Davidson's Three Points Helps Lift Men's Ice Hockey Over UPEI, 5-2

Saturday, October 6

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

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Prince Edward Island (Exhibition)

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Prince Edward Island

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Davidson's Three Points Helps Lift Men's Ice Hockey Over UPEI, 5-2

10/6/2018 10:36:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Five Different Bobcats Score Goals in Exhibition Win at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Scott Davidson (Trail, British Columbia) tallied three points Saturday night and five different Quinnipiac men's ice hockey players scored as the Bobcats defeated the Prince Edward Island Panthers, 5-2, in an exhibition game at the Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena.

Desi Burgart (North Vancouver, British Columbia) and Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) each tallied a pair of assists to join Davidson with multi-point performances. 30560

SCORE
Quinnipiac 5, Prince Edward Island 2

LOCATION
Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena | Hamden, Conn.

SCORING SUMMARY

(7:55, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 0, UPEI 1): Filip Rydstrom put home the game's first goal of the
(14:30, 1^st period – Quinnipiac 1, UPEI 1): Nick Jermain (Norwalk, Connecticut) evened up the score with 5:30 left in the first period as he received a pass from Davidson and finished with a diving shot on top of the crease
(0:59, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 2, UPEI 1): Brandon Fortunato (North Hills, N.Y.) put the Bobcats ahead early in the second period as he one-timed home a pass in the slot from Tufto behind the net
(12:03, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 3, UPEI 1): Right after a Quinnipiac penalty kill, Alex Whelan (Ramsey, New Jersey) received a tip pass from Davidson and rifled home a rocket at the left faceoff dot to double the Bobcats lead
(1:36, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 4, UPEI 1): Craig Martin (Trail, British Columbia) got into the scoring action Saturday night with a blast from the right win on the power-play to beat Prince Edward Island goaltender Matthew Mancina on the weak side
(3:51, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 4, UPEI 2): Chad Labelle brought the Panthers back within two as he put home a rebound off Kameron Kielly's shot on the breakaway.
(10:33, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 5, UPEI 2): Davidson netted a goal of his own midway through the third period for his third point of the night as Burgart started a breakaway with a between the legs pass to Chase Priskie (Pembroke Pines, Florida) who found Davidson on the back door with a backhanded centering feed

NOTES

Five different Bobcats scored goals and 10 different players registered a point
Sophomore goaltender Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) tallied six saves as he made the start in Saturday's exhibition game
Junior Andrew Shortridge (Anchorage, Alaska) made nine saves as he came in midway through the second period
Davidson led all scorers with three points as he netted a goal and added two assists
Martin blasted home Quinnipiac's lone power-play goal on the evening with a blast from the right wing
10 of Quinnipiac's 12 freshmen played in Saturday's exhibition game

UPCOMING GAME

Quinnipiac officially kicks off the 2018-19 season next Saturday when the Bobcats travel to Burlington, Vermont, to face the Vermont Catamounts at Gutterson Fieldhouse at 7 p.m.