Friday, October 12
Burlington, Vt. / Gutterson Fieldhouse
6:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Vermont
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Women's Hockey Travels to Vermont for Two
10/11/2018 11:23:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-4-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) vs.
Vermont Catamounts (0-1-0, 0-1-0 Hockey East)
Friday, October 12, 2018 | 6:00 PM
Gutterson Fieldhouse | Burlington, Vt.
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Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-4-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) vs.
Maine Black Bears (0-1-0, 0-1-0 Hockey East)
Saturday, October 13, 2018 | 2:00 PM
Gutterson Fieldhouse | Burlington, Vt.
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HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team continues the 2018-19 season with a non-conference series against the Vermont Catamounts at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vt., on Oct. 12-13.
Scouting Vermont
The Catamounts finished the 2017-18 season with a 10-20-5 overall record after reaching the Hockey East quarterfinals and falling to Boston College in two games. Vermont will return its top three scorers from the 2017-18 season: Ève-Audrey Picard (14-11-25), Alyssa Gorecki (8-10-18) and Saana Valkama (6-8-14). In the net, junior Sydney Scobee returns for the Catamounts after recording a .923 save percentage and a 2.63 GAA with a 9-15-4 overall record. Senior Melissa Black also returns in the net after recording a .899 save percentage and 2.93 GAA with 1-5-1 record ast season.
Vermont opened the 2018-19 campaign with a Hockey East game against UConn on Oct 6 and lost, 4-2.
All-Time Against Vermont
Quinnipiac holds a 5-2-1 all-time record against Vermont, with the last game being played on Oct 14, 2017. The Bobcats went 2-0 against the Catamounts in the home series last season with 2-1 and 4-1 wins. Brooke Bonsteel tallied her first career goals in the 4-1 win.
Recapping Maine
Quinninpiac hosted the Maine Black Bears for two non-conference home games on Oct. 5-6. The Bobcats lost in overtime, 2-1, on Friday and dropped the second game, 3-0, on Saturday. Freshman Lexie Adzija netted her first career goal in the overtime loss and junior Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout added her third assist of the season.
Last Season
The Bobcats are coming off a fifth-place finish in ECAC Hockey where their season came to an end in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals against No. 5 seed Saint Lawrence Saints. Quinnipiac finished with a 12-9-1 mark in league play but were 16-17-3 overall on the season. One of the highlights of the season was a 3-2 victory in overtime at Clarkson, who went on to win the ECAC Hockey Championship in addition to the National Championship.
ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll
Quinnipiac was picked to finish fifth in the ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll, as selected by the league's coaches earlier this offseason. The Bobcats, picked tied for fifth with St. Lawrence with 75 points, have finished in the top five in the league every season since the 2012-13 season.
Samo's Summer
Melissa Samoskevich had a busy summer on the ice as she was invited to the USA Hockey National Women's Festival this summer where she was ultimately selected to the United States U-22 National Select Team to compete in a three-game series against Canada's National Development team, featuring Kati Tabin. Following that camp, Samoskevich was invited to USA Hockey's National Team Evaluation Camp, vying for a spot on the senior national team.
Tabin's Too
Kati Tabin also had a busy summer as she attended Canada's National Development Team Camp, where she was selected to compete in that three-game series against the United States in August. Prior to this summer, Tabin had never been invited to a Hockey Canada camp. Recently, Tabin was invited to Hockey Canada's National Team Fall Festival where she competed for a spot on the Canada National Women's Hockey Team.
Newcomers Get Invited
Newcomer Zoe Boyd received a late invite to Canada's National Team Development camp over the summer where she competed against the top players in her age group. In addition to Boyd, fellow freshman Lexie Adzija was also invited but was unable to attend the camp.
Mazzotta's Busy
Assistant coach Amanda Mazzotta has also been involved with a lot of Hockey Canada work over the summer as she is once again a goaltending consultant with the National Development Team. She attended camp this summer and was also serving in the same capacity at Hockey Canada's National Fall Festival. In addition to her work on the ice, Mazzotta was invited to speak at a Hockey Canada event in her hometown of London, Ontario, this summer.
