No. 12/15 Men's Hockey Extends Winning Streak to Six Games in 5-3 at Harvard

Friday, November 2

Cambridge, Mass. / Bright-Landry Center

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

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Harvard

0-2-0, 0-2-0ECACH

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Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

No. 12/15 Men's Hockey Extends Winning Streak to Six Games in 5-3 at Harvard

11/2/2018 10:24:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Five Different Bobcats Score, de Jong Tallies First Career Goal with Game-Winner

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Five different Quinnipiac men's ice hockey players scored goals Friday night as the Bobcats extended their winning streak to six games with a 5-3 win over Harvard to open ECAC Hockey Play.

Ethan de Jong (North Vancouver, British Columbia) scored his first career goal for the Bobcats while Brandon Fortunato (North Hills, New York), Chase Priskie (Pembroke Pines, Florida) and Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) all had a goal and an assist in the winning effort.

Brogan Rafferty (Dundee, Illinois) picked up three assists to lead the Quinnipiac attack while goaltender Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) tallied 34 saves in his fifth straight win.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 5, Harvard 3

LOCATION
Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Cambridge, Mass.

SCORING SUMMARY

(2:10, 1st period) – Quinnipiac 1, Harvard 0: The Bobcats struck first for the sixth time this season as Priskie raced into the offensive zone off a pass from Fortunato and banked the puck off Harvard goaltender Cameron Gornet as he was tripped
(19:35, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 2, Harvard 0: Tufto bookended the Bobcats strong first period with his fifth of the year as he blasted home a one-timer from the slot off a great backhanded feed from Alex Whelan (Ramsey, New Jersey) from behind the Harvard goal
(00:55, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 3, Harvard 0: Fortunato continued the Bobcats' onslaught early in the second period as he rocketed home a power-play goal from the slot with a one-timer off a feed from Priskie
(2:27, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 4, Harvard 0: The Bobcats took their largest lead of the game as William Fällström (Stockholm, Sweden) buried home a rebound in front of the crease off an initial shot from Rafferty for a four-on-four goal
(2:58, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 4, Harvard 1: Harvard's Jack Rathbone ended the Bobcats' scoring streak as he put home a shot off a pass from Frederic Gregoire after a turnover in the defensive zone for the four-on-four goal
(3:41, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 4, Harvard 2: Lewis Zerter-Gossage scored the third four-on-four goal in a 1:14 span for either team as he scored off a pass from Adam Fox
(17:35, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 5, Harvard 2: de Jong found the back of the net for the first time in his career as he waited patiently on the back door before lifting home a cross-ice feed from Rafferty
(5:45, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 5, Harvard 3: Harvard pulled back within two goals as Colton Kerfoot passed the puck into the slot where it bounced off a skating Michael Floodstrand and into the goal for his first of the season

NOTES

The Bobcats won their sixth consecutive game to open the season, the longest winning streak for the team since a six-game winning streak from March 13 – April 7, 2016 to reach the NCAA National Championship game
Quinnipiac also had an 11-game winning streak to open up that 2015-16 season, the longest winning streak in program history
de Jong notched the first goal of his career, becoming the third different Bobcat to record his first career goal
Fortunato extended his point streak to five games as he buried a power-play goal and added an assist to boost his team-leading point total to 10.
Priskie tallied a goal for a fourth straight game and now has a goal in five of six games this season as he opened the scoring Friday night
Priskie increased his career goal total to 27, just one from tying Dan Ennis '03 for the Division I program record of 28
Tufto notched a goal and an assist for a third consecutive game, and now has scored a goal in five of the six games this season
Rafferty recorded three assists Friday night for his second career three-assist and three-point game, his first since Nov. 19, 2016
Fällström found the back of the net for the third time this season and has recorded a point in four of the first six games
TJ Friedmann (Birmingham, Michigan) picked up his first career point with an assist on Priskie's goal, becoming the 14^th player with a point this season and sixth with his first career point
Cukste recorded his second consecutive two-assist game, just the third two-assist game of his career
Whelan's assist was his third of the season to give him six points
Petruzzellimade a season-high 34 saves in Friday night's 5-3 victory for his fifth consecutive win
Head coach Rand Pecknold picked up the 491^st victory of his career as he moves closer to the 500-win mark