No. 5 Bobcats Hit Road as Brown, Yale Await

The Weekend:

Friday, Nov. 11 | 7:00 PM EST
No. 5 Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-1-2) vs. Brown Bears (1-2-1)
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Saturday, Nov. 12 | 7:00 PM EST
No. 5 Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-1-2) vs. Yale Bulldogs (1-3-0)
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HAMDEN, Conn. — The No. 5 Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey program hits the road starting tomorrow night, taking on a pair of local rivals as it looks to extend its winning streak. The Bobcats head to Brown for a Friday night matchup in Providence before rivalry Saturday in New Haven, battling Yale.

Both puck drops are slated for 7 p.m.

SCOUTING BROWN

The Bears enter the weekend with one win in their first four games, the 2-1 triumph over Yale at Meehan Auditorium on Halloween weekend.
They are coming off a 5-2 defeat at the hands of Harvard on Friday and a 2-2 tie with Dartmouth on Saturday, falling in the shootout.
Four different players have multiple points in the first four games, with Bradley Cocca, Nathan Plessis, Cole Quisenberry and Matt Sutton entering the third weekend of the year with two points. Sutton has a pair of assists, while the other three have a goal and assist each to their name.
Mathieu Caron has played all 244:49 available to Brown netminders, currently boasting a 2.45 goals-against average and .916 save percentage.
Brown is looking for its first home win against the Bobcats since the 2013-14 season, a 4-2 triumph. Brown is unbeaten in the last four meetings but won three of four before that.

SCOUTING YALE

The Bulldogs opened ECAC play with a 2-0 victory over Brown on Oct. 29, but have dropped three in a row by a total score of 12-1 entering this weekend. After the loss at Brown the following day, Yale dropped a 6-0 decision at Dartmouth before falling to Harvard 4-0.
David Chen, Briggs Gammill and Connor Sullivan all stand atop the team leaderboard with two points each. Chen has provided a pair of helpers, while Gammill and Sullivan have a goal and assist to their name.
Nathan Reid started both games against Brown, as well as the Harvard matchup, currently sitting with a 2.03 goals-against average and .926 save percentage in 177:27 of action between the pipes. Connor Hopkins made the start against Dartmouth, making 20 saves on 26 shots on net.
Spanning back to the 2021-22 season, the Bulldogs have won three games in a row at Ingalls Rink entering the weekend but have not beaten the Bobcats since Feb. 9, 2018, a matchup also held in New Haven.

J-QUILLAN

Sophomore forward Jacob Quillan has taken off in his second season with the Bobcats, already matching his 2021-22 point output with nine on the current campaign. He also has four goals on the year, double what he totaled a season ago.
His multi-goal game on Saturday against Cornell was the first of his collegiate career and his fourth multi-point contest, three of which have come this season.

EXPERIENCE

The Bobcats have one of the most experienced rosters in the country, with four players inside the Top 15 among active career leaders in appearances.
Ethan de Jong currently sits at 151 appearances, good for second in the country, tied with Bowling Green's Alex Barber. The same squad's Taylor Schneider enters the weekend with 156 career appearances, the most in the country.
For the Bobcats, Jacob Nordqvist (145), Zach Metsa (144) and Michael Lombardi (142) all sit inside the Top 15. They combine to make Quinnipiac the only school in the country to have four inside the Top 15 in appearances.

A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN

Graduate forward Ethan de Jong is atop the national leaderboards, sitting with 112 career points, seven better than Penn State's Ashton Calder, who currently sits at 105.
The forward also has 151 games played, which is good for second in the country.

SHUTTIN' IT DOWN (AND OUT)

Sophomore Yaniv Perets is in a league of his own, currently leading the country among active players with 13 in 41 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 six shy of the program's career record, set by Michael Garteig (19).

PICKED TO THREE-PEAT

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.

OH CAPTAIN, OUR CAPTAIN

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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