Getting it Done
The Bobcats continue to be among the best teams in the classroom in ECAC Hockey, with a league-high 10 players named as All-American Scholars by the American Hockey Coaches Association. To be eligible, student-athletes must have attained a 3.6 GPA and played in 40 percent of their team's games. Quinnipiac also had 18 players named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team and Kenzie Lancaster was recognized on the Commissioner's List, honoring one player for each team as its top scholar.
New Name, Same Home
This summer, Quinnipiac University announced a partnership with People's United Bank, launching a 10-year agreement to a partnership between the bank and the university with the arena renamed the People's United Center. The hockey rink will still be called the Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena.
Clarkson Cup Champs
A couple of Bobcat alums made a splash this summer as Nicole Brown '16 and Nicole Kosta '16 won the CWHL's Clarkson Cup with the Markham Thunder. Brown netted the opening goal of the championship game while Kosta recorded both assists, including the overtime game-winner, of their 2-1 championship win over the Kunlan Red Star and former teammate Shiann Darkangelo '15.
New Faces
Quinnipiac has six newcomers to the program for the 2018-19 season: Lexie Adzija, Logan Angers, Zoe Boyd, Katie Huntington, Courtney Vorster and Gabby Vitelli. Among this group; Adzija, Angers, Boyd and Vorster all competed for the Canada U-18 National Team last season to join five other players who have played for their national team at one level or another.
Old Faces
Quinnipiac returns an excellent core from the past season, highlighted by leading scorer Melissa Samoskevich who netted 15 goals and totaled 25 points in 2017-18. The Bobcats return 95 percent (62 of 65 goals) of their scoring from last season and all four of their players who had at least eight goals last season: Melissa Samoskevich (15), Brooke Bonsteel (10), Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout (9) and MacKenzie Lancaster (8). The Bobcats also return their two primary goaltenders last season in Abbie Ives and Allison Small. Ives posted a 1.78 GAA and .921 save percentage on her way to a 14-13-3 record with three shutouts while Ives was 2-4-0 with a 2.09 GAA and .919 save percentage in nine games with seven starts.
Vermont Catamounts (0-1-0, 0-1-0 Hockey East)
Friday, October 12, 2018 | 6:00 PM
Gutterson Fieldhouse | Burlington, Vt.
WATCH (Stretch Internet) | LIVE STATS | GAME NOTES | @QU_WIH
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-4-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey) vs.
Maine Black Bears (0-1-0, 0-1-0 Hockey East)
Saturday, October 13, 2018 | 2:00 PM
Gutterson Fieldhouse | Burlington, Vt.
WATCH (Stretch Internet) | LIVE STATS | GAME NOTES | @QU_WIH
HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team continues the 2018-19 season with a non-conference series against the Vermont Catamounts at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vt., on Oct. 12-13.
Scouting Vermont
The Catamounts finished the 2017-18 season with a 10-20-5 overall record after reaching the Hockey East quarterfinals and falling to Boston College in two games. Vermont will return its top three scorers from the 2017-18 season: Ève-Audrey Picard (14-11-25), Alyssa Gorecki (8-10-18) and Saana Valkama (6-8-14). In the net, junior Sydney Scobee returns for the Catamounts after recording a .923 save percentage and a 2.63 GAA with a 9-15-4 overall record. Senior Melissa Black also returns in the net after recording a .899 save percentage and 2.93 GAA with 1-5-1 record ast season.
Vermont opened the 2018-19 campaign with a Hockey East game against UConn on Oct 6 and lost, 4-2.
All-Time Against Vermont
Quinnipiac holds a 5-2-1 all-time record against Vermont, with the last game being played on Oct 14, 2017. The Bobcats went 2-0 against the Catamounts in the home series last season with 2-1 and 4-1 wins. Brooke Bonsteel tallied her first career goals in the 4-1 win.
Recapping Maine
Quinninpiac hosted the Maine Black Bears for two non-conference home games on Oct. 5-6. The Bobcats lost in overtime, 2-1, on Friday and dropped the second game, 3-0, on Saturday. Freshman Lexie Adzija netted her first career goal in the overtime loss and junior Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout added her third assist of the season.
