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1/24/2025 10:48:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
The River Hawks earned the extra point in the shootout.
LOWELL, Mass. – The No. 7/6 Providence College men's ice hockey team battled to a 3-3 tie at No. 12/13 UMass Lowell on Friday (Jan. 24) at Tsongas Center. The River Hawks earned the extra point in the Hockey East standings with a 1-0 win in the shootout.
RECORDS
No. 12/13 UMass Lowell (12-7-3, 5-5-2 HEA) | No. 7/6 Providence (15-5-3, 5-4-3 HEA)
SCORE
UMass Lowell – 3 | Providence – 3 – OT (UML wins shootout, 1-0, 3 Rounds)
VENUE
Tsongas Center – Lowell, Mass.
GOALIES
Philip Svedebäck (PC) – 22 saves, 3 goals against
Beni Halasz (UML) – 27 saves, 3 goals against
NOTES
- Tanner Adams got the Friars rolling with his 10th goal of the season just 3:42 into the game. Andrew Centrella and Logan Will earned the assists on the play.
- Will connected at the 8:10 mark, after winning the faceoff and finishing off a John Mustard rebound at the top of the crease.
- The River Hawks countered with two goals in the span of 12 seconds from Pierson Brandon and Lee Parks at 11:10 and 11:22, respectively.
- Aleksi Kivioja netted his second goal of the season at 3:05 of the second period, converting on a centering pass from Braiden Clark.
- Chris Delaney knotted the game at 3-3 on the power play just three minutes later.
- After a scoreless third period, the teams went to overtime tied at 3-3. The Friars couldn't convert on a power-play opportunity in overtime as the game advanced to a shootout.
- Dillan Bentley scored in the first round of the shootout for the River Hawks while Halasz stopped all three Providence attempts.
- The Friars went to overtime for the eighth time this season (4-1-3).
- Adams becomes the first Friar this season to hit the double-digit mark in goals with 10.
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: Adams, Will, Kivioja (1)
Assists: Richard, Clark, Will, Mustard, Centrella (1)
Points: Will (2)
Shots: Five players (3)
POWER PLAYS
UMass Lowell – 1/1
Providence – 0/3
SHOTS
UMass Lowell – 25
Providence – 30
UP NEXT
The teams will play game two of their three-game season series on Saturday (Jan. 25) at Schneider Arena beginning at 4:30 p.m.