Cipollone Records Two Points as #10/11 Bobcats Fall to Colgate, 4-3

Saturday, March 6

Hamden, Conn.

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

17-6-4, 10-4-4

Colgate

6-10-5, 5-9-4

Colgate

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Cipollone Records Two Points as #10/11 Bobcats Fall to Colgate, 4-3

3/6/2021 7:47:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Men's Ice Hockey's Eight-Game Unbeaten Streak Snapped in Regular Season Finale

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Joey Cipollone (Purchase, New York) had a goal and an assist to lead the No. 10/11 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team Saturday evening but the Bobcats came up short in the regular season finale with the Colgate Raiders, 4-3.

It was a thrilling fight to the finish as the Bobcats and Raiders battled throughout the second and third period to battle for the lead.

After the Bobcats took a 1-0 advantage into the first intermission on Cipollone's second goal of the season, Nick Anderson scored 1:43 into the second period to tie the game.

Griffin Lunn gave the Raiders a 2-1 lead late in the second period but the Bobcats answered back with their second power-play goal of the game. Ethan de Jong (North Vancouver, British Columbia) did his signature spin on a dime on top of the crease off a feed from Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) to bury a power-play goal. de Jong is tied for the team lead with 14 goals and leads the way with eight on the power play.

Tyler Jeanson would not be outdone for Colgate in the second period as he backhanded home a rebound for his first of the season to take the lead into the intermission.

TJ Friedmann (St. Louis, Missouri) tied the game once again for the Bobcats with 12:02 left in the third period off a nice centering feed from Joe O'Connor (Hamden, Connecticut) and tapped home the tying goal.

Colgate's Carter Gylander and Quinnipiac's Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) each came up with big save after big save in the third period - 14 and 12 saves in the period, respectively - but Josh McKechney banged home a rebound off a Nick Austin shot from the point with 2:49 to go in regulation to win it for the Raiders.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3, Colgate 4

RECORDS
#10/11 Quinnipiac (17-6-4, 10-4-4 ECAC Hockey) | Colgate (6-10-5, 5-9-4 ECAC Hockey)

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

SCORING SUMMARY

(8:59, 1st period – PP) – Quinnipiac 1, Colgate 0: The Bobcats got on the board first for the second straight night with the Raiders as Desi Burgart (North Vancouver, British Columbia) carried the puck up the left boards before sliding a pass to Guus van Nes (Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands) on his right who immediately center the puck for Cipollone where he beat Gylander on the odd-man rush.
(1:43, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 1, Colgate 1: Anderson tied the game for the Raiders early in the third period. After Colgate won a battle in the corner, the puck was played out to Pierson Brandon at the left point and he played it across to Anderson where he skated in and sniped the puck top shelf.
(13:49, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 1, Colgate 2: The Raiders took a 2-1 lead with just over six minutes left in the second period as Colgate started the rush from the defensive zone and Lunn carried the puck into the offensive zone and circled the net to beat Petruzzelli with the wraparound attempt.
(18:44, 2^nd period – PP) – Quinnipiac 2, Colgate 2: de Jong scored once again on the power play with 1:16 to go in the second period as Zach Metsa (Delafield, Wisconsin) played the puck to Tufto on the left wing who dumped it down to de Jong on top of the crease where he spun and roofed the puck past Gylander.
(19:53.8, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 2, Colgate 3: Jeanson answered the call with 6.2 seconds left in the second period to give the Raiders the lead once again as Brandon fired a shot on goal that was saved by Petruzzelli and Jeanson was on the doorstep to backhand the rebound home.
(7:58, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 3, Colgate 3: Cipollone carried the puck up the right wing and hit O'Connor on his left with a pass before O'Connor put the puck on net for Friedmann who tapped the puck through Gylander with his momentum to tie the game.
(17:11, 3^rd period – PP) – Quinnipiac 3, Colgate 4: Nick Austin fired a shot on goal from the point that was saved by Petruzzelli but the juicy rebound kicked out to McKechney next to the goal and he pounced to put home the puck to take the lead for good.

NOTES

de Jong is tied for the team lead, and sixth in the nation, with his 14^th goal of the season Saturday
The junior's goal was also his eighth on the power play, moving back into a tie for the most power-play goals in the nation
de Jong takes a six-game point streak into the playoffs, as well as points in 10 of his last 11 games.
He has career-highs with 14 goals and 28 points.
Cipollone recorded his third two-point game of the season, with all three coming against the Raiders.
His goal was his second as a Bobcat and now has two goals and five assists for seven points.
Friedmann connected for his third goal of the season Saturday night, and now has scored in two of his last three games against Colgate.
Friedmann has seven goals in his career
Tufto extended his point streak to six games with an assist against the Raiders, maintain his national lead with 38 assists while his 44 points are just two shy of Cole Caufield for the national lead.
Tufto is the first Bobcat with at least 44 points in a season since Sam Anas '16 had 50 points in and Travis St. Denis '16 had 49 points in 2015-16.
Tufto now has 165 points in his career, just four away from tying Bryan Leitch '09 and Brian Herbert '03 for the most in Division I program history.
Metsa got back on the scoresheet with an assist Saturday night for his 20^th of the season, reaching the 20-assist mark for the first time in his career
He now has 20 assists and 25 points after recording points in six of his last seven games.
van Nes recorded his first assists since a three-helper game at Colgate on Feb. 13.
He now has a career-high 12 assists and 14 points in the 2020-21 season
Burgart picked up his sixth assist of the season as he continues to rack up a career-high in points, up to 16 after Saturday's game.
He is sixth on the team in points.
O'Connor picked up his second assist and third point of the season with his helper on Friedmann's tying goal.
O'Connor has points in two of the last three games he has dressed for the Bobcats.

NEXT GAME

The Bobcats will take on Colgate once again in two weeks in the ECAC Hockey Semifinals on March 18 in Hamden at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena.
That semifinal matchup will be broadcast live on ESPN+ in the United States and Internationally on Stretch Internet.
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