Bouharevich Lifts Bobcats
HAMDEN, Conn. - Quinnipiac men's ice hockey senior Yuri
Bouharevich (Montreal, Quebec) scored the game-winner with 2.4
seconds remaining in regulation to give the Bobcats a 3-2 ECAC
Hockey win against Rensselaer on Saturday night at High Point
Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win,
Quinnipiac improves to 9-6-3 overall and 2-4-3 in ECAC Hockey play,
while RPI drops to 3-12-0 overall and 1-6-0 in league action.
The goal, Bouharevich's third of the season, broke a 2-2 tie
to seal a back-and-forth battle between the two teams. After
Matthew Peca (Petawawa, Ontario) scored the game's first goal to
give Quinnipiac a 1-0 lead, RPI scored two unanswered goals to take
a one-goal lead with just under sixteen minutes to play in the
game. Bobcats' captain Scott Zurevinski (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
tied the game at the 6:29 mark before Bouharevich broke the tie and
gave the Bobcats the win.
"[Ben] Arnt made a great play," Bouharevich explained. "Two
defenseman pinched on him, and he saw me and got me the puck. When
I got it, I knew I didn't have a lot of time, so I didn't carry it,
I just let it go. That was a big goal, and a big win for this team
and this program. We've been looking for a good league win."
Zurevinski also had an assist on Peca's goal while sophomore
defenseman Zach Tolkinen (Lino Lakes, Minn.) assisted on the
game-tying and game-winning goals. Freshman Danny Federico (Acton,
Mass.) picked up his first career point on Peca's goal while Zach
Davies (Smithers, Britich Columbia) and Ben Arnt (Oakland, Minn.)
also had assists in the Bobcats win.
"It's good to see Yuri [Bouharevich] get one," Zurevinski said. "He
plays so hard, and I feel like he's been waiting for a while to get
this one. I'm happy for him, he works hard and he deserved it."
Junior goalie Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) improved to
4-3-3 on the season after stopping 20 of RPI's 22 shots on goal.
With the win, he becomes the the sixth goalie in Quinnipiac history
to record 20 wins.
Peca's goal came at the 13:01 mark when Federico handled the puck
at the point and blasted a shot on goal. Rensselaer goalie Scott
Diebold made the save, but Zurevinski picked up the puck and
slipped it to Peca who one-timed the puck past Diebold to put
Quinnipiac on the board.
RPI's Jacob Laliberte tied the game at the 17:10 mark of the first
period when he tipped a pass from Bailen in front of the net past
Hartzell. Brock Higgs was also credited with an assist on the
play.
Both team's were scoreless in the second period. Zach Schroeder
broke the game's scoring drought with his first goal of the season
at the 4:06 mark of the third. Higgs picked up his second point of
the game whiel Mark McGowan was credited with a helper.
At the 6:29 mark, Zurevinski tied the game with his third goal of
the year and his first since Oct. 15 against Canisius. Davies
picked up a loose puck along the boards to the left of Diebold and
fed Tolkinen at the point. Tolkinen's pass through traffic found
the Bobcats' captain tape and banged past Diebold to tie the game
at 2-2.
With less than a minute to play, RPI was called for icing, giving
the Bobcats a face-off in the Engineers' zone. RPI managed to win
the draw and sent the puck up-ice. Spencer Heichman (Yorba Linda,
Calif.) intercepted the puck in the neutral zone and centered a
pass to Tolkinen. Tolkinen once-again quarterbacked the play,
feeding Arnt who was skating into the RPI zone. Arnt drew two
defenders and then spied Bouharevich on the left flank. Bouharevich
received the puck, skated into the left face-off circle and blasted
a shot past Diebold for the game-winner.
Quinnipiac returns to action when it hosts Sacred Heart on Friday,
Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. The Bobcats are back into ECAC Hockey action when
they host Princeton on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 12 p.m. at High Point
Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center. HAMDEN, Conn. -
Quinnipiac men's ice hockey senior Yuri Bouharevich (Montreal,
Quebec) scored the game-winner with 2.4 seconds remaining in
regulation to give the Bobcats a 3-2 ECAC Hockey win against
Rensselaer on Saturday night at High Point Solutions Arena at the
TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 9-6-3
overall and 2-4-3 in ECAC Hockey play, while RPI drops to 3-12-0
overall and 1-6-0 in league action.
The goal, Bouharevich's third of the season, broke a 2-2 tie
to seal a back-and-forth battle between the two teams. After
Matthew Peca (Petawawa, Ontario) scored the game's first goal to
give Quinnipiac a 1-0 lead, RPI scored two unanswered goals to take
a one-goal lead with just under sixteen minutes to play in the
game. Bobcats' captain Scott Zurevinski (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
tied the game at the 6:29 mark before Bouharevich broke the tie and
gave the Bobcats the win.
"[Ben] Arnt made a great play," Bouharevich explained. "Two
defenseman pinched on him, and he saw me and got me the puck. When
I got it, I knew I didn't have a lot of time, so I didn't carry it,
I just let it go. That was a big goal, and a big win for this team
and this program. We've been looking for a good league win."
Zurevinski also had an assist on Peca's goal while sophomore
defenseman Zach Tolkinen (Lino Lakes, Minn.) assisted on the
game-tying and game-winning goals. Freshman Danny Federico (Acton,
Mass.) picked up his first career point on Peca's goal while Zach
Davies (Smithers, Britich Columbia) and Ben Arnt (Oakland, Minn.)
also had assists in the Bobcats win.
"It's good to see Yuri [Bouharevich] get one," Zurevinski said. "He
plays so hard, and I feel like he's been waiting for a while to get
this one. I'm happy for him, he works hard and he deserved it."
Junior goalie Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) improved to
4-3-3 on the season after stopping 20 of RPI's 22 shots on goal.
With the win, he becomes the the sixth goalie in Quinnipiac history
to record 20 wins.
Peca's goal came at the 13:01 mark when Federico handled the puck
at the point and blasted a shot on goal. Rensselaer goalie Scott
Diebold made the save, but Zurevinski picked up the puck and
slipped it to Peca who one-timed the puck past Diebold to put
Quinnipiac on the board.
RPI's Jacob Laliberte tied the game at the 17:10 mark of the first
period when he tipped a pass from Bailen in front of the net past
Hartzell. Brock Higgs was also credited with an assist on the
play.
Both team's were scoreless in the second period. Zach Schroeder
broke the game's scoring drought with his first goal of the season
at the 4:06 mark of the third. Higgs picked up his second point of
the game whiel Mark McGowan was credited with a helper.
At the 6:29 mark, Zurevinski tied the game with his third goal of
the year and his first since Oct. 15 against Canisius. Davies
picked up a loose puck along the boards to the left of Diebold and
fed Tolkinen at the point. Tolkinen's pass through traffic found
the Bobcats' captain tape and banged past Diebold to tie the game
at 2-2.
With less than a minute to play, RPI was called for icing, giving
the Bobcats a face-off in the Engineers' zone. RPI managed to win
the draw and sent the puck up-ice. Spencer Heichman (Yorba Linda,
Calif.) intercepted the puck in the neutral zone and centered a
pass to Tolkinen. Tolkinen once-again quarterbacked the play,
feeding Arnt who was skating into the RPI zone. Arnt drew two
defenders and then spied Bouharevich on the left flank. Bouharevich
received the puck, skated into the left face-off circle and blasted
a shot past Diebold for the game-winner.
Quinnipiac returns to action when it hosts Sacred Heart on Friday,
Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. The Bobcats are back into ECAC Hockey action when
they host Princeton on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 12 p.m. at High Point
Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center.















