BURLINGTON, Vt. – Providence scored twice in the first period Sunday afternoon on their way to a 3-1 win over Vermont on Fan Appreciation Day presented by Handy Toyota. The Friars win snapped their five-game losing streak and dropped the Catamounts to 9-15-3 overall.

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COACH'S QUOTE
"Our first period we were sluggish and got outworked," Head Coach Todd Woodcroft said. "Our second period we were the better team. The third period was a draw until they scored a late power play goal. We are hoping to be healthy soon and will use this week to rest up and prepare for UMass."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Friars opened the scoring 7:58 into the first period on a series of fortunate bounces. Max Crozier tried to slide a pass down low but it deflected off a Vermont skate and towards the UVM net. The puck then deflected off Riley Duran's skate before Jamie Engelbert tapped it home for his fourth goal of the season.
• Bennett Schimek doubled the Friars advantage with 2:05 left in the opening frame. Vermont's Oskar Autio couldn't see his point shot through traffic before it was too late. Crozier picked up another assist on Schimek's eighth goal of the campaign.
• Vermont cut the Providence lead in half with a five-on-three advantage in the second period. Andrei Buyalsky setup a one-time blast from Simon Jellus at the faceoff dot for his second goal of the season. Will Zapernick also earned an assist on the power play tally.
• Providence's Philip Svedebäck made eight saves in the third period, including three on an early penalty kill for the Friars to keep the Catamounts off the board.
• Crozier put the game away with a power play tally with 3:10 to play.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• In its last 15 games Vermont's power play has scored 15 times. Over that stretch UVM is 15-for-64, good for 23.4%.
• In his last three starts Oskar Autio has stopped 89 of the 95 shots he has faced, good for a .936 save percentage.
• Andrei Buyalsky extended his career-best five-game point streak this afternoon with his power play assist. Buyalsky has one goal and six assists in Vermont's last five games. He leads the team with 11 assists. He is also now tied for the team lead in scoring with 14 points.
• With today's 3-1 decision, Community Bank N.A. will donate $75 to Special Olympics Vermont. Community Bank, N.A. donates $75 per goal to Special Olympics Vermont for every goal the men's and women's team scores this season. 

UP NEXT
Vermont travels to Amherst next weekend to face UMass in their final two-game road weekend of the season. The Catamounts and Minutemen will do battle from the Mullins Center at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday night. Saturday's contest will air on NESN.
 
Both games will also air on ESPN+. They will also be available on a pay-per-view basis internationally at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hockeyeast. Subscriptions to the service are available for $9.99 USD per month or $4.99 USD for individual games. 

Handy Toyota is the presenting sponsor of the 2022-23 men's hockey season