QU Men's Ice Hockey Defeats St. Thomas, 3-1, In Exhibition

Sunday, October 4

Hamden, Conn.

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

St. Thomas University

QU Men's Ice Hockey Defeats St. Thomas, 3-1, In Exhibition

10/4/2015 5:59:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: QU Sports Information

HAMDEN, Conn. - Nationally-ranked No. 18 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey skated to a 3-1 decision against St. Thomas in an exhibition game at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats' first action of the 2015-16 season saw Tim Clifton (Matawan, New Jersey), Landon Smith (Greenwood Village, California) and Bo Pieper (Roseville, Minnesota) all score for the Bobcats.

Neither team scored in the first period while Quinnipiac held St. Thomas without a shot after putting 27 on Tommies' goalie Philippe Trudeau. The Bobcats went on to out-shoot St. Thomas, 63-11, for the game. Quinnipiac incumbent starter Michael Garteig(Prince George, British Columbia) saw limited action between the pipes across the first 20 minutes of play. Jacob Meyers (Chanhassen, MInnesota) picked up the exhibition win after stopped all four shots he saw for the night. Sean Lawrence (Granite Bay, California) stopped six of St. Thomas' seven for the game.

Clifton and Landon Smith both scored in the second period, staking the Bobcats to a 2-0 lead through two periods. Clifton's came on the power play after Thomas Aldworth(Keller, Texas) dug the puck out from between a host of feet behind Quinnipiac's goal and attempted to jam the puck in on the wrap-around. After Trudeau denied his bid, Clifton picked up the loose puck and tipped it past the Tommies' goalie to give Quinnipiac a 1-0 lead, eight minutes into the second frame. Smith's goal came off a pass from Joe Fiala (Madison, Wisconsin) who picked up a loose puck along the boards in the Bobcats' defensive zone. Fiala fed Smith at the red line in front of the Bobcats bench for the sophomore sniper walked between the face-off circles and blasted a shot bar-down on Trudeau for the two-goal lead.

Midway through the third period, Derek Smith (Apple Valley, Minnesota) handled the puck above the face-off circle in front of St. Thomas' bench before zipping a pass across the St. Thomas zone to Connor Clifton at the opposite point. Clifton blasted a shot on goal, into traffic where Pieper was able to re-direct it past Trudeau to give the Bobcats a three-goal lead. St. Thomas' Shane McColgan scored the Tommies' lone goal after receiving as pass from behind the Bobcats' net from JC Campagna and one-timed the puck past Lawrence to get St. Thomas on the board.

Quinnipiac opens the regular season on Friday, Oct. 9 when it travels to Worcester, Massachusetts to take on the College of Holy Cross at 7 p.m.at the Hart Recreation Center. The Bobcats then host the Crusaders on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center.

NOTES

Referee Katie Guay became the first woman to work a NCAA men's ice hockey game. Guay worked with Bryan Hicks, as well as linesmen Glen Cooke and Jim Briggs.