PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior Trevor Mingoia scored with 3:46 remaining in the third period to break a 3-3 tie and lift No. 18 Providence to a 4-3 victory over No. 13 Colgate in collegiate men’s ice hockey action Tuesday at Schneider Arena.
The Raiders used goals from juniors Tyson Spink and Darcy Murphy and sophomore Jake Kulevich to rally from a one-goal deficit on three different occasions during the contest before Mingoia closed out the scoring with an unassisted tally to lift the Friars past the Raiders in the first meeting between the two programs since the 2005-06 season.
Junior Jon Gillies made 29 saves in goal for Providence while sophomore Charlie Finn finished with 27 stops between the pipes for Colgate.
Bottom Line
No. 18 Providence 4, No. 13/14 Colgate 3
Won-Lost Records
– No. 18 Providence improved its record to 9-6-1 with the win.
– No. 13/14 Colgate moved to 9-6-1 on the season with the one-goal setback.
How It Happened
– Senior Shane Luke staked Providence took a 1-0 lead with a power play tally at the 10:06 mark of the first period as he stuffed home a loose puck from the right side of the crease for his fourth goal of the season. Juniors Noel Acciari and John Gilmour were credited with assists on the man-advantage tally.
– Tyson Spink brought the Raiders even less than two minutes later, sneaking a wrist shot past Providence keeper Jon Gillies from the left side wall to tie the game at 1-all. Junior Tylor Spink picked up the primary assist for his first point of the season while junior Ryan Johnston added the secondary helper.
– Luke struck for his second power play goal on the contest at the 15:40 mark of the first, tapping home a backdoor feed from Accairi at the right post to put the Friars back in front, 2-1. Gilmour picked up his second assist of the night on the tally.
– After a scoreless second period, Kulevich tied the game at 2-2 with a power play goal just 99 seconds into the third period, firing a seeing-eye slapshot from the top of the point through traffic and into the right side of the net. Johnston and senior John Lidgett picked up the assists on Kulevich’s third goal of the season.
– Gilmour put the Friars back in front, 3-2, at the 8:42 mark of the third as he finished off a 3-on-1 rush by knocking home a loose puck at the top of the crease for his second goal of the season. Freshman Brian Pinho and junior Nick Saracino were credited with assists on the play.
– Murphy once again brought the Raiders even, 3-3, sliding a rebound under Gillies from in front of the crease at the 12:59 mark. Sophomore Brett Corkey and freshman Evan Peterson earned the assists on Murphy’s tally, his fourth of the season.
– Mingoia notched the game-winning goal at the 16:14 mark of the third, collecting a loose puck deep in the Raiders zone and sliding the puck past Finn for his team-leading ninth goal of the campaign.
Inside The Box Score
– Both scored on the power play during the contest. Colgate was 1-for-8 while Providence was 2-for-5 with the man-advantage.
– Colgate held a slim 32-31 shot advantage, out-shooting Providence, 26-21 over the final two periods after the Friars posted a 10-6 margin in the first.
– Murphy led all players with five shots in the contest while Tom Parisi paced the Friars with four shot attempts.
– Colgate held a 40-36 margin at the faceoff dot. Tylor Spink and freshman Mike Panowyk led the Raiders with 12 wins apiece.
Key Raider Info
– Tyson Spink’s first period tally was his team-leading eighth goal of the season. The goal also moved into sole possession of second place on the team’s scoring chart with 13 points (8G/5A).
– With his first period assist, Tylor Spink became the 20th different Colgate player to register a point this season.
– Johnston finished with two assists for his second multi-point contest of the season and the ninth of his career. Johnston also matched his career high with his two helpers, equaling his personal best set on six previous occasions.
‘gate One Timers
– Colgate slipped to 1-3 against ranked competition this season. The Raiders faced their second ranked opponent in as many contests (@ then No. 1 Boston University on Nov. 29).
– The Raiders suffered their first loss of the season when scoring three or more goals as they are now 9-1-1 on the year when notching three or more goals in a game.
– Colgate moved to 5-2-1 on the season when out-shooting its opponent and saw its record shift to 4-2-1 when recording 30 or more shots in a game.
– The Raiders dropped to 1-5-1 when surrendering three or more goals in a game.
– Colgate is now 8-3-0 this season when scoring a power play goal and just 3-3-0 when allowing a man-advantage strike.
From The Source
Head Coach Don Vaughan
(On game)
“It was a very disappointing loss for us. I thought we had some really good minutes. I thought we played the way we want to play for much of the game, but the ice got a little hacked up late in periods and we didn’t manage the puck the way you have to at this level. I thought we turned the puck over too much tonight.”
(On third period goals by Providence)
“We talked between the second and third periods about being a little more patient and pushing the puck up the ice and not making sloppy plays and that’s exactly what happened. I don’t think they had a lot of other great looks in the third aside from those two and they scored on both of them. That’s on us. The game-winning goal was a great move by (Mingoia), but we’re dropping the puck on bad ice in front of our net late in the third period of a tie game. It’s not very smart.”
Up Next
– Colgate will take its traditional end of semester break before returning to action Dec. 29 when it opens the Three Rivers Classic with a 4:30 p.m. contest against Western Michigan at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
