QU Women's Ice Hockey hosts Chinese National Team in Exhibition Game
9/19/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
Quinnipiac University (0-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) vs.
Chinese National Team
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 • 2:00 PM
High Point Solutions Arena • Hamden, Connecticut
All-Time Series vs. Chinese National Team: First meeting
- Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey Game Notes
- Chinese National Team Home Page
- Live Video: quinnipiacbobcats.com
- Live Stats: quinnipiacbobcats.com
- Twitter: @QUAthletics
Post-game Skate with the Bobcats
Following Saturday's exhibition game with the Chinese National Team will be a post-game skate with members of both teams. Bring your skates and lace up to skate for this opportunity.
ECAC Preseason Coaches' Poll
Quinnipiac was ranked fourth in the preseason coaches' poll, receiving 95 points in the voting. This is the second straight season the Bobcats were selected fourth in the preseason coaches' poll, with Quinnipiac receiving 94 points last year. Harvard was tabbed as the Preseason coaches' selection with nine first place votes and 119 points. In second place was Cornell with one first place vote and 108 points, and in third was National Champion Clarkson with two first place votes and 101 points.
O Captain, My Captain
The captains for this year's edition of the Quinnipiac Bobcats have been announced and will feature co-captains as well as two assistant captains. Seniors Morgan Fritz-Ward and Erica Uden Johansson are this year's co-captains while senior Shiann Darkangelo and junior Cydney Roesler have been named assistant captains. It's the first time the Bobcats will have co-captains since 2002-03 when Serena Hillman and Elizabeth Jankowski were named co-captains.
New Year, New Faces
The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey program welcomes six newcomers to Hamden, Connecticut although they did not have very far to travel for school. Included in the freshman class are three forwards, two defensemen and a goaltender all from either the New England region or New York. Taylar Cianfarano is the lone newcomer from New York, and has won back-to-back silver medals withe U.S. U18 National Team at the IIHF World Championships. She tallied 385 points her last three years at the National Sports Academy. Alicia Barry hails from Massachusetts where she helped guide Assabet Valley U-19 to a USA Hockey Tier I National Championship. Shannon Cherpak, from right here in Connecticut, was an integral part of the Westminster School's run to a Division I New England Prep School Championship. Cherpak also competed for one of the top club teams in the U.S., Team Pittsburgh U-19. Cherpak's Westminster teammate Tori DeAngelis also comes to Hamden off a championship run, scoring all three goals in the championship game. DeAngelis also played with Barry for Assabet Valley where they won a championship and DeAngelis has attended the USA Hockey National Development camp. Raquel Pennoyer is the fifth member of the squad after playing four years with the Tabor Academy. Pennoyer also has experience with USA Hockey as she was invited to the National Development camp in 2010. The final member of the freshman class is Rachel Myette, a goaltender from Massachusetts. Myette was named "Miss Hockey" by ESPNBoston.com and Boston Herald Player of the Year in 2014. A four-time state champion, Myette has 39 career shutouts and finished her senior year with a0.72 GAA and a .954 save percentage.
The 2013-14 season finished with Quinnipiac recording its best record program history, finishing 22-6-9 (11-4-7 ECAC). Quinnipiac also reached the ECAC semifinals for the third time in program history. Highlighting the season was the Bobcats reaching a national ranking of No. 5 from USCHO.com, the highest ranking in program history. From start to finish, the Bobcats had a remarkable season. Shiann Darkangelo led the squad with 23 goals while Kelly Babstock led the team in assists with 30. Overall, Babstock had 49 points on the season while Darkangelo added 40 in her first season in the Blue and Gold. Chelsea Laden stepped right into the starting role and didn't look back. She went 19-6-9 as the starter, and finished the season with a GAA of 1.48 and save percentage of .928. Quinnipiac recorded several big wins on the seasons, including a 3-2 win over Boston College on Nov. 15, a 2-1 win at Cornell on Feb. 21 and the 2-1 win which sealed the quarterfinal win over St. Lawrence on Mar. 1. Quinnipiac also had ties against several big teams this season, including a 1-1 tie against Cornell on Nov. 2, 2-2 tie vs. Harvard on Feb. 1, and a 3-3 tie vs. Clarkson on Feb. 7. The Bobcats season came to an end in the ECAC semifinals with a 6-0 loss to Clarkson, who went on to win the NCAA Tournament.
Kelly Babstock's illustrious career added one more first to her career as she was named a CCM/ACHA second-team All-American, the first time a Quinnipiac women's ice hockey player has earned the honor. Not only was she named All-American, but Babstock was named a New England Division I All-Star for the fourth time, and first-team all-ECAC for the third time in her career.
Shiann Darkangelo was invited to the U.S. Women's Senior National Team Evaluation Camp from Sept. 12-15 at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. Joining Darkangelo were 13 members of the 2014 U.S. Olympic silver-medalist team. Prior to being invited to the Evaluation Camp, Darkangelo competed with the U-22 team against the Canadian U-22 team in a three-game series in Calgary, Alberta Aug. 22-24 where she scored the game-winning goal in game one. Chelsea Laden joined Darkangelo at the National Festival on Aug. 12-16 where they were evaluated and players were chosen for the series against Canada.
#Eurocats
The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team traveled to Italy and Switzerland from Aug. 12-23 to compete against international competition as well as enjoy the sites of Europe. The Bobcats lost to the Swiss National Team, 2-0 but graduated senior Ashley Winslow starred in goal, stopping 17 of 19 shots. The next day, Quinnipiac jumped all over the Zurich Lions and won 6-1. Graduates Kelly Babstock and Amanda Colin each scored goals, as Babstock and Nicole Kosta ended with a goal and two assists each to finish off the competitive part of the trip. For the rest of the trip, the Bobcats enjoyed the sights and sounds of Italy where they enjoyed the cuisine and the culture.
