HAMILTON – Juniors Tim Harrison and Jake Kulevich scored for Colgate, but No. 3 Providence proved to be too much as the Friars posted a 7-2 victory Friday in collegiate men’s ice hockey action at Starr Rink.
Jake Walman notched his first career hat trick and added an assist to power the defending national champions. Brian Pinho pitched in a goal and three helpers while Nick Saracino tallied three assists and Ryan Tait finished with two goals.
Harrision notched a goal and an assist for the Raiders. Sophomore Sebastian Weberg drew the secondary assist on both of Colgate’s goals.
Providence took a 1-0 lead just 80 seconds into the contest on a rebound goal from Pinho and never looked back, building a 3-0 lead before the game was 15 minutes old.
Colgate cut into the Friars margin less than a minute into the second when Harrison deflected a point shot past Providence keeper Nick Ellis to make it a 3-1 contest.
Walman restored the Friar’s three-goal margin with a power-play tally less than six minutes after Harrison’s tally. Tait and Erik Foley expanded the Friars advantage to 6-1 with goals early in the third period before Kulevich scored on the power play to bring the Raiders within four.
Walman closed out the scoring with an empty-net marker in less than two minutes to play in the contest.
Ellis made 16 saves in goal for the Friars before being replaced in the third by Hayden Hawkey. Junior Charlie Finn got the start in goal for the Raiders. He turned aside 23 shots before being replaced in the third by sophomore Zac Hamilton.
Bottom Line
No. 3 Providence 7, Colgate 2
Won-Lost Records
– No. 3 Providence remained undefeated on the season, improving to 5-0-1
– Colgate moved to 3-3-0 with the setback.
Turning Point
– Pinho staked the Friars to a 1-0 lead just 80 seconds into the contest with his second goal of the season.
– Sacacino started the scoring sequence by firing a shot during a scramble from the middle of the slot.
– Finn was able to make the initial save, but the puck went right to Pinho, who directed the puck past the Colgate keeper for the game’s opening marker.
– Tait doubled the Friars margin to 2-0 at the 10:34 mark and Walman tallied his first of the evening to expand the Providence cushion to 3-0 with 14:07 gone in the opening frame.
Key Raider Info
– Harrison and Kulevich both notched their second goals of the season during the contest.
– Harrison posted his first multiple-point performance of the season and the third of his career.
– Sebastian Weberg was credited with two assists in the contest, giving him his first career multi-point contest.
– Senior Kevin Lough earned the primary assist on Harrison’s second-period tally, his third point of the season.
Inside the Box Score
– Providence held a 35-25 shot advantage in the contest. The Friars posted a 24-10 edge during the first two periods while the Raiders held a 15-11 edge in the third.
– Colgate was 1-for-6 on the power play while Providence was 1-for-3.
– Providence held a 32-29 edge at the faceoff dot. Mike Borkowski was 12-of-20 at the dot to lead the Raiders while Pinho was 10-of-18 to pace the Friars.
– Walman led all players with six shots and was a +5 for the contest.
– Tyson Spink finished with a team-best four shots for Colgate.
‘gate One Timers
– Colgate allowed the first goal of the game for just the second time this season and moved to 0-2-0 in those contests.
– The Raiders allowed five or more goals for the second time this season and saw their record shift to 0-2-0 when doing so.
– Colgate was outshot for the third time this season and saw its record move to 1-2-0 when that occurs.
– The Raiders trailed after the first period for the first time this season.
From the Source
Colgate Head Coach Don Vaughan
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(on game)
“We were not very good tonight. We’ve got to take a hard look at ourselves, get back to the drawing board and figure out what we’re not doing because they just had their way with us tonight. It was really disappointing.”
Up Next
– The two teams return to action Saturday, concluding their two-games with a 7 p.m. contest at Starr Rink.
– Tickets are available by calling 315-228-7600 or by visiting bleedcolgatemaroon.com.
