No. 10 QU Women's Ice Hockey Hosts No. 9 Princeton on Tuesday in ECAC Clash

No. 10/10 Quinnipiac Bobcats (16-6-5, 9-4-2 ECAC Hockey) vs. No. 9/9 Princeton Tigers (13-6-3, 9-4-2 Hockey East)
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 (12 p.m.)
Location: High Point Solutions Arena | Hamden, CT
All-Time Series vs. Princeton: 12-11-3
Home vs. Princeton: 7-4-1
Last Meeting: L, 3-2 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Head Coach Cassie Turner vs. Princeton: 1-1-1

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HAMDEN, Connecticut – No. 10/10 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey hosts No. 9/9 Princeton on Tuesday afternoon (12 PM) at High Point Solutions Arena in an ECAC Hockey contest between two Top 10 national programs. The Bobcats and Tigers are currently locked in a tie for the No. 4 seed in the ECAC standings.

LAST TIME OUT
The Bobcats played to a 2-2 tie at Merrimack last weekend in their final non-conference game of the 2016-17 season. Freshman Kenzie Prater (Hudson, Wisconsin) and senior captain Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) each scored in the Bobcats' tie vs. Merrimack on Friday, Jan. 20 at Lawler Rink. Melissa Samoskevich (Sandy Hook, Connecticut), Taryn Baumgardt (Innisfail, Alberta) and Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) each recorded assists, while senior goaltender Sydney Rossman (Excelsior, Minnesota) made 17 saves.

IN THE ECAC

With a 9-4-2 record (20 points), Quinnipiac currently ranks tied for No. 4 in ECAC Hockey.
Clarkson (29 points), St. Lawrence (27 points) and Cornell (23 points) are the three teams ahead of the Bobcats, while Princeton is tied for No. 3 with Quinnipiac (20 points).

IN THE POLLS

Quinnipiac has been ranked No. 10 nationally in both the latest USCHO.com Poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll, as announced on Jan. 23 and Jan. 24, 2017.

SCOUTING PRINCETON

The Tigers own an identical ECAC Hockey record as Quinnipiac (9-4-2)
Princeton has gone 8-0-2 in its last 10. The Tigers last lost on Nov. 26, 2016 in OT to Boston University.
Steph Neatby has posted a 7-1-1 record with a conference best 1.40 goals-against average in 10 games in net for the Tigers, while Karlie Lund leads the program with 18 goals and 17 assists for 35 points.

ALL-TIME vs. PRINCETON

Quinnipiac is 12-11-3 all-time vs. Princeton, and 7-4-1 in games played in Hamden, Connecticut.
The Bobcats played to a 4-2 win and a 1-1 tie in last year's home-and-home series between the two teams.
Quinnipiac had a 14-game undefeated streak vs. Princeton until the Nov. 26 loss from the first half of this season.

MILESTONE WATCH: CAREER SHUTOUTS

Sydney Rossman has 24 career shutouts at Quinnipiac. She needs just one more shutout to tie the program record of 25 shutouts set by Chelsea Laden ('15) and Victoria Vigilanti ('13).

MILESTONE WATCH: CAREER GAMES PLAYED

Four current Bobcats' seniors are closing in on the Quinnipiac program record for most games played (149), set by both Nicole Brown and Kristen Tamberg
Emma Greco has played in 134 career games, Emma Woods and Meghan Turner have played in 139 games, and Taryn Baumgardt has participated in 140 career games at Quinnipiac. The Bobcats have seven regular season games left in the 2016-17 season.

FIRST-RATE FACEOFFS

Quinnipiac has won 763 faceoffs in total so far this year, which ranks No. 4 in the country.
Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) is No. 2 in the nation with 328 individual faceoff wins so far in 2016-17.

DOMINANT DEFENSE

Quinnipiac currently ranks tied for No. 2 in the nation in team defense, giving up just 1.44 goals per contest.

POWER PLAY

Quinnipiac has scored on 17-of-95 power play chances thus far in 2016-17, a rate of 17.89 percent – which ranks No. 6 in the country.

PENALTY KILL

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 75-of-88 PK chances, good for 85.2 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 19 of 27 games so far in the 2016-17 season, going 15-1-3 when scoring first.

SHOOT TO THRILL

The Bobcats are 39-3-7 in games where they outshoot their opponent, dating back to the start of last season. Quinnipiac has recorded more shots in 21 of 27 games so far in 2016-17, going 16-2-3 in that span.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

The Bobcats have 43 goals on the road this season, which ranks No. 4 nationally and No. 1 in the ECAC.

