No. 10 QU Women's Ice Hockey Travels to No. 8 Princeton in ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals

No. 10/10 Quinnipiac Bobcats (20-8-6, 13-6-3 ECAC Hockey) vs. No. 8/8 Princeton Tigers (18-8-3, 14-6-2 ECAC Hockey)
Dates: Feb. 24-26, 2017 (Feb. 26 if necessary) (all games at 3 p.m.)
Location: Hobey Baker Rink | Princeton, NJ
All-Time Series vs. Princeton: 13-12-4
Last Meeting: L, 3-0 (Jan. 31, 2017)
Head Coach Cassie Turner vs. Princeton: 1-2-1

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HAMDEN, Conn. - No. 10/10 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey travels to No. 8/8 Princeton this weekend for a best-of-three ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals series, with the winner moving on to the ECAC Hockey Semifinals. The Bobcats will take on Princeton in Game 1 on Friday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m., Game 2 is on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. and Sunday's Game 3 (if needed) will take place at 3 p.m. on Feb. 26.

LAST WEEKEND
The Bobcats grabbed a pair of wins to close out the 2016-17 regular season last weekend, topping RPI and Union to grab ECAC Hockey's No. 5 seed heading into postseason tournament play.

Quinnipiac first topped Rensselaer on Friday, Feb. 17, 5-0, as senior goaltender Sydney Rossman (Excelsior, Minnesota) recorded her 25th career shutout in the victory, moving into a three-way tie for the program's career record of clean sheets set by Chelsea Laden ('15) and Victoria Vigilanti ('13). She made 15 total saves on the night, and Melissa Samoskevich (Sandy Hook, Connecticut), Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York), Meghan Turner (Bedford, New Hampshire), Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Carolina) and Randi Marcon (Winnipeg, Manitoba) all scored in the win.

Rossman then broke the program record on Saturday, helping the Bobcats' top Union, 1-0, on Senior Day to end the regular season. Freshman Abby Cleary (Buffalo, New York) registered her first career goal, the game-winner, in the victory, which helped Quinnipiac finish the season 20-8-6 (13-6-3 ECAC).

SCOUTING PRINCETON

The Tigers have won their last three games, including a big 4-2 victory over No. 3 St. Lawrence two weekend's ago on Feb. 12.
Princeton is 18-8-6 overall, and currently has the No. 8 offense and No. 11 defense in the nation.
Karlie Lund has led the way offensively for the Tigers, 21 goals and 21 assists for 42 points. Her 21 goals rank No. 5 in the country.
Freshman goaltender Steph Neatby is 10-4-1 with a .949 save percentage (No. 2 in the nation).

ALL-TIME vs. PRINCETON

Quinnipiac is 12-12-3 all-time vs. Princeton, going 12-2-2 in its last 16 games vs. the Tigers.
The Bobcats fell to the Tigers in both meetings from the regular season, losing 3-2 on Jan. 1, 2017 and losing 3-0 on Jan. 31, 2017.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Quinnipiac enters the series 13-11 in postseason history. The Bobcats have gone 11-5 in the ECAC Quarterfinals, 1-4 in Semifinal matchups, 1-0 in the ECAC Championship round and 0-2 in NCAA Tournament history.

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 Feb. 20 and Feb. 21, 2017.

IN THE ECAC

Quinnipiac (29 points) finished the 2016-17 regular season ranked No. 5 in the ECAC.
The Bobcats won 13 league games this year, finishing just one point behind first-round opponent Princeton

ROSSMAN'S RECORD WEEKEND

Sydney Rossman grabbed a pair of shutouts in last weekend's two victories, becoming Quinnipiac's all-time program record holder for career clean sheets (26).
She passed Chelsea Laden ('15) and Victoria Vigilanti ('13) in the nine-save effort on Saturday vs. Union. It took the senior netminder 81 career games to break the record. She's also currently on pace to break the program's career save percentage record (.936) and goals-allowed mark (1.15).

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 141 career games, Emma Woods and Meghan Turner have played in 146 games, and Taryn Baumgardt has participated in 147 career games at Quinnipiac.

CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT

Over the past eight years, only three Division I women's ice hockey teams have won 19 or more games each season: Quinnipiac, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

ROAD WARRIORS

Quinnipiac went 10-4-3 this season away from High Point Solutions Arena, including a six-game road winning stream from Nov. 28 to Dec. 3, 2016 - which is a new program record. Prior to this season, the Bobcats' longest road winning streak came in 2011-2012, when QU won five straight contests away from home from Nov. 12, 2011 to Dec. 9, 2011.

FIRST-RATE FACEOFFS

Quinnipiac ranks No. 1 in the nation in total faceoff percentage (.975), and No. 6 in the nation in total faceoff wins (969).
Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) is No. 2 in the nation with 399 individual faceoff wins so far in 2016-17, and No. 5 in the nation in total faceoff percentage (.646).

DOMINANT DEFENSE

Quinnipiac currently ranks No. 2 in the nation in team defense, giving up just 1.32 goals per contest.

POWER PLAY

Quinnipiac has scored on 22-of-118 power play chances thus far in 2016-17, a rate of 18.64 percent – which ranks No. 8 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 99-of-112 PK chances, good for 88.4 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 22 of 34 games so far in the 2016-17 season, going 18-1-3 when scoring first.

SHOOT TO THRILL

The Bobcats are 39-3-8 in games where they outshoot their opponent, dating back to the start of last season. Quinnipiac has recorded more shots in 26 of 34 games so far in 2016-17, going 20-2-4 in that span.

CENTURY MARK

Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario) and Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) both reached 100 career points in the Bobcats' final game before the winter break, a 6-1 win over RPI on Dec. 3, 2016. 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 seven power-play scores, which ranks No. 3 in the nation.

NO ASSISTS? NO PROBLEM

Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Carolina) has four unassisted goals so far in 2016-17, which ranks No. 3 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

NEXT UP
The winner of the Quinnipiac-Princeton series will advance to next weekend's ECAC Hockey Semifinals, which will take place on March 4, 2017.

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 was unanimously voted by her teammates to be the Bobcats' captain for 2016-17 season.
Has 12 goals and 11 assists so far this year for the Bobcats, and 47 career goals to go along with 59 assists for 106 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 .937 save percentage and 1.14 goals-against average for her career rank No. 1 in program history.
Has eight shutouts so far in 2016-17, with a conference-best 1.43 goals-against average.
She is also an assistant captain for Quinnipiac this year.
Rossman has 26 career shutouts, a program record.

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 13 goals and 13 assists for 26 points this year, and 58 goals and 50 assists for 108 points in her career.

MELISSA SAMOSKEVICH

Melissa Samoskevich has 10 goals and 16 assists for 26 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 26 goals and 32 assists for 58 career points.

MEGHAN TURNER

Meghan Turner, an assistant captain for the Bobcats in 2016-17, has 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points so far this season.
She has 27 career goals and 23 career assists (50 points) over four years with the Bobcats – including a career-high eight goals in 2015-16.

TARYN BAUMGARDT

Taryn Baumgardt has six goals and nine 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 12 career goals and 29 assists for 41 points.

EMMA GRECO

Senior Emma Greco has 10 assists so far this season to go along with a team-high 53 blocked shots.
She has two goals and 23 assists for 25 career points.

KENZIE PRATER

Kenzie Prater has six goals and eight assists for 14 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 has 10 goals and seven assists for 17 points this year, and 10 goals and eight assists for 18 career tallies.

RANDI MARCON

Randi Marcon has seven goals and three assists for 10 points so far in 2016-17, and 11 goals and five assists for 16 career points.

RAQUEL PENNOYER

Raquel Pennoyer has three goals and five assists for eight points this year, and five goals and nine assists for 14 career points.

KATE MACKENZIE

Freshman Kate MacKenzie has six goals and seven 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 nine assists for 10 points so far this year, and two goals with 15 helpers for her career at QU.

DANIELLE MARMER

Has eight assists for the Bobcats so far this year, and two goals with 13 helpers in her career at Quinnipiac.

SARAH-EVE COUTU-GODBOUT

Has two goals and four assists in her first year at Quinnipiac.

ABBY CLEARY

Has two goals and three assists in her first 16 games at Quinnipiac.

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