Providence began the season well, winning its first three games and headed into the Ice Breaker Tournament ranked in the top 10.

They regained their spot in the top-10 and held it until early November when they were swept by defending national champion Massachusetts.

The Friars did win the succeeding six games, however, because all of them were to unranked teams (some of whom had terrible records) they actually fell in the rankings, dropping down to 13th by the beginning of December.

While the team did record impressive wins against upper-echelon clubs, the bright spots couldn't cover up the fact that, in a down year for Hockey East, the Friars finished in the bottom half of the standings.

The Minutemen, however, had no trouble getting the puck past Jaxson Stauber and notched 4 on only 19 shots and ended the Friars' season.