#7/7 Bobcats Ground #6/6 Fighting Hawks

Friday, October 22

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

3-0-1

#6/6 North Dakota

3-2-0

North Dakota

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

10/22/2021 9:15:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Chau Records Three-Point Night in Win

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Graduate student Oliver Chau scored twice and added an assist to help guide #7/7 Quinnipiac to a 5-2 victory over #6/6 North Dakota on Friday night.

Five minutes after North Dakota's Matteo Costantini opened the scoring on the Fighting Hawks' first shot of the game, Chau responded to even the score with his first goal of the season. Ethan de Jong made a strong defensive play and created a 2-on-1 for Chau and Brendan Less. The duo exchanged passes in the offensive zone before Chau finished it off.

5:35 into the second period, Joey Cipollone took a feed from Ethan Leyh and went behind-the-back to flip a backhand past Zach Driscoll and give the Bobcats the lead.

Jayden Lee fired home a one-timer off a Zach Metsa dish for what would become the game-winning goal and the first powerplay goal of the Bobcats' season.

Ty Smilanic extended the lead in the third period when he finished off a one-timer of his own on the powerplay. Smilanic's second of the season was assisted by Metsa and Chau.

North Dakota standout Jake Sanderson pulled the Fighting Hawks closer with a powerplay snipe at 15:17, but Chau's empty-netter in the final minute closed out Quinnipiac's first-ever victory over North Dakota.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 5, North Dakota 2

RECORDS
#7/7 Quinnipiac (3-0-1) | #6/6 North Dakota

LOCATION
People's United Center

SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1 - 7:44 - QU 0, ND 1 - Matteo Costantini (1), unassisted
Period 1 - 12:51 - QU 1, ND 1 - Oliver Chau (1), assisted by Brendan Less and Ethan de Jong
Period 2 - 5:35 - QU 2, ND 1 - Joey Cipolllone (1), assisted by Ethan Leyh and Zach Metsa
Period 2 - 10:43 - QU 3, ND 1 - Jayden Lee (1) PP, assisted by Michael Lombardi and Ethan Leyh
Period 3 - 9:37 - QU 4, ND 1 - Ty Smilanic (2) PP, assisted by Zach Metsa and Oliver Chau
Period 3 - 15:17 - QU 4, ND 2 - Jake Sanderson (3) PP, assisted by Jake Schmaltz and Ashton Calder
Period 3 - 19:13 - QU 5, ND 2 - Oliver Chau (2) EN, assisted by Ethan de Jong and Wyatt Bongiovanni

NOTES

Perets made 14 saves in his second win of the season.
This marks the fourth-straight game in which the Bobcats have allowed less than 20 shots on goal.
Quinnipiac dominated the faceoff dots, winning 40 of 68 draws (58.8 percent)
The Bobcats went 2-for-6 on the powerplay, scoring the first PP goal of the season in the second period.
North Dakota scored once on three man advantage opportunities.

NEXT GAME

The Bobcats and Fighting Hawks will square off again tomorrow night at the People's United Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 PM.
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