15 10 10 1/13/62 Clarkson Arena 1-9 L 1.22 10 10 3/6/62 Clarkson Arena (ECAC) 3-6 L 1.29 8 8 2/6/63 RI Auditorium 1-1 T (ot) 2.5 9 10 2/22/64 Clarkson Arena 6-4 W 2.12 8 8 2.19 7 7 3/13/64 Boston Arena (ECAC) 6-5 W 2.26 9 10 12/23/64 Madison Square Garden 3-9 L 3.5 9 10 2/10/65 RI Auditorium 6-1 W 3.12 9 9 2/25/66 Clarkson Arena 1-4 L 3.19 7 7 2/14/67 RI Auditorium 4-5 L 2/24/68 Clarkson Arena 3-11 L 3/1/69 RI Auditorium 3-6 L 2017-18 AWARDS/ACCOLADES 1/30/70 Clarkson Arena 6-11 L 2/6/71 RI Auditorium 2-4 L Jacob Bryson 2/5/72 Clarkson Arena 4-3 W • First Team Hockey East All-Star (3.14.18) 2/3/73 Meehan Auditorium 3-2 W • Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award 2/1/74 Clarkson Arena 2-6 L 1/31/75 Schneider Arena 7-1 W Kasper Björkqvist 1/31/76 Rochester War Memorial 3-6 L • Hockey East Top Performer (10.23.17) 2/12/77 Schneider Arena 2-4 L 3/8/77 Walker Arena (ECAC) 3-6 L Scott Conway 11/18/77 Walker Arena 6-10 L • Hockey East Top Performer (11.13.17) 1/6/79 Ingalls Rink 2-7 L 1/14/79 Schneider Arena 3-1 W Erik Foley 2/1/80 Schneider Arena 5-2 W • Hockey East Player of the Month (12.5.17) 3/15/80 Boston Garden (ECAC) 6-5 W • First Team Hockey East All-Star (3.14.18) 1/19/81 Walker Arena 3-8 L Hayden Hawkey 3/13/81 Boston Garden (ECAC) 4-3 W • Hockey East Top Performer (10.9.17) 1/16/82 Schneider Arena 5-6 L • Hockey East Def. Player of the Week 1/15/83 Walker Arena 4-3 W (10.30.17), (1.2.18, 1.15.18) 2/19/84 Schneider Arena 3-8 L • Second Team Hockey East All-Star (3.14.17) 12/29/92 Houston Fieldhouse 4-3 W (ot) 1/15/94 Cheel Arena 4-6 L Ben Mirageas 1/13/95 Schneider Arena 3-6 L • Hockey East Rookie of the Week (11.13.17) 1/14/95 Schneider Arena 6-7 L 12/29/95 Houston Fieldhouse 3-4 L Brian Pinho 1/13/96 Cheel Arena 4-5 L • Hockey East Top Performer (1.2.18) 11/24/01 Schneider Arena 4-2 W • Hockey East Player of the Week (1.8.18) 11/29/02 Cheel Arena 0-4 L • Third Team Hockey East All-Star (3.14.18) 12/27/03 Dunkin’ Donuts Ctr.