Providence College Athletics

Saturday, October 12
Grand Forks, ND / Ralph Engelstad Arena
7:07 P.M.

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MIH Braiden Clark at North Dakota

No. 13/11 Men's Hockey Defeated By No. 6/6 North Dakota, 5-2, In U.S. Hockey Hall Of Fame Game

10/12/2024 10:29:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Braiden Clark and Hudson Malinoski scored for the Friars on Saturday.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The No. 13/11 Providence College men's hockey team dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 6 North Dakota in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game held at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. on Saturday, October 12.

RECORDS

No. 6 North Dakota – 1-0-0 | No. 13 Providence 0-1-0

SCORE

North Dakota – 5 | Providence – 2

VENUE

Ralph Engelstad Arena – Grand Forks, N.D.

GOALIES

Philip Svedebäck (PC) – 26 saves, 4 goals against

T.J. Semptimphelter (ND) – 22 saves, 2 goals against

NOTES

- Freshman John Mustard appeared to give Providence an early lead after he beat Semptimphelter from just inside the blue line but a delayed whistle for offsides wiped the goal out.

- Cameron Berg gave the hosts a 1-0 lead at 8:34 after he tapped in a cross-crease pass from EJ Emery.

- Providence knotted the game at 12:44 of the opening period as Braiden Clark chipped a loose puck in front of the net just under the crossbar for his first-career goal. Ryan O'Reilly and Andrew Centrella earned the assists.

- The Fighting Hawks struck for three in the second period to take a 4-1 lead after 40 minutes.

- Dylan James' re-direct gave North Dakota the lead at 6:51 of the second period.

- Jayden Perron added a goal 2:34 later to make it 3-1.

- With Hudson Malinoski in the box for holding, Sacha Boisvert extended the lead on the power-play at 18:30.

- The Friars got back within two at 7:32 of the third period as Malinoski fired a shot off a cross-ice feed from Graham Gamache that beat Semptimphelter for his first goal of the season to cut the Fighting Hawks lead to 4-2. Trevor Connelly recorded his first-career NCAA point on the play.

- North Dakota closed the game out with an empty-net goal from Dylan James with 53 seconds remaining.

- Philip Svedebäck stopped 26-of-30 shots he faced.

- Providence drops to 11-3 all-time in season-openers under Nate Leaman.

- The teams met for the first time since Oct. 25, 2014.

PC GAME HIGHS

Goals: Clark, Malinoski (1)

Assists: O'Reilly, Centrella, Gamache, Connelly (1)

Points: Six players (1)

Shots: Malinoski (4)

POWER PLAYS

North Dakota – 1/2

Providence – 1/3

FACEOFFS

North Dakota – 32/59

Providence – 27/59

SHOTS

North Dakota – 31

Providence – 24

UP NEXT

The Friars open up their home schedule next weekend with a two-game series against Arizona State beginning Friday (Oct. 18) at Schneider Arena.

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