January 7, 2010

Team Notes: No. 11 Quinnipiac Returns to Home Ice

The following article appeared January 7 on the Quinnipiac Web site.

 

The No. 12/11 Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey team returns to the TD Bank Sports Center for its first game on its home ice since Dec. 12 when the Bobcats host Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (10-10-1, 3-4-0 ECAC Hockey) on Friday, Jan. 8 and No. 17 Union (10-4-5, 4-0-3) on Saturday, Jan. 9. The games are the first two of a six-game homestand for the Bobcats who enter the weekend at 13-5-1 overall and 7-4-0 in ECAC Hockey for first place in the league standings.

Broadcast News
Bill Schweizer will have the play-by-play for the Bobcats' weekend series against RPI and Union. Analyst Chris Kotsopoulos will handle the color commentary duties for the two-game ECAC Hockey set.

All-Time Against Rensselaer
Quinnipiac and RPI have met 13 times in their history, dating back to their first contest on Oct. 16, 1999. RPI won that game, 6-4 in Troy, N.Y., as the first of four straight wins for the Engineers on their home ice to begin the all-time series. Following the fourth win to open the series, Quinnipiac has not lost to Rensselaer, posting a 5-0-4 mark in its last nine meetings with RPI. The Bobcats are 1-0-3 all-time on their home-ice, including a 1-0-2 mark at the TD Bank Sports Center.

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