2020–21 Providence Friars men's ice hockey season
men's ice hockey season
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Joel Beal
Bruce Irving
Greg Printz
Tyce Thompson
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The 2020–21 Providence Friars Men's ice hockey season was the 70th season of play for the program and the 37th season in the Hockey East conference. The Friars represented Providence College and were coached by Nate Leaman, in his 10th season.
Season
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Providence's players would lose a season of play.[1] However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.[2]
Providence got off to a bad start, surrendering 12 goals in their opening weekend to Boston College. Afterwards, sophomore transfer Jaxson Stauber, son of Hobey Baker-recipient Robb Stauber, took over in net and the team saw immediate improvement. The Friars were able to remain in the top-20 for the remainder of the season but the team was never able to put a consistent string of wins together to get them either into the top-10 or among the best teams in their own conference.
By the end of the regular season Providence was considered a 'bubble team' for the NCAA Tournament and would need a very good performance in the Hockey East Tournament to improve their standing if they couldn't get an automatic bid.[3] The first impediment for the team was Hockey East using a power index to decide conference placement rather than win percentage. This meant that Providence finished below Connecticut despite possessing a better record and would have to play a road game in the quarterfinals. The team was easily able to overcome that difficulty and defeated the Huskies 6–1. Their next opponent, Massachusetts, was not as easily beaten. After a good start, Providence was shut out over the final 50 minutes of play and lost 2–5.
Getting into the semifinal and losing to the eventual conference champion was a solid performance but Providence had a problem. Because there were little-to-no non-conference games for all of college hockey, the PairWise rankings would not be used. Instead, the NCAA selection committee decided to judge teams based upon how they performed against the best teams in their conference. Providence had lost both games to BC, gone 1–1 versus Boston University and 0–2–2 against Massachusetts (including the playoff match). This left the Friars with a 1–5–2 record against the 'good' Hockey East teams, which was not sufficient to earn them a trip to the national tournament.
Kyle Koopman and Jimmy Scannell sat out the season.
Departures
Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Jack Dugan | Forward | ![]() | Signed Professional Contract (Vegas Golden Knights) |
Jerry Harding | Forward | ![]() | Transferred to Massachusetts |
Shane Kavanagh | Forward | ![]() | Graduation |
Jake Kucharski | Goaltender | ![]() | Transferred to American International |
Michael Lackey | Forward | ![]() | Graduation (Signed with Orlando Solar Bears) |
Caleb Rule | Forward | ![]() | Transferred to Miami |
Vimal Sukumaran | Forward | ![]() | Graduation |
Spenser Young | Defenseman | ![]() | Graduation |
Recruiting
Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Adams | Forward | ![]() | 23 | Boxford, MA; selected 162nd overall in 2017; transfer from Union |
Brett Berard | Forward | ![]() | 23 | East Greenwich, RI; selected 134th overall in 2020 |
Anton Martinsson | Goaltender | ![]() | 24 | Klippan, SWE; graduate transfer from Alaska |
Nicholas Poisson | Forward | ![]() | 19 | Vancouver, BC |
Uula Ruikka | Defenseman | ![]() | 20 | Oulu, FIN |
Jaxson Stauber | Goaltender | ![]() | 21 | Wayzata, MN; transfer from Minnesota State |
Matt Tugnutt | Forward | ![]() | 24 | Peterborough, ON; graduate transfer from Sacred Heart |
Chase Yoder | Forward | ![]() | 18 | Fairview, TX; selected 170th overall in 2020 |
Current roster
As of February 12, 2021.[4]
No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team | NHL rights |
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1 | ![]() | Jimmy Scannell | Junior | G | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | 1999-06-13 | Medfield, Massachusetts | Thayer (USHS–MA) | — |
2 | ![]() | Luke Johnson | Sophomore | D | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 1999-01-07 | Edina, Minnesota | Sioux City (USHL) | — |
3 | ![]() | Davis Bunz | Senior | D | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 1998-09-04 | Middleton, Wisconsin | Central Illinois (USHL) | — |
4 | ![]() | Jack Adams | Senior | F | 6' 6" (1.98 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | 1997-02-05 | Boxford, Massachusetts | Union (ECAC) | DET, 162nd overall 2017 |
5 | ![]() | Ben Mirageas | Senior | D | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 1999-05-08 | Newburyport, Massachusetts | Chicago (USHL) | NYI, 77th overall 2017 |
