Providence College Athletics

Friday, December 4
Providence, R.I.
6:00 P.M.

Providence College

4-0-1

2
vs
0

Holy Cross

1-2-0

1
2
3
F
Holy Cross
0
0
0
0
Providence
1
1
0
2
Women's ice hockey player Sara Hjalmarsson skating with the puck during a game
Photo by: Stew Milne

No. 9 Women’s Hockey Shuts Out Holy Cross

12/4/2020 9:04:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Providence College women's hockey defeated the Holy Cross Crusaders by a score of 2-0 on Friday, Dec. 4 at Schneider Arena.
 
SCORE
Providence – 2 | Holy Cross – 0
 
RECORDS
Providence: 4-0-1 (1-0-0 HE) | Maine: 1-2-0 (1-2-0 HE)
 
VENUE
Schneider Arena | Providence, R.I
 
GAME FLOW & NOTES
Annelise Rice (Excelsior, Minn.) got the Friars on the board with her third goal of the season 10:31 into the first. Rice was assisted by Brooke Becker (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and Sara Hjalmarsson (Bankeryd, Sweden).
 
Providence head into the penalty kill with 1:45 left in the first after Hjalmarsson was called for checking. Lauren DeBlois (Lewiston, Maine) followed her to the box for interference just 40 seconds left to go in the period. A strong 5-on-3 penalty kill left the Friars up 1-0 heading into the first intermission.
 
The Friars returned to the penalty kill 3:51 into the middle frame as Claire Tyo (Massena, N.Y.) was called for tripping.
 
Hunter Barnett (Caledon, Ontario) advanced the Friars lead to 2-0 with a wrist shot over the right glove 7:04 into the second. Barnett was unassisted in her first goal in a Friar's uniform.
 
Providence returned to the penalty box for their fourth time of the night after Isabelle Hardy (Oakville, Ontario) was called for body checking 4:02 into the final period.
 
Abstreiter finished the shut out game with 16 saves and helped the Friars kill off all four penalties. This is the net-minders third career shut out game.
 
 
STAT COMPARISON
Providence-
Shots: 31
Face-offs: 18/26
Power plays: 0/1
Penalty kill: 4/4

Holy Cross-
Shots: 16
Face-offs: 26/18
Power plays: 0/4
Penalty kill: 1/1
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Friars travel to Holy Cross for a 3:00 p.m. game tomorrow, Dec. 5.
 
For more updates on the Providence women's hockey program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @PCWHockey.
 
 
- GO FRIARS -
 
 
 
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