No. 5 QU Men's Ice Hockey Opens ECAC Hockey Play At Colgate, Cornell

Friday, November 6

Starr Rink // Hamilton, NY

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Colgate University

No. 5 QU Men's Ice Hockey Opens ECAC Hockey Play At Colgate, Cornell

11/4/2015 10:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

By: QU Sports Information

No. 5 Quinnipiac University Bobcats (6-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey)
at Colgate University Raiders (3-4-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey)
Date: Friday, Nov. 6, 2015
Time: 7 PM
Location: Starr Rink//Hamilton, N.Y.
All-Time vs. Colgate: 16-14-2
Last Meeting: W, 4-2 (2/7/15; Hamilton, N.Y.)

No. 5 Quinnipiac University Bobcats (6-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey)
at Cornell University Big Red (2-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015
Time: 7 PM
Location: Lynah Rink//Ithaca, N.Y.
All-Time vs. Cornell: 12-15-2
Last Meeting: W, 1-0 (2/6/15; Ithace, N.Y.)

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National-ranked No. 5 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey (6-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) opens ECAC Hockey action when it travels to Colgate (3-4-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) on Friday, Nov. 6 before playing at Cornell (2-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) on Saturday, Nov. 7.

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. Bobcat fans can also access live video and stats by clicking the appropriate links on the men's ice hockey schedule page on QuinnipiacBobcats.com.

The Bobcats' Last Time Out
• On Saturday, Oct. 24, Quinnipiac completed the two-game sweep of then-ranked No. 9 St. Cloud State with a 4-1 victory at High Point Solutions Arena.
• Travis St. Denis (Trail, British Columbia) turned in his second consecutive two-goal game, giving him a team-best six goals for the year.
• Michael Garteig (Prince George, British Columbia) stopped a career-high 41 shots in goal to improve to 6-0-0 on the year while also recording his 52nd career victory.
• SCSU's Charlie Lindgren started the series with the longest scoreless streak to start a season in NCAA history before Quinnipiac tagged him for nine goals in the series.
• Soren Jonzzon (Mountain View, California) had a goal and an assist in the Bobcats win while Tommy Schutt (Chanhassan, Minnesota) also scored for the second time in his last three games.

The Bobcats In The National Polls
• Quinnipiac enters the weekend ranked fifth in the USCHO.com Division I Poll and fourth in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division I Poll.
• Quinnipiac started the year ranked 18th in the USCHO.com Preseason Poll and has been on the move since.
• The Bobcats were receiving votes in the first two USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll before cracking the Top 15 at No. 13 on Oct. 19.

The Bobcats In The PairWise Ranking
• Quinnipiac enters the weekend in the top spot in the PairWise Ranking.
• The PairWise Ranking is a system which attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament. The PWR compares all teams by these criteria: record against common opponents, head-to-head competition, and the RPI.
• For each comparison won, a team receives one point. The final PWR ranking is based on the number of points (comparisons) won. Ties are settled by the RPI.

The Bobcats On ESPN
Quinnipiac men's ice hockey junior Devon Toews' (Abbotsford, British Columbia) goal against Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 20 was featured on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 as the No. 5 play of the day. Toews' power play goal against the Black Bears gave the No. 14 Bobcats a 3-0 lead in a game they would eventually win, 4-0.

The Bobcats and The ECAC Hockey Weekly Awards
The Bobcats fresh off a weekend sweep of St. Cloud State, swept the ECAC Hockey Weekly Awards with Travis St. Denis (Trail, British Columbia) earning Player of the Week honors, Michael Garteig (Prince George, British Columbia) winning Goalie of the Week and Chase Priskie (Pembroke Pines, Florida) named Rookie of the Week on Oct. 27.

The Bobcats and The ECAC Hockey Monthly Awards
Quinnipiac men's ice hockey seniors Travis St. Denis (Trail, British Columbia) and Michael Garteig (Prince George, British Columbia) were honored by ECAC Hockey with monthly awards. St. Denis was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Month while Garteig earned his fourth Goalie of the Month award of his career.
• For the month of October, St. Denis led all ECAC Hockey skaters in goals (6), goals per game (1.00) as well as two-goal games (2).
• St. Denis opened the season with a two-assist night in a 5-3 win at Holy Cross before scoring his first goal of the year against the Crusaders on the following night in the Bobcats' home opener. He scored his next time out in a 5-0 win against Arizona State.
• St. Denis capped the month with back-to-back two-goal games in a two-game sweep of No. 9 St. Cloud State to capture ECAC Hockey Player of the Week honors.
• For the month of October, Garteig was 6-0-0 with a .947 save percentage and a 1.33 goals-against average.
• Among ECAC Hockey goalies, he ranked first in wins (6) and shutouts (2) while ranking fourth in GAA and fifth in save percentage.
• Garteig earned ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week honors on Oct. 26 after stopping 73 of 76 shots on goal in two-game sweep of No. 9 St. Cloud including a 32-save performance on Friday and a career-best 41 saves on Saturday.
• Garteig also became the fifth member of Quininpiac's 50-win club and with 52 career wins trails Eric Hartzell and Bud Fisher for second place (58) and J.C. Wells and Jamie Holden (59) for first all-time.