6 | ![]() | Cam McDonald | Sophomore | D | 5' 9" (1.75 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 2001-02-03 | Eagle River, Alaska | Muskegon (USHL) | — |
8 | ![]() | Albin Nilsson | Sophomore | F | 6' 0" (1.83 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | 1998-09-18 | Ljungby, Sweden | Sioux City (USHL) | — |
9 | ![]() | Patrick Moynihan | Sophomore | F | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 2001-01-23 | Millis, Massachusetts | USNTDP (USHL) | NJD, 158th overall 2019 |
11 | ![]() | Greg Printz | Senior | F | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | 1998-05-04 | Fairfax, Virginia | Omaha (USHL) | — |
12 | ![]() | Nick Poisson | Freshman | F | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 2001-08-15 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Prince George (BCHL) | — |
13 | ![]() | Craig Needham | Sophomore | F | 5' 10" (1.78 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 1999-03-31 | Medford, Massachusetts | Youngstown (USHL) | — |
14 | ![]() | Matt Koopman | Junior | F | 5' 10" (1.78 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 1998-05-01 | Marblehead, Massachusetts | Waterloo (USHL) | — |
16 | ![]() | Kyle Koopman | Junior | D | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 1998-05-01 | Marblehead, Massachusetts | West Kelowna (BCHL) | — |
17 | ![]() | Chase Yoder | Freshman | F | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 2002-05-28 | Fairview, Texas | USNTDP (USHL) | PIT, 170th overall 2020 |
18 | ![]() | Jamie Engelbert | Sophomore | F | 6' 4" (1.93 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 2000-06-21 | Cobourg, Ontario | Cobourg (OJHL) | — |
19 | ![]() | Jason O'Neill | Senior | F | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 1997-03-23 | Odenton, Maryland | Chicago (USHL) | — |
20 | ![]() | Parker Ford | Sophomore | F | 5' 9" (1.75 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 2000-07-20 | Wakefield, Rhode Island | Sioux City (USHL) | — |
21 | ![]() | Brett Berard | Freshman | F | 5' 9" (1.75 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | 2002-09-09 | East Greenwich, Rhode Island | USNTDP (USHL) | NYR, 134th overall 2020 |
22 | ![]() | Uula Ruikka | Freshman | D | 5' 9" (1.75 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 2000-05-28 | Oulu, Finland | Chicago (USHL) | — |
23 | ![]() | Michael Callahan (C) | Junior | D | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 1999-09-23 | Franklin, Massachusetts | Youngstown (USHL) | ARI, 142nd overall 2018 |
24 | ![]() | Max Crozier | Sophomore | D | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | 2000-04-19 | Calgary, Alberta | Sioux Falls (USHL) | TBL, 120th overall 2019 |
25 | ![]() | Luke Perunovich | Junior | D | 6' 0" (1.83 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 1997-05-12 | Edina, Minnesota | Northeast (NAHL) | — |
26 | ![]() | John McDermott | Senior | F | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | 1997-05-15 | Darien, Connecticut | Tri-City (USHL) | — |
27 | ![]() | Tyce Thompson | Junior | F | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 1999-07-12 | Milford, Connecticut | Dubuque (USHL) | NJD, 96th overall 2019 |
28 | ![]() | Garrett Devine | Sophomore | F | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 1997-11-25 | Windsor, Colorado | South Shore (NCDC) | — |
29 | ![]() | Matt Tugnutt | Graduate | F | 5' 10" (1.78 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 1996-05-14 | Peterborough, Ontario | Sacred Heart (AHA) | — |
30 | ![]() | Jaxson Stauber | Sophomore | G | 6' 3" (1.91 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 1999-04-27 | Plymouth, Minnesota | Sioux Falls (USHL) | — |
33 | ![]() | Gabe Mollot-Hill | Junior | G | 6' 4" (1.93 m) | 199 lb (90 kg) | 1997-08-12 | Ottawa, Ontario | Bloomington (USHL) | — |
35 | ![]() | Anton Martinsson | Graduate | G | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 1995-12-11 | Klippan, Sweden | Alaska (WCHA) | — |
Standings
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Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SOW | HEPI | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#6 Boston College | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 58.61 | 82 | 46 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 91 | 58 | |
#11 Boston University | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 56.36 | 49 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 45 | |
#1 Massachusetts * | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55.44 | 76 | 42 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 103 | 48 | |
Connecticut | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 52.01 | 69 | 63 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 70 | 69 | |
