Box Score
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Freshman Greg Collins (Hingham, Mass.) scored his
first career goal to break a 3-3 tie with 1:46 remaining in the third
period as the Providence College men's ice hockey team rallied to defeat
No. 3 Boston College, 5-3, Tuesday night at Schneider Arena. With the
victory the Friars ended a four-game winless streak and improved to 2-4-1
overall and 1-1-1 in Hockey East play. The Eagles fell to 4-2-0, 1-1-0
in league action. It marked the Friars' first win over Boston College
since January 24, 2003.
Collins' goal game in a fast pace third period in which the Friars
outshot the Eagles, 19-9. Junior Jon Rheault (Deering, N.H.) played the
puck ahead to Collins, who was not able to control the pass as it
deflected off his stick and towards BC netminder Cory Schneider.
Schneider came out of his crease and attempted to clear the puck,
however, Collins blocked the clearing attempt and fired a shot into the
open net from the bottom of the right face off circle.
The Friars trailed 2-0 after the first period. Nathan Gerbe opened the
scoring for the Eagles at 11:44 of the first period as BC took advantage
of a five-minute power play. Gerbe fired a back-handed shot from the
slot that found the net. However, the Friars were able to kill off the
rest of the power play. At 16:39, the lead increased to 2-0 when Dan
Bertram connected on his second tally of the season off assists by Gerbe
and Mike Brennan.
The second period was a different story as PC scored three times to take
the lead. Junior Jamie Carroll (Andover, Conn.) began the comeback at
6:21, scoring his first goal of the season. Carroll took a pass from
freshman John Cavanagh (Warwick, R.I.) and fired a wrist shot that
Schneider saved, but the rebound came right back to Carroll, who snapped
a high wrist shot into the net. Just under four minutes later, senior
Tony Zancanaro (Trenton, Mich.) tied the game with his third goal of the
season at 10:31. Freshman Mark Fayne (Sagamore Beach, Mass.) cleared the
puck along the board at the end of a penalty kill to Zancanaro, who had
just emerged out of the penalty box after serving a two-minute minor
penalty for cross checking. Zancanaro skated all the way across the ice,
gained control of the puck at the red line and skated in on a breakaway
before rifling a high wrist shot past Schneider. The Friars gained their
first lead of the night at 16:42 when Nick Mazzolini's (Anchorage,
Alaska) back hander from the bottom of the right face off circle glanced
off the right post and into the net. Sophomore John Mori (Westport,
Conn.) and Carroll assisted on the goal.
However, the Eagles responded at 11:21 of the third period when Brett
Motherwell scored his first of the season on a wrap-around goal that tied
the game at 3-3. After Motherwell's goal, PC carried the play and had
several chances to take the lead. After Collins scored to give the
Friars the lead, Boston College pulled Schneider for an extra skater in
an attempt to score the equalizer. However, the Eagles were whistled for
a penalty as they had two many players on the ice at 19:47. After the
ensuing face off, sophomore Matt Taormina (Washington Township, Mich.)
gained control of the puck deep in the PC zone and fired the puck the
length of the ice and into the net with one second left on the clock.
Schneider finished with 37 saves for the Eagles, while PC goalie Tyler
Sims (Grand Blanc, Mich.) earned his first win of the season as he made
26 saves.
The Friars are back in action on Friday, November 3 with a Hockey East
game at UMass in
Amherst.
