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March 9, 2007

Friars end hockey season in 6-0 loss to New Hampshire

Wildcat goalie Kevin Regan turned back 42 Friar shots for the second night in a row and top-seeded New Hampshire blanked Providence 6-0 to take their Hockey East quarterfinal last night in Durham, N.H.

New Hampshire scored twice on power plays in the first period, at 7:11 Chris Murray one-timed a pass from teammate Mike Radja past Friar goalie Tyler Sims. Later in the period Brett Hemingway tapped in a pass from Jacob Micflikier for a 2-0 Wildcat lead. Providence outshot the Wildcats 16-7 in the period but even with a four-minute power play the Friars were unable to get anything past Regan.

The second period was more of the same, the Wildcats scoring on only a few opportunities, Thomas Fortney capitalizing twice within a five-minute span early on and Trevor Smith netting another power play goal at the 13:14 mark. Matt Fornataro rounded out the scoring at 13:58 of the final period.

Providence finishes the season 10-23-3 while New Hampshire (25-9-2) now moves to the Hockey East semifinals Friday at the TD Banknorth Garden.

-- ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted by Thom Cahir  at 9:49 PM to College Sports | Permalink

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