The Maine Women’s Hockey Team skated to a 1-1 tie with the Providence Friars on Saturday afternoon, November 1st. Providence won the shootout to win the extra point in Hockey East.

After a scoreless tie, Providence scored their goal with :32 seconds gone.

Maine answered 34 seconds later, when Frederikke Foss scored, assisted by Ali Altiman and Danielle Brunette.

Maine was 0-5 on the power play, while Providence was 1-1.

Maine outshot Providence 31-23.

Kiia Lahtinen turned away 22 shots in goal for Maine.

Providence is 3-6-1 overall and 1-2-1 in Hockey East. Maine is 2-6-1 overall and 0-1-1 in Hockey East.

The Black Bears return to the Alfond this coming weekend, with a series against Boston University. The puck drops on Friday November 7th at 3 p.m. and on Saturday, November 8th at 3:30 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College women’s hockey team skated to a 1-1 tie against the University of Maine on Saturday, Nov. 1 at Schneider Arena. The Friars are now 3-6-1 overall and 1-2-1 in Hockey East play, while the Black Bears move to 2-6-1 and 0-1-1. Senior Reichen Kirchmair (Oakville, Ontario) scored the lone goal for Providence, her eighth of the season.
 
SCORE
Providence – 1 | Maine – 1
 
RECORDS
Providence – 3-6-1 (1-2-1 HEAW) | Maine – 2-6-1 (0-1-1 HEAW)
 
VENUE
Schneider Arena | Providence, R.I.
 
GAME FLOW & NOTES
  
-The teams skated scoreless through the first period, with Maine holding an 11-4 edge in shots on goal. The Friars successfully killed off three penalties, including a five-on-three for 19 seconds.
 
-Providence opened the scoring on the power play to start the second period. Senior Reichen Kirchmair (Oakville, Ontario) found the back of the net, assisted by junior Audrey Knapp (Stevens Point, Wis.) and senior Cristina Cavaliere (Mississauga, Ontario). It marked Kirchmair’s team-leading eighth goal of the season.
 
-Maine tied the game just 34 seconds later on a goal from Frederikke Foss, assisted by Ali Altiman and Danielle Brunette.
 
-The teams played a scoreless third period to send the game to overtime, marking the Friars’ third overtime contest in their last four games.
 
-Neither team scored in overtime, resulting in a 1-1 tie. It was Providence’s first tie since Nov. 16, 2024, against Vermont.
 
-In the shootout, graduate student goaltender Hope Walinski (Lincoln, R.I.) stopped two shots, while Knapp and sophomore Jessie Pellerin (Bowmanville, Ontario) each scored to give Providence the extra point.
 
-Walinski finished with 30 saves in net for the Friars.

STAT COMPARISON

Providence – 1

Shots: 26

Face-offs: 27/45

Power plays: 1/1

Penalty Kill: 5/5

 

Maine – 1

Shots: 33

Face-offs: 18/45

Power plays: 0/5

Penalty Kill: 0/1

 

PC GAME HIGHS

Shots on Goal: Davies (5)

Blocks: Clarke (3)

Goals: Kirchmair (1)

Assists: Cavaliere, Knapp (1)

Points: Cavaliere, Kirchmair, Knapp (1)

 

UP NEXT

The Friars return to action next weekend with a home-and-home series against the University of New Hampshire in Hockey East play. Providence will travel to Durham, N.H. on Friday, Nov. 7 at 6:00 p.m. before hosting the Wildcats on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 2:00 p.m. at Schneider Arena.

For more updates on the Providence women’s hockey program, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @PCWHockey.

 

– GO FRIARS –

A civil jury in Maine has awarded $25m to a woman whose teenage daughter died from leukemia after being misdiagnosed with a condition linked to steroid-using men.

The hefty verdict delivered in favor of Lyndsey Sutherland on Thursday called for her to receive $10m for the wrongful 2021 death of 15-year-old Jasmine “Jazzy” Vincent as well as $15m for pain and suffering, said her attorney, Meryl Poulin.

Poulin said on Friday that the verdict could be appealed, and an applicable Maine state law caps wrongful death damages at $750,000. Nonetheless, Poulin said, she hoped the amount awarded to her client sends “a clear message that Maine juries are willing to hold medical providers accountable when they fail to meet minimum standards of care”.

“There are so many and yet so few words to capture the impact of this result,” Poulin added in a statement to the Guardian. “Watching Lyndsey continue to push year after year, uphill, against the odds, to get justice for her daughter was beyond inspiring. This result was possible because of her unbelievable perseverance and determination to obtain justice for Jazzy.

“I hope that this verdict will finally bring some peace and closure for the tragic loss of this beautiful, innocent 15-year-old girl.”

Jazzy was initially diagnosed with pneumonia after becoming ill on 14 July 2021, according to reporting from the Maine news outlet WMTW.

A doctor with the Mid Coast Medical Group later concluded Jazzy had gynecomastia, which is an increase in breast tissue that is frequently found in men who use anabolic steroids, as noted by Maine’s Portland Press Herald.

Jazzy subsequently died of cardiac arrest on 1 August 2021, a little more than two weeks after she first indicated she felt sick. It was later determined that Jazzy’s death resulted from a buildup of fluid stemming from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which Sutherland’s attorneys contended was a common kind of pediatric cancer that responds well to treatment if diagnosed appropriately. Sutherland ultimately sued Mid Coast, alleging negligence in the death of Jazzy, who lived in Maine’s New Gloucester area.

Attempts to contact Mid Coast Medical Group for comment were not immediately successful. But WMTW reported that Mid Coast’s attorneys maintained that medical personnel are tasked with making many decisions daily, and honest mistakes should not be punished.

Mid Coast’s attorneys also argued that another provider who first saw Jazzy had some responsibility as well.

Jurors sided with Sutherland after a trial that began on Monday.

Sutherland testified during the trial, according to the Press Herald.

“I don’t want anybody [else] to have to do this,” Sutherland reportedly said on the witness stand while discussing why she was pursuing her lawsuit. “Nobody should have to do this.”