Friday, December 2
Chestnut Hill, MA
7:00 PM
Boston College
5-5-3, 4-3-2
1
vs
1
Providence
9-3-4, 6-0-4
1
2
3
OT 1
OT 2
F
Providence
1
0
0
0
0
1
Boston College
1
0
0
0
0
1
Photo by: John Quackenbos
Benson Sharp in 1-1 Hockey East Tie with No. 10 Providence
December 02, 2022 | Men's Hockey
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Mitch Benson stopped 39 of the 40 Friar shots he faced as Boston College skated to a 1-1 Hockey East tie with No. 10 Providence on Friday night at Kelley Rink. PC earned an extra league point by winning the shootout.
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Rookie Cutter Gauthier netted his team-high eighth goal of the season for the Eagles, who moved to 5-5-3 overall and 4-3-2 in Hockey East.
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Gauthier handed the Eagles a 1-0 lead at 13:49 of the first period. Just 20 seconds into BC's first power play of the night, Eamon Powell set up Gauthier in the right circle for a heavy one-timer and the rookie snuck the shot past Philip Svedeback at the near post.
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The Friars (9-3-4, 6-0-4 HEA) equalized less than three minutes later when Guillaume Richard finished a right wing centering pass from Cory Monds at the left post.
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Boston College began the middle frame with a successful penalty kill and proceeded to kill off two more PC power plays in the period. Benson closed the second with 14 saves and had 27 stops through 40 minutes.
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Benson registered five more saves in overtime, including a point blank save on Chase Yoder by closing his pads. Powell nearly picked out Cam Burke on a 2-on-1 to win the game, but Burke couldn't settle the pass on the weak side.
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The Eagles went 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and have now killed off 21 of their last 22 power plays faced.
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BC dominated at the dot for the third game in a row, winning the faceoff battle 39-25.
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The schools close their home-and-home series on Saturday night at Schneider Arena on ESPN+ and WEEI 850 AM at 7 p.m.
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Rookie Cutter Gauthier netted his team-high eighth goal of the season for the Eagles, who moved to 5-5-3 overall and 4-3-2 in Hockey East.
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Gauthier handed the Eagles a 1-0 lead at 13:49 of the first period. Just 20 seconds into BC's first power play of the night, Eamon Powell set up Gauthier in the right circle for a heavy one-timer and the rookie snuck the shot past Philip Svedeback at the near post.
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The Friars (9-3-4, 6-0-4 HEA) equalized less than three minutes later when Guillaume Richard finished a right wing centering pass from Cory Monds at the left post.
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Boston College began the middle frame with a successful penalty kill and proceeded to kill off two more PC power plays in the period. Benson closed the second with 14 saves and had 27 stops through 40 minutes.
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Benson registered five more saves in overtime, including a point blank save on Chase Yoder by closing his pads. Powell nearly picked out Cam Burke on a 2-on-1 to win the game, but Burke couldn't settle the pass on the weak side.
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The Eagles went 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and have now killed off 21 of their last 22 power plays faced.
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BC dominated at the dot for the third game in a row, winning the faceoff battle 39-25.
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The schools close their home-and-home series on Saturday night at Schneider Arena on ESPN+ and WEEI 850 AM at 7 p.m.
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Team Stats
PC
BC
Shots
40
15
PPG
0
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
5
6
Penalty Mins
10
12
Faceoffs Won
25
39
Game Leaders
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
1
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
0
A
1
Players Mentioned
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