No 2/2 Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey Faces Dartmouth In ECAC Hockey Championship Semifinals

Friday, March 18

Herb Brooks Arena // Lake Placid, N.Y.

4:06 PM

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No 2/2 Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey Faces Dartmouth In ECAC Hockey Championship Semifinals

3/15/2016 3:35:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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ECAC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS
No. 2/2 Quinnipiac University Bobcats (27-3-7, 16-1-5 ECAC Hockey) vs
Dartmouth College Big Green (18-15-1, 11-11-0 ECAC Hockey)
Date: Mar. 18, 2016
Time: 4:06 PM
Location: 1980 Rink at Herb Brooks Arena // Lake Placid, N.Y.
All-Time Series vs. Dartmouth:
QU All-Time vs. Dartmouth at Neutral Site: 6-6-2
Last 5 vs. Dartmouth: 3-1-1
Last 10 vs. Darmouth: 7-2-1
Last Meeting: W, 7-5 (Jan. 29, 2016//Hanover, N.H.)
Last Postseason Meeting: Won Quarterfinals Series, 2-1, in Hamden on Mar. 5-7, 2010

Follow The Bobcats vs. Dartmouth
TV: American Sports Network
Live Broadcast: ECACHockey.com
Live Stats: QuinnipiacBobcats.com
Live Audio: AM 1220 WQUN
(PxP: Bill Schweizer; Color: Chris Kotsopoulos)
Twitter: @QU_MIH

GAME NOTES
QUINNIPIAC | DARTMOUTH

Nationally-ranked No. 2/2 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey will travel to Lake Placid, New York for the ECAC Hockey Semifinals and Finals where they will face the Dartmouth Big Green in the semifinals on March 18, 2016 on 1980 Rink at Herb Brooks Arena.

Multimedia
All three games of the ECAC Hockey Championship Weeeknd will be broadcast for television on the American Sports Network. Fans that can't watch the game, Bill Schweizer and Chris Kotsopoulos will have the call for the entire series on AM 1220 WQUN - the flagship station of Quinnipiac men's ice hockey as well as men's and women's basketball. 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. Additionally, Bobcat fans should follow all the in-game action on the Official Twitter account of Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey at @QU_MIH.

ECAC Hockey Semifinals On American Sports Network (ASN)
ECAC Hockey has partnered with American Sports Network (ASN) to televise the 2016 semifinals and championship game on Mar. 18-19 at the 1980 Rink - Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid N.Y. Eric Frede will be the play-by-play announcer with Colby Cohen providing color commentary. (Please check back before Friday game's for availability in your area)

Quarterfinals Recap: Quinnipiac Wins, 2-1
• The Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey team defeated Cornell, 6-3, to win the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals against their rivals, 2-1.
• Quinnipiac has now won a playoff series in all 11 seasons since joining ECAC Hockey, the longest active streak in the league.
• Bo Pieper scored two goals for the Bobcats, the third straight game a Quinnipiac player recorded multiple goals
• 11 different players scored a goal for the Bobcats in the series in which Quinnipiac scored a total of 15 goals
• Connor Clifton had two assists in Game 3, his second multiple-assist game of the series.
• In total, 13 of Quinnipiac's 18 skaters recorded a point in the final game of the series while 18 of the 19 skaters to dress for the weekend recorded a point.

The Bobcats In The National Polls
• The Bobcats were announced as the No. 2 team in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll for the first time in 11 weeks. The Bobcats still received 17 of the possible 34 first place votes and received 491 points, just one point behind North Dakota as the No. 1 team
• The Bobcats also were ranked No. 2 in the latest USCHO.com Division I Poll, as announced on Monday, March 14, 2016. The Bobcats received 14 first-place votes.