Last Season
The Bobcats are coming off a fifth-place finish in ECAC Hockey where their season came to an end in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals against No. 5 seed Saint Lawrence Saints. Quinnipiac finished with a 12-9-1 mark in league play but were 16-17-3 overall on the season. One of the highlights of the season was a 3-2 victory in overtime at Clarkson, who went on to win the ECAC Hockey Championship in addition to the National Championship.
ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll
Quinnipiac was picked to finish fifth in the ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll, as selected by the league's coaches earlier this offseason. The Bobcats, picked tied for fifth with St. Lawrence with 75 points, have finished in the top five in the league every season since the 2012-13 season.
Samo's Summer
Melissa Samoskevich had a busy summer on the ice as she was invited to the USA Hockey National Women's Festival this summer where she was ultimately selected to the United States U-22 National Select Team to compete in a three-game series against Canada's National Development team, featuring Kati Tabin. Following that camp, Samoskevich was invited to USA Hockey's National Team Evaluation Camp, vying for a spot on the senior national team.
Tabin's Too
Kati Tabin also had a busy summer as she attended Canada's National Development Team Camp, where she was selected to compete in that three-game series against the United States in August. Prior to this summer, Tabin had never been invited to a Hockey Canada camp. Recently, Tabin was invited to Hockey Canada's National Team Fall Festival where she competed for a spot on the Canada National Women's Hockey Team.
Newcomers Get Invited
Newcomer Zoe Boyd received a late invite to Canada's National Team Development camp over the summer where she competed against the top players in her age group. In addition to Boyd, fellow freshman Lexie Adzija was also invited but was unable to attend the camp.
Mazzotta's Busy
Assistant coach Amanda Mazzotta has also been involved with a lot of Hockey Canada work over the summer as she is once again a goaltending consultant with the National Development Team. She attended camp this summer and was also serving in the same capacity at Hockey Canada's National Fall Festival. In addition to her work on the ice, Mazzotta was invited to speak at a Hockey Canada event in her hometown of London, Ontario, this summer.
Getting it Done
The Bobcats continue to be among the best teams in the classroom in ECAC Hockey, with a league-high 10 players named as All-American Scholars by the American Hockey Coaches Association. To be eligible, student-athletes must have attained a 3.6 GPA and played in 40 percent of their team's games. Quinnipiac also had 18 players named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team and Kenzie Lancaster was recognized on the Commissioner's List, honoring one player for each team as its top scholar.
New Name, Same Home
This summer, Quinnipiac University announced a partnership with People's United Bank, launching a 10-year agreement to a partnership between the bank and the university with the arena renamed the People's United Center. The hockey rink will still be called the Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena.
Clarkson Cup Champs
A couple of Bobcat alums made a splash this summer as Nicole Brown '16 and Nicole Kosta '16 won the CWHL's Clarkson Cup with the Markham Thunder. Brown netted the opening goal of the championship game while Kosta recorded both assists, including the overtime game-winner, of their 2-1 championship win over the Kunlan Red Star and former teammate Shiann Darkangelo '15.
New Faces
Quinnipiac has six newcomers to the program for the 2018-19 season: Lexie Adzija, Logan Angers, Zoe Boyd, Katie Huntington, Courtney Vorster and Gabby Vitelli. Among this group; Adzija, Angers, Boyd and Vorster all competed for the Canada U-18 National Team last season to join five other players who have played for their national team at one level or another.
Old Faces
Quinnipiac returns an excellent core from the past season, highlighted by leading scorer Melissa Samoskevich who netted 15 goals and totaled 25 points in 2017-18. The Bobcats return 95 percent (62 of 65 goals) of their scoring from last season and all four of their players who had at least eight goals last season: Melissa Samoskevich (15), Brooke Bonsteel (10), Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout (9) and MacKenzie Lancaster (8). The Bobcats also return their two primary goaltenders last season in Abbie Ives and Allison Small. Ives posted a 1.78 GAA and .921 save percentage on her way to a 14-13-3 record with three shutouts while Ives was 2-4-0 with a 2.09 GAA and .919 save percentage in nine games with seven starts.
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