@FriarsHockey @CoachLeaman PCMHockey FriarsHockey 2020-21 FRIAR HOCKEY GAME NOTES GAME #25 #14 Providence College Friars Hockey East Semifinals vs. #6/7 UMass Minutemen 2020-21 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE SCHEDULE Date: March 17, 2021 Time: 7:00 PM ET DECEMBER (2-3-1) Location: Amherst, Mass. 4 Fri. at Boston College* L, 3-0 Venue: Mullins Center 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: Tyler Murray Color: Jim Connelly 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) #6/7 UMass collegehockeystats.net #14 Providence 1 Fri. vs. Vermont* T, 0-0 (OT/SO) MINUTEMEN Twitter Updates: FRIARS 2 Sat. vs. Vermont* W, 3-1 (14-5-4, 13-5-4 HEA) @FriarsHockey (11-8-5, 10-8-5 HEA) 8 Fri. at Boston University* W, 7-3 9 Sat. vs. Boston University* L, 6-4 Last Time Out - The Friars broke the ice at 8:47 of the first period as Parker Ford re-directed Uula Ruikka’s 15 Fri. vs. Maine* L, 4-3 point shot over the blocker of Vomacka for the 1-0 lead. Greg Printz also earned an assist on 16 Sat. vs. Maine* W, 3-2 the play. 22 Fri. at UMass* T, 0-0 (OT/SO) 23 Sat. vs. UMass* T, 1-1 (OT/SO) - Providence aimed to extend their lead late in the period as UConn’s Kale Howarth was whistled for roughing, but couldn’t convert despite a few quality looks. 29 Fri. at New Hampshire* W, 5-1 31 Sun. vs. New Hampshire* W, 3-2 - The Friars held a 19-9 advantage in shots through 20 minutes of play. - Uula Ruikka and Nick Poisson struck for goals 60 seconds apart early in the second period to FEBRUARY (3-2-1) give the Friars a 3-1 lead. 6 Sat. at Merrimack* W, 5-1 - Ruikka one-timed a shot past Vomacka after a faceoff win. Cam McDonald and John McDer- 7 Sun. vs. Merrimack* L, 3-2 mott earned the assists on the play. 12 Fri. vs. UConn* W, 4-0 23 Tues. vs. UMass* L, 8-1 - Poisson extended the lead to 3-0 after he finished off Ben Mirageas’ shot from the point. 27 Sat. at Northeastern* W, 4-2 Tyce Thompson earned the secondary assist on Poisson’s fifth tally of the season. 28 Sun. vs. Northeastern* T, 3-3 (OT/SO) - Jachym Kondelik got the Huskies on the board at 3-1, stuffing a shot past Stauber on the short side at 9:20 of the second period. MARCH - Tyce Thompson extended the Providence lead at 1:45 of the third period with his 11th goal 5 Fri. at UConn* L, 5-3 of the season. 14 Sun. at UConn # W, 6-1 - The Friar penalty kill came up big in the third period, killing off all three power play opportu- 17 Wed. at UMass # 7:00 PM nities for the Huskies. Home games in BOLD | All times Eastern - Brett Berard and Max Crozier added goals down the stretch to extend the lead to 6-1. | * - Hockey East contest - Five players finished the night with two-point performances (Berard, Mirageas, Poisson, | # - Hockey East Tournament Ruikka and Thompson). Twelve players registered at least one point in the game. Playoff Nuggets * All dates/times are subject to change - Under Nate Leaman, Providence is 16-13 overall in the Hockey East Tournament dating back 2012 after Sunday’s Hockey East Quarterfinal win at UConn. The Friars also improved to 5-1 all-time in single elimination quarterfinal games. - Providence makes its 16th appearance in the Hockey East Semifinals and sixth under Nate Leaman. The Friars are 5-11 all-time and 1-4 