Friday, October 21
Conte Forum // Boston, Mass.
2:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Boston College
No. 3/3 QU Women's Ice Hockey Takes on No. 6/7 Boston College in Home-and-Home Series
10/19/2016 10:36:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
No. 3/3 Quinnipiac University Bobcats (5-1-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) vs. No. 6/7 Boston College Eagles (3-2-1, 3-1-0 Hockey East)
Date: Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 (2 p.m.) & Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 (3 p.m.)
Location: Friday: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, MA | Saturday: High Point Solutions Arena, Hamden, CT
All-Time Series vs. Boston College: 4-16-3
Last 5 vs. Boston College: 2-3
Last 10 vs. Boston College: 2-6-2
Last Meeting: L, 2-1 (Jan. 24, 2015)
Game Notes: Quinnipiac | Boston College
MULTIMEDIA
Follow the Bobcats at Boston College on Friday, Oct. 21:
HAMDEN, Connecticut – No. 3/3 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey squares off with No. 6/7 Boston College in a home-and-home series this weekend. The Bobcats will travel to Conte Forum on Friday, Oct. 21 for a 2 p.m. puck drop, then host the Eagles on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. from the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden.
LAST WEEKEND
Quinnipiac split a series against Mercyhurst this past weekend in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Bobcats lost, 3-2, on Friday Oct. 14, then topped the Lakers on Saturday, Oct. 15, by a 1-0 final in overtime.
Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) and Miranda Lantz (Mildmay, Ontario) both scored on Friday – Quinnipiac's first loss of the 2016-17 season. Meghan Turner (Bedford, New Hampshire) and Randi Marcon (Winnipeg, Manitioba) each recorded an assist, while Sydney Rossman (Excelsior, Minnesota) made 23 saves in net.
The Bobcats bounced back on Saturday, as junior forward Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) netted the game winner with 2:09 left in overtime. Rossman made nine saves in her fourth shutout of the year, needing just four more for the program's all-time record.
ALL-TIME vs. BOSTON COLLEGE
Quinnipiac is 4-16-3 all-time vs. Boston College, though the Bobcats have taken two of the last four meetings. The Eagles topped Quinnipiac on Jan. 24, 2015 the last time the teams met, and Quinnipiac won two meetings ago in November of 2013 at High Point Solutions Arena. Boston College won the first seven matchups of the all-time series. The Bobcats first program win against the Eagles was on Oct. 23, 2004. Quinnipiac is 2-0-1 vs. B.C. in games played at High Point Solutions Arena.
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
Boston College lost, 3-2, vs. Maine its last time out – snapping a 52-game regular season undefeated streak for the Eagles. Delaney Belinskas has a team-high five goals on the year, while Caitrin Lonergan has four goals and two assists. Megan Keller has a team-high seven points on one goal and six assists. 15 total players have registered a point for B.C., and 12 have multiple points. Junior goaltender Katie Burt has started all six of the Eagles' games, posting a 2.44 goals against average and an .897 save percentage. The Eagles have beaten New Hampshire and Maine (Twice), lost to Maine, and lost and tied vs. Minnesota Duluth.
Boston College went won all 40 games last season before being defeated, 3-1, by Minnesota in the National Championship game.
IN THE POLLS
AMONG THE BEST
Four games into its season, Quinnipiac ranks tied for No. 12 (2.83 goals per game) in team offense and No. 2 (1.17 goal allowed per game) in team defense. Rossman currently leads Division I hockey with four shutouts, while Cianfarano is tied for fifth in the nation in scoring with nine points.
MILESTONE WATCH
Quinnipiac ranked No. 2 in the nation in PK percentage last season, killing off 98-of-106 penalties (92.5 percent). This year, the Bobcats have successfully killed 19-of-21 PK chances, good for 90.4 percent.
JUST SCORE FIRST
Last year, Quinnipiac scored first in 25 of its 34 regular season games – going 22-0-3 in those games. The Bobcats have scored first in five of six games so far in the 2016-17 season, going 5-0-0 in that span.
SHOOT TO THRILL
The Bobcats are 30-2-4 in games where they outshoot their opponent, dating back to the start of last season. Quinnipiac has recorded more shots in five of six games so far in 2016-17, winning all five contests.
GAME-WINNERS
Three current Bobcats rank in the Top 10 list of the program's career game-winning goals: With four game-winners already this season, Cianfarano ranks No. 2 all-time (15 game-winning goals), Melissa Samoskevich is tied for No. 4 (8-game-winning goals), and Emma Woods currently ranks No. 8 on the list (7 game-winning goals).
