Providence Defeats Acadia, 4-2, in Exhibition Hockey Action

        PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College Friars defeated the Acadia
Axemen, 4-2, in men's college hockey exhibition action on Saturday, October
7 at Schneider Arena in Providence, R.I.
         The Axemen opened the scoring at the 9:05 mark of the second period on a
Joshua St. Louis goal.  The Friars' Devin Rask got PC's started when he
converted a two-on-one breakaway, on a pass from Jon DiSalvatore, with two
minutes remaining in the second period.
        Acadia added one more goal in the third period, before the Friars exploded
with three unanswered goals.  Senior J.J. Picinic started the Friars' third
period scoring, beating Acadia's Mike Lencucha on a slap shot from the
front of the goal, tying the game at two.  Freshman Dominic Torretti and
Peter Zingoni assisted on the play.
        At 10:32 of the third, Acadia's Shane Regan was called for tripping which
led to a power play goal from DiSalvatore, the eventual game winner,
assisted by Peter Fregoe and Rask.  Zingoni added an empty net goal at
19:14 to  secure the 4-2 win for the Friars.
        Nolan Scheafer  earned the win for Providence after making 10 stops in
30:05 minutes of play. Boyd Ballard also  recorded 10 saves for the Friars.
Lencucha saved 41 shots in the loss.
        Providence College will return to action in their 2000-01 regular season
opener on October 20 versus Miami at Schneider Arena at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 7, 2000
Schneider Arena, Providence, R.I.
Acadia (0-0)    0       1       1       ---2            5-10            0-5
Providence College (0-0)        0       1       3       ---4            7-25            1-4

Per     Time    Team    Goal Scorer  (Assists)
2       9:05    A       Joshua St. Louis (Chad Cavanagh)
2       18:05   PC      Devin Rask (Jon Disalvatore) SH
3       2:00    A       Shane Reagh (Eric Hunter, Robin Sochan)
3       6:02    PC      J.J. Picinic (Dominic Torretti, Peter Zingoni)
3       12:08   PC      Jon DiSalvatore (Peter Zingoni, Peter Fregoe) PP
3       19:14   PC      Peter Zingoni (J.J. Picinic, Stephen Wood) EN

Saves:
Mike Lecucha (AU)       15      16      10      --41    (59:20)
Boyd Ballard (PC)       9       1       x       --10    (29:55)
Nolan Schaefer (PC)     x       3       7       --10    (30:05)

Attendance: 810 (Schneider Arena)