Friday, October 14
Grand Forks, N.D. / Ralph Engelstad Arena
8:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM CST
Quinnipiac University
at
North Dakota
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No. 7/8 Bobcats Head Northwest for Big Weekend at No. 3 North Dakota
10/13/2022 9:06:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
The Series: No. 7/8 Quinnipiac Bobcats (1-0-1) at No. 3 North Dakota Fighting Hawks (2-0-0)
Ralph Engelstad Arena | Grand Forks, N.D.
Game 1: Friday, Oct. 14 | 8:00 PM EST (7:00 PM CST)
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Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 15 | 7:00 PM EST (6:00 PM CST)
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Game Notes: Quinnipiac | North Dakota
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — In a highly-anticipated, non-conference weekend the No. 7/8 Quinnpiac men's hockey team heads Northwest to take on No. 3 North Dakota on Friday and Saturday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
Both teams enter the series undefeated, as the Bobcats have a win over Boston College and tie with LIU under their belt to begin the 2022-23 regular season campaign. North Dakota swept Holy Cross at home last weekend to start its season.
SCOUTING NORTH DAKOTA
Ralph Engelstad Arena | Grand Forks, N.D.
Game 1: Friday, Oct. 14 | 8:00 PM EST (7:00 PM CST)
Watch: NCHC.tv
Live Stats: Click Here
Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 15 | 7:00 PM EST (6:00 PM CST)
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Live Stats: Click Here
Game Notes: Quinnipiac | North Dakota
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — In a highly-anticipated, non-conference weekend the No. 7/8 Quinnpiac men's hockey team heads Northwest to take on No. 3 North Dakota on Friday and Saturday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
Both teams enter the series undefeated, as the Bobcats have a win over Boston College and tie with LIU under their belt to begin the 2022-23 regular season campaign. North Dakota swept Holy Cross at home last weekend to start its season.
SCOUTING NORTH DAKOTA
- The Fighting Hawks knocked off Holy Cross by 6-0 and 4-1 finals to start its home slate.
- They struck four times in a 4:20 span in the first on Friday night, creating an early advantage they would not give up. Drew DeRidder stopped all 27 shots on his net for his first shutout in a North Dakota uniform.
- Saturday, Gavin Hain scored two of the four as the Fighting Hawks took home the 4-1 victory. Jakob Hellsten turned away 19 of 20 shots in the victory.
- North Dakota swept an Atlantic Hockey team for the third consecutive season outside of the 2020-21 NCHC pod, as they knocked off Canisius (2019-20), Niagara (2021-22) and Holy Cross (2022-23).
- Graduate forward Ethan de Jong enters the 2022-23 campaign as part of elite company, sitting as one of two active players with 100 career points.
- Fast-forward a week into the year, he sits second in that category with 106 to his name, tallying 43 goals and 63 assists. He is nine behind New Hampshire's Ryan Black, who has 115, and four ahead of Penn State's Ashton Calder who currently has 102.
- Sophomore Yaniv Perets is in a league of his own, currently leading the country among active players with 12 in 34 appearances during his college career.
- Perets broke the program's single-season shutouts record, becoming the first person ever to reach double digits in that category with 11. He is eight shy of the program's career record, set by Michael Garteig (19).
- Union transfer Collin Graf recorded his first goal with the Bobcats on Sunday afternoon, a power-play tally that got his squad on the board against LIU.
- He finished the 2021-22 campaign second on the Union team in points with 22, tallying 11 goals and 11 assists. All three marks were good for second on the squad.
- After securing its sixth in program history, the Bobcats were picked to three-peat and win the Cleary Cup once again, according to the ECAC Coaches' Poll, announced by the league office on Sept. 21.
- The squad received eight of a possible 12 first-place votes, securing 118 total points. They finished nine points ahead of second-place Harvard, who secured the other four selections to top the league.
- Captain Zach Metsa and sophomore goaltender Yaniv Perets were selected to the ECAC Men's Preseason All-League team as well. Metsa ranked second in the nation for assists by a defenseman in 2021-22, while Perets finished No. 1 nationally in goals-against average and shutouts.
- Graduate defender Zach Metsa was named the 2022-23 team captain by head coach Rand Pecknold in July and is the 49th captain in program history, succeeding Wyatt Bongiovanni, who served as the captain during the 2021-22 campaign.
- Quinnipiac's three assistant captains will be Desi Burgart, Ethan de Jong and Michael Lombardi, as finalized by Pecknold on Sept. 1.
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