Martin's Pair of Goals Leads No. 15/20 Men's Hockey Past AIC, 4-1

Friday, October 26

Springfield, Mass. / MassMutual Center

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

4-0-0, 0-0-0ECAC

AIC

2-3-1, 2-1-1AHC

Quinnipiac

AIC

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Martin's Pair of Goals Leads No. 15/20 Men's Hockey Past AIC, 4-1

10/26/2018 11:10:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Bobcats Extend Winning Streak to Four Games to Open 2018-19 Season

By: QU Athletic Communications

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Craig Martin (Trail, British Columbia) scored a pair of goals Friday night and Andrew Shortridge (Anchorage, Alaska) tallied 22 saves in his first start of the season as the No. 15/20 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team took down the AIC Yellow Jackets, 4-1.

The Bobcats extended their winning streak to four games to open up the season, it's longest winning streak since winning five straight towards the end of the 2016-17 season.

Chase Priskie (Pembroke Pines, Florida) scored a five-on-three power-play goal for a second straight game and added an assist for two points while Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) also registered a pair of assists to help power the Bobcats offense.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 4, American International 1

LOCATION
MassMutual Center | Springfield, Mass.

SCORING SUMMARY

(00:29, 1st period) – Quinnipiac 1, AIC 0: Martin got the Bobcats going on the first shift of the game as he intercepted an AIC pass, turned and fired a shot from the left faceoff circle past AIC goaltender Zackarias Skog
(12:07, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 2, AIC 0: For the second time in as many games, Priskie blasted home a five-on-three power-play goal to double the Bobcats lead. He received a pass from Tufto on the left wing before shifting in down to Brandon Fortunato (North Hills, New York) on his right before firing home the goal.
(4:28, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 2, AIC 1: The Yellow Jackets got a goal back early in the second period as Shawn McBride corralled a shot from Nicholas Luka off the end boards and tapped it home past Shortridge
(9:46, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 3, AIC 1: Nick Jermain (Norwalk, Connecticut) found the back of the net for the first time as he waited on the back door for a centering feed across the slot from Tufto
(18:38, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 4, AIC 1: Martin took a pass from William Fällström (Stockholm, Sweden) in the defensive zone and skated up to the red line before burying the empty-netter to put away the game

NOTES

Martin recorded the second multi-goal game of his career and 11^th multi-point game with a pair of goals Friday night
It was his first multi-goal game since March 11, 2017 against St. Lawrence in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
Martin also picked up his 50^th career point with his pair of goals and played in the 100^th game of his career
Priskie picked up his first two-point game of the season and 15^th such game of his career
He has five-on-three power-play goals in back-to-back games and took over the team lead with three goals on the season
Priskie now has 25 career goals as he inches closer to the Division I program record of 28 held by Dan Ennis '03
Shortridge was stellar between the pipes in his first start of the season as he turned away 22 of 23 shots for his first win
Jermain scored his first goal of the season for his 10^th career goal
With goals from Jermain and Martin, seven different Bobcats have registered goals in the first four games
Tufto continued his impressive start to the season with his first multi-assist game of the season and now has points in three of the first four games
Tufto's multiple-assist performance was his 11^th such game and 16^th career multiple-point game
Fortunato picked up a point for a third night this season as he assisted Priskie's five-on-three power-play goal for a second straight game
Fällström recorded his second assist of the season and fourth point with his helper on the empty netter.
Rand Pecknold won his 489^th career game as he has his sights set on his 500^th career win

UPCOMING GAMES

The Bobcats wrap up the home-and-home series with the Yellow Jackets Saturday night at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena at People's United Center with puck drop set for 7 p.m.