Friday, February 16
Providence, RI
6:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Brown
QU Women's Ice Hockey Travels To Brown, Yale for Final Regular Season Weekend
2/15/2018 10:09:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (15-14-3, 11-8-1 ECAC) at Brown University Bears (2-25-0, 1-19-0 ECAC)
Date: Friday, February 16, 2018 (6 P.M.)
Location: Meehan Auditorium | Providence, Rhode Island
QU All-Time Against Brown: 18-6-3
Cassandra Turner All-Time vs. Brown: 5-0-0
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (15-14-3, 11-8-1 ECAC) at Yale University Bulldogs (9-14-4, 7-11-2 ECAC)
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2018 (3 P.M.)
Location: Ingalls Rink | New Haven, Connecticut
QU All-Time Against Yale: 16-17-7
Cassandra Turner All-Time vs. Yale: 5-3-1
Hamden, Connecticut - The Quinnipiac University women's ice hockey team concludes their regular season this weekend on the road as they travel to Rhode Island to take on Brown on Friday night and make trip down the road to New Haven to take on Yale on Saturday afternoon.
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Date: Friday, February 16, 2018 (6 P.M.)
Location: Meehan Auditorium | Providence, Rhode Island
QU All-Time Against Brown: 18-6-3
Cassandra Turner All-Time vs. Brown: 5-0-0
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (15-14-3, 11-8-1 ECAC) at Yale University Bulldogs (9-14-4, 7-11-2 ECAC)
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2018 (3 P.M.)
Location: Ingalls Rink | New Haven, Connecticut
QU All-Time Against Yale: 16-17-7
Cassandra Turner All-Time vs. Yale: 5-3-1
Hamden, Connecticut - The Quinnipiac University women's ice hockey team concludes their regular season this weekend on the road as they travel to Rhode Island to take on Brown on Friday night and make trip down the road to New Haven to take on Yale on Saturday afternoon.
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LAST WEEKEND IN HAMDEN
- Quinnipiac faced off against nationally ranked St. Lawrence and Clarkson last weekend at the Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena.
- The Bobcats skated to their first tie in ECAC action on Friday night against No. 8 St. Lawrence, 1-1.
- Sophomore Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) scored her ninth goal of the season against the Saints.
- Freshman Brooke Bonsteel (Mississauga, Ontario) picked up her third assist of the season.
- Sophomore Abbie Ives (Bedford Hills, New York) made 23 saves on Friday night.
- Quinnipiac fell to No.1 Clarkson on Saturday afternoon, 2-0.
SCOUTING BROWN
- Brown comes into the game 2-25-0 and 1-19-0 in conference play.
- Sam Donovan and Sena Hanson lead the Bears offensively. They each have eight goals on the season, tied for first on the team. Donovan leads the team with 16 points, with Hanson right behind at 15.
- Cara Najjar leads Brown with 11 assists as a defenseman.
- Calla Isaac has seen the majority of time between the pipes for the Bears. She has played in 17 games and has a .898 save percentage and a 4.07 goals against average.
- Brown has not won a game at home this season.
SCOUTING YALE
- The Bulldogs come into the game with a 9-14-4 overall record with a 7-11-2 mark in ECAC play.
- Greta Skarzynski and Emma Vlasic are the Bulldogs' top goal scorers. Skarzynski has 14 goals and Vlasic has 10.
- Defensemen Mallory Souliotis and Julia Yetman lead Yale in assists. Souliotis has 19 helpers and Yetman has 14.
- Skarzynski and Souliotis are tied for the team lead in points with 23.
- Tera Hofmann and Gianna Meloni have split time in net for the Bulldogs. Hofmann has a 3-7-3 record, a .931 save percentage, a 2.37 GAA, and has played one more game than Meloni. Meloni has five wins, all in conference play, a .929 save percentage, and a 2.00 GAA.
- Yale is 5-6-0 at home this season.
ALL-TIME AGAINST BROWN
- The Bobcats are 18-6-3 against Brown all-time.
- Cassandra Turner is 5-0-0 in her career against Brown.
- Quinnipiac defeated Brown, 2-1, on Jan. 13, 2018.
- The Bobcats defeated the Bears by a combined score of 17-0 in their two contests last season.
ALL-TIME AGAINST YALE
- Quinnipiac is 16-17-7 against Yale all-time.
- Cassandra Turner is 5-3-1 against Yale in her career at Quinnipiac.
- The Bobcats were defeated by Yale on Jan. 12, 2017, 2-0.
IN THE ECAC
- Quinnipiac is currently 5th in the ECAC standings with 23 points and have officially clinched a spot in the ECAC Tournament.
- With one point this weekend, the Bobcats will clinch the 5th seed, meaning they would travel to the 4th seed for the ECAC Quarterfinals.
- #5/5 Cornell and #8/8 St. Lawrence are tied for 3rd in the ECAC with 28 points. If they are tied at the end of the weekend, Cornell would be the 3rd seed and St. Lawrence would end up in 4th because the Big Red swept their season series with the Saints.
- #2/2 Clarkson and #3/4 Colgate are the top teams in the ECAC standings. They are tied with 34 points and are guaranteed the top 2 seeds.
- The top eight teams will qualify for the ECAC Tournament, with quarterfinal play set for February 23-25.
JUST SCORE FIRST
- Quinnipiac is 13-4-2 in games in which they score first this season.
- The Bobcats are 10-1-1 in ECAC contests when they score first.
- Junior captain Melissa Samoskevich leads the team in points with 22. She also leads the Bobcats with 13 goals.
- The forward has recorded at least one point in four of the last seven games.
- Samoskevich has five game-winning goals in conference games, tied for the most in the ECAC.
- On February 3 against Union, sophomore Kati Tabin became the first Bobcat to record three assists in one game since T.T. Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) did so against Brown last year in a 9-0 victory.
- Tabin leads all Quinnipiac defensemen with 11 assists and 13 points.
- Sophomore Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout had an excellent weekend against RPI and Union, scoring a goal and tallying three assists.
- Coutu-Godbout continued her success with a goal against St. Lawrence
- She now has nine goals and seven assists for the year.
- Sophomore goalie Abbie Ives (Bedford Hills, New York) continues her first full season in net in impressive fashion, crafting a 14-11-3 record and .922 save percentage.
- Her 1.75 GAA ranks third best in the ECAC, and in conference play Ives holds a 1.59 GAA, which is 2nd in the conference.
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