Men's Hockey Defeats Top-Seeded Providence To Advance To Hockey East Semifinals

Providence, R.I. – Trevor Hoskin scored the game-winning goal less than three minutes into overtime to lift the No. 8 Merrimack Warriors to a thrilling 3-2 victory over the top-seeded Providence Friars in the Hockey East quarterfinals at Schneider Arena on Saturday night.

The Warriors (19-15-2) will face No. 2 UMass-Amherst in the Hockey East semifinals at TD Garden on Friday at 4 p.m. ET.

Merrimack took a 2-1 lead less than one minute into the third period when Nolan Flamand found the back of the net on the team's second power-play goal of the game. Nathan King (goal, assist) tied the game at 18:45 of the first period on Merrimack's first power-play goal.

Max Lundgren finished with 34 stops on 36 shots. Lundgren recorded 15 of those stops in the opening period, including a handful on the penalty kill, which helped the Warriors enter the locker room tied 1-all after the first frame. Lundgren became the program's all-time single-season leader in saves when he made stop No. 1,020 with 7:33 remaining in the second period. 

Merrimack held an 11-7 advantage in shots during the second period, but neither team could find the back of the net in the middle stanza. 

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