CENTURY MARK

Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) and Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) both reached 100 career points in the Bobcats' final game before the break, a 6-1 win over RPI on Dec. 3, 2016. Woods recorded four goals to lead the offensive charge for Quinnipiac, while Cianfarano chipped in with a goal and two assists. Woods, the senior captain, reached the century mark in 133 career games (43 goals, 57 assists). Cianfarano, a junior, reached the plateau in 94 games (56 goals, 44 assists).

SUPER CIANFARANO

Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) has six power-play scores, which ranks tied for No. 2 in the nation.

NO ASSISTS? NO PROBLEM

Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Carolina) has four unassisted goals so far in 2016-17, which is tied for best in Division I hockey.

ECAC HOCKEY AWARDS
The Bobcats have won three ECAC Hockey Weekly Awards this year:

Sydney Rossman (Excelsior, Minnesota) – ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week – Oct. 11, 2016
Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) – ECAC Hockey Player of the Week – Oct. 18, 2016
Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Carolina) – ECAC Hockey Player of the Week – Nov. 29, 2016

TOP DOG

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.

COMMANDING THE CONFERENCE

Quinnipiac dominated ECAC Hockey play last year, going 16-2-4. The Bobcats finished with 36 overall points, three total points ahead of Clarkson – who went 14-3-5 in conference action. QU allowed just 18 goals in 22 conference games in 2015-16. The Bobcats have gone 7-3-1 in their first 11 conference games this year.

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).

Player Notes
EMMA WOODS

Woods (Burford, Ontario) was unanimously voted by her teammates to be the Bobcats' captain for 2016-17 season.
Has 10 goals and nine assists so far this year for the Bobcats, and 45 career goals to go along with 57 assists for 101 points.

SYDNEY ROSSMAN

Bobcats' goaltender Sydney Rossman 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 .939 save percentage and 1.09 goals-against average for her career rank No. 1 in program history.
Has five shutouts so far in 2016-17, with a .919 save percentage.
She is also an assistant captain for Quinnipiac this year.
She has 23 career shutouts, needing three more for the program tie.

TAYLAR 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
Has 12 goals and nine assists for 21 points this year, and 57 goals and 46 assists for 103 points in her career.

MELISSA SAMOSKEVICH

Melissa Samoskevich has eight goals and 12 assists for 20 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 24 goals and 28 assists for 52 career points.

MEGHAN TURNER

Meghan Turner, an assistant captain for the Bobcats in 2016-17, has six goals and 10 assists for 16 points so far this season.
She has 23 career goals and 23 career assists over four years with the Bobcats – including a career-high eight goals in 2015-16.

TARYN BAUMGARDT

Taryn Baumgardt (Innisfail, Alberta) has five goals and eight assists so far this year.
The defender has two goals and four assists for six points in 2014-15, and then three goals and 10 helpers for 13 points in 2015-16. She has 11 career goals and 28 assists.

EMMA GRECO

Senior Emma Greco (Burlington, Ontario) has six assists so far this season to go along with a team-high 42 blocked shots.
She has two goals and 19 assists for 21 career points.

KENZIE PRATER

Kenzie Prater (Hudson, Wisconsin) has six goals and six assists for 12 points in her first season at QU.
She was a member of the 2016 U.S. Women's Under-22 team, alongside teammates Cianfarano and Samoskevich.

KENZIE LANCASTER

Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Carolina) has eight goals and four assists for 12 points this year, and eight goals and five assists for 13 career tallies.

RANDI MARCON

Randi Marcon (Winnipeg, Manitoba) has four goals and two assists for six points so far in 2016-17, and nine goals and three assists for 13 career points.

RAQUEL PENNOYER

Raquel Pennoyer (Rehoboth, Massachusetts) has two goals and five assists for seven points this year, and four goals and nine assists for 13 career points.
Assisted on both goals in Quinnipiac's latest game vs. Cornell.

KATE MACKENZIE

Freshman Kate MacKenzie (Winnipeg, Manitoba) has five goals and four assists in her first season with the Bobcats. She tallied three assists in the Oct. 29 victory over Brown.

KATI TABIN

The freshman defender has two goals and five assists for seven points in her first season with Quinnipiac.

ALICIA BARRY

Has a goal and seven assists for eight points so far this year, and two goals with 13 helpers for her career at QU.

DANIELLE MARMER

Has six assists for the Bobcats so far this year, and two goals with 11 helpers in her career at Quinnipiac.
Assisted on both goals in Quinnipiac's latest game vs. Cornell.

SARAH-EVE COUTU-GODBOUT

Has two assists in her first 12 games at Quinnipiac.

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