FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact Bob Rothwell
January 28, 2002        (401) 865-2201

PROVIDENCE HOCKEY’S DREW OMICIOLI NAMED
HOCKEY EAST CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Providence College men’s ice hockey senior forward Drew
Omicioli (West Warwick, R.I.) was named HOCKEY EAST Co-Offensive Player of
the Week on Monday, January 28 by the league. Omicioli shares the honor
with University of New Hampshire forward Josh Prudden.

Omicioli scored four goals on the week for the Friars (12-12-3
overall/7-7-1 in HOCKEY EAST play) leading PC to a 3-0-0 week and back to
the .500 mark.

The senior rightwinger scored three game-winning goals last week and added
two assists for a six-point week. On Tuesday, January 22 Omicioli scored
the game-winner to give the Friars the 16th annual Mayor’s Cup title. It
was Omicioli’s second career Mayor’s Cup game-winning goal, as he scored
the game-winner as a freshman on January 12, 1999. Omicioli also assisted
on sophomore defenseman Regan Kelly’s (Imperial, Sask.) third goal of the
season in the Brown game.

On Friday, January 25, Omicioli scored PC’s fifth goal, which turned out to
be the game-winning goal in Providence’s 6-4 victory over Boston College.
On Sunday, January 27 at BC, Omicioli scored the Friars’ third and fourth
goals in a four-goal second-period outburst, giving him his third
game-winner in three games. Omicioli also assisted on junior co-captain
Devin Rask’s (Parkside, Sask.) 11th goal of the season.

On the year, Omicioli has totalled 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points in
26 games. He has one power-play goal, which he scored at BC on Sunday, and
has a pair of short-handed tallies. Omicioli has a +8 rating on the season
and has four game-winning goals, which leads the team.

The Friars return to action this weekend, playing at Northeastern
University on Friday, February 1 at 7:00 p.m. PC also plays at UMass
Amherst on Saturday, February 2 at 8:00 p.m.

– FRIARS –
Bob Rothwell
Senior Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations
Providence College
phone: (401) 865-2201
fax: (401) 865-2583

GO FRIARS !