The Bobcats In The PairWise Ranking
• Despite picking up two wins and advancing to the ECAC Hockey semifinals, the Bobcats are still the No. 2 team in the most updated PairWise Rankings. Quinnipiac had gone 18 straight weeks in the top spot before NoDak jumped them during an idle weekend from March 4-6.
• 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 All-Time Against Dartmouth
• Quinnipiac owns the all-time series against Dartmouth with a 17-8-1 record in their 26 matchups.
• The last time these two teams faced off, Quinnipiac overcame a three-goal deficit with six goals in the third period to beat Dartmouth, 7-5, in Hanover, New Hampshire.
• Recently, Quinnipiac has taken eight of the last nine games between the two teams, including the regular season sweep this season.
• Quinnipiac and Dartmouth have never played each other on a neutral site.
• The Bobcats and Big Green have met on just one other occasion in the postseason where they met in the first round of the ECAC Hockey tournament from March 5-7, 2010. Quinnipiac won the first game of the series, 3-2, before Dartmouth evened up the series with a 6-3 win. The Bobcats overcame the Big Green, 2-1, in the final game of the series to advance.

The Bobcats All-Time Against Harvard
• Quinnipiac and Harvard have battled back and forth in their 26-game history, with the series knotted up at 11-11-4.
• These two teams last faced off on Jan. 9, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in front of more than 12,000 fans which the Bobcats won, 5-4, in overtime on Derek Smith's game-winning goal.
• Quinnipiac is 3-2-0 over the past two seasons against Harvard, including a regular season sweep this season against the Crimson
• Sam Anas and Tim Clifton have each scored two goals and assisted one more for three points against Harvard this season.
• Quinnipiac is 1-3 against Harvard in the postseason, falling last year in the ECAC Hockey Semifinals and falling in a three-game first round series from March 14-16, 2008.

The Bobcats All-Time Against St. Lawrence
• The Bobcats are 9-13-3 all-time against the St. Lawrence Saints in their 26 meetings since the Bobcats joined ECAC Hockey in the 2005-06 season.
• Quinnipiac is 0-1-1 against St. Lawrence this season after a 0-0 tie in Hamden on Nov. 21 and a 4-3 overtime loss on Feb. 12
• Despite this season's record, Quinnipiac is 3-1-1 against St. Lawrence in the last five matchups
• Michael Garteig mades 36 saves in their scoreless tie before Sam Anas, Travis St. Denis and Soren Jonzzon all scored in the loss
• Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence have met in the playoffs on two other occasions, with the Bobcats going 1-2. Quinnipiac defeated St. Lawrence, 4-0, on March 16, 2007 to advance to their only ECAC Hockey Championship game for their postseason win against the Saints. St. Lawrence swept a quarterfinal series on March 13-14 with 5-3 wins for their postseason wins.

The Bobcats In The ECAC Hockey Tournament
• Quinnipiac continued its streak of winning an ECAC Hockey Tournament Series in 11 straight seasons, the only team in the league to do so since the Bobcats joined ECAC Hockey in the 2005-06 season.
• The Bobcats are 31-22 all-time in the ECAC Hockey tournament and 1-3 in the ECAC Hockey semifinals. Quinnipiac's lone ECAC Hockey semifinal victory was a 4-0 win over St. Lawrence in the 2007 ECAC Hockey tournament.
• The Bobcats are 0-2 in postseason games on 1980 Rink at Herb Brooks Arena.

The Bobcats' Streak
• The Bobcats opened the season with a 17-game unbeaten streak, which was the second-longest unbeaten streak in program history, after the Bobcats posted a 21-game (18-0-3) unbeaten streak in the 2012-13 season.
• Quinnipiac's season-opening streak was the longest in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey since Colorado College opened the 1995-96 at 15-0-3. It was also the sixth longest in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey since 1970.
• Since its loss to Boston University on Dec. 12 to end its season-opening streak, the Bobcats went on an 11-game unbeaten streak, compiling a 6-0-5 record, before falling to St. Lawrence on Friday, Feb. 12.

Longest Unbeaten Streak To Start A Season Since 1970 (Courtesy of Chip Malafronte, New Haven Register)
29: Cornell (29-0), 1969-70
29: Maine (28-0-1), 1992-93
21: Boston University (21-0), 1977-78
19: Maine (14-0-5), 1994-95
18: Colorado College (15-0-3), 1995-96
17: Quinnipiac (15-0-2), 2015-Dec. 12, 2015

