Providence College Athletics

Friday, January 25
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Providence College

6
vs
4

Boston College

Men's Hockey Defeats Boston College, 6-4

1/25/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Jan. 25, 2002

Box Score

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College men's hockey team defeated Boston College, 6-4, in a HOCKEY EAST league contest on Friday, January 25 at PC's Schneider Arena. With the win, the Friars move two points ahead of the Eagles in the HOCKEY EAST league standings, into sixth place by themselves.

The Friars (11-12-3 overall/6-7-1 HE) opened the game with two quick goals in the contest's first three-plus minutes. Junior co-captain Devin Rask (Parkside, Sask.) lifted a backhanded over BC goaltender Matti Kaltiainen's left shoulder for his ninth goal of the season. Freshman forward Chris Chaput (Pawtucket, R.I.) assisted on the goal. A minute-and-a-half later, senior center Peter Fregoe (Massena, N.Y.) fired a shot from the left side past Kaltiainen on the power play to increase PC's lead to 2-0. Rask and junior co-captain Jon DiSalvatore (South Windsor, Conn.) assisted on the goal.

Providence added its' third goal of the contest at the 16:30 mark of the first period when Fregoe tipped sophomore defenseman Jason Platt's (Portola Valley, Calif.) shot from the point past Kaltiainen for the score. DiSalvatore picked up the second assist on the goal.

Boston College (12-11-2/5-9-1 HE) got on the scoreboard in the second period, as Dave Spina scored for the Eagles on the power play. The Friars had an answer for BC, though, as sophomore Peter Zingoni (Newtown, Conn.) and senior forward Drew Omicioli (West Warwick, R.I.) scored within three minutes of each other to increase PC's lead to 5-1.

The Eagles scored three unanswered goals in the third period, cutting the Friars lead to 5-4 with 4:28 to play in regulation. A.J. Walker scored just 2:18 into the final frame to cut PC's lead to 5-2. Jeff Giuliano scored at the 7:22 mark to whittle the Friars lead to two goals and Ned Havern scored with 4:28 remaining to pull BC to within one goal of the Friars.

The Eagles pulled goaltender Matti Kaltiainen with 53 seconds to play for the extra attacker, but a slashing penalty called on Dave Spina left five skaters aside on the ice. Providence capitalized on Spina's penalty, as DiSalvatore fed Rask for the empty net goal with 19 seconds remaining to seal the Friar victory.

Providence's Nolan Schaefer (Yellow Grass, Sask.) made 31 saves in the victory while Kaltiainen recorded 15 saves in the loss.

The two teams play for the final time in the regular season on Sunday, January 27 at BC's Kelley Rink at 3:00 p.m. The game will be telecast live on FOX Sports New England.

Friday, January 25, 2002Schneider Arena, Providence, R.I.Boston College (12-11-2/5-9-1)          0   1   3   --  4   1-5 7-22Providence College (11-12-3/6-7-1)  3   2   1   --  6   2-5 6-12
Per Time    Team    Goal Scorer  (Assists)1   1:36    PC  Devin Rask (Chris Chaput)1   3:11    PC  Peter Fregoe (Devin Rask, Jon DiSalvatore) PP1   16:30   PC  Peter Fregoe (Jason Platt, Jon DiSalvatore)2   3:26    BC  Dave Spina (Ryan Shannon, Jeff Giuliano)2   10:40   PC  Peter Zingoni (Eric Lundberg)2   13:14   PC  Drew Omicioli (Regan Kelly, Peter Fregoe)3   2:18    BC  AJ Walker (Jeff Giuliano, Ales Dolinar)3   7:22    BC  Jeff Giuliano (Ales Dolinar, Brett Peterson)3   15:32   BC  Ned Havern (Jeff Giuliano)3   19:41   PC  Devin Rask (Jon DiSalvatore, Shawn Weiman) PP
Saves:Matti Kaltiainen (BC)   7   4   4   --  15  (59:26)Nolan Schaefer (PC)    12  9   10  --  31  (60:00)

Attendance: 3,036: sellout (Schneider Arena)

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