#2/2 Quinnipiac Overwhelms LIU, Earns 5-0 Victory

Saturday, December 11

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

14-1-3

LIU

4-10-3

LIU

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

12/11/2021 8:35:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Four Bobcats Record Multi-Point Nights in Win

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Four different Quinnipiac players recorded multi-point nights as the #2/2 Bobcats trounced LIU in a 5-0 victory. The Bobcats opened the scoring in the game's second minute and never looked back, extending their unbeaten streak to 13 games on Saturday night.

Senior TJ Friedmann sparked Quinnipiac's quick start when he banged home a net-front feed from Guus van Nes just one minute and 37 seconds into the game. Oliver Chau earned a secondary assist on the play.

Less than two minutes later, senior Ethan de Jong stuffed a loose puck past the sprawling LIU goaltender to double the lead. Brendan Less took the initial shot from the point after getting a feed from Zach Metsa.

Shortly after the midway point of the period, senior Michael Lombardi tipped in another Less shot for Quinnipiac's third goal. Joey Cipollone assisted on the tally that capped a huge first period for the hosts.

Quinnipiac proceeded to put up two more goals during a 63-second span early in the second period. Griffin Mendel scored from the point with one second left on a power play and Friedmann capped the scoring with his second of the night to seal the 5-0 win.

SCORE
#2/2 Quinnipiac 5, LIU 0

RECORDS
#2/2 Quinnipiac (14-1-3, 5-0-1 ECAC Hockey) | LIU (4-10-3)

LOCATION
People's United Center | Hamden, Conn.

SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1 - 1:37 - QU 1, LIU 0 - TJ Friedmann (4), assisted by Guus van Nes and Oliver Chau
Period 1 - 3:21 - QU 2, LIU 0 - Ethan de Jong (7), assisted by Brendan Less and Zach Metsa
Period 1 - 11:30 - QU 3, LIU 0 - Michael Lombardi (5), assisted by Brendan Less and Joey Cipollone
Period 2 - 1:59 - QU 4, LIU 0 - Griffin Mendel (2, PPG), assisted by Ty Smilanic and Wyatt Bongiovanni
Period 2 - 3:02 - QU 5, LIU 0 - TJ Friedmann (5), assisted by Oliver Chau and Guus van Nes

NOTES

One night after seeing five players post multi-point outings, the team had four such performances on Saturday evening. Two of those players, Chau and Friedmann doubled their efforts with four-point weekends.
11 Quinnipiac players recorded at least a point in the win.
Graduate student goaltender Dylan St. Cyr earned the shutout win for the Bobcats, marking the eighth shutout for the team this season. The NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey record for team shutouts in a season is 12.
Quinnipiac's defense allowed just nine shots on goal in the game, the 13th time this year that an opponent has failed to record 20 shots on goal.
Mendel's power play goal was the seventh man-advantage tally for the Bobcats in the last nine games.

NEXT UP

Quinnipiac wraps up the first half of the season at 14-1-3 overall and will head to a 22-day hiatus for winter break. The Bobcats return to action on Sunday, January 2 as ECAC Hockey play resumes in a home-and-home series with Princeton.
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