Saturday, January 6
Lynah Rink//Ithaca, NY
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Cornell
Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey's Game At No. 5 Cornell On Jan. 6 Can Be Seen Live On ESPN3, TSNGO
1/6/2018 11:32:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 | 7 PM | Lynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y. | ESPN3, TSNGO
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY BOBCATS
Record: 8-10-2 ECAC Hockey: 4-5-1
Head Coach: Rand Pecknold
Career Record: 477-289-87 (.609), 24th Season
All-Time vs. Cornell: 16-19-2
Game Notes
No. 5 CORNELL UNIVERSITY BIG RED
Overall Record: 12-2-0 ECAC HOCKEY Record: 6-1-0
Head Coach: Mike Schafer
Career Record: 424-244-89 (.618), 23rd Season
FOLLOW IT LIVE
Quinnipiac fans can follow the Bobcats on Twitter and Instagram @QU_MIH, or tap into live coverage, as announced on Twitter, on Facebook @QUMENSHOCKEY. In addition, all of Quinnipiac's home games will be available on ESPN3 or the WatchESPN app, with play-by-play provided by Bill Schweizer and color commentary from Rich Coppola. WQUN will once-again carry all of the games with Paul Pacelli and Coppola on the road and Pacelli and Phil Giubileo at home.
ALL-TIME VS. CORNELL
• Quinnipiac and Cornell have faced each other 38 times with the Bobcats hosting a 16-19-3 record against the Big Red, all-time, but are 11-5-1 in their last 17 games dating back to the start of the 2012-13 season.
• Cornell took a 2-1 win in Hamden on Nov. 3, 2017.
• All-time, Quinnipiac is 9-8-1 at Lynah Rink and enter Ithaca with a five-game winning streak on Cornell's home ice.
• Quinnipiac last loss to Cornell at Lynah Rink was Nov. 19, 2011.
SCOUTING THE BIG RED
• Cornell enters Saturday's match ranked fifth nationally and hold an 12-2 record including a 6-1 mark in ECAC Hockey play.
• Trevor Yates leads Cornell in goals (10) and points (16) while Jeff Malott checks in with a team-high 10 assists.
• In goal, Matthew Galajda has logged the most minutes in net for Cornell and posts an 8-2-0 record with a 2.10 GAA and a .909 save percentage.
• Hayden Stewart has started the last three games for Cornell and has allowed three goals on 72 shots in 180 minutes for a .958 save percentage and a 1.00 GAA in that span.
WHAT'S NEXT?
• After its game at Cornell on Jan. 6, Quinnipiac's road trip continues at Dartmouth and Harvard on Jan. 12-13 before wrapping up at Arizona State on Jan. 19-20.
• Quinnipiac's next home game - and only home game for the month of January - comes against Princeton on Jan. 30.
PILING UP THE HARDWARE
• Andrew Shortridge had an incredible weekend in which he garnered NCAA Men's Ice Hockey First Star of the Week and ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week honors.
• Shortridge posted a shutout in in the Bobcats' 5-0 victory against Brown on Friday, Nov. 17. The second-year Bobcat followed with another shutout in Quinnipiac's 3-0 win over rival Yale on Saturday, Nov. 18.
• Shortridge is the first goalie in the nation to post back-to-back shutouts in a weekend series this season.
• Shortridge was also the first Quinnipiac goalie to record back-to-back shutouts since Michael Garteig against Yale on Dec. 4, 2015 and Brown on Dec. 5, 2015.
• With a 21-save shutout against UConn, Shortridge recorded his fourth shutout of the season and also became the seventh goalie in program history to record five shutouts for his career.
IN THE BOOKS
• Landon Smith (Greenwood Village, Colorado) had a career-high four points (three goals, one assist) in the Bobcats' 5-0 win against Brown on Friday, Nov. 17, while his three goals gave him his third hat trick of his career.
• Smith's four goals in eight ECAC Hockey games leads Quinnipiac.
• Smith's hat trick was the 31st in Quinnipiac NCAA Division I era.
