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November 1, 2002 Contact Jorge Rocha
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#11 Providence defeats umass, 2-1, in overtime
AMHERST, Mass. -- The 11th-ranked Providence College men's hockey team
defeated UMass, 2-1, in overime on Friday, November 1 at the Mullins Center
in Amherst, Mass. Junior Cody Loughlean (Innisfail, Alta.) scored 46
seconds into the overtime to lead the Friars to their sixth consecutive
victory. The victory marks the first time the Friars have started 6-0
since the 1976-77 season. The win also marked the first time the Friars
have won consecutive overtime games since the 1992-93 season.
PC opened the scoring early in the first period as senior Devin Rask
(Parkside, Sask.) collected a rebound in front of the net and scored his
third goal of the season at 10:44. UMass tied the game at the 18:16 mark
of the second period on a goal by Mike Werner.
After a scoreless third period, Loughlean collected a loose puck just
inside the faceoff circle and fired a wrist shot past UMass goaltender Gabe
Winer.
Providence netminder Nolan Schaefer (Yellow Grass, Sask.) stopped 27 of
the 28 Minutemen shots to improve to 4-0. Winer made 19 saves in the loss.
The Friars are back in action on Sunday, November 3 when they host
Princeton at Schneider Arena. Opening faceoff is at 2:00 p.m.
#11 Providence College (6-0-0, 2-0-0) 1 0 0 1 -- 2
Massachusetts (1-3-0, 0-2-0) 0 1 0 0 -- 1
First period - PC, Devin Rask (Jon DiSalvatore, Shawn Weiman) 10:44;
Penalties - PC, 1-2; UMass, 1-2.
Second period - UMass, Mike Werner (Craig MacDonald, Thomas Pock) 18:16;
Penalties - PC, 2-4; UMass, 2-4.
Third period - No scoring; Penalties - PC, 1-2; UMass, 1-2.
Overtime - Cody Loughlean (Peter Zingoni, Chris Chaput); Penalties - none.
PC, Nolan Schaefer, 4-13-10-0 -- 27 (60:46); UMass, Gabe Winer , 4-8-6-1 --
19 (60:46)
Records - PC, 6-0-0, 2-0-0; UMass, 1-3-0, 0-2-0.
Attendance - 2,103 (Mullins Center).
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