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Men's Ice Hockey
vs Simon Fraser (Exhibition)
Providence College Athletics
Wednesday, January 26
Amherst, Mass.
7:00 PM
Providence College
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Massachusetts
Men's Hockey Defeated By UMass-Amherst, 4-3
1/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
AMHERST, Mass. -- UMass-Amherst defeated Providence College, 4-3, in HOCKEY EAST action at the Mullins Center on Wednesday, January 26. Despite holding two two-goal leads, the Friars could not keep the Minutemen off the scoreboard who were led by Jeff Turner's two-goal effort.
The Friars took a 1-0 lead when freshman Jon DiSalvatore broke in all alone on UMass netminder Mike Johnson and slid a low shot under the goaltender at 10:34 of the first period. The Friars quickly built on their lead as West Warwick's Drew Omicioli was all alone in front of the net and one timed a pass by Johnson at the 11:46 mark of the first period. The Minutemen cut the Friars lead in half when Toni Solderholm blasted a shot from the right point that squirted through PC goaltender Boyd Ballard's pads with 1:17 remaining in the first period.
The action remained fast paced at the beginning of the second period with two goals scored in the first 1:24 of action. Peter Fregoe finished off a two-on-one break in for the Friars when he snapped in a shot just under the cross bar 49 seconds into the period. After the Fregoe goal, the Minutemen replaced Johnson in goal with Markus Helanen. The move gave UMass momentum as they pressured the Friars and scored at the 1:24 mark. Ballard stopped Tim Turner's shot from the top of the circle, but his brother, Jeff, fired in the rebound to bring the Minutemen back within one goal. Jeff Turner got the tying goal for UMass when he scored from an awkward angle after firing the puck at the net at 11:10 of the second period. UMass scored its third consecutive goal and took the lead when Nathan Sell redirected a shot from the point past Ballard at 16:29 of the second period.
PC sophomore goaltender Jamie Vanek made his first collegiate appearance as he started the third period in net for the Friars. Vanek made six saves and kept the Minutemen scoreless in the third period, but the Friars were unable to net the game tying goal.
With the win, UMass improved to 10-12-3 overall and 4-9-2 in HOCKEY EAST action, while Providence fell to 12-12-1 overall and 4-9 in league play.
The Friars will return to action against UMass-Lowell on Friday, January 28 at PC's Schneider Arena at 7:00 p.m.
Providence College 2 1 0 -- 3
UMass-Amherst 1 3 0 -- 4
First period - PC, DiSalvatore 10 (Ialongo, Wright) 10:34, PC, Omicioli 7 (Rask, MacNevin) 11:46, UMA, Soderholm 4 (Jay Shaw) 18:43. Penalties - PC, 1-2, UMA, 0-0.
Second period - PC, Fregoe 8 (Sheppard, Pisani) :49, UMA, Jeff Turner 10 (Tim Turner, Poulin) 1:24, UMA, Jeff Turner 11 (Tim Turner, R.J. Gates) 11:10, UMA, Sell 5 (Blanchard, Drohan) 16:29. Penalties - PC, 2-4, UMA, 3-17.
Third period - None. Penalties - PC, 6-28, UMA, 5-18.
Saves - Ballard, PC, 12-13-x -- 25 (40:00), Vanek, PC, x-x-6 -- 6 (18:34), Johnson, UMA, 3-0-x --3 (20:49), Helanen, UMA, x-9-7 --16 (39:11).
Records - Providence College, 12-12-1, UMass 10-12-3.
Attendance: 2,119 (Mullins Center)
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