• Smith's feat made him one of two players, along with Brandon Wong, to record a hat trick against the same team twice in his career; Smith's hat trick was his second against Brown after he recorded one against the Bears on Jan. 30, 2015; Wong had three against Union in his career.
• Wong is the Quinnipiac Division I leader with four career hat tricks while Smith's three-goal night tied Ben Nelson for second with three hat tricks.
• Landon Smith became the 39th player all-time and the 24th in Quinnipiac's Division I era to reach 100 career points with a two-point weekend against Northeastern.
• Smith is one of 13 active players in NCAA Division I hockey with 100 career points while his 109 career points rank fifth, his 43 career goals rank tied for ninth and his 66 career assists rank tied for seventh.
THE CHASE IS ON
• Junior Captain Chase Priskie (Pembroke Pines, Florida) checks-in with five goals and eight assists for 13 points this season.
• Priskie leads Quinnipiac in scoring in ECAC Hockey games to date, logging eight points in 10 games on the strength of three goals and five assists.
• Priskie also leads the team in power play goals (3) and power play points (6) for the year.
• Priskie also leads the team in goals-per-shots-on-goal at 14.7%.
• Priskie is one of 17 defensemen in the country to score five goals to date and also ranks eighth in power play goals (3) by blueliners.
TUF ENUF
• Freshman Odeen Tufto currently leads Quinnipiac in assists (16) and points (20).
• Tufto's impressive freshman campaign has featured a five-game scoring streak through the first five games of the season.
• Tufto's scoring streak was the longest for a freshman to start his collegiate career since Chase Priskie tallied a point in six-straight games in 2014.
• Tufto leads the team in assists in league games (7).
• Tufto leads all NCAA Division I freshmen with 16 assists and ranks third with 20 points.
• Tufto also leads all NCAA Division I freshmen with six multiple-point games.
• Additionally, Tufto's eight points when trailing and 10 points on the road also lead all freshman skaters.
• The first-year Bobcats has tallied a point in 13 of Quinnipiac's 19 games, in which the Bobcats have compiled a 6-6-1 record.
• Against Vermont, Tufto scored twice, including the overtime game-winner in a 3-2 win at home. The last Quinnipiac freshman to score an overtime game-winning goal was Ben Nelson against Army on Jan. 28, 2005.
Mac ATTACK
• Senior Tanner MacMaster checks in with eight goals and eight assists for 16 points in 19 games this season.
•MacMaster had a goal and an assist in the Bobcats' 5-0 win against Brown on Friday, Nov. 17.
• MacMaster is coming off a junior season in which he scored a career-high eight goals, while also picking up 11 assists for 19 points in 32 games.
• For his career, MacMaster has accumulated 25 goals and 42 assists for 67 points.
FINDING HIS STRIDE
• John Furgele, who joined Quinnipiac last season and sat out as a transfer from New Hampshire, was recently announced as an assistant captain, along with junior Scott Davidson.
• After a two-assist night against Colgate on Friday, Jan. 5, Furgele now has a goal and seven assists to date.
BO KNOWS
• With his overtime game-winner against Colgate on Friday, Jan. 5, Bo Pieper now has three goals in his last four games and four goals in his last seven.
• For the year, Peiper has tallied five goals and four assists for nine points.
• Bo Pieper's goal at Princeton was his second of the season and first since Oct. 8 against Boston University.
• Pieper also picked up an assist on Whelan's goal for his first multiple-point game since Game 3 of last year's ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal-clinching win at St. Lawrence on Mar. 12, 2017.
• Pieper has come on as of late, totaling a goal and three assists in nine ECAC Hockey games.
• Pieper is currently the Bobcats' face-off leader, winning 56.7% (216-165) of his draws this season.
• Against Dartmouth, Pieper won 22-of-31 face-offs.
• The senior wing had a break-out year in 2016-17 after leading the team with 13 goals, while adding 12 assists for 25 points.
WHELAN'S WAY
• Alex Whelan is enjoying a great week with three goals in his last two games. Whelan scored against UConn on Jan. 2 and then added two more against Colgate on Friday, Jan. 5.
• Whelan now leads Quinnipiac with nine goals while also adding two assists for 11 points to date.
