DENVER, COLO. --  The eighth-ranked Providence College Friars and the
University of Denver Pioneers skated to a 3-3 tie, in college hockey action,
on Saturday, November 25 at Magness Arena in Denver, Colo.
        The Friars took a 1-0 lead at 8:36 of the first period,  when Mike Robinson
beat Pioneer netminder Wade Dublielewicz with a slap shot from the right
face-off circle..  Cody Loughlean assisted on Robinson's  first collegiate
goal.  Less than 30 seconds later,  the Pioneers tied the game, 1-1.  Denver
defenseman Bryan Vines  took a shot from the blue line that deflected off a
Providence defender, past PC netminder Boyd Ballard, for the Pioneer's first
goal.  At the 15:05 mark, Denver took a 2-1 lead on a Bjorn Engstrom goal.
Denver's Judd Stauss made perfect pass to Engstrom at the blue line, who
then broke in one-on-one with Ballard and beat him with a low wrist shot,
giving the Pioneers a 2-1 lead.
        Providence tied the game at the 16:40 mark of the second on a Matt Libby
power-play goal.  Libby fired a shot from the point that was blocked by a
Denver defenseman.  Libby gathered the puck and fired a second shot that
slipped past Dublielewicz, Adam Lee and Marc Suderman assisted on the play.
        Stephen Wood gave the Friars a 3-2 lead at 12:58 of the third.  Robinson
won a face-off in the Friars' zone, Wood collected the puck, wrapped-around
the net and stuffed the puck past Dublielewicz, for his first collegiate
goal.  Less than two-minutes later, Denver tied the game, 3-3.  Greg Barber
one-timed a Greg Keith feed and beat Ballard high on the glove-side.
Garber's goal proved to be the game-tying goal as neither team was able to
produce much offense in the extra period.
        With the tie,   Providence record stands at 7-2-3 overall,  while Denver is
now  to 4-7-1.
        The Friars will return to action on Friday, December 1, versus Merrimack
College, at Schneider Arena at 7:00 p.m.

Providence College      1       1       1       0       -- 3
Denver  2       0       1       0       -- 3

First period - PC, Robinson 1 (Loughlean) 8:36; D, Vines, 1 (Paradise,
James) 9:00; D, Engstrom 3 (Stauss, Cook) 15:05.  Penalties - PC,3-6; D, 3-6.

Second period - PC, Libby 3 (Lee, Suderman) 16:40. Penalties - PC, 2-4; D, 2-4

Third period - PC, Wood 1 (Robinson) 12:57, D, Barber 1,  (Cook, Keith),
14:56.Penalties - PC, 0-0; D, 2-4

Overtime -   none.  Penalties - PC, 0-0; D, 0-0


Saves - Ballard, PC,  9-9-5     -1 -- 24 (65:00); Dubielewicz, D, 4-5-3- 3 -- 15
(65:00).

Records - Providence College, 7-2-3; Denver, 4-7-1.

Attendance: 3,339 (Magness Arena)