No. 14 QU Men's Ice Hockey Hosts Maine On Tuesday, Oct. 20

Tuesday, October 20

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

University of Maine

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No. 14 QU Men's Ice Hockey Hosts Maine On Tuesday, Oct. 20

10/19/2015 8:14:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

By: QU Sports Information

No. 14 Quinnipiac University Bobcats (3-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) vs.
University of Maine Black Bears (0-1-3, 0-0-0 Hockey East)
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center//Hamden, Conn.
All-Time vs. Maine: 2-3
Last Meeting: W, 2-1 (Jan. 3, 2014, Hamden, Conn.)
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Audio: AM 1220 WQUN // PxP: Bill Schweizer // Color: Chris Kotsopoulos
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Nationally-ranked No. 14 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey will host the University of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. The Bobcats are currently 3-0-0 on the year while Maine enters its midweek match-up at 0-1-3 to start the season.

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Bobcat fans can tune into AM 1220 WQUN - the flagship station of Quinnipiac men's ice hockey as well as men's and women's basketball - for all the action. Bill Schweizer and Chris Kotsopoulos will have all the action live from from High Point Solutions Arena on Thursday night.

Their Last Time Out

Quinnipiac is coming off a 5-0 win against Arizona State on Thursday, Oct. 15.
Four different Bobcats scored against the Sun Devils, led by freshman Thomas Aldworth's (Keller, Texas) two-goal outing.
Aldworth also added an assist giving him six points in his last two games.
Sam Anas (Potomac, Maryland), Devon Toews (Abbotsford, British Columbia) and Travis St. Denis (Trail, British Columbia) all scored for the Bobcats, with Toews also adding an assist.
In goal, Bobcats senior Michael Garteig (Prince George, British Columbia) recorded his 12^th career shutout to improve to 3-0-0 on the year while also picking up his 49^th career win.
Maine is coming off a 0-1-1 weekend at ECAC Hockey foe Union that featured a 1-1 tie on Friday, Oct. 16 and a 2-0 loss on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Brian Morgan scored the Black Bears only goal of the weekend.
Rob McGovern got the start in goal on Friday night and stopped 28 of 29 shots-on-goal while Matt Morris took the 2-0 loss on Saturday after stopping 31 of the 33 shots he saw for the night.

All-Time Against Maine

Quinnipiac and Maine have faced-off five times with the Black Bears holding a 3-2 advantage.
Quinnipiac has won the last two meetings between the two teams.
Quinnipiac is 1-0 against Maine with a 2-1 on Jan. 3, 2014 in Hamden.

The Last Time They Played

Jordan Samuels-Thomas (West Hartford, Conn.) knocked home the game-winning goal with just over a minute remaining in regulation to push the nationally-ranked No. 8 Bobcats past Maine, 2-1, in a non-conference match-up at High Point Solutions Arena in Hamden, Conn.
Travis St. Denis (Trail, British Columbia) set-up both goals in the game.
Goalie Michael Garteig (Prince George, British Columbia) backstopped the Bobcats with 29 saves on 30 Maine shots.
Kellen Jones (Montrose, British Columbia) beat Maine goalie Martin Ouellette for his 11th marker of the year while Cory Hibbeler (St. Charles, Mo.) and Dan Federico (Acton, Mass.) also had assists.
Devin Shore scored Maine's only goal in the game.

Scouting The Maine Black Bears

Maine comes to Hamden on Tuesday night in search of its first win of the year after posting a pair of ties at the Icebreaker Tournament in Portland, Maine on Oct. 9-10.
The Black Bears opened with a 3-3 tie against Michigan State before also tying North Dakota, 1-1.
Brian Morgan leads the Black Bears with two goals to date.
Blaine Byron checks-in with a team-leading three points on a goal and two assists.
Eric Schurhamer has a team-leading three assists to date.
In goal, Rob McGovern and Matt Morris have split time with McGovern posting an 0-0-2 record with a 0.93 goals-against average and a .973 save percentage while Morris is 0-1-1 with a 2.45 GAA and a .928 save percentage.

Quinnipiac Player Notes
Thomas Aldworth

The talk of Hamden is first-year Bobcat Thomas Aldworth who quickly gained the favor of the High Point Solutions Arena faithful with back-to-back three-point nights in his first two career home games.
Aldworth had a goal and two assists in the Bobcats' 4-2 home-opener win against Holy Cross on Oct. 10.
He then followed with a two-goal, one-assist showing in a 5-0 win against Arizona State on Thursday, Oct. 15.
Aldworth sits tied with Sam Anas with a team-high three goals and has also matched Devon Toews with a team-best three assists to date.
Aldworth is one of nine NCAA Division I men's ice hockey players with three games played this year to average two points per game to date.
Aldworth suited-up for a team-leading 57 games with the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL in 2014-15, scoring 37 goals and tallying 19 assists for 56 points.

Michael Garteig

Michael Garteig has kicked-off his senior campaign with three-straight victories and stands at 3-0-0 with a 1.67 GAA and a .907 save percentage.
Garteig posted his Quinnipiac record 12^th shutout in the Bobcats' win against Arizona State, stopping all 15 shots he saw in the non-conference match-up.
Garteig will go for his 50^th career win on Tuesday night and enters the contest with a career mark of 49-21-9.
Garteig was named to the Mike Richter Award Watch List on Thursday, Oct. 8. The award is given annually to the top NCAA Division I goalie in the country.
Garteig entered 2015-16 ranked 5th in career saves among active players (1,632); 1st in career wins among active players (46); 1st in career shutouts (11) among active players; 3rd in career goals-against (1.99) among active players.
Only four other Bobcat goalies have reached the 50-win mark:

JC Wells (59; 1997-2001)
Jamie Holden (59; 2000-04)
Bud Fisher (58; 2005-09)
Eric Hartzell (58; 2009-13)

Sam Anas

Sam Anas enters Tuesday night's game tied with freshman Thomas Aldworth for the team-lead in goals with three apiece.
Anas has also dished out two assists for five points in his first three games.
Anas leads a group of four players - including Travis St. Denis, Tanner MacMaster and Chase Priskie - to record a point in all three games this season.
Anas enters Tuesday night's game with 48 goals and 39 assists for 87 points in 81 career games.
16 players in Quinnipiac history have scored 50 goals in a career, including 10 since Quinnipiac elevated to Division I status in 1998-99. The Bobcat to reach 50 goals for his career was Kellen Jones in 2014, who totaled 53 in four years.

Travis St. Denis

Travis St. Denis is third in the Bobcats line-up with four points to date, coming on two goals and two assists.
St. Denis has scored in Quinnipiac's 5-3 win at Holy Cross and also in a 5-0 win against Arizona State with a two-assist night at home against Holy Cross sandwiched in between the two outings.
St. Denis has scored 40 goals and assisted on 40 more for 80 points in 122 career games.

Chase Priskie

Chase Priskie enters Tuesday night's match-up against Maine with three assists in his first three career games -one in each outing.
In 2014-15, Priskie compiled 20 points on six goals and 14 assists for the Salmon Arm Silverbacks of the BCHL.

Devon Toews

Devon Toews enters the game against Maine with a goal and a team-best three assists for four points.
Toews, Thomas Aldworth and K.J. Tiefenwerth are all tied with a team-best 3 to date.
The Bobcats' junior defensemen enters the week with six goals and 35 assists for 41 points in 71 career games.

Tanner MacMaster

Tanner MacMaster is currently tied with Devon Toews with a team-best three assists to date.
MacMaster has tallied a point in three-straight games to open the year. The second-year Bobcat posted two, three-game point streaks in 2014-15.

Team Notes
In The Polls

Quinnipiac is currently ranked 14th in the USCHO.com Division I Coaches Poll and 13th in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division I Poll.

Special Teams

Quinnipiac is one of three teams in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey at 40% or better on the power play. The Bobcats check-in at .429 with six goals on 14 opportunities.
The Bobcats six power play goals are tied (Penn State, Mercyhurst) for the most in NCAA Division I hockey to date.
Quinnipiac currently leads the nation on the penalty kill at 1.000%; the Bobcats are one of eight teams in the nation to hold their opponent scoreless on the power play to date.

Team Statistics

Quinnipiac has allowed the fewest shots-on-goal (18.00) while outshooting their opponents by 77 SOG at a 25.67 per game clip, good for second nationally.

What's Next For The Bobcats
Quinnipiac will host St. Cloud State on Oct. 23-24 at High Point Solutions Arena.