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Men's Ice Hockey
vs Simon Fraser (Exhibition)
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, October 12
Grand Forks, ND / Ralph Engelstad Arena
7:07 P.M.
Providence College
0-1-0
2
at
5
North Dakota
1-0-0
1
2
3
F
Providence
1
0
1
2
North Dakota
1
3
1
5
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.
Team Stats
PRV
UND
Shots
24
31
PPG
1
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
4
Penalty Mins
6
8
Faceoffs Won
27
32
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
-3
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
+/-
-3
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
Players Mentioned
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