Providence College sophomore center Chris Chaput scored at 3:33 of overtime to lift the Friars to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over host Boston University in Hockey East action on Thursday night.

A Walter Brown Arena crowd of 2267 watched as the Friars improved their overall record to 11-7-1 and 5-6-1 in the league. In the meantime, the Terriers, who went into the game ranked 10th in the nation, had their six-game win streak come to an end, as they are now 13-7-2 overall and 7-5-0 in the league.

Chaput's goal climaxed a rally that saw Providence trail by a 2-0 margin at the end of the second period.

Mark Mullen scored his seventh goal of the season to stake the Terriers to a 1-0 lead over the Friars.

The Terriers got on the scoreboard first just as time was running out in the first period when junior Mark Mullen scored his seventh goal of the season. Bryan Miller earned the assist as his initial shot was stopped by Providence goalie Nolan Schaefer, but Mullen scored on the rebound at 19:59.

Senior Brian Collins upped the Terriers' lead to 2-0 at 18:18 of the second period when he scored on the Terrier power play. The play was set up when Miller passed the puck over to senior Freddy Meyer on the Providence blue line. Collins deflected Meyer's shot in front past Schaefer.

The Terriers should have led by a bigger margin as they had outshot the Friars by an 11-7 margin in the first period and a whopping 20-3 bulge in the second period. The difference was the play of Schaefer, who had 29 stops in the Providence net through two periods. Schaefer went on to make 11 saves in the third period and two in overtime.

The Friars began their comeback at 6:35 of the final period when senior Peter Fregoe scored his 14th goal of the season. Devin Rask, who got the puck from Cody Loughlean, moved down low to the right of B.U. goalie Sean Fields. Rask saw Fregoe streak toward the goal from left to right and fed him the puck perfectly. His shot beat Fields, and Providence had cut its deficit to one goal, 2-1.

The Friars then tied the game at 13:34 when Stephen Wood's blistering shot from the top of the right faceoff circle beat Fields, who had to make nine of his 19 saves in the third period.

The two teams battled through the rest of regulation and 3:34 of overtime before Chaput scored his game-winner.

The winning play began at the Providence end of the rink where Schaefer, who picked up an assist on the goal, made a save off a shot by the Terriers' Ryan Whitney. The puck was left in front, but the Terriers' Frantisek Skladany could not get his stick on the puck. Instead, Providence's Torry Gajda came out of the Providence zone with the puck He then passed it forward to Chaput who came in alone. His shot went over Fields' blocker and trickled past the goal line for the winning score.

"We let them hang around," said Terrier coach Jack Parker. "We had a lot of chances, but I think they had us play rope-a-dope.

"Then, in the third period, I don't think we were as thorough as we had been in the first two periods," Parker continued. "And, they capitalized on our mistakes. You have to give Providence credit.

"I thought in general we played well tonight," said Parker. "We had some chances to put them away but we just couldn't do it. I told the team after two periods that they don't add up the yardage. They only add up the score. I told them that the next goal would be a big one, and it was."

As it turned out the Friars who cut their deficit to 2-1 scored the "big" goal.

"That goal really jacked them up," said Parker. "This loss certainly hurts us in the league and overall. But, again, I thought we played well. And, if there is anything such as a good loss, this was a good loss."