GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE — SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST<\/a><\/p>\nPC remained frustrated without a goal until 15:41 of the second period when Hudson Malinoski, who had seen limited goal success lately, buried his seventh goal of the season on a PC power play.\u00a0 It appeared that UNH had taken a 2-1 lead early in the third period, but coach Leaman challenged the goal, alleging an UNH offside.\u00a0 The challenge held, wiping out the Wildcats goal.<\/p>\n
The referee\u2019s decision to cancel the UNH goal had a significant psychological impact on the game.\u00a0 PC was energized and blasted 15 shots on net, and UNH went into a funk.\u00a0 PC scored soon after at 3:43 when PC\u2019s Aleksi Kivoija, a 6\u20192\u201d 220 lb. sophomore from Finland, found the back of the net to give the Friars a 2-1 lead.\u00a0 Kivoija\u2019s goal ignited the Friars, who scored four more goals in a rare 5-goal period against Hockey East opponents.\u00a0 Tanner Adams\u2019 goal at 9:50 which extended the PC lead to 4-1 spurred a steady flow of Wildcat fans out of the arena.\u00a0 Logan Sawyer scored his 12th goal of the season at 16:43 on a PC power play to give the Friars a 6-1 victory.<\/p>\n
A crowd of over 3,000 fans filed into Schneider on Saturday night, lured by free post -game skating, to see the Vermont Catamounts face the Friars.\u00a0 The Catamounts came to Providence with only a 12-14 record, but came off a shocking 6-1 win over Boston College Friday night at BC.<\/p>\n
PC ran out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Kivioja and Malinoski and appeared to have Vermont\u2019s number in this contest.\u00a0 But the Cats took over the play in the second period and poured 13 shots on PC\u2019s rooking netminder Jack Parsons.\u00a0 Parsons was up to the task and kept Vermont off the scoreboard.\u00a0 The only goal was an unassisted short-hand goal by PC freshman defenseman Donovan McCoy at 17:40 to give PC a 3-1 lead at the end of two periods.<\/p>\n
Vermont continued to pepper PC\u2019s goalie Parsons with 13 more shots in the third period, but PC took advantage of its limited scoring opportunities with three more goals.\u00a0 PC gave up a short-handed goal to Vermont\u2019s Colin Kessler at 7:43 for Vermont\u2019s only tally.\u00a0 The final score of a 6-1 PC win is a little deceptive as Vermont brought the play to PC in the second and third periods and ended up putting 30 shots on goal to PC\u2019s 18 shots.\u00a0 Parsons\u2019 29 saves for the game was the difference.<\/p>\n
PC next plays Northeastern in a home twin-bill at Schneider on Friday and Saturday, February 13 and 14. Puck drop for Friday\u2019s game is at 7 PM and for Saturday\u2019s game at 5:30 PM.<\/p>\n
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Additional Slap Shots:<\/p>\n
–With PC\u2019s starting goalie Phil Svedback still out with an injury, PC is the only team in college hockey without a senior on its roster.<\/p>\n
–The short-handed goal given up by PC in the Vermont game was PC\u2019s 7th of the season, but its first since November 1st against UMass Lowell when PC gave up its 6th short-handed goal.\u00a0 The six short-handed goals in the first month of the season reflected PC\u2019s rocky start and challenges in integrating twelve freshmen into college hockey.<\/p>\n
–The weekend play of PC\u2019s freshman goalie Jack Parsons, allowing only one goal in each game, brought his record for the season to the following: 10-1, 1.89 goals\/game, .929 save percentage.\u00a0 His 1.89 goals\/game is the fourth least in college hockey.<\/p>\n
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Bob McMahon is the former Director of Parks in the City of Providence and a lifelong Providence College Friar fan.<\/p>\n
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