#12/13 Bobcats Score Twice Late, Fall 4-2 to St. Lawrence

Sunday, January 3

Hamden, Conn.

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

6-3-1

St. Lawrence

1-0-1

St. Lawrence

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

#12/13 Bobcats Score Twice Late, Fall 4-2 to St. Lawrence

1/3/2021 4:55:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Tufto and Metsa Net Extra-Attacker Goals as Men's Ice Hockey Comes Up Short

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – The No. 12/13 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team scored a pair of extra-attacker goals in the final 3:42 of regulation Sunday afternoon but the Bobcats could not overcome an early deficit and fell to the St. Lawrence Saints, 4-2, at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena.

Trailing 2-0, the Bobcats went on the power-play with 4:53 remaining in the third after a Jake Stevens cross-checking penalty. The Bobcats pulled goaltender Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) following the media timeout for the six-on-four advantage.

After three shots saved and a shot from Peter DiLiberatore (Bedford, Nova Scotia) that rung off the post, the Bobcats finally converted to pull within 2-1 as Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) carried a pass from Zach Metsa (Delafield, Wisconsin) and fired it through traffic for the extra-attacker, power-play goal.

St. Lawrence regained its two-goal lead as Quinnipiac opted for the extra attacker again later in the third but the Bobcats scored a second extra-attacker goal with 1:04 remaining in the third period to pull back within a goal at 3-2.

Tufto won a faceoff back to DiLiberatore who carried the puck into the high slot but his shot was blocked by a St. Lawrence defender. The puck lay loose in the left faceoff circle and Metsa chased it down and beat St. Lawrence goaltender Emil Zetterquist high glove-side.

The Bobcats could not come up with the equalizer as Petruzzelli remained on the bench after Metsa's goal and the Saints' Justin Paul flipped an empty-net goal from his own defensive zone.

Tufto recorded his fourth straight multi-point game with a goal and an assist and extended his point streak to seven games in the loss. He continued to lead the nation with 15 assists and 19 points on the season.

Metsa also recorded a two-point game with a goal and an assist, his third multi-point effort of the season, while DiLiberatore had a pair of assists in the game for the fifth time this season.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 2, St. Lawrence 4

RECORDS
#12/13 Quinnipiac (6-3-1, 0-1-1 ECAC Hockey) | St. Lawrence (1-0-1, 1-0-1 ECAC Hockey)

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

SCORING SUMMARY

(1:13, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 0, St. Lawrence 1: Jordan Steinmetz got the scoring started for the Saints just 1:13 into the game as he carried the puck up the left wing on an odd-man rush and fired the puck on net where it got past Petruzzelli.
(12:20, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 0, St. Lawrence 2: The Saints doubled their lead later in the first period as Greg LaPointe collected a ricocheted pass from Tim Makowski off Cameron Buhl and beat Petruzzelli blocker side from the right circle.
(16:09, 3^rd period – PP EA) – Quinnipiac 1, St. Lawrence 2: Tufto pulled the Bobcats back within a goal as Metsa collected DiLiberatore's shot off the post and gave the puck to Tufto at the point. Tufto skated to his right to the high slot and beat Zetterquist through traffic.
(18:04, 3^rd period – EN) – Quinnipiac 1, St. Lawrence 3: Minutes after Tufto pulled the Bobcats within one, Ashton Fry collected a clear attempt off the boards from Callum Cusinato and skated the puck the length of the ice to tap in the puck.
(18:56, 3^rd period – EA) – Quinnipiac 2, St. Lawrence 3: Metsa put the Bobcats back within a goal with 1:04 left in regulation as Tufto won a faceoff in the right circle back to DiLiberatore who had a shot blocked and Metsa pounced on the rebound to beat Zetterquist glove side with a wrister.
(19:19.1, 3^rd period – EN) – Quinnipiac 2, St. Lawrence 4: Justin Paul ended the scoring Sunday afternoon with an empty net goal as he corralled a deflection off David Jankowski and sent the puck the length of the ice for the empty-netter.

NOTES

Tufto extended his point streak to seven games with a goal and an assist for two points.
He now has four straight multi-point games, and seven multi-point games this season to give him 43 in his career.
Tufto extended his nation-leading assist and point totals to 15 and 19, respectively.
He also has 140 points in his Quinnipiac career and 105 assists.
Metsa picked up his third multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist Sunday.
He now has three goals and nine assists on the season.
DiLiberatore recorded his fifth game with two assists in 2020-21 to give him nine multi-assist games in his career and 11 multi-point efforts.
Petruzzelli made 22 saves on the 24 shots he faced to continue his impressive season with a 1.86 GAA and .931 save percentage.

NEXT GAME

Quinnipiac returns home next weekend as the Bobcats host the No. 10/12 Clarkson Golden Knights in a three-game series at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena beginning Friday night at 7 p.m.
The Bobcats and Golden Knights will also meet Saturday night at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m.
For more information on Quinnipiac men's ice hockey, visit gobobcats.com/mih and follow the Bobcats on Twitter and Instagram, @QU_MIH.