October 12, 2009

Inside Hockey Season Preview: Quinnipiac

The following article appeared October 10 on the Inside Hockey Web site.

 

By Redmond Zmudzien

After losing some of the program’s best players, the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team will be looking to veteran leadership and its 13 freshmen to fill some huge holes this season.

Amongst the former Bobcats is the 2008-09 NCAA Division I scoring leader Bryan Leitch, who had 59 points for the Bobcats scoring 12 goals and notching 47 assists. QU also lost David Marshall, who finished his career as Quinnipiac’s Division I leader in goals scored. Also gone is Captain Dan Henningson, who led the ECAC’s top power-play unit, and starting goaltender Bud Fisher.

Another key loss for the Bobcats is last year’s standout freshman goaltender Nick Pisellini. Pisellini stepped in for a struggling Fisher and was dominant. In a small sample size of his talent, Pisellini posted 1.38 goals against average and .948 save percentage in 11 games, eight of them for starts. The standout goaltender returned home to be with his terminally ill father.

Complete article can be accessed via the Inside Hockey Web site by clicking here.