Coach Leaman of PC Hockey Talks About This Season’s Playoff Run
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
It is playoff time for the Providence College Friar men’s hockey program.
In his 12th season at PC, Head Coach Nate Leaman has led a resurgence of the Friars' program, highlighted by winning the 2015 NCAA Championship and marking the first NCAA title in program history.
Leaman’s team earned another Frozen Four appearance during the 2018-19 campaign.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTNow, it is playoff time, and Leaman is optimistic.
"We've dominated the best, you know, the top teams in the league, so I feel good about it," Leaman said on GoLocal LIVE. "gft5I feel good about what we can do."
This season the Friars finished the season 14-13-7.
"This is the best time of the year. it's absolutely the best time of year," said Leaman.
But Leaman notes that he has one of the youngest teams in the NCAA.
"I think we're one of the youngest teams in the country this year. I think we're second or third youngest but you know with that youth, you're going to have highs and you're going to have lows," said Leaman.
"We enter the tournament play and [our talent] will really be measured out. So it's an exciting time of the year and but I like our group," said Leaman.
The Friars host the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday at Schneider area at 7 PM.
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