Dec. 1, 2000

Box Score

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The eighth-ranked Providence College Friars were defeated by the Merrimack Warriors, 4-1, in college hockey action on Friday, December 1, 2000 at PC's Schneider Arena.

Merrimack came out off the gate flying and took an early 2-0 lead. At the 7:18 mark, Ryan Kiley tipped in a Stephen Moon shot to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead. Merrimack extended its lead at the 11:04 mark as Kiley netted his second goal of the game, assisted by Moon and Pyliotis. Moon's pass reached a streaking Kiley at the right face-off circle. Kiley gathered the passed and fired a shot high, beating Friar goaltender Nolan Schaefer.

The Friars pulled to within one goal at the 14:48 mark of the first period. Jay Leach fired a shot from the point that slipped past the screened Merrimack goaltender, Tom Exter, for the Friars' first goal. Leach's power-play goal was assisted by Matt Libby and Marc Suderman.

In the second period, neither team was able to produce much offense, as the Friars out shot the Warriors, 7-4.

The Warriors scored quickly in the third, as they extended their lead, 3-1. Merrimack controlled the opening face-off and Anthony Aquino fired a shot that Schaefer deflected. Nick Parillo knocked in the rebound for the Warriors' third goal at the 00:28 mark of the third, a power-play goal.

Kiley notched the game's final goal, his third of the night, unassisted at 16:20 of the third. Kiley capitalized on a Friar turnover in the PC defensive zone and wristed a shot past Schaefer as the Warriors skated to a 4-1 victory.

Exter recorded 28 stops for Merrimack and Schaefer stopped 20 shots in the loss.

With the loss, the Friars drop to 7-3-3 overall and 4-2-1 in HOCKEY EAST action, while Merrimack improve to 7-7-1 and 3-5-0 in league play.

Providence College will return to action on Saturday, December 2 at Merrimack's Volpe Complex at 7:00 p.m.

Friday, December 1, 2000 Schneider Arena, Providence, R.I.

Merrimack (7-7-1, 3-5-0)	2	0	2	---4		1-7		10-10
Providence College (7-3-3, 4-2-1)1	0	0	---1		1-5		13-26

Per	Time	Team	Goal Scorer  (Assists)
1	7:18	MC	Ryan Kiley 6 (Stephen Moon, Anthony Aquino)
1	11:04	MC	Ryan Kiley 7 (Stephen Moon, John Pyliotis)
1	14:48	PC	Jay Leach 3 (Matt Libby, Marc Suderman)PP
3	00:28	MC	Nick Parillo 7 (Anthony Aquino, Stephen Moon)PP
3	16:20	MC	Ryan Kiley 8 (unassisted)


Saves:
Tom Exter (MC)	10	4	14	--28	(60:00)
Nolan Schaefer (PC)	6	7	7	--20	(60:00)

Attendance: 1,969 (Schneider Arena)