#16 Providence | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.80 | 63 | 61 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 67 | |
Northeastern | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 49.94 | 68 | 60 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 69 | 64 | |
#19 Massachusetts–Lowell | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.00 | 46 | 53 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 59 | 63 | |
Maine | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 46.66 | 41 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 68 | |
Merrimack | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45.38 | 47 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 47 | 66 | |
New Hampshire | 21 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 43.66 | 51 | 83 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 60 | 88 | |
Vermont | 12 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.02 | 17 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 42 | |
Championship: March 20, 2021[5] No Regular Season Champion Awarded[6] * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Schedule and results
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record | ||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
December 4 | 6:00 PM | at #2 Boston College | #12 | Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | NESN | Mollot-Hill | L 0–3 | 0 | 0–1–0 (0–1–0) | ||
December 5 | 7:00 PM | vs. #2 Boston College | #12 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN | Mollot-Hill | L 0–9 | 0 | 0–2–0 (0–2–0) | ||
December 13 | 5:00 PM | at #8 Massachusetts–Lowell | #19 | Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts | NESN+ | Stauber | W 4–2 | 0 | 1–2–0 (1–2–0) | ||
December 19 | 1:05 PM | at #12 Northeastern | #19 | Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | NESN | Stauber | T 3–3 SOL | 0 | 1–2–1 (1–2–1) | ||
December 20 | 3:36 PM | vs. #12 Northeastern | #19 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN | Stauber | W 5–0 | 0 | 2–2–1 (2–2–1) | ||
December 28 | 3:00 PM | at Connecticut | #15 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | Stauber | L 0–2 | 0 | 2–3–1 (2–3–1) | |||
January 1 | 1:00 PM | vs. Vermont | #15 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN | Stauber | T 0–0 SOW | 0 | 2–3–2 (2–3–2) | ||
January 2 | 7:00 PM | vs. Vermont | #15 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN | Stauber | W 3–1 | 0 | 3–3–2 (3–3–2) | ||
January 8 | 6:00 PM | at Boston University | #16 | Agganis Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | NESN+ | Stauber | W 7–3 | 0 | 4–3–2 (4–3–2) | ||
January 9 | 7:00 PM | vs. Boston University | #16 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN | Stauber | L 4–6 | 0 | 4–4–2 (4–4–2) | ||
January 15 | 3:30 PM | vs. Maine | #16 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN | Stauber | L 3–4 | 0 | 4–5–2 (4–5–2) | ||
January 16 | 4:30 PM | vs. Maine | #16 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN | Stauber | W 3–2 | 0 | 5–5–2 (5–5–2) | ||
January 22 | 3:00 PM | at #8 Massachusetts | #18 | Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts | Stauber | T 0–0 SOW | 0 | 5–5–3 (5–5–3) | |||
January 23 | 3:00 PM | vs. #8 Massachusetts | #18 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN+ | Stauber | T 1–1 SOL | 0 | 5–5–4 (5–5–4) | ||
January 29 | 7:00 PM | at New Hampshire | #17 | Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire | NESN | Stauber | W 5–1 | 0 | 6–5–4 (6–5–4) | ||
January 31 | 3:30 PM | vs. New Hampshire | #17 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN | Stauber | W 3–2 | 0 | 7–5–4 (7–5–4) | ||
February 6 | 2:05 PM | at Merrimack | #16 | J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts | Stauber | W 5–1 | 0 | 8–5–4 (8–5–4) | |||
February 7 | 2:00 PM | vs. Merrimack | #16 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | Stauber | L 2–3 | 0 | 8–6–4 (8–6–4) | |||
February 12 | 4:30 PM | vs. #20 Connecticut | #16 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN+ | Stauber | W 4–0 | 0 | 9–6–4 (9–6–4) | ||
February 23 | 4:30 PM | vs. #9 Massachusetts | #14 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | Stauber | L 1–8 | 0 | 9–7–4 (9–7–4) | |||
February 27 | 4:35 PM | at #17 Northeastern | #14 | Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | NESN | Stauber | W 4–2 | 0 | 10–7–4 (10–7–4) | ||
February 28 | 7:00 PM | vs. #17 Northeastern | #14 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | Stauber | T 3–3 SOL | 0 | 10–7–5 (10–7–5) | |||
March 5 | 5:00 PM | at Connecticut | #15 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | Stauber | L 3–5 | 0 | 10–8–5 (10–8–5) | |||
Hockey East Tournament | |||||||||||
March 14 | 3:30 PM | at Connecticut* | #17 | Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut (Hockey East Quarterfinals) | Stauber | W 6–1 | 0 | 11–8–5 | |||
