Providence College Athletics

Friday, October 1
Providence, R.I.
6:00 P.M.

Providence College

vs

Boston Pride

Women's ice hockey team huddling together around the net before the start of a game

Women’s Hockey Opens 2021-22 With Exhibition Versus The Boston Pride

9/30/2021 7:12:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Puck Drop 
The Friars will host The Boston Pride in an exhibition match-up set for Friday, Oct. 1 at 6:00 p.m. at Schneider Arena. 

Scouting the Friars 
The Friars finished 2020-21 with a 12-8-1 overall record and a 10-6-1 mark in Hockey East.

Providence finished last year's condensed schedule with a 12-8-1 record, including a 10-6-1 mark in the Hockey East, with a .617 winning percentage. The program advanced to its second NCAA Tournament appearance and advanced to the Hockey East Championship game for the first time since 2012, marking the program's seventh trip to the title game all-time. The Friars spent 14-consecutive weeks in the national rankings, inside the top-10.

Providence returns top scorer, Sara Hjalmarsson (Bankeryd, Sweden), who posted 5 goals and 12 assists last season for a team-high 17 points. Offensive threat Caroline Peterson (East Falmouth, Mass.) also returns to the lineup. Peterson tallied 8 goals and 7  assists for the second most points on the team (15) in her junior season.

The Friars return standout freshman defensemen Brooke Becker (Orchard Park, N.Y. ) and Claire Tyo (Massena, N.Y.). Becker was the third leading scorer in points on the team (14) with three goals and 11 assists. She was named to the Hockey East Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team and the end of last season for her season performance which included three game-winning assists. Tyo put up three goals and eight assists last season for 11 points and received the program's Rookie of the Year Award.

In net, Sandra Abstreiter (Freising, Germany) returns for Providence. Abstreiter started all 21 of the Friars games last season and tallied a career high 526 saves. She also registered a career high 41 saves in her final two games against No. 2 Northeastern in the Hockey East Championship Game (March 6) and No. 1 Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament.

Hockey East Preseason Poll 
The Friars were picked to finish second in the Hockey East Preseason poll, which was released on Thursday, Sept. 23. Providence received 75 points and was picked to finish behind Northeastern (90). The Huskies, who went 22-2-1 overall last year and fell to No. 1 Wisconsin in the NCAA Championship game, received nine first place votes. Providence received the other lone first place vote.
 
Rounding out the poll was Boston College (70), UConn (67), Boston University (59), Vermont (52), Maine (43), UNH (40), Holy Cross (25), and Merrimack (19).

Friars in the National Polls 
The Friars received votes in both the USCHO and USA Hockey Polls to open the season. Providence tallied three votes in the USCHO poll and 10 votes in the USA Hockey Poll.
 
Fresh Friar Faces 
Providence welcomes six new players to the roster for the 2021-22 season. Ashlyn Garnett (Nova Scotia, Canada) comes from Canada as the remaining five enter Providence from the United States; Lily Martinson (Allen, Texas), Kailey Sato (South Pasadena, Calif), Hope Walinski (Lincoln, R.I.), Lily Hendrikson (Edina, Minn.), and Ashley Clark (North Weymouth, Mass.)

Scouting the Pride
This is the first exhibition for the Pride this season.

All-Time Series with the Pride
This will mark the first matchup between these two programs.

- GO FRIARS! -
 
 
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