John Mustard had a goal and two assists and Taige Harding added four assists to lead No. 10 Providence to a 5-1 victory over 8^th-ranked Colorado College Saturday night at Schneider Arena.
 
After a scoreless first period in which the Friars outshot CC, 15-3, Providence's Andrew Centrella, who had a pair of assists on Friday, opened the scoring at the 5:34 mark of the middle frame. Centrella sent a wrist shot from the left point that CC goalie Kaidan Mbereko got a piece of with his blocker, but the puck flipped over him into the net.
 
Former Tiger Logan Will, who transferred to Providence as a graduate student prior to this season, put the Friars ahead 2-0 at 12:36 of the second period, knocking home a rebound in front after Mbereko stopped a shot from Mustard.
 
The Tigers (9-4-1), who have lost two consecutive games for the first time this season, cut the lead to one just 1:32 into the third period when Gleb Veremyev scored on the power play. Veremyev, parked at the side of the net to the left of Providence goaltender Philip Svedeback, tipped in a shot from the left point by Max Burkholder for his fifth goal of the season.
 
The Friars (12-3-2) put the game away with two goals in a span of 1:32 later in the final frame. Graham Ganache took a cross-ice pass from Logan Sawyer and beat Mbereko at the 12:34 mark, then Mustard scored on a wrist shot from the slot at 14:06. Aleksi Kivioja closed out the scoring with an empty-netter with 26.8 seconds remaining in the third period.
 
Svedeback finished the game with 22 saves as the Friars outshot CC, 29-24. Mbereko stopped 24 shots and the Tigers had the only power-play goal (1-for-2) of the contest, holding Providence scoreless on four opportunities.
 
The Tigers return to NCHC action next Friday, Dec. 13, with the first game in the Battle for the Gold Pan against 2^nd-ranked Denver at Ed Robson Arena, beginning at 7 p.m.