IN THE ECAC
The Bobcats were picked as ECAC Hockey's favorite entering the 2016-17 season, finishing No. 1 overall in the ECAC Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll. Junior forward Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) was selected to the Preseason All-ECAC First Team. Last year as a sophomore, Cianfarano led the ECAC with 52 points.
OFFENSIVE ATTACK
Quinnipiac returns three of its top five scorers from 2015-16. Cianfarano led the team with 52 points on 28 goals and 24 assists, Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) recorded 34 points via 11 goals and 23 assists, and Melissa Samoskevich (Sandy Hook, CT) 16 goals and 16 assists for 32 points. Nicole Connery (13g, 14a) and Nicole Kosta (10g, 15a) both graduated following the end of last season.
LAST SEASON
As a team, Quinnipiac is on the heels of perhaps its most impressive season in program history, which ended with an ECAC Hockey Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. The Bobcats went 30-3-5 in 2015-16, earning the most wins and highest win percentage (.885) in team history. Head coach Cassandra Turner also set the NCAA Record for most wins by a first-year women's ice hockey head coach.
BENCHMARK YEAR
Other program records set in 2015-16 included: most goals scored (118), most assists (188), highest power play percentage (25 percent), highest penalty kill (92.5 percent), fewest goals allowed (35), lowest GAA (0.92), most home wins (18), longest winning streak (10 games), and longest unbeaten streak (21 games).
NEXT UP
Following the series vs. Mercyhurst, Quinnipiac takes on No. 5 Boston College in a home-and-home slate. The Bobcats travel to Conte Forum on Friday, Oct. 21 (2 p.m.), then host the Eagles at High Point Solutions Arena on Oct. 22 (3 p.m.).
Player Notes
THE CAPTAIN
Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) was unanimously voted by her teammates to be the Bobcats' captain for 2016-17 season, the team announced on Sunday, April 3. Woods will be the 15th different player to be named captain in the program's 16-year history. As a junior, she served as an assistant captain alongside Kristen Tamberg (North Toronto, Ontario) - with Cydney Roesler (Stittsville, Ontario) as the captain. Forward Meghan Turner and goaltender Sydney Rossman have been selected as assistant captains. Woods has three goals and an assist so far this year for the Bobcats, and 38 career goals to go along with 49 assists.
ROSSMAN
Bobcats' goaltender Sydney Rossman returns for 2016-17. She had a .949 save percentage a season ago, allowing just .90 goals per game in 39 games (second-best in the nation). The 2016 ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Year recorded 16 shutouts in 2015-16, which is tied with former Bobcat netminder Chelsea Laden's single-season record from 2014-15. Her current .946 save percentage and .95 goals-against average for her career rank No. 1 in program history. She has four shutouts so far in 2016-17, with a .934 save percentage. She is also an assistant captain for Quinnipiac this year.
CIANFARANO
T.T. Cianfarano recorded 28 goals and 24 assists last year, winning ECAC Hockey Player of the Year honors. She owns the Quinnipiac program record for most goals and most points in a single-season for a sophomore. She was selected to the Preseason 2016-17 All-ECAC First Team, and has recorded a team high nine points on six goals and three assists so far this season. Cianfarano has 51 career goals and 40 career assists, putting her 9 points away from 100.
SAMOSKEVICH
Melissa Samoskevich has two goals and three assists for five points so far this year. She was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team last season, after putting up 16 goals and 16 assists as a freshman. Samoskevich has 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 career points.
TURNER
Meghan Turner, an assistant captain for the Bobcats in 2016-17, has two goals and four assists for six points so far this season. She has 19 career goals and 17 career assists over four years with the Bobcats – including a career-high eight goals in 2015-16.
FRESH FACES
The Bobcats have added five freshmen to their roster to begin the 2016-17 season. Kati Tabin (Winnipeg, MB) and Allison Roethke (Buffalo, MN) join the defensive core, Abby Cleary (Buffalo, NY) and Kenzie Prater (Hudson, WI) join as forwards, and Abbie Ives(Bedford Hills, NY) will be one of Quinnipiac's three goalies this year. Prater recorded two assists last weekend in her first collegiate action for the Bobcats.
Date: Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 (2 p.m.) & Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 (3 p.m.)