This Week In Bobcats Hockey
All-Time Against Colgate
• Quinnipiac and Colgate have met 31 times with the Bobcats claiming a 16-14-2 all-time record.
• Quinnipiac is 6-7-1 all-time at Starr Rink, including wins in three-straight on the Raiders' home ice in which the Bobcats have outscored Colgate, 14-6.
• Quinnipiac is 6-1-2 in nine games against Colgate in the month of November.
• Quinnipiac took the last game of the series, 4-2, on Feb. 7, 2015. Four different Bobcats scored - Landon Smith, Andrew Taverner, Tanner MacMaster and Travis St. Denis.
• The win at Starr last year clinched home ice for the Bobcats in the 2014 ECAC Hockey Tournament.

Scouting The Colgate Raiders
• Colgate enters the weekend with a record of 3-4-0 overall while the game between the Raiders and Bobcats will be the first league action of the year for both teams.
• Colgate is coming off a pair of losses at home against Providence - a 7-2 loss on Oct. 30 and a 4-3 loss on Oct. 31.
• Senior Mike Borkowski leads Colgate with five goals, while Tyson Spink, Tylor Spink and Derek Freeman have lit the lamp three times each.
• Tyson Spink also leads Colgate in assists (6) and points (9).
• In goal, Charlie Finn is 3-4-0 with a .900 save percentage and a 3.58 goals-against average.

All-Time Against Cornell
• Quinnipiac and Cornell have played each other 29 times, with the Bobcats posting a 12-15-2 record all-time against the Big Red.
• Quinnipiac has won seven of the last 10 meetings, including three-straight at Lynah Rink, where the Bobcats are 7-8-1 all-time.
• Quinnipiac has recorded a shutout in its last two trips to Lynah - both by Michael Garteig - and have outscored the Big Red on their home ice, 12-1, in that span.
• Quinnipiac is 5-3-1 in nine games against Cornell during the month of November, all-time.

Scouting The Cornell Big Red
• Cornell is currently 2-0-0 on the young season after sweeping a home-and-home series against Niagara - winning on the road, 3-2, on Oct. 30 before completing the sweep, 4-0, at home on Oct. 31.
• Jeff Kubiak 's two goals for the year leads the list of five Cornell skaters to score to date.
• Kubiak and Anthony Angello (1-2) lead Cornell with three points apiece.
• In goal, Mitch Gillam is 2-0-0 with a .955 save percentage and a 0.99 goals-against average.

Player Notes
Michael Garteig
• Michael Garteig enters the weekend at 6-0-0 with a 1.33 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage.
• Garteig currently leads all NCAA Division I goalies in wins (6), while ranking second in shutouts (2) and eighth in GAA (1.33).
• Garteig is coming off a career-best 41-save shutout of St. Cloud State on Oct. 25.
• Garteig was named the ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week on Oct. 27.
• He was also named the ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Month for October.
• The senior goalie's 13th career shutout against Maine 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.

Travis St. Denis
• Travis St. Denis posted back-to-back two-goal performances in the Bobcats two-game sweep of St. Cloud State on Oct. 23-24.
• St. Denis leads Quinnipiac with six goals, as well as a team-high four power-play goals.
• The senior forward enters the weekend with 44 goals and 40 assists for 84 points in 125 career games.
• St. Denis is currently one of nine players with six goals to date, and one of four to do it in five or fewer games.
• St. Denis is also one of 18 players to average a goal-per-game heading into this weekend.
• St. Denis' four power-play goals are the second most in the country, while his 0.67 PPG-per-game ranks third.

Sam Anas
• Sam Anas has "quietly" accumulated a team-best eight points to the tune of three goals and team-leading five assists.
• Anas enters the weekend with 48 goals and 42 assists for 90 points in 84 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 last Bobcat to reach 50 goals for his career was Kellen Jones in 2014, who totaled 53 in four years.

Chase Priskie
• Chase Priskie enters the weekend with a goal and five assists for six points to date.
• Priskie scored his first career goal against Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 20, while also picking up an assist on Devon Toews' goal.
• Priskie started off his career with a five-game point streak and currently boasts a team-high five assists to date.
• Priskie and teammate Devon Toews rank eighth in defenseman points with six each.
• Priskie and teammate Thomas Aldworth are two of 22 NCAA Division I freshmen with six or more games played to average a point-per-game to date.
• Priskie is one of two freshmen defensemen, along with Bentley's Tanner Jago, with six or more games played to average a point per game.

Devon Toews
• Devon Toews enters the weekend with two goals and four assists for six points.
• He and teammate Chase Priskie are ranked eighth among all NCAA Division I defensemen with six points.
• Toews and Priskie are two of 11 defensemen with five or more games played to average a point per game.
• 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.

The Bobcats' 6-0 Record
• Quinnipiac's 6-0-0 ties the mark set in 1998-99 for the best start in Quinnipiac's Division I history.
• Through six games, Quinnipiac has outscored its opponents 27-8, with a minimum of four goals in each game.
• Quinnipiac currently leads the nation with 10 power play goals and is the only team with a perfect 1.000% penalty kill with at least five games played to date.
• Quinnipiac's +19 goal margin is second only to Boston College's +25.
• Quinnipiac (+3.17) is one of four teams with a +3.00 goal margin or higher. Quinnipiac and Boston College are the only two with six or more games played.
• Quinnipiac (40.17) and Penn State (44.71) are the only two teams in the country average 40-or-more shots per game.
• The Bobcats are also one of team to allow 25-or-fewer shots per game.
• Quinnipiac's (+15.7) and Penn State (+16.57) are the only two teams in the country out-shooting their opponents by 15-or-more shots per game.