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Providence hockey defeats quinnipiac, 5-2

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --  The Providence College men's hockey team defeated
Quinnipiac University, 5-2, in a men's college hockey contest on Friday,
December 7 at Providence's Schneider Arena.
        In the first period, Quinnipiac's Matt Erhart scored on an early power
play, to take a 1-0 lead. Providence rebounded and out-shot Quinnipiac,
16-4, in the period but could not solve QU's freshman goaltender, Jamie Holden.
        In the second period, Providence solved Quinnipiac's goaltender with a
barrage of more shots. PC senior Peter Fregoe (Massena, N.Y.) pulled the
Friars (7-9-1 overall) even at 1-1 at the 10:30 mark of the second period
when he skated in all alone on Holden and flipped a shot through the
goaltender's pads for his eighth goal of the season.
        PC sophomore defenseman Stephen Wood (Sudbury, Mass.) put the Friars ahead,
2-1, just one minute and 18 second later when he fired a blast from the
point that rifled past Holden to give Providence a 2-1 lead. Wood scored his
third goal of the season on the power-play, finishing off assists from
classmate Peter Zingoni (Newtown, Conn.) and junior Jon DiSalvatore (South
Windsor, Conn.).
        Just 38 seconds later, junior Michael Lucci (Parma, Ohio) finished off the
third consecutive Providence goal in a 1:54 stretch when he converted from
junior Doug Wright (Kamsack, Sask.) and freshman defenseman Eric Lundberg
(Vernon, Conn.).
        The third period began with Quinnipiac pulling to within on goal when Brian
Herbert scored 57 seconds into the final period. PC senior  Drew Omicioli
(West Warwick, R.I.) put Providence back up by two goals when he banged in a
rebound from in front of the Quinnipiac goal. Sophomore Jonathan Goodwin
(Taunton, Mass.) closed the scoring with an empty net goal with 9.8 seconds
left to play.
        Providence junior Nolan Schaefer (Yellow Grass, Sask.), who relieved
freshman David Cacciola in goal to start the second period, earned the win
by making nine saves in 40 minutes. Cacciola made just three saves and
allowed one goal in the first 20 minutes of action. Holden made 42 saves for
Quinnipiac.
        The Friars return to action on Friday, December 28 when they face Western
Michigan in the first round of play at the Mariucci Classic, held at the
University of Minnesota.

Quinnipiac University (7-6-1)   1       0       1       --      2
Providence College (7-9-1)      0       3       2       --      5

First period - QU, Erhart (Herbert) PP, 1:10; Penalties - QU, 2-4; PC, 2-4.

Second period - PC, Fregoe (unassisted) 10:30; PC, Wood (Zingoni,
DiSalvatore), PP, 11:48; PC, Lucci (Wright, Lundberg) 12:26; Penalties - QU,
2-4; PC, 1-2.

Third period - QU, Herbert (Olsen) 0:57; PC, Omicioli (Rask, Chaput) 3:58;
PC, Goodwin (Lundberg, Lucci) 19:50 EN; Penalties - QU 2-4; PC, 3-6.

Saves - Holden, QU, 16-13-13--42 (59:28); Cacciola, PC, 3-x-x--3
(20:00)/Schaefer, PC, x-7-2--9 (40:00).

Records - Quinnipiac University, 7-6-1; Providence College, 7-9-1.

Attendance: 1,782 (Schneider Arena)