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2w ago
Quinnipiac saluting its fan's after an overtime win over Wisconsin
Coming off the most satisfying four year stretch in Quinnipiac men's ice hockey history, excitement and patience await for the 2024-2025 squad. After 110 wins, four ECAC regular season titles, four NCAA tournament appearances, three regional finals, a Frozen Four which cumulated in the program's first ever National Championship in the 2022-2023 season, new challenges await for next years team.
Gone are the likes of Frozen Four hero Jacob Quillan who signed a two year entry level contract with the Toronto Maple ..read more
Bobcats Hockey Blog
2y ago
Nathan Tobey during his time with the Dallas Stars AAA program.
The month of January not only saw the Bobcats stay hot on the ice but on the recruiting trail as well. Quinnipiac picked up three verbal commits capped by a huge addition in United States National Developmental U-17 program defenseman Nathan Tobey out of Lantana, Texas. He follows in the footsteps of current Bobcat Ty Smilanic and former Bobcat Connor Clifton who both played for the USNTP. The 6'0, 161 pound Tobey is a right shot defenseman who has 4 assists in 46 games played this season. He has another season with the ..read more
Bobcats Hockey Blog
2y ago
Anthony Cipollone is one of two commits this month for Quinnipiac
The Quinnipiac Bobcats picked two commitments in the month of December as earlier this month as Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL) forward Alex Power committed to the program. Power is a 6'1, 185 pound left shot forward who hails from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada which is the easternmost city in Canada. In his first full season after playing 15 games a season ago, Power has 29 points in 30 games for the Pontiacs. This is the first commit for Quinnipiac from Newfoundland and Labrador which is not considered a huge hockey ho ..read more
Bobcats Hockey Blog
2y ago
Yaniv Perets has 3 consecutive shutouts for Quinnipiac
After a weekend off for Thanksgiving it was back to work for the Quinnipiac Bobcats who traveled to the New York Capital Region to face RPI and Union for the first time since the 2019-2020 season. The Bobcats took care of business in relatively easy fashion sweeping the weekend slate with back to back shutouts. This is Quinnipiac's third straight game with a shutout as prior to Thanksgiving they shut out St. Lawrence 8-0 in Hamden. The Bobcats will now wrap up the first half with a home and home with LIU. Here are my thoughts and ..read more
Bobcats Hockey Blog
2y ago
Quinnipiac swept Arizona State in two games this past weekend
Quinnipiac went into the weekend facing off against a high power offense in the Arizona State Sun Devils. The last time these two teams met back in the 2019-2020, Arizona State swept the Bobcats in the desert by scores of 5-3 and 4-1. It was only appropriate that Quinnipiac returned the favor this weekend and they did by having an offensive explosion scoring ten goals total in the two wins. This type of scoring has been few and far between this season. Maybe this was the weekend in which the Quinnipiac offense starts to pu ..read more
Bobcats Hockey Blog
2y ago
Ethan de Jong had a goal this weekend in a win against Yale
It was the opening weekend of ECAC play for Quinnipiac and the Bobcats got off to the start they were expected to in conference play. They took care of business against both Yale and Brown shutting them both out on consecutive nights. Getting off to a good start in conference play is always a must as you never want to be playing catch up. Quinnipiac will now dive into non conference play with two home games against Arizona State this weekend. Here are my thoughts and observations from the opening weekend in ECAC play.
- We a ..read more
Bobcats Hockey Blog
2y ago
Lucas Sorace during his time with Burnaby Winter Club
Quinnipiac this past week picked up another future defenseman commitment when Lucas Sorace of the Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) verbally committed to the Bobcats per the press release from Chilliwack. Sorace is a 6'1, 170 pound left shot defenseman. The 2004 born native of Port Moody, BC, Canada has only played in one game this season for Chilliwack and is currently skating with the North East Chiefs U18 team. He previously played for the Burnaby Winter Club in the 2019-2020 season. Not much is known about Sorace who isn't expected to ..read more
Bobcats Hockey Blog
2y ago
Zach Metsa scored the game winning goal 51 seconds into overtime
Quinnipiac this past weekend had a home and home series against AIC of Atlantic Hockey. A short drive up I-91 saw the Bobcats and Yellow Jackets skate to a 2-2 on Friday before Quinnipiac won a thrilling 2-1 game in overtime on Saturday on Zach Metsa's goal. I didn't get the chance to see the Friday game because I was not going to fork over cash to something that wasn't ESPN Plus in which all leagues should be on. So with that you will only get my thoughts on Saturday's game.
- It was a struggle this weekend for Quinnip ..read more
Bobcats Hockey Blog
2y ago
Quinnipiac defeated North Dakota for the first time on Friday
This past weekend Quinnipiac returned home in front of a home crowd for the first time in 601 days when they welcomed the University of North Dakota to Hamden as the two teams met for the first time since the 2016 National Championship game in Tampa, Florida. One of college hockey's most storied programs finally made the trek to Connecticut in a highly anticipated top ten match-up. The weekend series did not disappoint as Quinnipiac stormed out to a 5-2 win on Friday night before North Dakota returned the favor the followi ..read more
Bobcats Hockey Blog
2y ago
The last time Quinnipiac and North Dakota played was the 2016 National Championship Game
In anticipation of this weekends home opening massive series against North Dakota in which fans will be in the building for the first time in 601 days, I had a chance to do a Q&A with the University of Hockey Blog who focuses on all things North Dakota hockey. Thanks again to them for taking the time to do this and you can follow them on Twitter @UofHockeyBlog.
@QHockeyBlog: What are your expectations for this weekends series between Quinnipiac and North Dakota especially with students being ..read more