Team Notes
• Through 37 games, Quinnipiac has out-scored its opponents 144-75, with four or more goals in 23 of its 37 games.
• With a pair of 3-0 wins at Yale and at Brown, and following a 1-0 win against UMass on Nov. 28, Quinnipias posted a shut-out in three straight games for the first time in the program's 41-year history.
• Quinnipiac has allowed just 21 goals after the second period across 37 games.
• 75 of Quinnipiac's 144 goals have come in the final 10 minutes of the period.
• Quinnipiac's 10 juniors have scored a NCAA-leading 67 of the Bobcats' 144 goals, while its 177 total points rank fourth behind Boston College (186), Minnesota (185) and Michigan (181).
• Quinnipiac currently features the fourth-highest scoring defensive unit in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey. The Bobcats' blue liners have scored 30 goals (T2nd) while assisting on 80 more (6th) for 110 points (4th).
• In addition, five different Quinnipiac defensemen have scored eight game-winning goals to date- the second-most in NCAA men's ice hockey. Connor Clifton leads Quinnipiac, and ranks second nationally, with three game-winning goals, followed by Derek Smith (2), Devon Toews (1), Chase Priskie (1) and Kevin McKernan (1).
• Quinnipiac is 11-2-4 in 17 games against teams that were ranked at the time they played:

vs. No. 9 St. Cloud State (W, 5-2)
vs. No. 9 St. Cloud State (W, 4-1)
vs. No. 14 Cornell (W, 5-4 OT)
vs. No. 7 Harvard (W, 4-1)
vs. No. 20 Clarkson (T, 1-1)
vs. No. 14 St. Lawrence (T, 0-0)
at No. 10 Yale (W, 3-0)
vs. No. 12 Boston University (L, 1-4)
at No. 4 Harvard (W, 5-4 OT)
vs. No. 16 RPI (T, 2-2)
vs. No. 17 Cornell (T, 2-2)
vs. No. 20 Clarkson (W, 3-2 OT)
vs. No. 17 Renssealer (W, 5-4 OT)
vs. No. 7 Yale (W, 4-1)
vs. No. 15 Cornell (W, 5-2)
vs. No. 15 Cornell (L, 4-5)
vs. No. 15 Cornell (W, 6-3)

• Quinnipiac is also 4-1-0 against teams currently ranked in the top 10 in the PairWise Rankings, topping St. Cloud State (No. 3) and Yale (No. 6) twice with a loss to Boston University (T8th).
• Quinnipiac is now 4-1-7 in overtime this year, and 9-1-11 in 19 overtime games over the last two seasons.
• Quinnipiac has trailed in 16 of its 37 games this season, and own a record of 9-3-4 in those contests.
• The Bobcats are one of three teams with 40 or more power play goals to date, while Travis St. Denis (9), Sam Anas (9), Tim Clifton (8), and Landon Smith (6) have combined for more power play goals (32) than 50 NCAA Division I teams.
• As a team, Quinnipiac's 40 power play goals rank third to Robert Morris' 46 and Michigan's 41.
• This past weekend, Quinnipiac's offense was on full display as 18 of the 19 skaters to take the ice for the Bobcats registered a point. Additionally, 11 of the 18 that registered a point, scored a goal while seven of those 11 had a goal and an assist.

Wins Since The Start of the 2012-13 Season
Quinnipiac men's ice hockey has qualified for the last three NCAA Tournaments. Since the start of the 2012-13 season, the Bobcats are second to North Dakota in total wins:

North Dakota, 105
Quinnipiac, 104
Minn. St. Mankato, 98
UMass Lowell, 97
Boston College, 95
Minnesota, 95

