Team Notes: First Place on Line as Quinnipiac Hosts Cornell and Colgate
Battle For The ECAC Hockey
Elite
High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center will host
ECAC Hockey's top three teams this weekend when the Quinnipiac
men's ice hockey team (12-7-5, 4-4-4 ECAC Hockey, 12 pts., T2nd)
hosts No. 9/14 Cornell (9-4-2, 6-1-1 ECAC Hockey, 13 pts., 1st) on
Friday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. and No. 12/7 Colgate (12-6-2, 6-2-0, 12
pts., T2nd) on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 4 p.m.
Multimedia
Live video and statistics can be accessed by clicking the
appropriate links at the Official Website of Quinnipiac Athletics,
www.QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
On The Airwaves
Bill Schweizer and Chris Kotsopoulos will have the call on AM 1220
WQUN for both game's this weekend. Bobcat fans can access the live
audiostream on the web at www.WQUN.com or by clicking the "Audio" link
at www.QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
Last Time Out For The
Bobcats
Quinnipiac is coming off a three-point weekend in which they upset
No. 20 Yale, 2-1, before coming back from a two-goal deficit to tie
Brown, 2-2. Both games were on the road. Zack Currie assisted on both game's in
Friday's win against the Bulldogs before picking up an assist on
the Bobcats' first goal against Brown on Saturday.
ECAC Hockey Goalie of the
Week
Eric Hartzell was named the ECAC Hockey
goalie of the Week for the second time in his career after bringing
his unbeaten streak against ECAC Hockey opponents to five games
(3-0-2) with a 2-1 win against No. 20 Yale on Friday, Jan. 6 and a
2-2 tie against Brown on Satuday, Jan. 7. Against Yale, the junior
goalie stopped 24 of 25 shots on goal in holding the Bulldogs to
their lowest goal-total in ECAC Hockey play this season. It was
also just the second time this year they were held to fewer than
two goals. Hartzell then stopped 26 of 28 in a 2-2 tie against
Brown on Saturday, Jan. 7, including the final 14 he saw with three
coming in overtime.
Pretty Good Stretch
Hartzell has now held the Bobcats' opponent to two or fewer goals in 11 of his last 12 starts. For the year, he boasts a 3-2-4 record against ECAC Hockey schools with a .936 save percentage and a 1.56 goals-against average.
Zack Attack
Zack Currie was one of two Quinnipiac players (along with Connor Jones) to tally a point in both of
the Bobcats' games last weekend, in which Quinnipiac posted a 1-0-1
record (2-1,W at Yale; 2-2,T at Brown). Currie had assists on both
goals in the Bobcats 2-1 upset of No. 20 Yale on Friday, Jan. 6,
including a brilliant pass to Kevin Bui, who tipped the puck past the Yale
goalie, for the game's first goal. He also set-up Loren Barron with the game-winning goal on
the Bobcats' power-play. On Saturday against Brown, he had an
assist on Quinnipiac's first goal, from Matthew Peca, as the Bobcats erased a
two-goal deficit in a come-back tie on the road.
He's Getting
Good
Currie has six points in his last five games, including five
points in three ECAC games.
Power Outage
Loren Barron's goal against Yale on Friday, Jan. 6, was just
the fifth power play goal allowed by the nationally-ranked Bulldogs
this year.
First Half
Notes
Quinnipiac headed into the annual Holiday Break in third place in
the ECAC Hockey standings with nine points (3-4-3) with an overall
record of 11-6-3 after posting a five-game unbeaten streak
(4-0-1).
First Half All-ECAC
Hockey
Jeremy Langlois was highlighted by Joe
Gladziszewski as one of six players selected to
InsideCollegeHockey.com's "INCH's First Half All-ECAC Hockey Team".
Langlois currently leads Quinnipiac in goals (12) and points (20)
in 21 games played.
All-Time Against
Cornell
Quinnipiac is 5-12-2 all-time against Cornell, with four of its
five wins in the series coming at Lynah Rink. Three of those four
wins came in the ECAC Hockey Tournament, including a 1-0 victory in
Game 2 of last season's quarterfinals. While the series started at
3-3-1 through their first seven games, Quinnipiac has won just
twice in their last 12 games against the Big Red.
Scouting The Big Red
To date, Cornell is 9-4-2 overall and 6-1-1 in ECAC Hockey play, just a point ahead of the Bobcats in first place. The Big Red are also ranked 9th in the USCHO.com Division I poll and 14th in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. Greg Miller currently leads Cornell in assists (10) and points (16). Nick D'Agostino has scored a team-best eight goals, to goal along with seven assists, for 15 points. Freshman Brian Ferlin has tallied six goals and nine assists for 15 points in his first campaign while John Esposito is Cornell's only other player in double figures with four goals and seven assists for 11 points. In goal, Andy Iles has played every minute of the season for the Big Red between the pipes, posting a 9-4-2 record with a 1.91 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage.
All-Time Against
Colgate
Quinnipiac is 9-9-2 all-time against Colgate since the Bobcats
joined the ECAC Hockey league for the 2005-06 season. Quinnipiac
won just three times in its first 12 games against Colgate, but has
won six of its last eight games against the Raiders.The Bobcats has
won four of the last five match-ups between the two teams on their
home ice.
Scouting The Raiders
Colgate is currently 12-6-2 overall and 6-2-0 in ECAC Hockey play, good for a tie with the Bobcats for second place, with 12 points, in the league standings. The Raiders are also ranked 12th in the USCHO.com poll and 7th in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. The Raiders saw a seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1) end last weekend when they dropped a pair at Ferris State, 4-3 and 3-1. Austin Smith leads Colgate in goals (20) and points (33) while ranking second with 13 assists. Chris Wagner leads the Raiders with 16 assists, to go along with seven goals for 23 points. In goal, Eric Mihalik is 8-5-1 with a 2.63 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage.
A December To
Remember
Yuri Bouharevich (Montreal, Quebec) led all
Bobcats with three goals and three assists for six points for the
month of December. Bouharevich had the game-winner with 2.4 seconds
remaining in Quinnipiac's 3-2 win against RPI on Dec. 3 and also
had the go-ahead goal in Friday's 2-2 tie against Nebraska
Omaha.
The Bobcats At The
Bank
Quinnipiac is 55-31-11 (.599) in 97 games at the TD Bank Sports
Center, since its first game, a 7-0 win against Holy Cross, on Jan.
28, 2007. Quinnipiac's 100th Men's Ice Hockey Game at the TD Bank
Sports Center will fall on Feb. 3, 2012 against Harvard.
Protect This
House
In 11 games this season at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD
Bank Sports Center, Quinnipiac is 8-1-2 (.818). The Bobcats also
have a 2-1-2 record against ECAC Hockey schools on their home ice
and have outscored their opponents 41-16. Quinnipiac is unbeaten
(4-0-1) in its last five games at home.
Non-Conference
Dominance
Quinnipiac is also 8-3-1 against all non-ECAC Hockey opponents
this season.
