Men's Ice Hockey Outlasted by #7/8 Clarkson

Saturday, January 11

Potsdam, N.Y. / Cheel Arena

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

12-8-1, 7-4-1

Clarkson

15-4-2, 9-2-0

Quinnipiac

Clarkson

Photo by: Jim Meagher

1/11/2020 9:16:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Bobcats Come Up Short in 5-2 Loss to Golden Knights Despite Pair of First Period Goals

By: QU Athletic Communications

POTSDAM, N.Y. – Skyler Brind'Amour (Raleigh, North Carolina) and Peter DiLiberatore (Bedford, Nova Scotia) each scored first period goals Saturday night but the Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team came up short at No. 7/8 Clarkson, 5-2.

The Bobcats and Golden Knights combined for five goals in the first period as Brind'Amour scored the game's first goal and DiLiberatore reclaimed the Bobcats' lead with 3:08 to go in the period, 2-1. Despite the pair of goals, Clarkson scored two goals in 23 seconds to close out the period and added an insurance goal in the second before an empty-netter in the third made it 5-2.

With the loss, the Bobcats' six-game winning streak comes to an end. Heading into Saturday night, it was the longest winning streak in Division I NCAA Men's Ice Hockey.

Quinnipiac peppered Clarkson goaltender Frank Marotte with shots in the third period but couldn't one to go as the Bobcats outshot the Golden Knights, 11-8.

Brind'Amour's goal was his third of the season and first in ECAC Hockey play while DiLiberatore set a career-high with his fourth tally of the season.

Quinnipiac goaltender Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) finished the night with 25 saves on 28 shots.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 2, Clarkson 5

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (12-8-1, 7-4-1 ECAC Hockey) | Clarkson (15-4-2, 9-2-0 ECAC Hockey)

LOCATION
Cheel Arena | Canton, N.Y.

SCORING SUMMARY

(5:27,1^st period) – Quinnipiac 1, Clarkson 0: PJ Fletcher tracked down a loose puck off a shot in the left corner and backhanded a pass to Nick Jermain (Norwalk, Connecticut) on the left wing. Jermain fired a shot on net and Brind'Amour managed to redirect it inside past Frank Marotte's pad to take the initial lead
(12:50, 1^st period – PP) – Quinnipiac 1, Clarkson 1: The Golden Knights tied the game with 7:10 left in the first period as Nick Campoli received a centering feed through the slot from Mathieu Gosselin and banked the shot off a sprawling Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) with one second left on the power play.
(16:52, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 2, Clarkson 1: DiLiberatore caught a Clarkson attempt to chip the puck out of the zone and skated with it from the left point, along the blue line and to the far post where his initial shot was saved by Marotte but he managed to jam the rebound through Marotte's five-hole to reclaim the lead.
(18:16, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 2, Clarkson 2: Clarkson tied the game less than 1:30 later as Jack Jacome waited patiently on the backdoor to tap home a perfect pass from Dustyn McFaul from the left point.
(18:39, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 2, Clarkson 3: Jacome added his second goal just 23 seconds later as Zach Tsekos beat a Quinnipiac defender into the zone and backhanded a pass across the slot to Jacome on the back door for the tap-in goal.
(12:24, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 2, Clarkson 4: After a turnover in the Quinnipiac defensive zone, Clarkson controlled the puck as Jamie Collins skated to just above the left faceoff dot before he shot the puck on net where Adam Tisdale tipped home the puck to beat Petruzzelli.
(17:56, 3^rd period -EN) – Quinnipiac 2, Clarkson 5: Haralds Egle finished off the scoring as he scored an empty-netter from his own defensive zone with 2:04 remaining in the third period.

NOTES

Brind'Amour scored his third goal of the season Saturday night and added an assist for his third career two-point game.
He became the first Quinnipiac first year to reach the 10-point mark as he scored his first goal in league play and first goal since Nov. 1 at Arizona State.
DiLiberatore extended his point streak to six games, tied for the longest point streak of his career which he set in the first six games of the 2019-20 season.
His goal was his fourth of the season, a career-high after scoring three last season while he has two goals and five assists for seven points in his point streak.
Jermain notched his second assist of the season and ninth point as he assisted Brind'Amour's goal in the first period.
Jermain is now one point away from recording his third straight season with at least 10 points.
Fletcher picked up another helper Saturday night for his fourth assist of the season and second in the past three games.
He joins Brind'Amour as one of two Quinnipiac first years with at least four assists.

NEXT GAME

Quinnipiac returns to non-conference play with its third straight road game Friday night as the Bobcats travel to the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, to take on the Holy Cross Crusaders at 7 p.m.