Completed Event: Men's Ice Hockey at UMass Lowell on October 23, 2026 , Win , 3, to, 0


11/7/2026 8:22:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Logan Sawyer recorded his first career hat trick on Saturday.
STORRS, Conn. – Junior forward Logan Sawyer recorded four points, including his first career hat trick as the No. 9/8 Providence College men's hockey team responded with a decisive 8-1 win over No. 20 UConn on Saturday (Nov. 7) at Toscano Family Ice Forum. The Friars also received two-goal efforts from Jonathan Fauchon and Aleksi Kivioja.
RECORDS
No. 9/8 Providence (6-2-0, 3-1-0 HEA) | No. 20 UConn (4-5-1, 2-3-1 HEA)
SCORE
UConn– 1 | Providence – 8
VENUE
Toscano Family Ice Forum – Storrs, Conn.
GOALIES
Jack Parsons (PC) – 23 saves, 1 goal against
Kam Hendrickson (UConn) – 10 saves, 4 goals against
Veeti Louhivaara (UConn) – 20 saves, 4 goals against
Ryan Sanborm (UConn) – 1 save, 0 goals against
NOTES
- The Friars continued their first period success this season, opening a 4-0 lead after 20 minutes. Providence has now outscored opponents 14-3 in the opening period this season.
- Providence struck for a quartet of goals in the opening 7:57 of action.
- Logan Sawyer cleaned up a loose puck in the crease for his second goal of the season just 1:13 into the game. Freshman Everett Baldwin his first NCAA point with an assist on the play.
- Elger netted his third of the year, firing a backfooted one-timer from the point past Hendrickson. John Mustard and Andrew Centrella assisted on the play.
- Sawyer struck against just 37 seconds later, finishing off a rebound from Tomas Machu.
- Jonathan Fauchon scored his team-high fifth goal of the season, a shorthanded tally that gave the Friars a 4-0 lead. Cade Christenson and Julius Sumpf assisted on the play.
- Co-captain Aleksi Kivioja extended the lead to 5-0 with a power-play goal early in the second period, his third goal overall this season.
- UConn got on the board at 16:26 on a goal from Cole Davis.
- Fauchon added his second of the night at 3:52 of the third period off a feed from Sawyer.
- Sawyer completed his hat trick on the power play at 7:31, firing a wrist shot over the shoulder of Louhivaara from a tough angle.
- Kivioja capped the scoring with 4:00 remaining in regulation with his second strike of the game.
- Eight players registered multi-point games for the Friars.
- The eight goals scored was the most by the Friars since an 8-3 win at Merrimack on Jan. 13, 2023.
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: Sawyer (3)
Assists: Machu, Jelsma, Fauchon, Mustard, Centrella (2)
Points: Sawyer, Fauchon (4)
Shots: Fauchon, Sawyer (5)
POWER PLAYS
UConn 0/4
Providence – 2/5
SHOTS
UConn– 24
Providence – 39
FACEOFFS
UConn– 27-of-65 (.415)
Providence – 38-of-65 (.585)
UP NEXT
The Friars will begin a home-and-home series next weekend (Nov. 13-14) against Merrimack on Friday night at Schneider Arena.