under Nate Leaman in the semifinal round, win- ning their last appearance by a 3-2 overtime decision against Northeastern in 2018. - The Friars seek their sixth Hockey East Championship appearance all-time. In 2018, the Friars fell to Boston University, 2-0, at TD Garden. - Wednesday marks the second time the teams will face-off in the Hockey East Tournament, with the Friars sweeping the Minutemen in a best-of-three Opening Round series back in 2017. TALE OF THE TAPE Providence (NCAA Rank) 2020-21 UMass (NCAA Rank) 2.88 (28th) Goals Per Game 3.48 (12th) 2.58 (19th) Goals Against Average 1.87 (2nd) 34.5 (5th) Shots Per Game 32.2 (14th) 16-88 (.182) (31st) Power Play 22-94 (.234) (9th) Media Relations Contact: Mike Billings 78-92 (.848) (13th) Penalty Kill 83-91 (.912) (2nd) email: [email protected] | office: 401.865.2201 .542 (5th) Faceoff % .546 (4th) FRIARS IN THE POLLS (2020-21) Date USCHO USA Today SERIES HISTORY VS. UMASS (48-30-8, .605) 10.26 17 -- 11.2 -- RV 11.16 15 15 Date Site Score 11.23 -- 13 Last 20 meetings... 11.30 12 12 12.7 19 RV 2/22/14 Mullins Center 2-1 W 12.14 19 RV 12/28/14 Gutterson Fieldhouse 4-1 W 12.21 15 13 12.28 15 RV 2/20/15 Schneider Arena 3-2 W (ot) 1.4 16 RV 2/21/15 Mullins Center 2-1 L (ot) 1.11 16 RV 1.18 18 RV 2/26/16 Mullins Center 4-1 W 1.25 17 RV 2/27/16 Schneider Arena 6-0 W 2.1 16 RV 2.8 16 RV 2/24/17 Mullins Center 6-2 W 2.15 15 RV 2/25/17 Schneider Arena 2-1 W (ot) 2.22 14 RV 3.1 15 RV 3/3/17 Schneider Arena (HE) 3-0 W 3.8 17 RV 3/4/17 Schneider Arena (HE) 5-1 W 3.15 14 14 11/9/17 Mullins Center 5-2 L 11/11/17 Schneider Arena 7-2 W 2/24/18 Mullins Center 1-0 L 11/8/18 Mullins Center 3-2 L 2020-21 AWARDS/ACCOLADES 11/10/18 Schneider Arena 3-2 L 2/23/19 Schneider Arena 3-2 W Nick Poisson • Hockey East Rookie of the Week (2.15.21) 2/7/20 Mullins Center 3-1 L 2/8/20 Schneider Arena 5-1 L Uula Ruikka • Hockey East Rookie of the Week (12.21.20) 1/22/21 Mullins Center 0-0 T (ot/so) • Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week 1/23/21 Schneider Arena 1-1 T (ot/so) (3.15.21) 2/23/21 Schneider Arena 8-1 L Jaxson Stauber • Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week Scouting the Minutemen (12.21.20, 1.25.21, 3.15.21) • Mike Richter Award Finalist The Minutemen enter Wednesday’s game on a current eight-game unbeaten streak (5- • Walter Brown Award Semifinalist 0-3), including a 4-1 win over Northeastern on Sunday in the Hockey East Quarterfinals. Leading scorer Bobby Trivigno tallied three points (1-2-3) in the win over Northeastern on Tyce Thompson Saturday and has totaled nine goals and 18 assists in 23 games this year. The Minutemen • Second Team Hockey East All-Star • Hobey Baker Nominee boast nine players with at least 10 points this season. Filip Lindberg has continued his • Walter Brown Award Semifinalist strong play in goal with a 1.55 GAA and .939 save percentage in 10 games this season. Series History vs. UMass (PC leads 48-30-8, .605) Wednesday marks the fourth meeting of the season between the two teams. In a home-and-home series back in January, the squads skated to a pair of ties, with each team winning a shootout. On Feb. 23, UMass jumped on the Friars early in a 8-1 win at Schneider Arena. 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.