Sam Anas Joins 100-Point Club As No. 3 Bobcats Top UMass, 4-1

Friday, November 27

Mullins Center // Amherst, MA

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

University of Massachusetts

Sam Anas Joins 100-Point Club As No. 3 Bobcats Top UMass, 4-1

11/27/2015 8:43:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: QU Sports Information

AMHERST, Massachusetts – Quinnipiac junior Sam Anas (Potomac, Maryland) had a goal and two assists to lead the No. 3 Bobcats to a 4-1 win against UMass in a non-conference match-up at the Mullins Center in Amhert, Mass.

Anas' three-point night made him the 37^th player in Quinnipiac history and the 23^rd at the NCAA Division I level to reach the 100-point mark, doing so to the tune of 54 goals and 46 assists in 92 career games. The Bobcats remain undefeated through their first 14 games with a 12-0-2 record while the Minutemen drop to 6-4-4 on the season. Quinnipiac's 14-game unbeaten run is also the longest streak in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey since Colorado College opened the 1995-96 season at 15-0-3.

Michael Garteig (Prince George, British Columbia) also picked up his 58^th career win, tying him with Eric Hartzell '13 and Bud Fisher '09 for the second-most career wins by a goalie in program history.Landon Smith (Greenwood Village, Colorado) and Alex Miner-Barron (Glendora, California) both had a goal and an assist while Travis St. Denis (Trail, British Columbia) had two assists. Andrew Taverner (Edmonton, Alberta) also scored for Quinnipiac.

Anas set up the Bobcats' first goal of the game when he played the puck from the Bobcats' zone up-ice to St. Denis. St. Denis dropped a pass back to Miner-Barron who one-timed the puck past UMass goalie Nic Renyard.

Thirty-seconds later, Smith and St. Denis played the puck back-and-forth the UMass defensive zone before feeding Anas in the slot. Anas fired on goal and then collected his rebound to give the Bobcats a 2-0 lead.

With three minutes left in the period, it was Anas feeding Miner-Barron in the slot for the one-timer that Renyard stabbed away. Landon Smith was waiting on the doorstep to slap the rebound past Renyard and give the Bobcats a three-goal lead through the first period.

UMass struck five minutes into the final period after Garteig steered away a slapped from Kurt Keats to his right. Keats picked up his own rebound and moved it to William Lagesson at the point for the one-timer. Lagesson's blast on goal was tipped by Marc Hetnik just above the creast past Garteig to put the Minutemen on the board.

With half of the final frame gone, Tommy Schutt (Chanhassan, Minnesota) picked off a pass in the neutral zone and played it up-ice to K.J. Tiefenwerth (Bellmore, New York). Tiefenwerth centered as pass from outside the right face-off circle to to Andrew Taverner (Edmonton, Alberta) in the slot for the one-timer to give Quinnipiac a three-goal lead, 4-1, with ten-minutes to play in the game.

Quinnipiac and Massachusetts meet again on Saturday, Nov. 28 when the Bobcats host the Minutemen at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center at 4 p.m.