Player Notes
Michael Garteig (Sr., Goalie, Prince George, British Columbia/Penticton Vees (BCHL)
• 27-3-7 with a 1.94 GAA and a .922 save percentage.
• In 22 ECAC Hockey games, Garteig is 16-1-5 with a 1.97 GAA and a .920 save percentage.
• For the year, Garteig is 15-2-4 in 21 home games this season with a 1.61 goals-against average and a .937 save percentage with five shutouts. His 15 home wins lead all NCAA Division I goalies.
• On the road, Garteig is 11-1-3 with a .905 save percentage and a 2.29 GAA, while his 11 road wins second among all NCAA Division I goalies.
• In 15 non-conference games, Garteig is 11-2-2 with a 1.91 GAA and a .923 save percentage, while his 11 wins are tied for the most among all NCAA Division I goalies
• In 17 games against ranked opponents, Garteig is 11-2-4 with a 1.95 GAA and a .926 save percentage.
• For his career, Garteig is 73-24-16 with a 1.97 GAA and a .916 save percentage in 6,902:17 in 118 career games.
• His 18 career shutouts rank fourth in NCAA Division I hockey history, all-time. Only three goalies in NCAA history - Ryan Miller (26), Joe Fallon (20) and Ben Scrivens (19) - have recorded 19 or more shutouts.
• His 73 career wins are 22nd in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey history; only 24 goalies have reached 70 career wins, all-time.
• On Thursday, Jan. 7, Michael Garteig recorded 25 saves in a 5-0 shutout against Union. Garteig's seventh clean sheet of the year is a program single-season record - passing his record of six he set as a sophomore in 2013-14.
• Garteig's shutout against Union made him the 24th goalie in NCAA Division I history to record seven shutouts in a single sea son. Only 11 goalies, entering 2015-16, have recorded eight or more in a season. Notre Dame's Jordan Pearce was the last one to do it, recording eight in 2009.
• Against Brown, Garteig ran his shutout streak to 194:49 minutes - the longest streak in program history, passing Jamie Holden's mark of 191:19 during the 2002-03 season. It was also the 25th longest streak in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey history.
• After blanking UMass, Yale and Brown in three-straight games, Garteig became just the 20th goalie in NCAA history to post three consecutive shutouts.
• In a 3-0 win at Yale, Gartieg won his 60th career game, breaking the program record of 59 held by JC Wells '01 and Jamie Holden '05.
• Garteig's 73 career wins rank first among all active goalies.

Garteig's Honors
• Garteig was honored by the Hockey Commissioners' Association as the NCAA Division I National Player of the Month for November. The announcement from the HCA came after Garteig was named ECAC Hockey's Goalie of the Month for the second-consecutive month.
• Garteig was named the ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Month for December. The Bobcats senior netminder was 4-1-0 with a .945 save percentage and a 1.25 goals-against average, leading all ECAC Hockey goaltenders in wins (4) and shutouts (2) in December.
• 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.
• 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.

Sam Anas (Jr., Left Wing, Potomac, Maryland/Youngstown Phantoms (USHL))
• Leads ECAC Hockey in goals (22) and points (46) while also picking up a career-best 24 assists.
• Had one goal in the Bobcats' 6-3 win against No. 15 Cornell, his third point of the postseason.
• Was one of two players in ECAC Hockey with 20 goals and 20 assists.
• Leads the league in power play points (22).
• Scored a league-best nine third-period goals.
• Led ECAC Hockey in goals on the road (11) and goals when trailing (9).
• Led the league with two game-tying goals and two extra attacker goals.
• Registered a point in a league-leading 18 ECAC Hockey games, while also posting a league-best four two-goal games.
• Led ECAC Hockey with 24 road points.
• Led the league with 16 points when Quinnipiac was trailing.
• Registered a point in a league-leading 29 games.
• Had a league-best five three-point games…In 14 games against ranked opponents, he led Quinnipiac with 14 points with six goals and eight assists.
• Quinnipiac is 22-2-5 when he registered a point...16-0-3 when he had an assist and 12-2-4 when he scored a goal.
• Had a season-best 16-game point streak from Dec. 12 through Feb. 26 in which he compiled 12 goals and 13 assists.
• Since Dec. 12 he's led ECAC Hockey in points (26) and points per game (1.40), as well as power play points (12), points while trailing (12), as well as game-tying (3) and extra attacker (3) points.
• With a three-point night against UMass on Saturday, Nov. 27, he became the 37th player in program history and the 23rd at the Division I level to reach 100 career points. Anas did so in his 92nd career game.
• To date, he is also one of two active ECAC Hockey players with at least 60 career goals and 60 career assists.
• His 67 career goals rank third among active players.
• His 28 career power play goals are the most among active ECAC Hockey players.
• With his second goal against Colgate on Feb 6, Anas became the first player in Quinnipiac men's ice hockey history to score 20 goals in three-consecutive seasons. Chris Cerrella is the only other player in school history to score 20 goals in a season three times, doing so in 1997-98 (32), 1999-2000 (28) and 2000-2001 (21).
• Anas' 67 career goals are tied with Chris Cerrella for the third-most in program history, passing Ben Nelson who had 66. Ahead of Anas on Quinnipiac's Division I list is Brandon Wong '10 (68) and all-time leader David Marshall '10 (73).
• On the all-time list, Cerrella – having played one season at the Division III level – leads all Quinnipiac players with 99 career goals, followed by Bill Veneris '82 (92), Todd Johnson '89 (91), Jim Hanscom '80 (83) and Richard Buckholz '87 (76) who slide in ahead of Marshall's 73.
• For his career, Anas has scored 67 goals and assisted on 61 more for 128 points in 115 career games.
• He ranks tied for eighth in career points (128) among active players while his 1.11 points per game are third behind Northeastern's Kevin Roy (1.17) and Harvard's Jimmy Vesey (1.14).
• A prolific goal-scorer, Anas has averaged 0.58 goals per game for his career, good for third among all active players while his 28 power play goals rank second.
• To date, he is also one of five active players with 65 career goals and 60 career assists.
• Anas was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week, as announced by the league on Tuesday, Feb. 9.
• With a three-point night against UMass on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2015 All-American Sam Anas (Potomac, Maryland) became the 37th player in program history and the 23rd at the Division I level to reach 100 career points. Anas did so in his 92nd career game.
• Against Harvard on Friday, Nov. 13, Anas became the 17th Quinnipiac player all-time and 11th player at the NCAA Division I level to score 50 goals, doing so in 87 games.

