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Women's Ice Hockey
vs Sacred Heart University (Exhibition)
3:00 PM
Providence College Athletics
Friday, December 31
Providence, R.I.
2:00 P.M.
Providence College
8-5-5, 5-4-2
3
vs
1
University of Vermont
9-8-2, 6-5-1
1
2
3
F
Vermont
0
1
0
1
Providence
0
2
1
3
Women’s Hockey Tops Vermont, 3-1
12/31/2021 4:38:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College women's ice hockey team defeated Vermont, 3-1, on Friday, Dec. 31 in Schneider Arena. Sara Hjalmarsson (Bankeryd, Sweden) scored twice for the Friars in the second period and Lily Martinson (Allen, Texas) netted her first collegiate goal in the third.
SCORE
Providence- 3 | Vermont– 1
RECORDS
Providence - 8-5-5 (5-4-2 HE) | Vermont 9-8-2 (6-5-1 HE)
VENUE
Schneider Arena – Providence, R.I.
GAME FLOW AND NOTES
Both teams skated through the opening period scoreless.
Vermont got on the board first with a goal from Evelyne Blais-Savoie at the 9:28 mark of the second period, for a 1-0 lead.
Sara Hjalmarsson (Bankeryd, Sweden) evened things out, 1-1, just 2:12 later (11:40) with a short-handed breakaway goal after Lindsay Bochna (Toronto, Ontario) was whistled for a check. Hjalmarsson was unassisted.
Providence took the lead, 2-1, at 14:36 with a top-shelf goal from Hjalmarsson, which served as the game-winner. On her second goal of the night and fifth of the season, Hjalmarsson was assisted by Lily Hendrikson (Edina, Minn.) and Isabelle Hardy (Oakville, Ontario).
Lily Martinson (Allen, Texas) scored her first career goal as a Friar 4:38 into the third, for a 3-1 Friars lead. Martinson was assisted by Caroline Peterson (East Falmouth, Mass.) and Lindsay Bochna (Toronto, Ontario).
Sandra Abstreiter (Freising, Germany) made 39 saves, including 17 in the opening period alone.
STAT COMPARISON
Providence –
Shots: 21
Face-offs: 20/51
Power plays: 0/2
Penalty kill: 4/4
Vermont –
Shots: 40
Face-offs: 30/51
Power plays: 0/4
Penalty kill: 2/2
UP NEXT
Providence will return Sunday, Jan. 2 in Worcester, Mass. as they take on the Holy Cross Crusaders. Puck drop is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
- GO FRIARS -
Team Stats
UVM
PVD
Shots
40
21
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
1
Penalties
2
4
Penalty Mins
4
8
Faceoffs Won
30
21
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
2
Goals
2
Sh
5
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
1
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
1
Players Mentioned
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