American Hockey League Game #967 Utica 2 at Providence 5 Amica Mutual Pavilion Mar 21, 2026

Referee: Johnny Daniels (25) Brendan Schreider (20) linespersons:  Trevor Disbennett (54) Michael Tarquinio (30)

Three Stars: 1. PRO - R. Tufte 2. PRO - R. Duran 3. PRO - G. Merkulov

Game Start:  7:05 PM EDT Game End:  9:32 PM Game Length:  2:27 Attendance:  6717

SCORING 1 2 3 T Utica 0 1 1 2 Providence 1 0 4 5

SHOTS 1 2 3 T Utica 6 11 3 20 Providence 10 11 12 33

PP PIM PTS Utica 0 / 2 27 min / 9 inf 2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts Providence 0 / 6 19 min / 5 inf 5 G + 10 A = 15 Pts

V-H	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists	Type	On Ice (+/-)
0 - 1	1	1st	PRO	0:30	J. Schmaltz (7)	J. Abate, R. Duran		V	2 9 15 24 38	H	8 11 13 23 47
1 - 1	2	2nd	UTC	11:41	J. Gruden (10)	C. Addison, C. Squires		V	2 12 14 28 38	H	11 24 26 29 47
1 - 2	3	3rd	PRO	0:52	G. Merkulov (19)	M. Poitras, C. Wolanin		V	7 14 28 38 44	H	10 21 27 38 86
1 - 3	4	3rd	PRO	8:12	R. Duran (5)	M. Wanner, M. Callahan		V	7 9 14 21 73	H	8 11 13 23 47
1 - 4	5	3rd	PRO	12:33	R. Tufte (26)	V. Söderström, T. Gallagher		V	2 11 28 38 39	H	18 24 27 29 38
2 - 4	6	3rd	UTC	13:40	M. Hardman (8)	M. Melovsky, A. Strand		V	7 21 39 67 73	H	10 13 21 23 72
2 - 5	7	3rd	PRO	16:52	R. Tufte (27)	M. Blümel, B. Sweezey		V	7 11 12 15 73	H	8 13 18 23 27

UTICA ROSTER   No Name G A +/- Sh PIM G 31 J. Malek 0 0 0 0 0 G 50 N. Daws 0 0 0 0 0 D 2 C. Addison 0 1 -1 2 0 D 6 C. White 0 0 0 0 0 D 7 A. Strand 0 1 -2 1 2 LW 9 A. Crookshank 0 0 -2 3 2 RW 11 N. Légaré 0 0 -2 1 5 F 12 C. Squires 0 1 0 1 0 C 14 J. Gruden 1 0 -1 1 5 C 15 K. Criscuolo 0 0 -2 0 0 F 19 J. Filmon 0 0 0 1 0 F 21 M. Melovsky 0 1 0 0 0 F 24 B. Halonen 0 0 -1 2 0 F 28 M. McLaughlin 0 0 -1 0 0 D 38 T. Vilen 0 0 -2 1 2 LW 39 M. Hardman 1 0 0 5 0 D 44 D. Osipov 0 0 -1 0 7 D 58 M. Diotte 0 0 0 1 2 F 67 X. Parent 0 0 +1 1 0 D 73 E. Edwards 0 0 -1 0 0     Team: 0     0 2     Totals: 2 4 -15 20 27 UTICA GOALIES No Name Min SH SVS GA 31 J. Malek (L) 60:00 33 28 5   Totals: 60:00 33 28 5	PROVIDENCE ROSTER   No Name G A +/- Sh PIM G 30 M. DiPietro 0 0 0 0 0 G 34 S. Zajicek 0 0 0 0 0 D 6 B. Sweezey 0 1 0 0 0 C 8 J. Schmaltz 1 0 +3 2 0 LW 10 G. Merkulov 1 0 0 3 0 RW 11 R. Duran 1 1 +1 1 0 D 13 M. Wanner 0 1 +2 1 0 RW 16 C. Brown 0 0 0 0 2 LW 17 N. Mutter 0 0 0 1 7 LW 18 M. Blümel 0 1 +2 3 0 C 21 M. Poitras 0 1 0 3 0 D 23 M. Callahan 0 1 +2 0 5 D 24 T. Gallagher 0 1 0 1 0 C 26 J. Farinacci 0 0 -1 3 0 LW 27 R. Tufte 2 0 +3 3 5 D 29 V. Söderström 0 1 0 5 0 C 38 P. Brown 0 0 +2 1 0 LW 47 J. Abate 0 1 +1 0 0 F 72 A. Gendron 0 0 -1 5 0 D 86 C. Wolanin 0 1 +1 1 0     Team: 0     0       Totals: 5 10 15 33 19 PROVIDENCE GOALIES No Name Min SH SVS GA 34 S. Zajicek (W) 60:00 20 18 2   Totals: 60:00 20 18 2	PENALTIES P T Player M Offense Time 1st V N. Légaré 5.00 Fighting 1:44 1st H N. Mutter 5.00 Fighting 1:44 1st V M. Diotte 2.00 Boarding 5:57 1st V Served by J. Filmon 2.00 Too many men - Bench minor 9:24 1st H C. Brown 2.00 Roughing 12:09 1st V A. Crookshank 2.00 Tripping 15:23 1st V T. Vilen 2.00 Tripping 19:33 2nd V J. Gruden 5.00 Fighting 3:22 2nd H R. Tufte 5.00 Fighting 3:22 2nd V D. Osipov 2.00 Cross-checking 7:38 2nd V D. Osipov 5.00 Fighting 7:38 2nd H M. Callahan 5.00 Fighting 7:38 2nd H N. Mutter 2.00 Roughing 12:06 2nd V A. Strand 2.00 Tripping 18:51
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