PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior forward
Greg Printz registered five points, including four goals and sophomore
Jack Dugan tallied four points as the No. 7/6 Providence College men's hockey team downed Maine, 7-0, in the 2019-20 regular season opener at sold out Schneider Arena on Saturday.
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SCORE
Providence – 7 | Maine – 0
RECORDS
No. 7/6 Providence – 1-0-0 (1-0-0 HEAM) | Maine – 0-1-0 (0-1-0 HEAM)
VENUE
Schneider Arena – Providence, R.I.
GOALIES
Michael Lackey (PC) – 29 saves
Jeremy Swayman (Maine) – 52 saves
NOTES
- Maine took back-to-back penalties just 1:20 into the game, giving Providence a 5-on-3 opportunity. The Friars wasted little time, capitalizing at the 2:23 mark.
Jack Dugan slid the puck to
Patrick Moynihan who fired a wrist shot on goal from the slot.
Vimal Sukumaran knocked home the loose puck on the doorstep to give Providence a 1-0 lead.
- Sukumaran's goal was his first of the season and 25
th of his career. Moynihan picked up his first-career point with the assist.
- The Friars doubled their lead 4:35 into the first on a goal by
Jack Dugan.
Greg Printz fed a beautiful cross-ice pass to Dugan, who fired a shot over Jeremy Swayman's glove and into the top corner.
- Dugan's goal was his 11
th of his career. Printz earned his 14
th career assist and
Parker Ford notched his first-career point with the secondary assist.
- At the conclusion of the first period the Friars led 25-6 in shots.
- The Friars' top line increased the lead to 3-0 with 13:55 to play in the middle stanza. Dugan, Ford and Printz combined a series to tic-tac-toe passes that resulted in a backdoor tap in for Printz.
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Tyce Thompson got on the scoreboard late in the second period to make it 4-0 Providence.
- Printz then opened the third period with a natural hat trick, including his fourth tally of the night to propel the Friars to the 7-0 triumph.
- It was the first time a Friar has registered four goals in a game since Devin Rask on 11/3/02 against Princeton.
- Lackey earned his second career shutout and first as a Friar, stopping all 29 shots he faced.
- With Dugan's four points tonight, he recorded his 12
th multi-point game as a Friar and first career four-point game.
- Thompson finished the night with a goal and two assists, the third time in his career he has registered three points in a game.
- The Friars held a 59-29 shots advantage and attempted 89 shots overall.
- Freshmen
Parker Ford and
Patrick Moynihan each tallied two assists, while
Max Crozier also registered his first collegiate point with an assist in the third period.
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HOW THEY SCORED
1-0 (PC) – 2:23/1
st – PP (5-on-3) –
Vimal Sukumaran (Moynihan, Dugan) – Pushed in a rebound on the doorstep
2-0 (PC) – 4:35/1
st – EV –
Jack Dugan (Printz, Ford) – Cross-ice pass for a wrist shot in the bottom left circle
3-0 (PC) – 6:05/2
nd – EV –
Greg Printz (Ford, Dugan) – Tic-tac-toe passing up the ice for a backdoor tap in.
4-0 (PC) – 18:23/2
nd – EV –
Tyce Thompson (unassisted) – Thompson picked off a clearing attempt and beat Swayman with a wrist shot from the left circle.
5-0 (PC) – 5:55/3
rd – EV –
Greg Printz (Thompson) - Picked up a loose puck in the slot and wired a shot over the blocker of Swayman.
6-0 (PC) – 12:05/3
rd – PP –
Greg Printz (Moynihan, Thompson) – Putback of a rebound along the goal line.
7-0 (PC) – 14:39/3
rd – EV –
Greg Printz (Thompson, Crozier) – Shot from the top of the circle that deflected off a Maine defenseman.
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PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: Printz (4)
Assists: Dugan (3)
Points: Printz (5)
Shots: Thompson (8)
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POWER PLAYS
Providence – 2/8
Maine – 0/4
SHOTS
Providence – 59
Maine – 29
UP NEXT
The Friars will host Holy Cross next Friday (Oct. 11), followed by an exhibition against the U.S. National Development Program on Saturday (Oct. 12).
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