HAMDEN, Conn. -– Freshman Ben Ketchum (Stanford, Conn.) had two assists while four different Bobcats scored for the “ QU Navy” in the annual “Blue & Gold” Men’s Ice Hockey Scrimmage at the TD Banknorth Sports Center.

David Arduin (Halfmoon Bay, B.C.) put the Gold team out in front half way through the first period. Freshman Scott Zurevinski (Saskatoon, Sask.) handled the puck on the right flank before passing across the ice to Greg Holt (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.). Holt unleashed a shot from just above the left faceoff circle towards the left post of Quinnipiac Navy team goal. Arduin tipped the shot past freshman Dan Clarke (Belleville, Ont.) to give the Pecknold coached Gold team the early lead.

Quinnipiac Navy freshman Joey Manley (Ottawa, Ont.) tied the game with 11 seconds remaining in the first frame when Ketchum found senior Mark Nelson (Prince George, B.C.). Nelson fed the freshman forward in the slot whose shot went top shelf, glove-side on QU Gold goalie Bud Fisher (Peterborough, Ont.) to tie the game.

QU Gold took a 2-1 lead with a power play goal at the 11:58 mark of the second period. David Marshall (Buffalo, Minn.) handled the puck at point before putting a shot on freshman goalie Dan Pisellii (Itasca, Ill.). Pisellini stopped Marshall’s shot, deflected along the goalline where senior Bryan Leitch (Coquitlam, B.C.) collected the rebound and poked it passed the freshman goalie.

QU Navy struck again at the 18:56 mark when freshman Spencer Heichman (Yorba Linda, Calif.) skated through the Gold defense to find Kevin Bui (Edmonton, Alb.) at the right faceoff circle. Bui moved in front of Gold goalie Pat McGann (Evergreen Park, Ill.) before dropping a backhand pass to Brett Dickinson (Furlong, Pa.) to the right of the goal. Dickinson’s one-timer beat McGann top shelf to tie the game at 2-2.

At the 9:27 mark of the third period, the QU Navy struck again on a pass from linemate Jean-Marc Beaudoin (St. Paul, Alb.). Chris Myers (Wallaceburg, Ont.) scored to give the Navy team a two-goal lead when he was assisted by Zach Hansen (White Bear Lake, Minn.).

In goal for the QU Navy team, Pisellini stopped 17 shots while allowing two goals over 51:58. For the QU Gold team, Bud Fisher had 17 saves over 29 minutes in net.

Quinnipiac will square off against Prince Edward Island on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. The Bobcats season opener is set for Oct. 17 when they will face Union at the Mutual of Omaha Stampede hosted by the University of Nebraska-Omaha.