Travis St. Denis (Sr., Center, Trail, British Columbia/ Pentiction Vees (BCHL))
• Travis St. Denis has scored 20 goals and assisted on 22 more for a career-high 42 points for the season.
• Had a goal and two assists in the Bobcats' 5-2 win against Cornell in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Friday, Mar. 11 and an empty-net goal in Game 3.
• St. Denis is one of 34 players in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey to total 40 or more points to date.
• St. Denis sits at 58 goals and 60 assists for 118 points in 155 career games, and is one of 12 active players with 55 career goals and 55 career assists.
• Ranked third in ECAC Hockey in points (42), tied for fifth in assists (22) and third in goals scored (20).
• Tied with Sam Anas in the league-lead with nine power play goals.
• Was one of five players to score a goal in 16 or more games.
• In a seven-game point streak from Oct. 23 through Nov. 17 he scored six goals and assisted on four more for 10 points.
• In a six-game point streak from Dec. 29 through Jan. 19 he totaled four goals and seven assists for 11 points.
• He recently saw an eight-game point streak end in which he scored six goals and assisted on four more From Jan. 29 through Feb. 26
• Became the fourth player in Quinnipiac's Division I history to score 15 goals in three consecutive seasons
• In the Bobcats' 5-0 win against Union on Thursday, Jan. 7, Travis St. Denis scored twice and assisted on another goal to become the 38th player in Quinnipiac history and the 24th at the NCAA Division I level to reach 100 career points
• In 14 games against ranked opponents, he led Quinnipiac in goals (9) and finished second in points (13) while also scoring a team-best three power play goals.
• St. Denis was the 18th player in Quinnipiac history and the 11th at the Division I level to reach 50 career goals.
• St. Denis is the fourth player in Quinnipiac's Division I history – along with Sam Anas, Ben Nelson and Chris Cerrella – to score 15 goals in three consecutive seasons.
• The Bobcats tilt at RPI made St. Denis the 16th player in Quinnipiac history to play in 150 career games.
• St. Denis is also the only player to score two goals in back-to-back games at High Point Solutions Arena this year. He also has a team-best four multiple-point games on the team's home ice.

