SATURDAY’S ROUNDUP: ASU completes the sweep of No. 1 Denver; No. 3 BC falls to Northeastern; Colgate upends Quinnipiac in OT; Providence survives vs. LIU

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Artem Shlaine, who scored twice in Friday’s 3-2 upset of No. 1 Denver, added two more goals on Saturday including the game winner as the Sun Devils completed a massive sweep of the Pioneers, 5-2 (Photo: Arizona State athletics/X)

No. 1 Denver entered this weekend with a 21-game winning streak. They leave its home set against Arizona State now riding a two-game losing streak.

Artem Shlaine scored twice for the Sun Devils including the game-winner and insurance markers and Luke Pavicich stopped 26 shots, including 14 in the third period as ASU completed the weekend sweep of the Pioneers, 5-2.

Denver jumped to a 1-0 lead with eight second remaining in the first on a Sam Harris goal. But the second period proved an Achilles heel for the Pioneers.

Noah Beck tied the game at 3:55 before Cullen Porter gave the Sun Devils their first lead at 10:19.

Just 52 seconds later, Shlaine extended the lead. And though Aidan Thompson brought Denver within a goal late in the second, Shlaine’s second goal of the game and fourth of the weekend was a dagger in the hearts of Denver.

Bennett Schimek netted an empty netter with 1:56 remaining.

It has been some time since Denver has been swept at Magness Arena. The last team to do it was Minnesota Duluth more than four years ago, January 31 and February 1, 2020.

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Northeastern 4, No. 3 Boston College 2

Northeastern earned its first Hockey East win of the season and it was a big one, upsetting No. 3 Boston College, 4-2, in front of a sold out Matthews Arena crowd.

Dylan Hryckowian scored twice and added an assist for a three-point game to pace the Huskies offense. They potted three first-period goals and then survived a late push from the Eagles as Ryan Leonard drew the visitors within a goal with 14:23 remaining.

It was Hryckowian who sealed the victory with an empty-net tally with three seconds remaining. Jackson Dorrington and Jack Williams also scored for the Huskies while Oskar Jellvik posted the remaining tally for the Eagles.

The victory earns a weekend split with the Eagles, who have now lost two of their last four games after beginning the year 7-1-0.

Colgate 3, No. 18 Quinnipiac 2 (F/OT)

Daniel Panetta scored with 49 seconds remaining in overtime as Colgate knocked off No. 18 Quinnipiac, 3-2, at home on Saturday.

It was a game Colgate never trailed, taking leads of 1-0 and 2-1 only to have the visiting Bobcats fight back each time to tie the game. Ben Raymond and Brett Chorske scored for the Raiders while Travis Trealor and Andon Cerbone each tallied for Quinnipiac.

No. 10 Providence 4, Long Island 3 (F/OT)

Host Providence overcame deficits of 2-0 and 3-2, the latter late in regulation before forcing overtime where Nick Poisson won the game 58 seconds into the extra session giving the 10th-ranked Friars a narrow 4-3 victory.

It was the 100th point of Poisson’s career.

LIU jumped to a 2-0 lead early on goals by Riley Wallack at 9:58 of the first and Connor Gregga with two second left in the frame.

Providence rallied in the second when Ryan O’Reilly scored at 6:28 and John Mustard evened the game at 19:26.

Just 15 second later, though, LIU answered on Nick Bernardo’s goal with 19 second left in the middle period.

Tanner Adams evened the score in the final two minutes of regulation before Poisson scored the winner.

No. 7 Colorado College 1, No. 11 St. Cloud State 0 (F/OT)

Philippe Blais-Savoie scored the game’s only goal with 1:01 remaining in overtime as Colorado College salvaged a weekend sweep with St. Cloud State.

The visiting Huskies take four of the six points in the NCHC standing by reaching overtime after Friday’s 3-2 victory.

Kaiden Mbereko earned the OT shutout making 27 saves, while his counterpart Isak Posch finished with 34 saves taking the loss.

No. 5 Michigan 10, Penn State 6

T. J. Hughes scored four goals and added and assist while teammate Michael Hage matched the five-point effort with a goal and four assists and the Michigan offense exploded, reaching double digits for the first time since a 12-4 victory over Stonehill in January.

The 10 goals ties Michigan’s mark for goals scored in a Big Ten game, having posted an identical 10-6 decision against Ohio State on January 16, 2015.

Eleven different skates for the Wolverines recorded at least one point and six Wolverines recorded multi-point games.

Aiden Fink (two goals, two assists) and Reese Laubach (goal, three assists) each posted four-point games for Penn State in the loss.

 

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