Burgart Nets Overtime Winner in 4-3 Victory Over #10/10 Clarkson

Saturday, January 9

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

7-4-1

Clarkson

7-4-1

OT 1

Clarkson

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Burgart Nets Overtime Winner in 4-3 Victory Over #10/10 Clarkson

1/9/2021 10:31:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Bobcats' Junior Posts Second Two-Goal Game as Men's Ice Hockey Overcomes Two-Goal Deficit

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Desi Burgart (North Vancouver, British Columbia) completed the Bobcats comeback bid Saturday night as he scored the game-winning goal with 2:31 remaining in overtime as the No. 12/13 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team defeated #10/10 Clarkson, 4-3.

The Bobcats overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period for their first comeback win from two goals since defeat Union in overtime last season on Feb. 22.

Burgart got the comeback bid started in the third period just 25 seconds after Clarkson had retaken a two-goal lead. Marcus Chorney (Hastings, Minnesota) broke up a Clarkson pass and Michael Lombardi (Barrington, Rhode Island) slid it to Burgart in the neutral zone before he ripped a wrister past Clarkson goaltender Kris Oldham's blocker.

Just over three minutes after Burgart's goal, Ethan de Jong (North Vancouver, British Columbia) tied the game on his sixth power-play goal of the season thanks to some great passing from Smilanic. Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) shot the puck off Smilanic's skate but he controlled the puck and fired a centering feed to de Jong at the top of the crease for the tap-in goal.

Burgart completed the comeback as Jayden Lee (North Vancouver, British Columbia) dropped off the puck for Burgart who carried it from his own blue line into the left faceoff circle and fired home the winner past Oldham's glove.

Lee scored the Bobcats first goal of the game in the second period that cut Clarkson's initial two-goal lead in half at 2-1.

Quinnipiac dominated Clarkson over the final 40-plus minutes of the game, outshooting them 36-15 from the second period on and held a 47-21 edge in shots overall.

Burgart's two-goal game was his second of the season and moved into a tie for the team-lead in goals. de Jong's tally was his sixth of the season, all on the power play, while Lee found the back of the net for the first time in 2020-21.

Burgart and Lee led the Bobcats with their two-point nights and nine different Bobcats recorded points in the win.

Ethan de Jong celebrates power-play goal with Ty Smilanic, Odeen Tufto and Peter DiLiberatore

SCORE
Quinnipiac 4, Clarkson 3

RECORDS
#12/13 Quinnipiac (7-4-1, 1-2-1 ECAC Hockey) | #10/10 Clarkson (7-4-1, 2-1-1 ECAC Hockey)

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

SCORING SUMMARY

(3:43, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 0, Clarkson 1: Grant Cooper put the Golden Knights on the board early in the first period as Luke Mobley created a turnover in their offensive zone by knocking a Bobcat off balance. He quickly slid a backhand pass to Cooper who skated into the right circle and wristed the puck past Petruzzelli.
(18:18, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 0, Clarkson 2: Josh Dunne chased down his own chip out of the defensive zone that bounced off a Quinnipiac defender and he carried the puck to the neutral zone where he worked it to Anthony Callin on his right. Callin carried the puck in, brought to his backhand and slid it into the open net after Petruzzelli was knocked off balance by a teammate.
(15:27, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 1, Clarkson 2: Lee pulled the Bobcats back within a goal as Ethan Leyh (Anmore, British Columbia) poked the puck free to Skyler Brind'Amour (Raleigh, North Carolina) passed the puck from behind the end line to Lee in the slot for a one-timer past Clarkson goaltender Kris Oldham.
(3:32, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 1, Clarkson 3: Quinnipiac turned the puck over behind its own goal and Alex Campbell skated around to the right side to find Anthony Romano all alone just inside the left circle for the one-timer to beat Petruzzelli.
(3:57, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 2, Clarkson 3: Burgart made it a one-goal game just 25 seconds later as he carried the puck from the neutral zone into the offensive zone and showed off some stickwork before snapping a wrister past Oldham's blocker for his sixth of the season.
(7:10, 3^rd period – PP) – Quinnipiac 3, Clarkson 3: The Bobcats tied the game with a power-play goal a few minutes after pulling within one as Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) shot the puck off Ty Smilanic's (Denver, Colorado) skate and he spun and fired a centering feed to de Jong to one-time home a tap-in goal all alone at the top of the crease.
(2:29, Overtime) – Quinnipiac 4, Clarkson 3: Burgart completed the comeback as Lee dropped off the puck for Burgart who carried it from his own blue line into the left faceoff circle and fired home the winner past Oldham's glove.

Keith Petruzzelli Peeks Out Between Two Clarkson Players

NOTES

Burgart scored two goals in a game for the second time this season and in his career
He is tied with Smilanic for the team lead and ninth in the nation
After an assist last night, Burgart now has a career-high nine assists and points in back-to-back games
Lee picked up points for a second straight night with his first career multi-point effort after a goal and an assist
He has career-highs with four assists and five points this season
de Jong found the back of the net for the sixth time this season and nation-leading sixth time on the power play
He has points in eight of his last nine games
Tufto picked up an assist on de Jong's game-tying goal to extend his point streak to a career-best nine games
He now leads the nation with 19 assists and 23 points
Tufto's assist was the 109^th of his career to tie Jim Hanscomb '80 for fifth in program history, and was the 144^th point of his career to take sole possession of ninth in program history and fifth in Division I program history
Smilanic tallied the primary helper on de Jong's game-tying goal to give him points in back-to-back games and five of his last six
He is the first Bobcats' first-year to reach double-digit points this season and is one of 11 rookies nationally with 10-plus points
Brind'Amour recorded his third helper of the season with the primary assist on Lee's goal, and won 12 faceoffs to finish second on the team Saturday
Leyh also recorded an assist on Lee's goal to give him two assists in the last four games, and now has four assists on the season.
Chorney recorded his second assist of the season on Burgart's goal, and first since picking up a goal and an assist in the Bobcats' season-opener vs. Sacred Heart
Lombardi also recorded an assist for his first point since the season-opener
Quinnipiac recorded a power-play goal for a third straight game and eighth game of the last nine
The Bobcats now have 18 power-play goals this season
Quinnipiac had a season-high 47 shots on goal Saturday night, outshooting Clarkson 47-21, and had a 36-15 advantage over the final two periods and overtime.

NEXT GAME

The Bobcats and Golden Knights wrap up their three-game series Sunday evening with puck drop set for 4 p.m. from Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena.
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