It was a packed house at the UNH Whittemore Center on Friday night for the Wildcats' men's hockey tie with Providence. (Courtesy photo by Callie Cyr/UNH Athletics)

DURHAM - Sophomore forward Morgan Winters scored his second shorthanded goal of the season as the No. 15 University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team tied No. 7 Providence, 1-1, on Friday night at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex, in front of a sold out crowd of 6,501.​​

The Friars earned the extra Hockey East point by winning the shootout 1-0.

The Wildcats are now 4-1-1 (2-0-1 Hockey East), while the Friars are 5-1-2 (1-0-2 Hockey East).

Late into the second period at 17:42, Liam Valente sniped a one-timer past junior goaltender Jakob Hellsten (Ljusdal, Sweden) for the power play goal.

The Wildcats got on the board at 13:53 into the third period as Winters had a shorthanded, breakaway goal. Freshman forward Marty Lavins found Winters alone in the middle of the ice who backhanded it past Philip Svedebäck’s left shoulder.

After the overtime went scoreless, Valente won the shootout, giving the Friars an extra point in Hockey East.

The Wildcats return to action versus No. 7 Providence tonight at Schneider Arena at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

UNH WOMEN 3, PROVIDENCE 1

Freshman goaltender Sedona Blair (Eden Prairie, Minn.) recorded a career-high 40 saves to highlight the Wildcats’ win Providence’s Schneider Arena.

Blair made 17 saves in the first period and 15 more in the second to backbone UNH to a 2-0 lead through 40 minutes. She stopped eight more shots in the final frame to finish with 40.

Junior defender Marina Alvarez (Center Moriches, N.Y.) and junior forwards Brooke Hammer (Commerce Township, Mich.) and Shea Verrier (Reading, Mass.) scored the Wildcats’ goals.

PC goalie Hope Walinksi was credited with 12 saves and Rachel Weiss ended Blair’s shutout bid on a goal with 3:43 remaining.

UNH improves to 5-5-1 overall and 3-3-1 in Hockey East. PC is now 1-7-0, 1-3-0. The two teams play again tonight at 7 in Durham at the Whittemore Center.