Fawcett Scores Twice in 4-1 Win Over St. Lawrence

Friday, February 5

Hamden, Conn.

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

11-5-3

St. Lawrence

4-5-2

St. Lawrence

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

2/5/2021 7:41:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

#11/12 Men's Ice Hockey Scores Three Goals in Second Period En Route to Win

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – The No. 11/12 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team scored three goals in the second period Friday evening as the Bobcats skated past the St. Lawrence Saints, 3-1, at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena.

Matthew Fawcett (Lincoln, Rhode Island) led the way with his first career two-goal game as he scored two of the Bobcats three goals in the second period onslaught as he tipped a shot from Logan Britt (Crystal Lake, Illinois) for the first goal of the game before tipping home another shot on a breakaway five-and-a-half minutes later.

Britt, Fawcett, Ethan de Jong (North Vancouver, British Columbia) and Michael Lombardi (Barrington, Rhode Island) each tallied two point games for the Bobcats as de Jong and Lombardi each had a goal and an assist, while Britt had a pair of assists.

Lombardi's goal stands as the game-winner as he displayed some nifty stick work after making a nice forehand-backhand move as he skated across the crease before roofing the puck with a backhander past St. Lawrence goaltender Emil Zetterquist.

Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) was stellar between the pipes as he turned away shot after shot for the Bobcats. He finished the game with 30 saves on 31 shots, including 13 in the second period as the Bobcats jumped on the Saints for three goals on the other end of the ice.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 4, St. Lawrence 1

RECORDS
#11/12 Quinnipiac (11-5-3, 5-3-3 ECAC Hockey) | St. Lawrence (4-5-2, 4-5-2 ECAC Hockey)

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

SCORING SUMMARY

(10:15, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 1, St. Lawrence 0: Fawcett put the Bobcats on top just past the midway point of the second period as Britt fired the puck from the point off a feed from Lombardi and Fawcett redirected the puck so it trickled past Zetterquist over the goal line for his second of the season.
(12:31, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 2, St. Lawrence 0: Just over two minutes later, Lombardi scored a goal of his own on a breakaway as Iivari Räsänen (Tampere, Finland) started a breakout from behind the Bobcats goal and hit Ethan Leyh (Anmore, British Columbia) with a pass in the neutral zone. Leyh tapped it to Lombardi who carried it down the left side of the ice before going forehand-backhand and roofing the goal.
(15:47, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 3, St. Lawrence 0: Fawcett added a second goal with less than five minutes remaining in the second period as Desi Burgart (North Vancouver, British Columbia) carried the puck into the offensive zone and stopped along the boards just past the blue line. He surveyed the ice and waited as Fawcett streaked down the slot before putting a pass right on Fawcett's tape where he tipped the puck past Zetterquist.
(10:24, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 3, St. Lawrence 1: St. Lawrence got a goal back at the midway point of the third period after a faceoff win in the offensive zone from Cameron Buhl back to Tim Makowski. Makowski fired a pass to Buhl who tried to backhand a shot but was hooked and the rebound went to Greg LaPointe on the backdoor for the rebound goal.
(18:33, 3^rd period – EN) – Quinnipiac 4, St. Lawrence 1: Britt blocked a St. Lawrence shot and cleared the puck out to the Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) who skated and past it to de Jong on his right. de Jong skated a few strides over the ride line before sliding it into the empty net.

NOTES

Lombardi recorded his second two-point game of the season and of his career with a goal and an assist on Friday
His goal was his first since the season-opener against Sacred Heart on Dec. 14
Lombardi now has scored 11 goals in his Quinnipiac career, along with 10 assists, for 21 points
Fawcett also recorded his first career two-goal and game second two-point game with his pair of tallies on Friday
He previously had a goal and an assist against Sacred Heart on Dec. 14 before adding his two goals to give him three on the season.
Britt continues to break out offensively as he recorded the first multi-point game of his career with a pair of assists.
He has career-highs with two goals, three assists and five points in 2020-21.
de Jong extended his point streak to three games with a goal and an assist to give him four points over that span.
His goal was his ninth of the season, tied for 14^th in the nation and ranks second on the team behind Ty Smilanic (Denver, Colorado).
de Jong now has four multi-point games this season and 11 in his career.
Tufto recorded his nation-leading 25^th assist and 29^th point on de Jong's empty-netter to pick up points in back-to-back games.
He is one point away from becoming the first Bobcat since Matthew Peca '15 to record four consecutive 30-point seasons and just the fourth in Division I program history to do so (Bryan Leitch '09, Brian Herbert '03).
Tufto remains third in program history with 115 assists behind Leitch's 116 and Cashman's 125.
Tufto is also just the eighth player in program history, and third at the Division I level, to record 150 points in a career.
Petruzzelli made 30 saves Friday night for just his fourth 30-save game of the season.
He lowered his GAA to an ECAC-Hockey leading 1.75 and raised his save percentage to .931, the second-best in the conference.
Petruzzelli also recorded the 45^th win of his career to pass JC Wells '01 for the fifth in Division I program history.
Burgart recorded his third assist of the season on Fawcett's goal for his first point since Jan. 15 at Colgate.
He now has 11 points on the season.
Leyh picked up his sixth assist of the season and seventh point after getting the primary helper on Lombardi's goal.
Räsänen tallied his second point of the season, and second in as many home games, as he started the breakout on Lombardi's goal.

NEXT GAME

Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence finish off the weekend series Saturday evening with puck drop set for 4 p.m. at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena.
Saturday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ in the United States and Internationally on Stretch Internet.
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