• To date, Whelan leads Quinnipiac with eight goals on the road.
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY BOBCATS
Record: 8-10-2 ECAC Hockey: 4-5-1
Head Coach: Rand Pecknold
Career Record: 477-289-87 (.609), 24th Season
All-Time vs. Cornell: 16-19-2
Game Notes
No. 5 CORNELL UNIVERSITY BIG RED
Overall Record: 12-2-0 ECAC HOCKEY Record: 6-1-0
Head Coach: Mike Schafer
Career Record: 424-244-89 (.618), 23rd Season
- Watch It Live: ESPN 3 | TSNGO (Canada)
- Follow Live Stats: CornellBigRed.com | Collegehockeystats.net
- Stats & Trends: @QU_MIH on Twitter
FOLLOW IT LIVE
Quinnipiac fans can follow the Bobcats on Twitter and Instagram @QU_MIH, or tap into live coverage, as announced on Twitter, on Facebook @QUMENSHOCKEY. In addition, all of Quinnipiac's home games will be available on ESPN3 or the WatchESPN app, with play-by-play provided by Bill Schweizer and color commentary from Rich Coppola. WQUN will once-again carry all of the games with Paul Pacelli and Coppola on the road and Pacelli and Phil Giubileo at home.
ALL-TIME VS. CORNELL
• Quinnipiac and Cornell have faced each other 38 times with the Bobcats hosting a 16-19-3 record against the Big Red, all-time, but are 11-5-1 in their last 17 games dating back to the start of the 2012-13 season.
• Cornell took a 2-1 win in Hamden on Nov. 3, 2017.
• All-time, Quinnipiac is 9-8-1 at Lynah Rink and enter Ithaca with a five-game winning streak on Cornell's home ice.
• Quinnipiac last loss to Cornell at Lynah Rink was Nov. 19, 2011.
SCOUTING THE BIG RED
• Cornell enters Saturday's match ranked fifth nationally and hold an 12-2 record including a 6-1 mark in ECAC Hockey play.
• Trevor Yates leads Cornell in goals (10) and points (16) while Jeff Malott checks in with a team-high 10 assists.
• In goal, Matthew Galajda has logged the most minutes in net for Cornell and posts an 8-2-0 record with a 2.10 GAA and a .909 save percentage.
• Hayden Stewart has started the last three games for Cornell and has allowed three goals on 72 shots in 180 minutes for a .958 save percentage and a 1.00 GAA in that span.
WHAT'S NEXT?
• After its game at Cornell on Jan. 6, Quinnipiac's road trip continues at Dartmouth and Harvard on Jan. 12-13 before wrapping up at Arizona State on Jan. 19-20.
• Quinnipiac's next home game - and only home game for the month of January - comes against Princeton on Jan. 30.
PILING UP THE HARDWARE
• Andrew Shortridge had an incredible weekend in which he garnered NCAA Men's Ice Hockey First Star of the Week and ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week honors.
• Shortridge posted a shutout in in the Bobcats' 5-0 victory against Brown on Friday, Nov. 17. The second-year Bobcat followed with another shutout in Quinnipiac's 3-0 win over rival Yale on Saturday, Nov. 18.
• Shortridge is the first goalie in the nation to post back-to-back shutouts in a weekend series this season.
• Shortridge was also the first Quinnipiac goalie to record back-to-back shutouts since Michael Garteig against Yale on Dec. 4, 2015 and Brown on Dec. 5, 2015.
• With a 21-save shutout against UConn, Shortridge recorded his fourth shutout of the season and also became the seventh goalie in program history to record five shutouts for his career.
IN THE BOOKS
• Landon Smith (Greenwood Village, Colorado) had a career-high four points (three goals, one assist) in the Bobcats' 5-0 win against Brown on Friday, Nov. 17, while his three goals gave him his third hat trick of his career.
• Smith's four goals in eight ECAC Hockey games leads Quinnipiac.
• Smith's hat trick was the 31st in Quinnipiac NCAA Division I era.
• Smith's feat made him one of two players, along with Brandon Wong, to record a hat trick against the same team twice in his career; Smith's hat trick was his second against Brown after he recorded one against the Bears on Jan. 30, 2015; Wong had three against Union in his career.