Tim Clifton (Jr., Center, Matawan, New Jersey/Jersey Hitmen (EJHL))
• Tied for fifth in ECAC Hockey with 17 goals
• Tied for fourth in the league with 37 points.
• Led ECAC Hockey in plus/minus (+25)
• Tied for the ECAC Hockey lead with seven second period goals
• Second in the league with two short-handed goals.
• Second in the league with eight power play goals.
• Scored a goal in 16 games, good for second in the league.
• In 22 ECAC Hockey games, he ranked second in goals (14), assists (15) and points (29) while leading the league in power play goals (6), power play points (11), game-winning goals (4), shorthanded goals (2) and plus/minus (+22).
• In 16 games against ranked opponents, he scored six goals and assisted on eight more for 14 points, that also included a team-high three power play goals.
• Opened the season with a team-best seven-game goal streak, which also checked-in as the second-longest in Quinnipiac's Division I history.
• Scored twice in a 4-1 win against Harvard on Nov. 13.
• Had a goal and an assist in wins against Dartmouth on Nov. 14 and UConn on Nov. 17 to give him three-straight multiple-point games.
• Had a goal and three assists in a 6-0 win at Princeton on Dec. 29.
• Factored into 10 game-winning goals, scoring four of them while picking up the game-winning assist on six of them.
• Named a Walter Brown Award Candidate.
• ECAC Hockey December Player of the Month.
• Is one of two ECAC Hockey players to total 20 points since the start of the second half of the season, including seven goals and a league-best 13 assists.
• Was also a +15 in 14 games in that span.

Landon Smith (So., Right Wing, Greenwood Village, Colorado/Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL))
• For the year, Smith has accumulated 10 goals and 23 assists for 33 points.
• Had two goals in the Bobcats' 5-2 win against Cornell in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Friday, Mar. 11.
• Tied for the team lead with two goals and third on the team with three points in three postseason games this season.
• Smith peppered in the points against Dartmouth with one goal and two assists for his first three-point game of the season.
• Smith's three-point performance was also his sixth multiple-point game of the season, and has recorded a point in six of the last seven games.
• Landon Smith enjoyed a remarkable first season with the Bobcats in 2014-15, scoring 15 goals and assisting on 16 more for 31 points in his first year of college hockey.
• Smith started his sophomore year with a goal in the Bobcats' home opener, but then went nine straight games without a goal.

Devon Toews (Jr., Abbotsford, British Columbia/Surrey Eagles (BCHL))
• In 32 overall games, Devon Toews led all ECAC Hockey defensemen in points per game (0.79), power play assists (12), power play points (13) and plus/minus (+22).
• He was also the only ECAC Hockey defensemen with a plus/minus of 20 or higher.
• In ECAC Hockey games only, his 14 assists lead all ECAC Hockey d-men, while he also leads the league's defensemen in assists per game (0.70), points per game (0.95), power play assists (7), power play points (7) and plus/minus (+21).
• Reached career highs in goals (7), assists (20) and points (27).
• Ranked among ECAC Hockey defensemen in goals and second in assists and points.
• Had an assist on the game-winning goal in a 3-0 win at Yale on Dec. 4.
• Set-up the game-winner at Dartmouth in a 7-5 come-from-behind win on Jan.29.
• Had the assist on the game-winning goal against Colgate on Feb. 6.
• Scored the game-winner in overtime at Clarkson on Feb. 13.
• Led the league's defensemen with nine multiple-point games.
• Had a six-game point streak from Jan. 29 through Feb. 19 in which he totaled four goals and eight assists for 12 points as Quinnipiac posted a 4-1-1 record.
• Quinnipiac was 7-0-0 when he scored a goal and 12-1-2 when he assisted on a goal.
• Led ECAC Hockey defensemen with 15 third period points.
• The Bobcats' defenseman was drafted by the New York Islanders in the fourth round of the 2014 NHL Draft after a freshman campaign that saw him total a goal and 16 assists.

Connor Clifton (Jr., Matawan, New Jersey/US National Developmental Team (NTDP))
• Had three assists in the Bobcats' 5-2 win against Cornell in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Friday, Mar. 11 and two more in Game 3 for a five-assist weekend
• Bobcats junior defenseman Connor Clifton (Matawan, New Jersey) has blown past his 2014-15 point totals (0-5-5), accumulating six goals and 16 assists for 22 points in 37 games this year.
• Clifton saw a six-game point streak – the longest of his career - fall with a scoreless showing against Harvard. Clifton scored an empty-net goal against Dartmouth and again against UConn to give him a point in eight of Quinnipiac's first 13 games.
• Clifton had an assist in a 3-2 win against Colgate on Friday, Nov. 13 before scoring the game-winner in overtime against Cornell in a 5-4 win in Ithaca, New York.
• Clifton was chosen in the 5th Round of the 2013 NHL Draft by the now-Arizona Coyotes.
• He was the first Quinnipiac freshman to join the Bobcats directly from the prestigious U.S. National Developmental Team.

