Tufto's Late Winner Caps Third Period Comeback in 3-2 Win at Vermont

Saturday, October 13

Burlington, Vt. / Gutterson Fieldhouse

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

1-0-0, 0-0-0ECAC

Vermont

1-1-0, 0-0-0HEA

Quinnipiac

Vermont

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Tufto's Late Winner Caps Third Period Comeback in 3-2 Win at Vermont

10/13/2018 10:22:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Bobcats Score Two Goals in Final 2:19 to Pick Up First Win of 2018-19 Season

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) capped off the Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team's three-goal third period as he scored the game-winning goal with 15.2 seconds remaining to complete the Bobcats 3-2 come-from-behind victory Saturday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

The Bobcats scored a pair of goals in the final 2:19 courtesy of an extra-attacker goal from Chase Priskie (Pembroke Pines, Florida) before Tufto's game-winning goal. Wyatt Bongiovanni (Birmingham, Michigan) started off the period with his first career goal nearly four minutes into the period.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3, Vermont 2

LOCATION
Gutterson Fieldhouse | Burlington, Vt.

SCORING SUMMARY

(14:35, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 0, Vermont 1: Derek Lodemeier put the Catamounts on the board for the first time Saturday night as he rifled a shot from the right wing and just beat Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) on the near post
(3:58, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 1, Vermont 1: Bongiovanni scored his first career goal after Alex Whelan (Ramsey, New Jersey) won the puck in a battle along the far boards and fed it to Bongiovanni in front of the net for the tally
(9:04, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 1, Vermont 2: The Catamounts scored the go-ahead goal as Joey Cipollone skated across the crease and tipped home a shot from the point by Ace Cowans
(17:41, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 2, Vermont 2: Seconds after pulling Petruzzelli for an extra attacker, Craig Martin (Trail, British Columbia) fired a pass across the offensive zone that bounced off Desi Burgart (North Vancouver, British Columbia) right to Priskie where he rifled a one-timer past Stefanos Lekkas to tie the game
(19:44.8, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 3, Vermont 2: Tufto received a long pass from Ethan de Jong (North Vancouver, British Columbia) as he entered the offensive zone. After the Vermont defenseman fumbled the puck; Tufto controlled it, spun and fired the puck top shelf past Lekkas for the game-winner

NOTES

Tufto scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2 game for a second straight season against the Vermont Catamounts
Tufto's goal was the 10^th of his career after nine last season and fourth game-winning goal
Priskie powered home the game-tying goal for his first of the season one year after scoring four third-period goals
Last season, Priskie had five goals when the Bobcats trailed in a game
Bongiovanni scored his first career goal in his first career game Saturday night
Bongiovanni is the first Quinnipiac freshman to score the team's first goal of the season since Travis St. Denis '16 scored the very first goal of the 2012-13 season in a 2-1 win at Maine
Four different Bobcats recorded their first career points as William Fällström (Stockholm, Sweden), Burgart and de Jong all picked up assists in addition to Bongiovanni's goal
Whelan, Martin and Karlis Cukste (Riga, Latvia) also picked up assists in Saturday night's win
Martin's assist was the 30^th of his career while Whelan's gives him 30 career points
The Bobcats dominated the second period shot battle, 14-5, on their way to a 30-24 edge in shots on goal in the game
Petruzzelli was solid in goal for Quinnipiac as he recorded 22 saves, including nine in the third period, on his way to his first win of the season
In addition to his game-tying goal, Priskie paced the Bobcats with six shots on goal
The Bobcats penalty kill was exceptional, going 3 for 3 and only yielded two shots on goal while playing a man down

UPCOMING GAME

The Bobcats return to Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena for the home opener Tuesday night against the UConn Huskies (1-0-0) before the No. 12 Boston College Eagles come to Hamden for the first time Friday night with a 7 p.m. puck drop.