Third Period Explosion Seals Third Straight Win, 11th Without a Loss

Saturday, December 4

Schenectady, N.Y. / Messa Rink

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

12-1-3, 5-0-1

Union

5-8-2, 3-4-1

Quinnipiac

Union (NY)

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Third Period Explosion Seals Third Straight Win, 11th Without a Loss

12/4/2021 9:18:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Perets Posts Third Consecutive Shutout

By: QU Athletic Communications

SCHNECTADY, N.Y. – Redshirt junior Guus van Nes scored twice in less than two minutes in the third period to help Quinnipiac to a 4-0 road win at Union on Saturday night. The Bobcats won their third-straight game and improved to 5-0-1 in league play with the victory.

First year goaltender Yaniv Perets posted his third shutout in as many games and his sixth on the year, while lowering his goals against average to 0.86.

Desi Burgart opened the scoring in the second period after Quinnipiac dominated play but was unable to crack Union goaltender Connor Murphy.

The score remained 1-0 until van Nes scored on a wraparound with 11 minutes to play in regulation. On his next shift, Van Nes took a stretch pass from Griffin Mendel and split the defense before scoring on a breakaway.

Sophomore Ty Smilanic scored the final goal of the game with just over five minutes left. The recent U.S. World Junior Preliminary roster selection finished a backhand under the bar after assists from Christophe Fillion and Skyler Brind'Amour.

SCORE
#4/4 Quinnipiac 4, Union 0

RECORDS
#4/4 Quinnipiac (12-1-3, 5-0-1 ECAC Hockey) | Union (5-8-2, 3-4-1 ECAC Hockey)

LOCATION
Messa Rink | Schnectady, N.Y.

SCORING SUMMARY
Period 2 - 12:54 - QU 1, UNION 0 - Desi Burgart (2), assisted by Ethan de Jong and Wyatt Bongiovanni
Period 3 - 8:56 - QU 2, UNION 0 - Guus van Nes (2), assisted by Brendan Less and Oliver Chau
Period 3 - 10:46 - QU 3, UNION 0 - Guus van Nes (3), assisted by Griffin Mendel
Period 3 - 14:50 - QU 4, UNION 0 - Ty Smilanic (8), assisted by Christophe Fillion and Skyler Brind'Amour

NOTES

Perets made 13 saves in the shutout, marking the 11th game this season in which Quinnipiac has allowed less than 20 shots on goal.
Ten different Quinnipiac players recorded at least a point and all but three active players tallied at least one shot on goal in the effort. Bongiovanni attempted 12 shots, putting seven on goal.
Quinnipiac's penalty kill remained stellar, killing all five Union opportunities in the game.
Smilanic reclaims the team lead in goals with his eighth of the season.
Oliver Chau earned an assist to push his career total to 98 points.
Burgart played in his 100th career game tonight, while Mendel recorded game no. 150 (Denver and Quinnipiac)

NEXT UP

The Bobcats' final weekend of 2021 will be a home-and-home with LIU on December 10 and 11. Quinnipiac and LIU will play in Brooklyn on Friday night and Hamden on Saturday.
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