Friday, February 23
Canton, NY
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
St. Lawrence University
Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com
QU Women's Ice Hockey Travels to No. 8 St. Lawrence for ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
2/19/2018 2:00:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (16-15-3, 12-9-1 ECAC) at No. 8 St. Lawrence University Saints (18-10-4, 14-6-2 ECAC)
Dates: Feb. 23-25, 2018 (Feb. 25 if necessary) (Friday at 3 PM, Saturday & Sunday at 2 PM)
Location: Appleton Arena | Canton, New York
All-Time Series vs. St. Lawrence: 11-15-6
Last Meeting: T, 1-1 OT (Feb. 9, 2018)
Head Coach Cassandra Turner vs. St. Lawrence: 3-2-2
GAME NOTES: Quinnipiac | St. Lawrence
MULTIMEDIA
Keep up with the Bobcats this weekend as they travel to St. Lawrence:
LAST WEEKEND
The Bobcats have won four ECAC Hockey Weekly Awards this year:
Dates: Feb. 23-25, 2018 (Feb. 25 if necessary) (Friday at 3 PM, Saturday & Sunday at 2 PM)
Location: Appleton Arena | Canton, New York
All-Time Series vs. St. Lawrence: 11-15-6
Last Meeting: T, 1-1 OT (Feb. 9, 2018)
Head Coach Cassandra Turner vs. St. Lawrence: 3-2-2
GAME NOTES: Quinnipiac | St. Lawrence
MULTIMEDIA
Keep up with the Bobcats this weekend as they travel to St. Lawrence:
- Live Video
- Live Stats
- Follow on Twitter: @QU_WIH
LAST WEEKEND
- The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team concluded their regular season last weekend as they faced off against Brown and Yale.
- The Bobcats defeated the Bears on Friday night, 4-1.
- Freshman Grace Markey (West Bloomfield, Michigan) scored her first collegiate goal for the game-winner.
- Junior captain Melissa Samoskevich (Sandy Hook, Connecticut) netted her team-high 14th goal of the year.
- Sophomores Kati Tabin (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and Kenzie Prater (Hudson, Wisconsin) each found the back of the net.
- Senior captain Alicia Barry (Hanson, Massachusetts) recorded her first multi-point game of season with a pair of assists. She now has six helpers on the season.
- Juniors Anna Kilponen (Orivesi, Finland) and Randi Marcon (Winnipeg, Manitoba) each tallied their sixth assists of the season.
- Freshman Renee Saltness (Rochester, Minnesota) picked up her first collegiate point with an assist.
- Freshman Allison Small (Nestleton, Ontario) recorded her first win in ECAC action, making 16 saves.
- Quinnipiac fell to Yale on Saturday afternoon, 2-0.
- St. Lawrence is 4-1-1 in the month of February, with their only loss coming last Friday against Harvard.
- The Saints finished the regular season 18-10-4, 14-6-2 in conference, with the 15th ranked offense and T-13th ranked defense.
- St. Lawrence is led offensively by a quartet of forwards. Kennedy Marchment and Justine Reyes are tied for the team lead in goals with 15. Hannah Miller leads the team with 24 assists. Rachael Smith has scored ten goals, all in conference play. Marchment leads the Saints with 37 points.
- Juniors Grace Harrison and Sonjia Shelly have split time in net for the Saints. Each goaltender has recorded nine wins on the year, seven in conference. Shelly has the edge in save percentage (.924, .908), GAA (1.86, 1.99), and shutouts (4,2).
- Quinnipiac is 11-15-6 all-tine against St. Lawrence.
- The Bobcats tied and lost to the Saints earlier in the season.
- Quinnipiac last met St. Lawrence in the playoffs in the 2016 ECAC Semifinals. The Bobcats were victorious, 2-1.
- The Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team is 15-13 all-time in postseason play.
- The Bobcats have made the ECAC Tournament eight straight years.
- The Bobcats have gone 12-6 in the ECAC Quarterfinals, 1-4 in the Semifinals, 1-0 in the ECAC Championship, and 0-2 in NCAA tournament history.
- Quinnipiac finished fifth in the ECAC with 25 points, winning 12 conference games.
- Clarkson and Colgate each finished with 38 points, but Clarkson will be the top seed in the ECAC Tournament because of a tiebreaker.
- Cornell (32 points) and St. Lawrence (30 points) round out the top four.
- Princeton, Harvard, and Yale complete the list of competitors in the ECAC Women's Hockey Tournament.
- Quinnipiac is 13-4-2 this season in games in which they score first.
- The Bobcats were 10-1-1 in ECAC play this year when they found the back of the net first.
- Quinnipiac finished the season with the second fewest penalty minutes per game in the country (5.3).
- Quinnipiac was 7-9-0 on the road this season, 6-5-0 in conference play.
- The Bobcats won three of their final four away games.
The Bobcats have won four ECAC Hockey Weekly Awards this year:
- Abbie Ives (Bedford Hills, New York) - ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week - Oct. 31, 2017 & Jan. 9, 2018
- Melissa Samoskevich (Sandy Hook, Connecticut) - ECAC Hockey Player of the Week - Nov. 14, 2017
- Brooke Bonsteel (Mississauga, Ontario) - ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week - Oct. 17, 2017
- The winner of this Quinnipiac-St. Lawrence series will advance to the ECAC Hockey Semifinals, which are set to take place on March 3, 2018.
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