Location: Friday: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, MA | Saturday: High Point Solutions Arena, Hamden, CT
All-Time Series vs. Boston College: 4-16-3
Last 5 vs. Boston College: 2-3
Last 10 vs. Boston College: 2-6-2
Last Meeting: L, 2-1 (Jan. 24, 2015)
Game Notes: Quinnipiac | Boston College
MULTIMEDIA
Follow the Bobcats at Boston College on Friday, Oct. 21:
Follow the Bobcats vs. Boston College on Saturday, Oct. 22:
HAMDEN, Connecticut – No. 3/3 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey squares off with No. 6/7 Boston College in a home-and-home series this weekend. The Bobcats will travel to Conte Forum on Friday, Oct. 21 for a 2 p.m. puck drop, then host the Eagles on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. from the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden.
LAST WEEKEND
Quinnipiac split a series against Mercyhurst this past weekend in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Bobcats lost, 3-2, on Friday Oct. 14, then topped the Lakers on Saturday, Oct. 15, by a 1-0 final in overtime.
Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) and Miranda Lantz (Mildmay, Ontario) both scored on Friday – Quinnipiac's first loss of the 2016-17 season. Meghan Turner (Bedford, New Hampshire) and Randi Marcon (Winnipeg, Manitioba) each recorded an assist, while Sydney Rossman (Excelsior, Minnesota) made 23 saves in net.
The Bobcats bounced back on Saturday, as junior forward Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) netted the game winner with 2:09 left in overtime. Rossman made nine saves in her fourth shutout of the year, needing just four more for the program's all-time record.
ALL-TIME vs. BOSTON COLLEGE
Quinnipiac is 4-16-3 all-time vs. Boston College, though the Bobcats have taken two of the last four meetings. The Eagles topped Quinnipiac on Jan. 24, 2015 the last time the teams met, and Quinnipiac won two meetings ago in November of 2013 at High Point Solutions Arena. Boston College won the first seven matchups of the all-time series. The Bobcats first program win against the Eagles was on Oct. 23, 2004. Quinnipiac is 2-0-1 vs. B.C. in games played at High Point Solutions Arena.
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
Boston College lost, 3-2, vs. Maine its last time out – snapping a 52-game regular season undefeated streak for the Eagles. Delaney Belinskas has a team-high five goals on the year, while Caitrin Lonergan has four goals and two assists. Megan Keller has a team-high seven points on one goal and six assists. 15 total players have registered a point for B.C., and 12 have multiple points. Junior goaltender Katie Burt has started all six of the Eagles' games, posting a 2.44 goals against average and an .897 save percentage. The Eagles have beaten New Hampshire and Maine (Twice), lost to Maine, and lost and tied vs. Minnesota Duluth.
Boston College went won all 40 games last season before being defeated, 3-1, by Minnesota in the National Championship game.
IN THE POLLS
- Quinnipiac was ranked No. 3 overall in the latest USCHO.com poll, behind just Wisconsin and Minnesota. Last week, QU was ranked No. 2 overall – the highest USCHO poll ranking in program history.
- The Bobcats were also ranked No. 3 nationally for the third week in a row in the latest USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll, receiving 143 total votes.
- QU is currently No. 7 in RPI and the Pairwise Rankings.
AMONG THE BEST
Four games into its season, Quinnipiac ranks tied for No. 12 (2.83 goals per game) in team offense and No. 2 (1.17 goal allowed per game) in team defense. Rossman currently leads Division I hockey with four shutouts, while Cianfarano is tied for fifth in the nation in scoring with nine points.
MILESTONE WATCH
- Taylar Cianfarano has 51 career goals and 40 career assists, putting her 9 points away from 100.
- Emma Woods is one assist away from 50 for her career, and 13 career points away from 100.
- Sydney Rossman has 22 career shutouts. She needs four more for the program record.
Quinnipiac ranked No. 2 in the nation in PK percentage last season, killing off 98-of-106 penalties (92.5 percent). This year, the Bobcats have successfully killed 19-of-21 PK chances, good for 90.4 percent.
JUST SCORE FIRST
Last year, Quinnipiac scored first in 25 of its 34 regular season games – going 22-0-3 in those games. The Bobcats have scored first in five of six games so far in the 2016-17 season, going 5-0-0 in that span.
SHOOT TO THRILL
The Bobcats are 30-2-4 in games where they outshoot their opponent, dating back to the start of last season. Quinnipiac has recorded more shots in five of six games so far in 2016-17, winning all five contests.
