UNH Wins Fourth Straight with 4-3 Victory at #11 Providence

Friday, January 17

Providence, R.I.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

12-8-1, 6-5-0HEAM

Providence

13-6-5, 7-5-2HEAM

New Hampshire

Providence

Angus Crookshank

1/17/2020 11:28:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Angus Crookshank scores two goals.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – With 3:45 left in the third period and with the game tied at 3-3, sophomore forward Angus Crookshank (North Vancouver, British Columbia) scored the game-winning goal as the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team defeated No. 11 Providence, 4-3, on Friday night at Schneider Arena. UNH has now won four straight games and improve to 12-8-1 overall (6-5-0 HEA), while the Friars fall to 13-6-5 (7-5-2 HEA). The Wildcats are now 4-1-0 this season versus nationally ranked teams.

Crookshank scored two goals on the night and now has three game-winners this season. Junior goalie Mike Robinson (Bedford, N.H.) posted 27 saves to earn the win in net.

UP NEXT:

The Wildcats will conclude the two-game home-and-home series with No. 11 Providence on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Whittemore Center on NESN presented by ABM. The first 1,000 fans will receive "I Believe In UNH" rally towels at the game. Individual game tickets with affordable options that start as low as $9 and a convenient six-ticket flexible miniplan can be purchased for the season by calling the Whittemore Center Box Office at (603) 862-4000 or by visiting UNHWildcats.com.

The UNH men's and women's hockey teams will be participating in the annual Skate with the 'Cats event on Monday, Jan. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond at Strawbery Banke. Meet the team and skate with your favorite UNH hockey players. Regular admission rates apply.

Score: New Hampshire 4, #11 Providence 3
Records: UNH (12-8-1, 6-5-0 HEA), Providence (13-6-5, 7-5-2 HEA)
Location: Providence, R.I. (Schneider Arena)
Date: Friday, Jan. 17, 2020
Time: 7 p.m.
Attendance: 3,030

HOW IT HAPPENED

Just 54 seconds after the opening face-off, junior Kohei Sato (Nishitokyo, Japan) ripped a shot to the left side of the net past Providence goalie Michael Lackey after senior Liam Blackburn (Prince George, British Columbia) sent a pass from behind the net, giving Sato space to get a shot off and score the game's first goal.
UNH then went on a five-minute power play but were unable to capitalize.
At 15:23, sophomore Jackson Pierson (Zionsville, Ind.) led a rush into the offensive zone and fired a shot as Crookshank netted the rebound giving UNH a two-goal lead
Then at 18:39, junior defenseman Max Gildon (Plano, Texas) put in a rising slapshot from the blue line to increase the lead to 3-0.
At 9:07 of the second period, Providence capitalized on the man-advantage as Vimal Sukumaran redirected a blue-line slapshot from Max Crozier and gave Providence its first goal of the game.
At 15:22 and again with a man-advantage, Parker Ford ripped a low-to-high wrister that found the back of the net.
Sukumaran netted his second goal of the game at 13:38 of the third period when he snuck a quick wrist shot on the short-side bringing the score to 3-3.
Then with just 3:45 left in the third period, junior Charlie Kelleher (Longmeadow, Mass.) took the puck from a left-side face-off circle and set up Crookshank with a perfect one-timer he put past the glove of Lackey for his 12th goal of the season, giving UNH a 4-3 lead.
Providence went with an empty net with 57 seconds left but were unable to score the equalizer for the 4-3 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Friars outshot the Wildcats, 30-28.
The Wildcats went 0-2 on the power play and Providence went 2-5.
Robinson made 27 saves, while Lackey tallied 24.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

This is the fourth time Crookshank has scored two goals during a game in his career.
Sato and Crookshank each extended their point streak to six games.
Blackburn is now on a three-game point streak.
The Wildcats are 5-1-0 over their last six games outscoring the opposition, 27-16.

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