| Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
| 1st | 9:04 | PRV | 1-0 | EV | Erik Foley (5) | Josh Wilkins/6, Alex Cromwell/1 |
| 1st | 9:16 | PRV | 2-0 | EV | Scott Conway (3) | Niko Rufo/1 |
| 1st | 17:21 | NOE | 1-2 | SH | Brendan Collier (1) | Zach Aston-Reese/9, Garret Cockerill/7 |
| 2nd | 1:22 | PRV | 3-1 | EV | Jacob Bryson (2) | Erik Foley/8, Brian Pinho/7 |
| 2nd | 3:13 | NOE | 2-3 | EV | Zach Aston-Reese (9) | John Stevens/3, Garret Cockerill/8 |
| 2nd | 6:42 | NOE | 3-3 | PP | Adam Gaudette (7) | Dylan Sikura/12, Zach Aston-Reese/10 |
| 2nd | 14:39 | PRV | 4-3 | EV DP | Brandon Duhaime (2) | Kasper Björkqvist/1, Scott Conway/3 |
| 2nd | 19:05 | PRV | 5-3 | PP GW | Josh Wilkins (4) | Brandon Duhaime/2, Jacob Bryson/6 |
| 3rd | 18:30 | NOE | 4-5 | PP EA | Dylan Sikura (6) | Zach Aston-Reese/11, Adam Gaudette/10 |
| Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Northeastern | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Providence | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SOG |
| Northeastern | 11 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| Providence | 14 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
| Northeastern (4-5-4) | 2/7 | 11/22 | 1 |
| Providence (4-4-2) | 1/7 | 11/22 | 0 |
| Northeastern Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Ryan Ruck | 40:14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Jake Theut (L, 0-1-1) | 17:19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Empty Net | 2:27 | 0 |
| Providence Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Hayden Hawkey (W, 4-4-2) | 60:00 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The 19th-ranked Providence College men's hockey team got goals from five different players en route to an exciting 5-4 victory over Northeastern on Saturday night at Schneider Arena.
Providence earns its first Hockey East win of the season (1-2-1) and improves to 4-4-2 overall. Northeastern drops to 4-5-4 (1-4-2 HEA).
Hayden Hawkey gets his fourth win of the season after making 21 saves, while Jake Theut (6 saves) takes the loss for Northeastern in 17:13 of play. Ryan Ruck made 16 saves in 40:14 of action.
Josh Wilkins, Erik Foley, Scott Conway, Jacob Bryson, and Brandon Duhaime all recorded two points each for the Friars.
A spirited start for the Friars paid off with goals just 12 seconds apart at 9:04 and 9:16. Erik Foley tallied his team-high fifth of the season off a centering feed from Josh Wilkins. Junior Alex Cromwell earned his first collegiate point with the faceoff win on the play. Off the ensuing draw, a strong forecheck by Nike Rufo forced a turnover and Scott Conway batted in his own rebound for his third of the season to put the Friars up 2-0.
The Friar power play surrendered a shorthanded goal at the 17:21 mark as Brendan Collier cut the Friar lead to 2-1. Shots on goal at the end of 20 were 14-11 in favor of Providence.
Bryson re-gained the two goal cushion for Providence with a blistering slap shot from the top of the circles. After Aston-Reese and Adam Gaudette scored back-to-back level the game at at 3-3, Brandon Duhaime connecting with his second of the season on the power play. Josh Wilkins netted the eventual game-winner on the power play with 55 seconds left in the second period.
The Huskies carried momentum in the third period and eventually cut the deficit to 5-4 on Dylan Sikura's goal with 90 seconds remaining. Strong work by Hawkey in the final moments preserved the win for the Friars in front of a crowd of 2,879 at Schneider Arena.
The Friars and Huskies will tangle again tomorrow in the second leg of the home-and-home set at Schneider Arena beginning at 7:05 p.m.
HOW THEY SCORED
1-0 (PC) Erik Foley (Wilkins, Cromwell) - Centering feed from Wilkins to Foley and he lifted a backhand over the leg of Ruck.
2-0 (PC) Scott Conway (Rufo) - Forecheck by Rufo forced a turnover, Conway batted his own rebound out of the air.
2-1 (NU) Brendan Collier (Aston-Reese, Cockerill) - One-timer off a centering pass from Aston-Reese.
3-1 (PC) Jacob Bryson (Foley, Pinho) - Slap shot from the top of the circle that beat Ruck short side over the shoulder.
3-2 (NU) Zach Aston-Reese (J. Stevens, Cockerill) - Aston-Reese cut across the top of the slot and beat Hawkey with a wrister.
3-3 (NU) Adam Gaudette (PPG) (Sikura, Aston-Reese) - Cross-crease pass from Sikura to Gaudette.
4-3 (PC) Brandon Duhaime (Björkqvist, Conway) - Wrist shot over the glove of Theut from the top of the circles.
5-3 (PC) Josh Wilkins (PPG) (Duhaime, Bryson) - Feed down low from Duhaime to Wilkins, who one-timed a shot past Theut.
5-4 (NU) Dylan Sikura (Gaudette, Cockerill) - Cleaned-up a loose puck in front of the net.
Notes: Power Plays - Northeastern (2/7), Providence (2/7). Final shots on goal: 27-25 in favor of the Friars ... shot attempts: Providence 41, Northeastern 50 ... Pinho currently rides a career-high six-game point streak (2-7-9) ... Erik Foley also holds a six-game point streak (3-6-9) ... Truman Reed and Chase Zieky appeared in their first collegiate games.