Providence College Athletics

Saturday, October 18
Troy, NY / Houston Fieldhouse
4:00 P.M.

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Will Elger Men's Hockey in action in a game against Michigan.
Photo by: Brian Foley for Foley-Photograph

Elger's Two Goals Leads No. 14/13 Men's Hockey Over RPI, 5-1

10/18/2025 7:08:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

The Friars earned their first victory of 2025-26 on Saturday against the Engineers.

TROY, N.Y. – Will Elger scored twice and Philip Svedeback made 28 saves as the No. 14/13 Providence College men's hockey team earned its first victory of the season with a 5-1 decision over RPI on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 18) at Houston Fieldhouse.

SCORE

RPI – 1 | Providence – 5

VENUE

Houston Fieldhouse – Troy, N.Y.

GOALIES

Philip Svedebäck (PC) – 28 saves, 1 goal against

Carson Dorfman (RPI) – 33 saves, 5 goals against

NOTES

- The Friars held a territorial advantage over the Engineers in the first period, outshooting the hosts by a 7-3 margin and successfully killing off two power-play chances for RPI.

- Will Elger gave Providence its first lead of the 2025-26 season as he wired a wrist shot short-side on Carson Dorfman for his first goal of the season. Hudson Malinoski and Andrew Centrella earned assists on the play.

- The Friars extended their lead to three early in the second period.

- Clint Levens buried his first of the season off a backhand feed from Beau Jelsma at 5:20 of the second period. Jelsma tallied his first collegiate point with the assist.

- Elger struck for his second of the day, this time on the power play to give Providence a 3-0 lead. Julius Sumpf and Roger McQueen both earned their first NCAA points on the play.

- Jonathan Fauchon scored his first NCAA goal with a power-play strike at 8:10 of the third period. John Mustard and Centrella assisted on the play.

- Logan Sawyer capped the scoring for the Friars with his first goal of the season at 11:01.

- Ten Friars found the scoresheet on Saturday night. Elger and Centrella led the way with two points each.

PC GAME HIGHS

Goals: Elger (2)

Assists: Centrella (2)

Points: Elger, Centrella (2)

Shots: McQueen (5)

POWER PLAYS

RPI – 0/6

Providence – 2/3

SHOTS

RPI – 29

Providence – 38

FACEOFFS

RPI – 26-of-66 (.394)

Providence – 40-of-66 (.606)

UP NEXT

The Friars will travel to St. Thomas next weekend (Oct. 24-25) to open the Tommies' new Lee & Penny Anderson Arena. It will be the first matchup between the schools since 2005.

Next Event

St. Thomas

Oct 24 (Fri)

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Team Stats

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RPI
Shots
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29
PPG
2
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
6
3
Penalty Mins
12
6
Faceoffs Won
40
26

Game Leaders

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Goals
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4
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0
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0

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