Petruzzelli Blanks Colgate, 3-0, for Third Straight Shutout

Sunday, January 17

Hamden, Conn.

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

10-4-1

Colgate

2-4-4

Colgate

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Petruzzelli Blanks Colgate, 3-0, for Third Straight Shutout

1/17/2021 7:10:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

#11/11 Men's Ice Hockey Wins Fourth Straight, Petruzzelli Runs Streak to 198:27

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Goaltender Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) picked up his third straight shutout as the No. 11/11 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team shut out the Colgate Raiders, 3-0, Sunday evening at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena.

Petruzzelli is the second goaltender in program history to record three consecutive shutouts after Michael Garteig '16 in 2015-16, and Petruzzelli ran his shutout streak to 188:27 dating back to Jan. 9 against Clarkson.

The Bobcats defense shut down the Raiders for a second straight game, not allowing a goal again and allowing a season-low 17 shots.

Quinnipiac has won four straight games for the second time this season and moved into sole possession of first place in ECAC Hockey after Clarkson's win at St. Lawrence.

Ty Smilanic (Denver, Colorado) recorded the second two-goal game of his career as he buried the first two goals of the game for the Bobcats. He is the first Bobcat to reach 10 goals this season and is just the third player in the nation to score 10 goals in 2020-21.

Smilanic got the Bobcats on the board just 2:52 into Sunday's game with a tip-in on a shot from Iivari Räsänen (Tampere, Finland) before sniping home his second of the game in the second period off a sharp feed from Guus van Nes (Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands).

Nick Bochen (North Vancouver, British Columbia) fired home a key insurance goal for the Bobcats on the power-play with 31.4 seconds remaining in the second period for his third of the season.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3, Colgate 0

RECORDS
#11/11 Quinnipiac (10-4-1, 4-2-1 ECAC Hockey) | Colgate (2-4-3, 1-4-2 ECAC Hockey)

LOCATION
Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena at People's United Center | Hamden, Conn.

SCORING SUMMARY

(2:52, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 1, Colgate 0: Smilanic showed off some excellent hand-eye coordination early in the first period as Iivari Räsänen (Tampere, Finland) fired a shot from the left point and Smilanic was camped in front to tip the puck off the post and into the net past Colgate goaltender Carter Gylander.
(12:30, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 2, Colgate 0: The Bobcats picked off a pass in the defensive zone and Guus van Nes (Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands) carried the puck out before hitting Smilanic with a pass on his right. Smilanic then hit Tufto in the middle before going back to van Nes on the left wing. van Nes passed it through the slot to Smilanic on the right side, where he hesitated before sniping a shot over Gylander's blocker.
(19:28.6, 2^nd period – PP) – Quinnipiac 3, Colgate 0: Skyler Brind'Amour (Raleigh, North Carolina) won a faceoff in the left circle and Ethan Leyh (Anmore, British Columbia) slid it back to Bochen above the circle. Bochen skated into the slot and wristed the shot through traffic past Gylander's blocker to triple the lead.

Nick Bochen Celebrates with Teammates vs. Colgate

NOTES

Petruzzelli recorded his third straight shutout, the second Quinnipiac goaltender to record three consecutive shutouts and first since Michael Garteig '16 from Nov. 28, 2015 through Dec. 5, 2016.
Petruzzelli is also the 27^th goaltender in NCAA Ice Hockey history to reach three consecutive shutouts.
His shutout streak of 198:27 is the second-longest in program history, trailing only Garteig's shutout streak of 209:31 in the 2015-16 season.
He now has a career-high four shutouts this season in 2020-21 and moved into a tie with Eric Hartzell '13 and Andrew Shortridge '20 for second in program history with 10 shutouts.
Petruzzelli is second in the nation with four shutouts, trailing only Minnesota State's Dryden McKay.
Smilanic recorded the second two-goal game of his career Sunday as he scored the first two goals for the Bobcats
He is just the third player in the nation to record 10 goals this season and second first year after Arizona State's Matthew Kopperud.
Smilanic is also the first first year since Ethan de Jong (North Vancouver, British Columbia) and Wyatt Bongiovanni (Birmingham, Michigan) to record 10 goals in a season and the 16^th first year in Division I program history to record 10 goals.
He is one of just five first years the last 10 seasons for Quinnipiac ice hockey to record 10 goals as a rookie.
Bochen wristed home his third goal of the season, all coming on the power-play
Tufto extended his point streak to 12 games, the longest point streak in the nation as he passed North Dakota's Jordan Kawaguchi 11-game point streak from earlier this season.
Tufto is also approaching Sam Anas' 16-game point streak which he recorded during the 2015-16 season.
Tufto recorded two assists for his 30^th career multi-assist game and 45^th multi-point game of his career
He continues to lead the nation with 23 assists and 27 points
Tufto also moved into a tie with Brian Herbert '03 for third in program history with 113 career assists and is tied with Reid Cashman '07 for eighth in program history, and third at the Division I level, with 148 career points.
Räsänen recorded the first point of his collegiate career with an assist on Smilanic's first goal of the night.
van Nes recorded his second assist in the last three games as he now has eight assists and nine points on the season.
Leyh notched his fifth assist of the season and sixth point as he now has points in all three ECAC Hockey weekends.
Brind'Amour has gone on a nice run for the Bobcats as he recorded points in both games on the weekend after an assist Sunday and now has points three of his last four games to give him two goals and four assists on the season.

NEXT GAME

The Bobcats hit the road for the first full ECAC Hockey weekend away from home as they travel to Potsdam, N.Y., for a three-game series at Cheel Arena against the Clarkson Golden Knights with puck drop set for 5 p.m. Friday night, and 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
All three games will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and Internationally on Stretch Internet.
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