Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey Falls To Maine, 7-4

Friday, December 8

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

6-9-2

Maine

7-7-1

Maine

Quinnipiac

12/8/2017 10:15:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Despite outshooting Maine, 54-30, the Bobcats fell to the Black Bears, 7-4, in a non-conference matchup at Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the loss, Quinnipiac drops to 6-9-2 overall while Maine improves to 7-7-1 overall.

Quinnipiac jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Maine countered with three unanswered goals. After Quinnipiac took a 4-3 lead early in the third period before the Black Bears scored three goals in 72 seconds to pull out the 7-4 win.

SCORE
Maine 7 / Quinnipiac 4

RECORDS
Maine 7-7-1 (4-4-1 HEA) | Quinnipiac 6-9-2 (3-5-1 ECAC)

LOCATION
Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena / Hamden, Conn.

SCORING SUMMARY

5:13, 1^st (Quinnipiac 1, Maine 0): Scott Davidson (Trail, British Columbia) scored his first goal of the season to put Quinnipiac on the board early in the game. Luke Shiplo (Oakville, Ontario) won the puck in the corner and played it behind the Bobcats' net to Karlis Cukste (Riga, Latvia). Cukste then centered a pass to Davidson for the goal.
8:56 1^st (Quinnipiac 2, Maine 0): Bo Pieper (Roseville, Minnesota) took a pass from Landon Smith (Greenwood Village, Colorado) in the face-off circle to the right of Maine goalie Jeremy Swayman. Pieper walked in on goal before snapping a shot past Swayman to give Quinnipiac a 2-0 lead.
9:41 1^st (Quinnipiac 3, Maine 0): Chase Priskie (Pembroke Pines, Florida) started the play in the neutral zone with a pass to Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota). Tufto walked it up the boards before sending it ahead to Tanner MacMaster (Calgary, Alberta). MacMaster skated through the slot before maneuvering around a defenseman and scoring Quinnipiac's third goal in the game's first 10 minutes.
12:04 1^st (Quinnipiac 3, Maine 1): Mitchell Fossier received a cross-ice pass from Tim Doherty, split the Quinnipiac defenseman for a breakaway and flipped a back-hand shot over the shoulder of Andrew Shortridge.
2:44 2^nd (Quinnipiac 3, Maine 2): Maine scored the first of consecutive power-play goals when Tim Doherty received a pass in front goal from Canon Pieper before slipping it past the left pad of Andrew Shortridge.
10:18 2^nd(Quinnipiac 3, Maine 3): Maine's second power-play goal came from sophomore Patrick Holway, who roofed the puck from the left circle over the Shortridge's goal to tie the game.
2:50 3^rd (Quinnipiac 4, Maine 3): Cukste cleaned up a rebound off a shot by Thomas Aldworth (Keller, Texas), from the back post, to give Quinnipiac a lead. Brogan Rafferty (Dundee, Illinois) assisted on the play.
10:40 3^rd (Quinnipiac 4, Maine 4): Off the faceoff, Maine's Eduards Tralmaks brought the puck down the offensive zone and dangles it through a Quinnipiac defenseman's legs before sending it past the pads of Shortridge to tie it at 4-4.
15:41 3^rd (Quinnipiac 4, Maine 5): Cedric Lacroix pushed Maine's lead to 5-4 off a pass from Patrik Holway.
16:07 3^rd (Quinnipiac 4, Maine 6): Tralmarks scored his second goal of the period after receiving a pass in the crease from Mitchell Fossier to give Maine the two-goal lead.
16:53 3^rd (Quinnipiac 4, Maine 7): Brendan Robbins capped the Black Bears' scoring with Maine's fourth goal in the final 10 minutes of play.

NOTES

Davidson's goal in the first period was his first since March 26^th, 2016 against UMass Lowell in the 2016 NCAA Tournament East Regional Finals.
MacMaster's goal gives ties Alex Whelan (Ramsey, New Jersey) with a team-leading six goals to date.
Cukste's two-point night is his second multiple-point game in his last four outings, and the second time this season he finished with a goal and an assist. He accomplished it first against Northeastern in a 6-4 win on Oct. 20 and also had two assists in a 6-2 win at Princeton on Nov. 28.

UPCOMING GAME
The Bobcats and Black Bears return to action again on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena. The game will be televised on ESPN3 and will feature Bill Schweizer and Rich Coppola on the call.