de Jong Tallies Two Third-Period Goals as No. 7 Bobcats Knock Off No. 15 Providence in Final Exhibition Game

Sunday, October 2

Hamden, Conn.

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-0-0

Providence

1-0-0

Providence

Quinnipiac

Ethan de Jong Skates in Defensive Zone with Puck

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de Jong Tallies Two Third-Period Goals as No. 7 Bobcats Knock Off No. 15 Providence in Final Exhibition Game

10/2/2022 8:32:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

HAMDEN, Conn. — Graduate forward Ethan de Jong scored the first two goals of the third period for the Quinnipiac men's hockey program, giving the No. 7 Bobcats all they would need in a 4-2 defeat of No. 15 Providence in the final exhibition game of the 2022-23 campaign.

He scored just 23 seconds into the third on the power play to give Quinnipiac a 3-1 advantage at the time, a tally that would prove to be the game winner. Insurance came 4:06 later, when he slapped home a dish from Cristophe Tellier from in front of the net.

Anthony Cipollone and CJ McGee also added tallies for the Bobcats who scored four goals for the second consecutive night.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 4, Providence 2

LOCATION
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.

SCORING SUMMARY

(09:40, 1st period, EV) - Quinnipiac 1, Providence 0: Anthony Cipollone spun off the boards and fired high to the goalie's blocker side and the puck deflected high over the goalie and found its way into the net.
(04:43, 2nd period, EV) - Quinnipiac 2, Providence 0: For the second consecutive night, CJ McGee went high to the glove side to find the net and double the Bobcats' advantage.
(13:46, 2nd period, EV) - Quinnipiac 2, Providence 1: Riley Duran skated through the neutral zone and over the blue line before snapping a shot that snuck between the blocker and the sweater of Yaniv Perets to cut the deficit to one.
(00:23, 3rd period, PP) - Quinnipiac 3, Providence 1: De Jong's first of the day came set up perfectly, as Zach Metsa and Christophe Tellier combined on 1-2 passing to allow the graduate forward to one-time the puck home high over the blocker.
(04:29, 3rd period, PP) - Quinnipiac 4, Providence 1: De Jong again was the beneficiary of great passing, as Collin Graf won the puck along the boards and slid it all the way across the face of goal, where Tellier was waiting to pass between the legs of the Providence defender and give de Jong an open net.
(19:45, 3rd period, EV) - Quinnipiac 4, Providence 2: Jarsolav Chmelar was able to crash the net off the feed from Jamie Engelbert and beat Perets at the far pipe.

STATS AND NOTES

After a pair of goals on the man-advantage today, the Bobcats finished the weekend 3-for-9 on the power play.
de Jong had a pair of goals to his name today and has two such performances this season. He had a hat trick on Nov. 20 of last season and a two-goal night against the same squad during the 2018-19 campaign.
Entering the season with two career goals, McGee scored in both contests this weekend.
Zach Metsa continued to show his offensive prowess from the blue line, recording an assist for the second consecutive day. He has 48 over his last two seasons with 27 a year ago and 21 during the 2020-21 campaign.

UP NEXT
Quinnipiac opens regular season play on Friday night, taking on Boston College at 7 p.m., at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The squad's home opener is two days later when they take on LIU at 2 p.m. at M&T Bank Arena.

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