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Providence College Athletics
Saturday, February 17
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
7:00 PM ET
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Men's Hockey Ties Boston University, 5-5 In Overtime
2/17/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 17, 2001
BOSTON, MASS. -- Peter Fregoe recorded his second hat trick of the season as the ninth-ranked Providence College Friars tied the Boston University Terriers, 5-5, in HOCKEY EAST action on Saturday, February 17 at Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Mass.
After being out shot by a 14-6 margin in the opening 20 minutes of play the Friars trailed the Terriers by only one goal. The Terriers tallied the game's first goal at the 4:19 mark of the first period. Carl Corazzini tipped a Chris Dyment slap shot past PC goaltender Nolan Schaefer, a power-play goal. The Friars' responded, notching power-play goal of their own at the 5:47 mark. Freshman Regan Kelly recorded his fourth goal of the season.
Midway through the first period the Terriers recorded two unanswered goals to take a 3-1 lead. Jack Baker and Steve Greeley each tallied a goal for BU. On both goals, Schaefer made the initial save, but the swarming Terriers were able to slip two pucks past the Friars' goaltender. PC's J.J. Picinic made it a one-goal game at the 14:55 mark. Shawn Weiman controlled the puck in the left corner and fired a centering pass to Picinic in front of the crease. Picinic then one-timed the puck past BU netminder Sean Fields, the goal was Picinic's 10th of the season and second goal in as many games.
Fregoe tallied two power-play goal in the second period as PC took a 4-3 lead. At the 5:24 mark, Jay Leach fired a shot that deflected off Fields to Fregoe waiting in front of the net. At the 8:35 mark, Fregoe struck again, this time collecting a rebound from a Kelly shot, for his 12th goal of the season. Fregoe's second goal forced Fields form the game in place of Jason Tapp.
The Terriers' Gregg Johnson tied the game 4-4 at the 14:10 mark of the second period as he fired a slap shot from the left-face off circle that beat Schaefer on the glove-side.
PC regained the lead just 59 seconds into the third period as Fregoe recorded his third goal of the contest. Fregoe setup in front of the net and one-timed a pass from Devin Rask, past Tapp for the Friars' fourth power-play goal of the game.
The Terriers fought back and tied the game 5-5 at the 9:13 mark on Brian Collins 13th tally of the season. Just 27 seconds into overtime PC's Kelly was called for a holding penalty but the Terriers could not captilize on the man advantage during the extra period.
Schaefer stopped 30 shots in the tie, while Fields and Tapp combined for 31 saves for the Terriers.
With the tie, Providence's record stands at17-8-5 overall, 11-6-3 in league play, while Boston University is 12-14-3 overall and 8-9-3 in HOCKEY EAST action.
The Friars will return to action against UMass-Lowell on Thursday, February 23 at Tsongas Arena at 7:00 p.m.
Providence College 2 2 1 0 -- 5Boston University 3 1 1 0 -- 5
First period - BU,Corazzini 16 (Dyment, Bussoli) 4:19 PP, PC, Kelly 4 (Leach, Fregoe) 5:47 PP, BU, Greeley 1 (Gillis, Bussoli) 10:08, BU, Baker 9 (Collins) 12:13, PC Picinic 10 (Weiman, Lee) 16:55. Penalties - PC, 2-4, BU, 2-4.
Second period -PC Fregoe 11 ( Leach, Kelly) 5:24 PP, PC Fregoe 12 (Loughlean, Kelly) 8:35 PP, BU Johnson 5 (Gillis, Mullen) 14:10. Penalties - PC, 2-4, BU, 4-8.
Third period - PC Fregoe 13 (Rask, Libby) 00:59 PP, BU Collins 13 (Cavanaugh) 9:13. Penalties - PC, 0-0, BU, 0-0.
Overtime - none. Penalties - PC, 1-2, BU, 0-0
Saves - Schaefer, PC, 11-12-4-x3-- 30 (65:00): Fields, BU, 4-12-X --16 (28:35): Tapp, BU, X-4-9 -2 -- 15. (36:25)
Records - Providence College, 17-8-4 (11-6-2), Boston University, 12-14-2 (8-9-2).
Attendance: 3,368 (Walter Brown Arena)
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