March 4, 2011

Bobcats, Brown Bring Plenty of Mystery

HAMDEN — If you’re struggling to get a read on the Quinnipiac men’s hockey team for this weekend’s ECAC first-round series with Brown, join the club.

The Bobcats regular season stretch run, for better or worse, was littered with ties — five in the final eight games, seven in the last 14. And while a tie is better than a loss, consider Quinnipiac (13-13-8) hasn’t won a game since Jan. 28 either, going 0-3-5 to finish the season.

Still, Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold liked how his team responded at Union and Rensselaer last weekend to clinch home ice against Brown. Both nationally-ranked opponents were playing for big stakes as well; Union was looking to clinch the regular-season title, RPI in the hunt for a first-round bye.

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