GAME-WINNERS
Three current Bobcats rank in the Top 10 list of the program's career game-winning goals: With four game-winners already this season, Cianfarano ranks No. 2 all-time (15 game-winning goals), Melissa Samoskevich is tied for No. 4 (8-game-winning goals), and Emma Woods currently ranks No. 8 on the list (7 game-winning goals).
IN THE ECAC
The Bobcats were picked as ECAC Hockey's favorite entering the 2016-17 season, finishing No. 1 overall in the ECAC Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll. Junior forward Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) was selected to the Preseason All-ECAC First Team. Last year as a sophomore, Cianfarano led the ECAC with 52 points.
OFFENSIVE ATTACK
Quinnipiac returns three of its top five scorers from 2015-16. Cianfarano led the team with 52 points on 28 goals and 24 assists, Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) recorded 34 points via 11 goals and 23 assists, and Melissa Samoskevich (Sandy Hook, CT) 16 goals and 16 assists for 32 points. Nicole Connery (13g, 14a) and Nicole Kosta (10g, 15a) both graduated following the end of last season.
LAST SEASON
As a team, Quinnipiac is on the heels of perhaps its most impressive season in program history, which ended with an ECAC Hockey Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. The Bobcats went 30-3-5 in 2015-16, earning the most wins and highest win percentage (.885) in team history. Head coach Cassandra Turner also set the NCAA Record for most wins by a first-year women's ice hockey head coach.
BENCHMARK YEAR
Other program records set in 2015-16 included: most goals scored (118), most assists (188), highest power play percentage (25 percent), highest penalty kill (92.5 percent), fewest goals allowed (35), lowest GAA (0.92), most home wins (18), longest winning streak (10 games), and longest unbeaten streak (21 games).
NEXT UP
Following the series vs. Mercyhurst, Quinnipiac takes on No. 5 Boston College in a home-and-home slate. The Bobcats travel to Conte Forum on Friday, Oct. 21 (2 p.m.), then host the Eagles at High Point Solutions Arena on Oct. 22 (3 p.m.).
Player Notes
THE CAPTAIN
Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) was unanimously voted by her teammates to be the Bobcats' captain for 2016-17 season, the team announced on Sunday, April 3. Woods will be the 15th different player to be named captain in the program's 16-year history. As a junior, she served as an assistant captain alongside Kristen Tamberg (North Toronto, Ontario) - with Cydney Roesler (Stittsville, Ontario) as the captain. Forward Meghan Turner and goaltender Sydney Rossman have been selected as assistant captains. Woods has three goals and an assist so far this year for the Bobcats, and 38 career goals to go along with 49 assists.
ROSSMAN
Bobcats' goaltender Sydney Rossman returns for 2016-17. She had a .949 save percentage a season ago, allowing just .90 goals per game in 39 games (second-best in the nation). The 2016 ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Year recorded 16 shutouts in 2015-16, which is tied with former Bobcat netminder Chelsea Laden's single-season record from 2014-15. Her current .946 save percentage and .95 goals-against average for her career rank No. 1 in program history. She has four shutouts so far in 2016-17, with a .934 save percentage. She is also an assistant captain for Quinnipiac this year.
CIANFARANO
T.T. Cianfarano recorded 28 goals and 24 assists last year, winning ECAC Hockey Player of the Year honors. She owns the Quinnipiac program record for most goals and most points in a single-season for a sophomore. She was selected to the Preseason 2016-17 All-ECAC First Team, and has recorded a team high nine points on six goals and three assists so far this season. Cianfarano has 51 career goals and 40 career assists, putting her 9 points away from 100.
SAMOSKEVICH
Melissa Samoskevich has two goals and three assists for five points so far this year. She was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team last season, after putting up 16 goals and 16 assists as a freshman. Samoskevich has 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 career points.
TURNER
Meghan Turner, an assistant captain for the Bobcats in 2016-17, has two goals and four assists for six points so far this season. She has 19 career goals and 17 career assists over four years with the Bobcats – including a career-high eight goals in 2015-16.
FRESH FACES
The Bobcats have added five freshmen to their roster to begin the 2016-17 season. Kati Tabin (Winnipeg, MB) and Allison Roethke (Buffalo, MN) join the defensive core, Abby Cleary (Buffalo, NY) and Kenzie Prater (Hudson, WI) join as forwards, and Abbie Ives(Bedford Hills, NY) will be one of Quinnipiac's three goalies this year. Prater recorded two assists last weekend in her first collegiate action for the Bobcats.
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