Providence College Athletics

Saturday, November 9
Boston, MA / Matthews Arena
7:00 P.M.

Providence College

6
at
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Northeastern

MIH - Trevor Connelly

Connelly's Overtime Goal Gives No. 11 Men's Hockey A 6-5 Win Over Northeastern

11/9/2024 10:42:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Trevor Connelly finished the night with two goals and three assists.

BOSTON, Mass. – Trevor Connelly scored on the power play with 1:36 remaining in overtime as the No. 11 Providence College men's hockey team rallied for a 6-5 win over Northeastern on Saturday (Nov. 9) at Matthews Arena.

RECORDS

Northeastern (1-4-2, 0-2-2 HEA) | No. 11 Providence (6-1-2, 4-0-2 HEA)

SCORE

Northeastern – 5 | Providence – 6 - OT

VENUE

Matthews Arena – Boston, Mass.

GOALIES

Zachary Borgiel (PC) – 9 saves, 3 goals against

Philip Svedebäck (PC) – 22 saves, 2 goals against

Cameron Whitehead (NU) – 34 saves, 6 goals against

NOTES

- Cam Lund gave Northeastern the lead with a power-play goal 7:42 into the opening period.

- For the second-consecutive game, Trevor Connelly connected with Logan Will on the power-play to tie the game at 1-1. The goal marked Will's fourth of the year and third over the last three games. Austen May also earned an assist on the play.

- Joe Connor regained the lead for the Huskies with 16.9 seconds remaining in the period.

- Dylan Hryckowian extended the Northeastern lead to 3-1 at 3:58 of the second period. Philip Svedebäck entered the game in relief of Borgiel.

- Nick Rheaume was assessed a minor for tripping and a five-minute major plus a game misconduct for contact to the head, giving the Friars a 7:00 power play.

- Power-play strikes by freshmen John Mustard and Will Elger knotted the game at 3-3 during the extended man-advantage.

- Jack Williams gave the Huskies a 4-3 lead at 16:29 of the period with a power-play tally.

- Connelly registered his first NCAA goal at 3:37 of the third period to tie the game at 4-4. Logan Sawyer and Andrew Centrella earned the assists on the play.

- Chase Yoder gave the Friars their first lead of the night with a power-play goal, his first of the season at 8:04 of the third period off feeds from Tanner Adams and Saywer.

- Joakim Lemay's seeing-eye shot from the point leveled the scored at 5-5 with 2:41 remaining.

- Christophe Tellier was whistled for hooking in overtime, sending the Friars to the power play. Connelly went end-to-end into the Northeastern zone and wired a shot over the blocker of Cameron Whitehead for the game-winning goal. Centrella and Svedebäck were credited with the assists.

- Providence's unbeaten streak was extended to eight games (6-0-2).

- The five power-play goals was the most recorded in game by the Friars since registering five against UMass on Nov. 11, 2017.

- Connelly became the first Friar to record a five-point game since Greg Printz on Oct. 5, 2019.

PC GAME HIGHS

Goals: Connelly (2)

Assists: Connelly (3)

Points: Connelly (5)

Shots: Connelly (8)

POWER PLAYS

Northeastern - 2/6

Providence – 5/8

SHOTS

Northeastern – 40

Providence – 36

UP NEXT

The Friars are back in action next Thursday (Nov. 14) to kick-off a two-game series with UMass beginning in Amherst. The teams will conclude the series back at Schneider Arena on Saturday (Nov. 16).

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