Providence College Athletics

Men's Hockey Falls to No. 4 New Hampshire

6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

March 6, 1998

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The fourth-ranked New Hampshire Wildcats defeated the Providence College Friars, 3-2, in HOCKEY EAST action on Friday, March 6 at PC's Schneider Arena.

Providence freshman Cole Gendreau opened the scoring with his first collegiate goal as he broke down the left wing and beat UNH goaltender Sean Matile through the five hole at 7:37 of the first period. UNH evened the game with 1:09 remaining in the first period when Rob Gagnon poked in a rebound.

Derek Bekar tallied the only goal of the second period on a power play when he one-timed a shot past PC netminder Boyd Ballard 14 seconds into the period. Ballard kept the Wildcats in check for the remainder of the period posting 12 saves.

Bekar registered his second goal of the game and what proved to be the gamewinner when he backhanded a shot past a sprawled Ballard at 13:08 of the third. PC pressured late in the game and got within one goal when Jon Cameron slid a low shot under Matile on a power play with 1:41 remaining in the game.

Matile registered 17 stops in the win for the Wildcats. Ballard made 37 stops and earned the No. 2 star in the loss.

With the win New Hampshire raised its record to 23-8-1 overall and 15-7-1 in HOCKEY EAST while Providence fell to 15-16-3 overall and 9-13-2 in league play.

Providence College will return to action on Thursday in the first game of a best-of-three HOCKEY EAST Quarterfinal series at Boston College at 7:00 p.m.

    at Schneider Arena, Providence, R.I.Team               Record    1st 2nd 3rd   Final   Power Plays   PenaltiesNew Hampshire      (23- 8-1)  1   1   1   -- 3        1-4        5-10Providence College (15-16-3)  1   0   1   -- 2        1-4        5-10Per Time    Team  Goal Scorer     (Assists)1    7:37   PC    Cole Gendreau 1 (J.J. Picinic, Leigh Dean)1   18:51   UNH   Rob Gagnon    5 (John Sadowski, Dylan Dellezay)2     :14   UNH   Derek Bekar  28 (Tom Nolan, Jayme Filipowicz) PP3   13:08   UNH   Derek Bekar  29 (Jason Krog, Mike Souza)3   18:19   PC    Jon Cameron  10 (Jon Coe, Troy Lake) PP      Saves:Sean Matile (UNH)    5   4   8   --17    (60:00)Boyd Ballard (PC)   12  12  13   --37    (57:57)Attendance: 1,196 (Schneider Arena)

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