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Women's Ice Hockey
vs Sacred Heart University (Exhibition)
3:00 PM
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, March 6
Boston, MA
7:00 PM
Providence College
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Northeastern University
20-1-1
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No. 9 Women’s Hockey Falls To No. 1 Northeastern In 2021 Hockey East Championship
3/6/2021 10:43:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
BOSTON, Mass. – The No. 9 Providence College women's hockey team was defeated by No. 1 Northeastern, 6-2, in the Hockey East Championship game on March 6 at Matthews Arena.
SCORE
No. 10 Providence – 6 | No. 1 Northeastern- 2
RECORDS
No. 10 Providence – 12-7-1 (11-6-1 HEAW) | Northeastern– 20-1-1 (17-1-1 HEAW)
VENUE
Matthews Arena – Boston, Mass.
GAME FLOW & NOTES
-Northeastern jumped on the board early with a goal from Katie Cipra, 1-0, at 4:07. The teams skated through the rest of the period scoreless.
-The Huskies increased their lead, 2-0, with a goal from Tessa Ward 6:25 into the second period.
-Caroline Peterson (East Falmouth, Mass.) responded for the Friars with their first goal of the night less than two minutes later (8:05), cutting their deficit by one, 2-1. Peterson was assisted by Ariane Julien (Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec) and Chloe Gonsalves (Toronto, Ontario) on her eighth goal of the season.
-Maureen Murphy re-gained the two-goal cushion for the Huskies at 13:37. The Friars entered the second intermission down 3-1.
-The Huskies netted two more goals early in the third on tallies from Molly Griffin and Miceala Sindoris to extend their lead to 5-1.
-Giana Savastano (Mapleville, R.I.) netted her first career goal to cut the deficit to 5-2. Savastano was assisted by Ariane Julien and Chloe Gonsalves, each earning their second assists of the night.
-Sandra Abstreiter (Freising, Germany) was pulled from net for the extra attacker, after Northeastern's Andrea Renner was sent to the box for body checking just twelve seconds after Becker was whistled for interference.
-Skylar Fontaine scored the final goal for the Huskies into an empty net (18:16), finishing the game out at 6-2.
-Brooke Becker (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and Caroline Peterson were named to the 2021 Hockey East Women's All-Tournament Team.
-Abstreiter finished the night with 41 saves, passing her 1,000 career saves mark with 1,005.
-It was Providence's first Hockey East Championship Game appearance since 2012.
GOALTENDERS
Sandra Abstreiter (Providence) – 41 saves, 5 goal against
Aerin Frankel (Northeastern) – 29 saves, 2 goals against
STAT COMPARISON
Providence –
Shots: 31
Face-offs: 30-22
Power plays: 0-1
Penalty kill: 2-3
Northeastern –
Shots: 47
Face-offs: 22-30
Power plays: 1-3
Penalty kill: 1-1
For more updates on the Providence women's hockey program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @PCWHockey.
-GO FRIARS-
SCORE
No. 10 Providence – 6 | No. 1 Northeastern- 2
RECORDS
No. 10 Providence – 12-7-1 (11-6-1 HEAW) | Northeastern– 20-1-1 (17-1-1 HEAW)
VENUE
Matthews Arena – Boston, Mass.
GAME FLOW & NOTES
-Northeastern jumped on the board early with a goal from Katie Cipra, 1-0, at 4:07. The teams skated through the rest of the period scoreless.
-The Huskies increased their lead, 2-0, with a goal from Tessa Ward 6:25 into the second period.
-Caroline Peterson (East Falmouth, Mass.) responded for the Friars with their first goal of the night less than two minutes later (8:05), cutting their deficit by one, 2-1. Peterson was assisted by Ariane Julien (Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec) and Chloe Gonsalves (Toronto, Ontario) on her eighth goal of the season.
-Maureen Murphy re-gained the two-goal cushion for the Huskies at 13:37. The Friars entered the second intermission down 3-1.
-The Huskies netted two more goals early in the third on tallies from Molly Griffin and Miceala Sindoris to extend their lead to 5-1.
-Giana Savastano (Mapleville, R.I.) netted her first career goal to cut the deficit to 5-2. Savastano was assisted by Ariane Julien and Chloe Gonsalves, each earning their second assists of the night.
-Sandra Abstreiter (Freising, Germany) was pulled from net for the extra attacker, after Northeastern's Andrea Renner was sent to the box for body checking just twelve seconds after Becker was whistled for interference.
-Skylar Fontaine scored the final goal for the Huskies into an empty net (18:16), finishing the game out at 6-2.
-Brooke Becker (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and Caroline Peterson were named to the 2021 Hockey East Women's All-Tournament Team.
-Abstreiter finished the night with 41 saves, passing her 1,000 career saves mark with 1,005.
-It was Providence's first Hockey East Championship Game appearance since 2012.
GOALTENDERS
Sandra Abstreiter (Providence) – 41 saves, 5 goal against
Aerin Frankel (Northeastern) – 29 saves, 2 goals against
STAT COMPARISON
Providence –
Shots: 31
Face-offs: 30-22
Power plays: 0-1
Penalty kill: 2-3
Northeastern –
Shots: 47
Face-offs: 22-30
Power plays: 1-3
Penalty kill: 1-1
For more updates on the Providence women's hockey program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @PCWHockey.
-GO FRIARS-
Team Stats
PC
NU
Shots
31
47
PPG
0
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
2
Penalty Mins
8
4
Faceoffs Won
30
22
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
2
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
2
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
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