DENVER, COLO. -- The 10th-ranked Providence College Friars were defeated by
the Denver Pioneers, 2-1, in in the Championship Game of the 2000 Denver
Cup, on Saturday, December 30, 2000 at Magness Arena in Denver, Colorado.
        The Pioneers' Matt Weber netted the only goal of the first period when he
redirected Ryan Caldwell's slap shot from the blue line past PC's Nolan
Schaefer at the 16:19 mark.
        For the second-consecutive night the Friars were on a five-minute
man-advantage, but unlike last night PC was unable to capitalize ontheir
power-play opportunity.  The Pioneers increased their lead to 2-0 in the
second period when Chris Paradise tallied his 10th goal of the season at
13:26.  Schaefer made an initial save on Lukas Dora's wrap-around attempt,
but Paradise collected the rebound and fired it into the empty net that was
vacated by a sprawling Schaefer.
        The Friars got on the scoreboard 9:00 minutes into the third period.
Sophomore Doug Wright won a face-off in PC's offensive zone and fired it to
Matt Libby at the right point.  Libby controlled the pass and ripped a low
slap shot past Denver goaltender Wade Dubielewicz for his seventh goal of
the season. The Friars controlled play for the remainder of the period but
were held scoreless by Dubielewicz who finsihed the game with 23 saves.
        Schaefer stopped 21 shots in the loss.  Friars Matt Libby and Devin Rask
were named to the Denver Cup All-Tournament team.
        With the loss,  Providence dropped to 9-5-3, while Denver improved to 11-7-2.
        The Friars will return to action for a home-and-home series against
UMass-Amherst on January 6-7.  The Friars will open the series at Schneider
Arena on January 6 at 7:00 p.m.

Providence College      0       0       1       -- 1
Denver  1       1       0       -- 2

First period - D, Weber 9 (Caldwell, Popadynetz) 16:19.  Penalties - PC,
2-4; D, 2-7.

Second period - D, Paradise 10 (Dora) , 13:26. Penalties - PC, 4-16; D, 2-4

Third period - PC, Libby 7 (Wright),  11:00. Penalties - PC, 0-0; D, 0-0


Saves - Schaefer, PC, 7-8-6 -- 21 (59:34); Dubielwicz, FS, 12-5-6-- 23 (60:00).

Records - Providence College, 9-5-3; Denver, 11-7-3.

Attendance: 3,698 (Magness Arena)