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Men's Ice Hockey
vs Simon Fraser (Exhibition)
Providence College Athletics
Friday, November 25
North Andover, Mass. (Lawler Rink)
4:00 PM
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Merrimack
Men's Hockey Falls at Merrimack, 5-2
11/25/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Nov. 25, 2016
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. - Tyler Irvine's pair of goals paced a five-goal third period for the Merrimack Warriors in a 5-2 win over the Providence College men's hockey team on Friday afternoon at Lawler Rink.
Providence falls to 4-5-2 (1-3-1 HEA), while the Warriors get their first Hockey East win of the season to improve to 6-6-3 (1-3-2 HEA). Hayden Hawkey made 16 saves to fall to 4-5-2, while Drew Vogler improved to 5-5-3 with 21 stops. The Friars suffer their first loss to the Warriors since Nov. 8, 2014, a span of five games.
Providence came up empty on its first power play of the day, but the momentum carried over into their second chance as North Andover native Brian Pinho camped out front and deflected a Jake Walman point shot into the back of the net at 10:16.
Hawkey turned aside all six shots he faced in the opening period, including a shorthanded breakaway by Alfred Larsson late in the period.
A scoreless second period yielded just nine combined shots between the teams. Hawkey stopped six of those bids after Merrimack carried momentum throughout the period. Solid work on the penalty kill by the Friars held the Warriors off the scoreboard during a 4-on-3 for 1:06.
Shots on goal through two periods were 16-13 in favor of Providence.
The Warriors took advantage of a turnover in the Friars' zone as Tyler Irvine snapped a shot inside the post past Hawkey to knot the game at one just 3:54 into the third. Merrimack continued the momentum and quickly struck for two more goals from Ludvig Larsson and Hampus Gustafsson to put the hosts up 3-1.
After an apparent Friar goal was waived off, the Warriors extended their lead to 4-1 as Chris LeBlanc found a hole under the left arm of Hawkey with under eight minutes to play. Vincent Desharnais' wrister from center ice found its way into the back of the net with 1:04 to play to make it a 4-2 game but Irvine sealed things with an empty-netter to give the Warriors a 5-2 win.
The Friars will return home tomorrow night for a non-conference matchup against Colgate beginning at 7:05 p.m. at Schneider Arena.
HOW THEY SCORED
1-0 (PC) Brian Pinho (PPG) (Walman, Bryson) - Tip-in at the top of the crease on a point shot from Walman.
1-1 (MC) Tyler Irvine - Snap shot from the top of the slot.
2-1 (MC) Ludvig Larsson (Irvine) - Rebound off a shot from Irvine that trickled over the goal line.
3-1 (MC) Hampus Gustafsson (Irvine, L. Larsson) - Rebound at the far post.
4-1 (MC) Chris LeBlanc (Babcock, Petit) - Stuff shot on the short side.
4-2 (PC) Vincent Desharnais (PPG) (MacPhee, Hennessey) - Wrister from center ice that skipped past Vogler.
5-2 (MC) Tyler Irvine - Empty netter from 185 feet.
Notes: Power Plays - Merrimack (0/3), Providence (2/8). Final shots on goal: 23-21 in favor of the Friars … shot attempts: Providence 49, Merrimack 37 ... Pinho currently rides a career-high seven-game point streak (3-7-10) … the Friars allowed three-plus goals to the Warriors for the first time in 14 meetings … Desharnais' goal was the second of his career … Conor MacPhee notched his first assist since March 28, 2014 vs. Quinnipiac in the NCAA Tournament.
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