>Providence Skates To a 6-6 Tie With 6th Ranked Maine
>
>         PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College Friars skated to a 6-6
> tie with
>the 6th ranked Maine Black Bears in HOCKEY EAST action on Friday, March 3 at
>PC's Schneider Arena in Providence, R.I.
>         In a conservative first period, the two teams were tied at 1-1
> after 20
>minutes of play.  Chris Heisten scored for the Black Bears (5:22) and Drew
>Omicioli netted the Friars' goal (16:15).
>         Things got crazy in the second period as the two teams combined
> for seven
>goals.  Maine took a 4-1 lead with three consecutive goals by Heisten at
>:34, Ben Guite at 3:28 and Martin Kariya at 4:40.  PC's Doug Sheppard
>tallied his team leading 12th power-play goal to bring the Friars within two
>goals at 9:05 before Niko Dimitrakos netted Maine's fifth goal at 11:13.
>However, the Friars refused to give up and battled back to score two goals
>before the end of the second period.  Adam Lee got the Friars' third goal
>when he rushed down the left side and banked a shot in off Maine goaltender
>Matt Yeats at 13:42.  Peter Fregoe scored PC's final goal of the second
>period when he wristed in his own reboound at the 16:31 mark.
>         The Friars came out flying in the third period and Jon
> DiSalvatore scored
>from the top of the crease to force a 5-5 tie at the 3:49 mark.  Just 19
>seconds later the Friars took their first lead of the game when Lee tallied
>his second goal  of the contest.  The Friars held the lead and looked like
>they might earn their eighth upset of the season over a ranked team, but
>Maine took advantage of a fluke play in the Friars end.   Cory Larose pushed
>the puck of a PC player's stick past Friar goaltender Boyd Ballard at the
>15:10 mark for the final goal of the night.
>         Neither team was able to generate much offense in overtime as
> Maine outshot
>PC, 3-1, in the extra period.
>         Ballard recorded his second consecutive 40-save performance for
> the Friars.
>Yeats made 27 stops for the Black Bears.
>         With the tie, PC is now 18-15-2 overall and  in 10-12-1 HOCKEY
> EAST, while
>Maine moved to 21-7-5 overall and 12-7-4 in league action.
>         Providence College will return to action on Saturday, March 4 against
>HOCKEY EAST foe Maine at PC's Arena at 7:00 p.m.
>
>Friday, March 3, 2000
>Schneider Arena, Providence, R.I.
>Maine (21-7-5)  1       4       1       0       -- 6            7-14    1-3
>Providence College
>(18-15-2)    1       3       2       0       ---6            8-24    1-3
>
>Per     Time    Team    Goal Scorer  (Assists)
>1       5:22    M       Chris Heisten 8 (Doug Janik, Ben Guite) PP
>1       16:15   PC      Drew Omicioli 11 (Fernando Pisani, Jay Leach)
>2       :34     M       Chris Heisten 9 (Barrett Heisten, Michael Schutte)
>2       3:28    M       Ben Guite 17 (unassisted)
>2       4:40    M       Martin Kariya 8 (Matthias Trattnig, Anders Lundback)
>2       9:05    PC      Doug Sheppard 18 (Jason Ialongo, Peter Fregoe) PP
>2       11:13   M       Niko Dimitrakos 8 (Cory Larose, Peter Metcalf)
>2       13:42   PC      Adam Lee 2 (Nick Lent, Boyd Ballard)
>2       16:31   PC      Peter Fregoe 13 (Jon DiSalvatore, Devin Rask)
>3       3:30    PC      Jon DiSalvatore 13 (Josh MacNevin, Jason Ialongo)
>3       3:49    PC      Adam Lee 3 (Jay Leach)
>3       15:10   M       Cory Larose 14 (Martin Kariya, Tom Reimann)
>
>Saves:
>Matt Yeats (UM) 6       5       13      3       --27    (65:00)
>Boyd Ballard (PC)       12      15      12      1       --40    (65:00)
>Attendance: 1,971 (Schneider Arena)
>
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