Chase Priskie (Fr., Pembroke Pines, Florida/Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL))
• Had two goals and an assist in the Quinnipiac's 5-4 loss to Cornell in Game 2 of the ECAC Hockey Tournament Quarterfinals.
• Became the first Quinnipiac defensmen since Dan Henningson against Harvard on Mar. 9, 2008 to score twice in an ECAC Hockey tournament game.
• Led all ECAC Hockey defensemen with 22 assists.
• As a freshman, had 22 assists to go along with four goals for 26 points.
• Was one of seven players in ECAC Hockey to record at least 20 assists for the year.
• Ranked third among the league's defensemen in points (26).
• Second among defenseman in power play assists (9) and power play points (10).
• Ranked third among league defenseman in plus/minus (+18) and tied for fourth overall.
• Led all ECAC Hockey freshmen with 22 assists, and was one of seven first-year skaters to record 20 points for the season.
• Led all ECAC Hockey freshmen in power play assists (9) and power play points (10).
• Had a three-assist night in a 5-4 overtime win at Cornell on Nov. 7.
• First Quinnipiac freshman defenseman to record 20 assists in a season since Matt Sorteberg in 2004-05.

Derek Smith (Jr., Defenseman, Apple Valley, Minnesota/Coulee Region Chill (NAHL))
• Derek Smith checks in with three goals and 12 assists from the blue line.
• Derek Smith is fourth ECAC Hockey defensemen with a +15 plus/minus and is one of four defensemen to block 65 or more shots (67, 4th) for the year.
• Smith provided the dramatics when he cleaned up a rebound and scored the game-winner in overtime against No. 4 Harvard at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 9.
• Smith found the back of the net in back-to-back games in the Bobcats' 6-0 and 4-3 wins against Princeton on Dec. 29-30.
• Smith totaled 13 assists in 36 games as a sophomore last year but sits second in the Bobcats' line-up with 11 helpers this season.
• Smith sits in the Bobcats' history books as the first player in program history to have scored on his first two shots on goal, which came in his second and third collegiate games.

Soren Jonzzon (Jr., Left Wing, Mountain View, California/Youngstown Phantom (USHL))
• Jonzzon stands at eight goals and nine assists for 17 points this season, giving him 14 goals and 19 assists for 33 points for his career.
• Scored an empty-net goal in the Bobcats 5-2 win against Cornell in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals and had an assist in Game 2.
• Scored in both games on Feb. 19-20, including the game-winner just 15 seconds into overtime in a thrilling 5-4 victory at No. 17 Rensselaer on Friday, Feb. 19.
• Jonzzon had a strong weekend at Yale and Brown, totaling two assists against the Bulldogs while also scoring in the Bobcats' win at Brown.

K.J. Tiefenwerth (Jr., Right Wing, Bellmore, New York/Junior Bruins (EJHL)/Massachusetts (Hockey East)
• Had a goal and an assist in the Bobcats' 5-4 loss to Cornell in Game 2 of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals.
• Also had an assist in the Bobcats 5-2 win in Game 1 and in the Bobcats 6-3 win in Game 3.
• Quinnipiac junior K.J. Tiefenwerth is enjoying a break-out season, as he's tallied career-highs in goals (6), assists (13) and points (19).

Bo Pieper (So., Left Wing, Roseville, Minnesota/Coquitlam Express (BCHL))
• Scored a career-high two goals against the No. 15 Cornell Big Red for the first multiple-goal and multiple-point game of his career.
• Now has a career-high four goals to go along with four assists for eight points on the season.
• In his career, Pieper has tallied seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points.

Tanner MacMaster (So., Center, Calgary, Alberta/Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL))
• Enjoying an outstanding second season with the Bobcats with four goals and 15 assists for 19 points.
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• MacMaster entered the year with five goals and seven assists in his first season, giving him nine goals and 22 assists for 31 points in his career.
• All four of MacMaster's goals have come in the second half, to pair with eight assists for 12 points in his last 19 games.

Andrew Taverner (So., Left Wing, Edmonton, Alberta/Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL))
• Enters the weekend with five goals and eight assists for 13 points.
• Has almost tripled his first-season assist total after registering six goals and three assists as a freshman in 2014-15.
• Had a goal and two assists in the Bobcats' series against Cornell in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals.