Saturday, October 24
Hamden, Conn.
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
St. Cloud State University
No. 14 QU Men's Ice Hockey Hosts No. 9 St. Cloud State For Second Game Of Weekend On Saturday, Oct. 24
10/24/2015 9:39:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
National ranked No. 14 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey (5-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) will host No. 9 St. Cloud State (4-1-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) for the second game of their two-game series on Oct. 24 at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center.
Multimedia
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 Brooks Robinson will have all the action live from from High Point Solutions Arena.
The Bobcats' Last Time Out - Quinnipiac 5, St. Cloud State 2 (Oct. 23, 2015)
• On Friday, Oct. 23, Quinnipiac fell in a 2-0 hole to St. Cloud State before rattling off five unanswered goals en route to a 5-2 win.
• It marked the first time since Jan. 17, 2014 that Quinnipiac scored four times in one period, doing so against the Huskies in the second frame on Saturday.
• Andrew Taverner's goal in the second period was the first of the year, and put the Bobcats on the board. It was also the first goal scored against SCSU's Charlie Lindgren who ran his scoreless streak to 210:34 - the longest such streak to start a season in NCAA history.
• Michael Garteig ran his scoreless streak to 157:24 before giving up a goal to SCSU's Judd Peterson in the first period. It was the second-longest scoreless streak in Quinnipiac history following Jamie Holden's 171:19.
• Travis St. Denis scored twice to push his season total to a team-best four, with three coming on the power play.
• Sam Anas had assists on two goals last night to give him a team-high five assists and eight points to date.
• Chase Priskie picked up an assist late in the game to give him a goal and five assists for six points, as well as a point in each of his first five collegiate games.
• Scott Davidson cleaned up a loose puck in front of the St. Cloud State goal to tally his first career goal.
• K.J. Tiefenwerth scored in his second-straight game. Tiefenwerth now has two goals and two assists in five games for the Bobcats.
• Michael Garteig stopped 34 of St. Cloud's 36 shots-on-goal to improve to 5-0-0 on the year, while also picking up his 51st career win.
All-Time Against St. Cloud State
• Including Friday night, Quinnipiac and St. Cloud State have faced each other eight times with the series tied at 4-4.
• Quinnipiac's 5-2 win on Friday night was the Bobcats first against the Huskies at home in three contests.
• Last season, the Bobcats and Huskies split the two-game series in St. Cloud, Minn., with SCSU taking the first game, 3-2, before Quinnipiac responded with a 4-1 win on the following night.
• Quinnipiac has hosted St. Cloud State once before with the Huskies taking both games in Hamden, 3-2 and 3-1, on Jan. 15-16, 2010 at High Point Solutions Arena.
• Quinnipiac and St. Cloud have faced each other once before in the postseason, with the Bobcats defeating the Huskies 4-1 in the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four.
Scouting The No. 9 St. Cloud State Huskies
• St. Cloud State enters Saturday night's game at 4-1-0 with three shutouts in their first five games including two last weekend against Minnesota State Mankato.
• St. Cloud has outscored its opponents, 18-7 in five games this season.
•Judd Peterson - with two goals on Friday night - leads the team with five goals for the year.
• Kale Kossila leads St. Cloud with five assists to date.
• Charlie Lindgren enters Saturday's game at 3-1-0 with a 1.25 GAA and a .954 save percentage with three shutouts in his first four games of the season.
• St. Cloud enters the game 3-for-18 (18.8%) on the power play and 14-for-15 (.933%) on the penalty kill.
Player Notes
Michael Garteig
• Michael Garteig enters Saturday's game at 5-0-0 with a 1.40 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage.
• Garteig currently leads all NCAA Division I goalies in wins (5), while ranking second in shutouts (2) and 10th in GAA (1.40).
• Garteig is coming off a 20-save shutout of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015.
• The senior goalie's 13th career shutout against the Black Bears also made him the fifth goalie in Quinnipiac history to reach 50 career wins. He joins J.C. Wells (59), Jamie Holden (59), Bud Fisher (58) and Eric Hartzell (58).
• 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.
Sam Anas
• Sam Anas is one of two players in the Bobcats' line-up – along with freshman Chase Priskie – to register a point in each game this season.
• Anas enters Saturday night's game with 48 goals and 42 assists for 90 points in 83 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.
Chase Priskie
• Chase Priskie scored his first career goal against Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 20, while also picking up an assist on Devon Toews' goal.
• Priskie has started off his career with a five-game point streak that includes a team-high five assists to date.
Devon Toews
• Devon Toews scored his second goal of the season against Maine on Tuesday night. Paired with his three assists, Toews now has five points in four games this year.
• Toews goal against the Black Bears made national news after being featured on ESPN's SportsCenter for the No. 5 play on the popular shows "Top 10" feature.
• Toews enters the weekend with seven goals and 35 assists for 42 career points in 72 career games.
K.J. Tiefenwerth
• K.J. Tiefenwerth took home a souvenir after Thursday's game against Maine after scoring his first career goal at Quinnipiac.
• Tiefenwerth scored again on Friday night, making him the fourth Bobcat this year (Devon Toews, Sam Anas, Tim Clifton) to score in back-to-back games.
• Tiefenwerth now has two goals and two assists for four points this season after totaling five points in 27 games last year.
• Tiefenwerth transferred to Quinnipiac from UMass prior to the start of the 2013-14 season. At UMass he scored twice and assisted on four goals, giving him three goals and 11 assists for 14 points between both schools.
Travis St. Denis
• Travis St. Denis scored twice on Friday night to give Quinnipiac its third multiple-goal game this season. Sam Anas scored twice against Holy Cross while Thomas Aldworth did it against Arizona State.
• St. Denis leads Quinnipiac with four goals, as well as team-high three power-play goals.
• The senior forward enters the weekend with 42 goals and 40 assists for 82 points in 124 career games.
Thomas Aldworth
• Aldworth is one of seven NCAA Division I freshmen to average 1.50 points per game to date while he is also one of four to score six total points entering the weekend.
• With two goals against Arizona State, Aldworth is one of 15 NCAA freshmen to points a multiple-goal game.
• With three points against Holy Cross and Arizona State, Aldworth is the only NCAA freshman, and one of three players overall, with a pair of three-point games entering the weekend.
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.
The Bobcats' 5-0 Record
• Quinnipiac is now 5-0-0 for the third time (1997-98, 1998-99) in program history and undefeated through its first five games for the fifth time (1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99 and 2000-01). Quinnipiac started the year undefeated through five games.
Scoring Stats
• Quinnipiac is currently outscoring its opponents 23-7, with a minimum of four goals in each game.
• The Bobcats' 23 goals through five games are second national to Mercyhursts' 27 through seven games.
• Quinnipiac is one of six teams in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey averaging 4.50 goals-per-game. The Bobcats join UMass, Merrimack, Notre Dame, Penn State and Michigan on that list.
Special Teams
• Quinnipiac is one of three teams in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey at 40% or better on the power play while also posting a national-best eight power play goals to date.
• The Bobcats are also one of four teams in the nation with 12 or more power play against whose penalty kill unit is at 1.000%.
• Seven different players have scored on the power play for the Bobcats this year, led by Travis St. Denis (3).
Multimedia
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 Brooks Robinson will have all the action live from from High Point Solutions Arena.
The Bobcats' Last Time Out - Quinnipiac 5, St. Cloud State 2 (Oct. 23, 2015)
• On Friday, Oct. 23, Quinnipiac fell in a 2-0 hole to St. Cloud State before rattling off five unanswered goals en route to a 5-2 win.
• It marked the first time since Jan. 17, 2014 that Quinnipiac scored four times in one period, doing so against the Huskies in the second frame on Saturday.
• Andrew Taverner's goal in the second period was the first of the year, and put the Bobcats on the board. It was also the first goal scored against SCSU's Charlie Lindgren who ran his scoreless streak to 210:34 - the longest such streak to start a season in NCAA history.
• Michael Garteig ran his scoreless streak to 157:24 before giving up a goal to SCSU's Judd Peterson in the first period. It was the second-longest scoreless streak in Quinnipiac history following Jamie Holden's 171:19.
• Travis St. Denis scored twice to push his season total to a team-best four, with three coming on the power play.
• Sam Anas had assists on two goals last night to give him a team-high five assists and eight points to date.
• Chase Priskie picked up an assist late in the game to give him a goal and five assists for six points, as well as a point in each of his first five collegiate games.
• Scott Davidson cleaned up a loose puck in front of the St. Cloud State goal to tally his first career goal.
• K.J. Tiefenwerth scored in his second-straight game. Tiefenwerth now has two goals and two assists in five games for the Bobcats.
• Michael Garteig stopped 34 of St. Cloud's 36 shots-on-goal to improve to 5-0-0 on the year, while also picking up his 51st career win.
All-Time Against St. Cloud State
• Including Friday night, Quinnipiac and St. Cloud State have faced each other eight times with the series tied at 4-4.
• Quinnipiac's 5-2 win on Friday night was the Bobcats first against the Huskies at home in three contests.
• Last season, the Bobcats and Huskies split the two-game series in St. Cloud, Minn., with SCSU taking the first game, 3-2, before Quinnipiac responded with a 4-1 win on the following night.
• Quinnipiac has hosted St. Cloud State once before with the Huskies taking both games in Hamden, 3-2 and 3-1, on Jan. 15-16, 2010 at High Point Solutions Arena.
• Quinnipiac and St. Cloud have faced each other once before in the postseason, with the Bobcats defeating the Huskies 4-1 in the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four.
Scouting The No. 9 St. Cloud State Huskies
• St. Cloud State enters Saturday night's game at 4-1-0 with three shutouts in their first five games including two last weekend against Minnesota State Mankato.
• St. Cloud has outscored its opponents, 18-7 in five games this season.
•Judd Peterson - with two goals on Friday night - leads the team with five goals for the year.
• Kale Kossila leads St. Cloud with five assists to date.
• Charlie Lindgren enters Saturday's game at 3-1-0 with a 1.25 GAA and a .954 save percentage with three shutouts in his first four games of the season.
• St. Cloud enters the game 3-for-18 (18.8%) on the power play and 14-for-15 (.933%) on the penalty kill.
Player Notes
Michael Garteig
• Michael Garteig enters Saturday's game at 5-0-0 with a 1.40 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage.
• Garteig currently leads all NCAA Division I goalies in wins (5), while ranking second in shutouts (2) and 10th in GAA (1.40).
• Garteig is coming off a 20-save shutout of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015.
• The senior goalie's 13th career shutout against the Black Bears also made him the fifth goalie in Quinnipiac history to reach 50 career wins. He joins J.C. Wells (59), Jamie Holden (59), Bud Fisher (58) and Eric Hartzell (58).
• 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.
Sam Anas
• Sam Anas is one of two players in the Bobcats' line-up – along with freshman Chase Priskie – to register a point in each game this season.
• Anas enters Saturday night's game with 48 goals and 42 assists for 90 points in 83 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.
Chase Priskie
• Chase Priskie scored his first career goal against Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 20, while also picking up an assist on Devon Toews' goal.
• Priskie has started off his career with a five-game point streak that includes a team-high five assists to date.
Devon Toews
• Devon Toews scored his second goal of the season against Maine on Tuesday night. Paired with his three assists, Toews now has five points in four games this year.
• Toews goal against the Black Bears made national news after being featured on ESPN's SportsCenter for the No. 5 play on the popular shows "Top 10" feature.
• Toews enters the weekend with seven goals and 35 assists for 42 career points in 72 career games.
K.J. Tiefenwerth
• K.J. Tiefenwerth took home a souvenir after Thursday's game against Maine after scoring his first career goal at Quinnipiac.
• Tiefenwerth scored again on Friday night, making him the fourth Bobcat this year (Devon Toews, Sam Anas, Tim Clifton) to score in back-to-back games.
• Tiefenwerth now has two goals and two assists for four points this season after totaling five points in 27 games last year.
• Tiefenwerth transferred to Quinnipiac from UMass prior to the start of the 2013-14 season. At UMass he scored twice and assisted on four goals, giving him three goals and 11 assists for 14 points between both schools.
Travis St. Denis
• Travis St. Denis scored twice on Friday night to give Quinnipiac its third multiple-goal game this season. Sam Anas scored twice against Holy Cross while Thomas Aldworth did it against Arizona State.
• St. Denis leads Quinnipiac with four goals, as well as team-high three power-play goals.
• The senior forward enters the weekend with 42 goals and 40 assists for 82 points in 124 career games.
Thomas Aldworth
• Aldworth is one of seven NCAA Division I freshmen to average 1.50 points per game to date while he is also one of four to score six total points entering the weekend.
• With two goals against Arizona State, Aldworth is one of 15 NCAA freshmen to points a multiple-goal game.
• With three points against Holy Cross and Arizona State, Aldworth is the only NCAA freshman, and one of three players overall, with a pair of three-point games entering the weekend.
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.
The Bobcats' 5-0 Record
• Quinnipiac is now 5-0-0 for the third time (1997-98, 1998-99) in program history and undefeated through its first five games for the fifth time (1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99 and 2000-01). Quinnipiac started the year undefeated through five games.
Scoring Stats
• Quinnipiac is currently outscoring its opponents 23-7, with a minimum of four goals in each game.
• The Bobcats' 23 goals through five games are second national to Mercyhursts' 27 through seven games.
• Quinnipiac is one of six teams in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey averaging 4.50 goals-per-game. The Bobcats join UMass, Merrimack, Notre Dame, Penn State and Michigan on that list.
Special Teams
• Quinnipiac is one of three teams in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey at 40% or better on the power play while also posting a national-best eight power play goals to date.
• The Bobcats are also one of four teams in the nation with 12 or more power play against whose penalty kill unit is at 1.000%.
• Seven different players have scored on the power play for the Bobcats this year, led by Travis St. Denis (3).
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