• Wong is the Quinnipiac Division I leader with four career hat tricks while Smith's three-goal night tied Ben Nelson for second with three hat tricks.
• Landon Smith became the 39th player all-time and the 24th in Quinnipiac's Division I era to reach 100 career points with a two-point weekend against Northeastern.
• Smith is one of 13 active players in NCAA Division I hockey with 100 career points while his 109 career points rank fifth, his 43 career goals rank tied for ninth and his 66 career assists rank tied for seventh.
THE CHASE IS ON
• Junior Captain Chase Priskie (Pembroke Pines, Florida) checks-in with five goals and eight assists for 13 points this season.
• Priskie leads Quinnipiac in scoring in ECAC Hockey games to date, logging eight points in 10 games on the strength of three goals and five assists.
• Priskie also leads the team in power play goals (3) and power play points (6) for the year.
• Priskie also leads the team in goals-per-shots-on-goal at 14.7%.
• Priskie is one of 17 defensemen in the country to score five goals to date and also ranks eighth in power play goals (3) by blueliners.
TUF ENUF
• Freshman Odeen Tufto currently leads Quinnipiac in assists (16) and points (20).
• Tufto's impressive freshman campaign has featured a five-game scoring streak through the first five games of the season.
• Tufto's scoring streak was the longest for a freshman to start his collegiate career since Chase Priskie tallied a point in six-straight games in 2014.
• Tufto leads the team in assists in league games (7).
• Tufto leads all NCAA Division I freshmen with 16 assists and ranks third with 20 points.
• Tufto also leads all NCAA Division I freshmen with six multiple-point games.
• Additionally, Tufto's eight points when trailing and 10 points on the road also lead all freshman skaters.
• The first-year Bobcats has tallied a point in 13 of Quinnipiac's 19 games, in which the Bobcats have compiled a 6-6-1 record.
• Against Vermont, Tufto scored twice, including the overtime game-winner in a 3-2 win at home. The last Quinnipiac freshman to score an overtime game-winning goal was Ben Nelson against Army on Jan. 28, 2005.
Mac ATTACK
• Senior Tanner MacMaster checks in with eight goals and eight assists for 16 points in 19 games this season.
•MacMaster had a goal and an assist in the Bobcats' 5-0 win against Brown on Friday, Nov. 17.
• MacMaster is coming off a junior season in which he scored a career-high eight goals, while also picking up 11 assists for 19 points in 32 games.
• For his career, MacMaster has accumulated 25 goals and 42 assists for 67 points.
FINDING HIS STRIDE
• John Furgele, who joined Quinnipiac last season and sat out as a transfer from New Hampshire, was recently announced as an assistant captain, along with junior Scott Davidson.
• After a two-assist night against Colgate on Friday, Jan. 5, Furgele now has a goal and seven assists to date.
BO KNOWS
• With his overtime game-winner against Colgate on Friday, Jan. 5, Bo Pieper now has three goals in his last four games and four goals in his last seven.
• For the year, Peiper has tallied five goals and four assists for nine points.
• Bo Pieper's goal at Princeton was his second of the season and first since Oct. 8 against Boston University.
• Pieper also picked up an assist on Whelan's goal for his first multiple-point game since Game 3 of last year's ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal-clinching win at St. Lawrence on Mar. 12, 2017.
• Pieper has come on as of late, totaling a goal and three assists in nine ECAC Hockey games.
• Pieper is currently the Bobcats' face-off leader, winning 56.7% (216-165) of his draws this season.
• Against Dartmouth, Pieper won 22-of-31 face-offs.
• The senior wing had a break-out year in 2016-17 after leading the team with 13 goals, while adding 12 assists for 25 points.
WHELAN'S WAY
• Alex Whelan is enjoying a great week with three goals in his last two games. Whelan scored against UConn on Jan. 2 and then added two more against Colgate on Friday, Jan. 5.
• Whelan now leads Quinnipiac with nine goals while also adding two assists for 11 points to date.
• To date, Whelan leads Quinnipiac with eight goals on the road.
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