GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE — SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST<\/a><\/p>\nThe Friars skated a little more confidently in the second period and put 11 shots on the Bobcats\u2019 goalie Dylan Silverstein.\u00a0 And the Friars had back-to-back power play opportunities in the first 5 minutes of play.\u00a0 But Silverstein blanked the Friars on their power plays for the entire period.\u00a0 The Bobcats finally took advantage of their face-off dominance and scored three goals in the second period.<\/p>\n
PC played with desperation in the third period but was hampered by a ten-minute misconduct penalty called on defenseman Quinn Mantei.\u00a0 This is the second game in a row where the Friars shot themselves in the foot, because of an ill-advised misconduct penalty. The Friars did manage two goals late in the period, but could never get the equalizer.<\/p>\n
Besides losing 5-2, none of the other metrics for the Friars looked good.\u00a0 They were outshot 38-25, won only 37% of the face-offs, incurred 21 minutes of penalties, and went 0-4 on the power play.<\/p>\n
The Friars also missed junior defenseman Andy Centralla, who was injured in the Connecticut game and missed this game and the Merrimack game.\u00a0 The Friars played four freshmen defensemen in their first-ever NCAA game.<\/p>\n
Power play goals disappeared for PC in the last 5 weeks of the season.\u00a0 Their last power play goal was on February 21 in the first period in a 5-1 win against Vermont.\u00a0 Since then, the Friars went 0-17 on its power play in a crucial part of the season, including the losses in the Hockey East tournament and the NCAA tournament.\u00a0 The Friars went 2-3 in their last five games during their power play drought.<\/p>\n
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Final Slap Shots<\/p>\n
It\u2019s tough to lose the last two games of an otherwise outstanding season.\u00a0 Overall, the Friars finish 23-11-2 for the year and as the Hockey East regular season champions.\u00a0 Coach Leaman was named the Hockey East Coach of the Year.\u00a0 Most importantly, the Friars managed to integrate 12 freshmen into the lineup and make the team successful.\u00a0 The Friars are due to have every player return, except for graduating senior Phil Svedeback and grad student defenseman Kale McCallum.<\/p>\n
Coach Leaman\u2019s next challenge is to keep this squad intact as we go into the portal transfer season from April 7-21.\u00a0 That might be Leaman\u2019s biggest challenge of the season.<\/p>\n
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Robert McMahon, Sports Columnist<\/p>\n
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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Friar Coach Nate Leaman PHOTO: PC<\/p>\n