LOWELL, Mass. - Bennett Schimek registered a career-high four points and 11 players recorded at least one point as the No. 10/11 Providence College men's hockey team skated to a 7-2 win over UMass Lowell on Friday (Jan. 26) at Tsongas Center.
RECORDS
UMass Lowell (7-15-2, 3-9-1 HEA) | No. 10/11 Providence (13-7-2, 6-4-2 HEA)
SCORE
UMass Lowell - 2 | Providence - 7
VENUE
Tsongas Center - Lowell, Mass.
GOALIES
Philip Svedebäck (PC) - 22 saves, 2 goals against
Luke Pavicich (UML) - 20 saves, 4 goals against
Edvard Nordlund (UML) - 2 saves, 3 goals against
NOTES
- After a scoreless first half of the opening period, the Friars struck for four goals over the final 11:38 to take a 4-0 lead after 20 minutes.
- Bennett Schimek scored twice in a span of 3:04, both times creating a turnover and beating Pavicich from point blank for his fifth and sixth goals of the season.
- Guillaume Richard netted his second of the season after finishing off a loose puck in the slot. Jamie Engelbert and Schimek earned the assists.
- Riley Duran one-time an Austen May feed on the power play with seven seconds remaining in the period. The goal was Duran's sixth strike of the year.
- Providence extended the lead to 6-0 with a pair of goals just 30 seconds apart early in the second period.
- Poisson re-directed a Cam McDonald shot for his seventh of the season. Connor Kelley also assisted on the play.
- May walked in from the point and blasted a slap shot over the shoulder of Pavicich for his third of the year to make it 6-0. Cal Kiefiuk and Tanner Adams earned the assists.
- The River Hawks got on the board at 17:42 of the second period on a goal from Jak Vaarwerk.
- Chase Yoder increased the lead to 7-1 on the power play early in the third period off assists from Schimek and Duran. The goal marked Yoder's team-high ninth goal of the season.
- After a stretch of penalties against the Friars, the River Hawks added their second goal of the game as Ben Meehan scored to make it a 7-2 game.
- Schimek posted a career-high four points on two goals and two assists.
- McDonald appeared in his 150th game at Providence.
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: B. Schimek (2)
Assists: B. Schimek (2)
Points: B. Schimek (4)
Shots: Duran, B. Schimek (5)
POWER PLAYS
UMass Lowell - 1/4
Providence - 2/3
SHOTS
UMass Lowell - 24
Providence - 29
UP NEXT
The Friars and River Hawks will battle again on Saturday night (Jan. 27) as the teams will face-off at Schneider Arena beginning at 7 p.m.
