MISSOULA, Mont. – The University of Providence men's hockey program defeated the University of Montana 8-3 Saturday night.

The Argos (5-3) scored the first goal of the game when senior Elliott Venini found freshman Kai Biggin on the two-on-one break, and he chipped it past the goaltender to give UP a 1-0 lead.

UP continued their momentum adding a goal at the end of the first period when a shot from senior Jamal Kalaf bounced to senior Adam Husli and his rebound found the back of the net to put the Argos ahead 2-0 heading into the second period.

The Argos added a power play goal from Husli to begin the second period, but the Griz (5-7) answered midway through the second with two goals in under a minute to shorten the UP lead to 3-2.

UP responded by scoring a pair of goals of their own in under a minute when senior Chavez Constant and junior Sam Duehlmeier both shot wristers from the point beat to beat the goaltender and put the Argos in front 5-2.

Montana scored a goal with three minutes remaining in the second period, but the Argos scored one minute into the third when junior Kage Yellowfly dropped the puck off for sophomore Daniel Tainton who went top shelf to put UP ahead 6-3.

The Argos added goals down the stretch from Biggin and Yellowfly, and despite a few opportunities for the Griz, UP cruised the rest of the way as the Argos defeated the University of Montana 8-3.
 
The Argos will be back in action on Thursday, Oct. 29 when they host Utah State in Great Falls at 7:30 p.m.