Smilanic, Brind'Amour Lead Comeback, #9/9 Bobcats Tie #6/8 BC

Friday, October 8

Worcester, Mass. / DCU Center

4:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-0-1

#6/8 Boston College

1-0-1

Team	1	2	3	OT 1	OT 2	F
Quinnipiac	0	1	1	0	0	2
Boston College	1	1	0	0	0	2

Skyler Brind'Amour Skates Up Ice Looking For Pass

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Smilanic, Brind'Amour Lead Comeback, #9/9 Bobcats Tie #6/8 BC

10/8/2021 6:59:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Bobcats Erase 2-0 Second Period Deficit

By: QU Athletic Communications

WORCESTER, Mass. – The No. 9/9 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team battled back to erase a 2-0 deficit and earned a 2-2 tie against #6/8 Boston College in the opening game of the 2021 Ice Breaker Tournament.

Sophomore Ty Smilanic and junior Skyler Brind'Amour both scored in the season opener while sophomore goaltender Yaniv Perets made 17 saves in his first career start.

The Eagles won the shootout to earn an extra point towards the Ice Breaker Tournament standings, but officially, the game counts as a 2-2 tie for national rankings/statistics.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 2, Boston College 2

RECORDS
#9/9 Quinnipiac (0-0-1) | #6/8 Boston College (0-0-1)

LOCATION
DCU Center | Worcester, Mass.

SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1 - :55 - BC 1, QU 0 - Colby Ambrosio (1) - assisted by Marshall Warren and Jack McBain
Period 2 - 6:14 - BC 2, QU 0 - Patrick Giles (1) - assisted by Mike Posma and Aidan Hreschuk
Period 2 - 19:13.7 - BC 2, QU 1 - Ty Smilanic (1) - assisted by Michael Lombardi and Skyler Brind'Amour
Period 3 - 1:15 - BC 2, QU 2 - Skyler Brind'Amour (1) - assisted by Ethan Leyh and Ethan de Jong

NOTES

Perets made 17 saves, including seven in the first period.
The two-point night for Brind'Amour is the sixth multi-point outing of his career. The junior is fourth on the team in that category.
Griffin Mendel, Oliver Chau, Jacob Quillan, Tony Stillwell, and Brendan Less all made their Quinnipiac debuts in the tie.
The Bobcats outshot BC, 33-19, and earned a slight edge in faceoffs, 30-27, with Wyatt Bongiovanni winning 15 of 21 draws.

NEXT GAME

Quinnipiac concludes the 2021 Ice Breaker Tournament tomorrow with a 4:30 matchup against #18 Northeastern at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.
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