March 17 | 7:00 PM | at #6 Massachusetts* | #14 | Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts (Hockey East Semifinals) | NESN | Stauber | L 2–5 | 0 | 11–9–5 | ||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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Scoring statistics
Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tyce Thompson | C | 25 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 16 |
Parker Ford | C | 25 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 |
Patrick Moynihan | C | 17 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 |
Greg Printz | LW | 25 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 |
Nick Poisson | F | 24 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
Michael Callahan | D | 25 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
Ben Mirageas | D | 25 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 20 |
Brett Berard | LW | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
Uula Ruikka | D | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Max Crozier | D | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
Jason O'Neill | F | 25 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
Craig Needham | C | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Matt Koopman | C | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Chase Yoder | F | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Cam McDonald | D | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
Matt Tugnutt | C/RW | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
John McDermott | LW | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Davis Bunz | D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Jamie Engelbert | C | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
Albin Nilsson | C | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Luke Johnson | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Anton Martinsson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gabe Mollot-Hill | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Garrett Devine | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jack Adams | C/RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Luke Perunovich | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jaxson Stauber | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bench | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Total | 71 | 119 | 190 | 234 |
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Goaltending statistics
Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
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Jaxson Stauber | 23 | 1393 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 567 | 4 | .916 | 2.24 |
Gabe Mollot-Hill | 2 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 0 | .846 | 4.47 |
Anton Martinsson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 16.82 |
Empty Net | - | 13 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Total | 25 | 1525 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 67 | 614 | 4 | .902 | 2.64 |
Rankings
Poll | Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 (Final) | ||||
USCHO.com | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 16 | - | 16 | |||
USA Today | NR | 15 | 13 | 12 | NR | NR | 13 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 14 | NR | NR | NR |
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.[9]
Awards and honors
Player | Award | Ref |
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Tyce Thompson | Hockey East Second Team | [10] |
Players drafted into the NHL
Round | Pick | Player | NHL team |
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3 | 91 | Taige Harding† | Chicago Blackhawks |
4 | 101 | Guillaume Richard† | Washington Capitals |
† incoming freshman [11]
References
- ^ "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBS Sports. August 21, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately". NCAA. December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "Bracketology: With Selection Sunday around the corner, taking one last stab at how the NCAA hockey tournament field will look". USCHO. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "2020–21 Roster". friars.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ "Hockey East Unveils 2021 Tournament and Seeding Format - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Hockey East Women's Tournament Field Set". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "Providence Friars (Men) 2020-2021 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ "Providence College 2020-2021 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Hockey East Names 2020-21 Men's All-Star Teams - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2021 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 24, 2021.