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Men's Ice Hockey
vs Simon Fraser (Exhibition)
7:00 P.M.
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, February 1
Hartford, CT / XL Center
3:30 P.M.
Providence College
16-6-4, 6-5-4
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at
3
UConn
14-9-3, 7-7-3
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2
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Providence
2
1
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6
UConn
0
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Malinoski's Hat Trick Paces No. 7 Men's Hockey To 6-3 Win At No. 9 UConn
2/1/2025 7:17:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Malinoski recorded his first-career hat trick on Saturday afternoon.
HARTFORD, Conn. – Hudson Malinoski recorded his first-career hat trick and Zachary Borgiel made 33 saves as the No. 7 Providence College men's hockey team earned a 6-3 road victory against No. 9 UConn on Saturday (Feb. 1) at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.
RECORDS
No. 9/9 Connecticut (14-9-3, 7-7-3 HEA) | No. 7/7 Providence (16-6-4, 6-5-4 HEA)
SCORE
Connecticut – 3 | Providence – 6
VENUE
XL Center – Hartford, Conn.
GOALIES
Zachary Borgiel (PC) – 33 saves, 3 goals against
Callum Tung (CON) – 36 saves, 4 goals against
NOTES
- The Friars struck for a pair of goals in the latter stage of the first period to take a 2-0 lead.
- Hudson Malinoski netted his fifth goal of the season off a pass from Will Elger in the slot. Graham Gamache tallied the secondary assist on the play.
- With 2:23 left in the period, John Mustard fired a spin-around shot off the far post and in for his sixth goal of the year. Tanner Adams made the play by taking a hit in the slot and sending a pass to Mustard while laying on the ice.
- Malinoski struck again just 1:52 into the second period and he circled the net and fired a shot to the top left corner. Logan Sawyer on the strong forecheck, added an assist on the goal.
- UConn struck for a pair of power-play goals midway through the period. Ethan Gardula and Jake Richard tallied power-play strikes for the Huskies to cut the Friar lead to 3-2 after 40 minutes.
- Joey Muldowney knotted the game at 3-3 at the 3:31 mark of the third period.
- UConn's Ethan Gardula was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct at 8:18 to put the Friars on the power play.
- Malinoski got a piece of a Sawyer shot to complete his hat trick and give Providence a 4-3 lead.
- With the UConn net empty, Aleksi Kivioja and Chase Yoder added empty-net goals to seal the victory for the Friars.
- Providence snapped a five-game winless streak (0-3-2) and improved to 10-2-2 away from Schneider Arena this season.
- The Friars are 11-0-2 when scoring the first goal this season.
- Malinoski is the second Friar this season to register a hat trick (Tanner Adams on Oct. 18 vs. Arizona State). The hat trick was Malinoski's first-ever multi-goal game.
- Borgiel improves to 5-2-1 with a .931 save percentage this season.
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: Malinoski (3)
Assists: Gamache, Sawyer (2)
Points: Malinoski (3)
Shots: Yoder (6)
POWER PLAYS
Connecticut – 2/4
Providence – 1/4
SHOTS
Connecticut – 36
Providence – 42
UP NEXT
The Friars will welcome Maine to Schneider Arena next weekend (Feb. 7-8) for another top-10 matchup.
Team Stats
PRV
UCN
Shots
42
36
PPG
1
2
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
4
Penalty Mins
8
19
Faceoffs Won
35
17
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
0
Goals
3
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
2
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
2
+/-
2
Goals
1
Sh
6
A
0
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