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#9 Bobcats Set to Face RPI on the Road Tuesday
2/14/2022 9:23:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
HAMDEN, Conn. - The No. 9 Quinnipiac Bobcats are set to play on game on the road at RPI on Tuesday, Feb. 15. The Bobcats are coming off a 2-0 weekend on the road at Dartmouth and No. 6/6 Harvard.
Last Time Out
The Bobcats traveled to Hanover, N.H., to take the Dartmouth Big Green on Feb. 11. Quinnipiac defeated Dartmouth by a score of 7-2, which was the highest scoring game for the team since Oct. 1, 2021, when the Bobcats beat LIU, 9-1. Three different Bobcats tallied two goals and 10 skaters recorded at least one point in the win. Sadie Peart and Alexa Hoskin led the team with four points each, which is a career-high for both junior forwards. Lexie Adzija, Maya Labad and Peart all scored twice.
On Saturday, Feb.12, Quinnipiac traveled to Cambridge, Mass., to take on No. 6/6 Harvard. The Crimson took a 1-0 lead early in the first period, but the Bobcats controlled the rest of the game. Maddy Samoskevich scored a power play goal five minutes into the second period to tie the game. Later, Olivia Mobley netted the eventual game-winning goal to give Quinnipiac a 2-1 lead. The Bobcats would hold off the Crimson for the rest of the game, outshooting Harvard 37-24, and took the 2-1 win home.
Scouting RPI
The Bobcats will play the Engineers on Tuesday, Feb. 15 as a re-scheduled game from earlier in January. RPI holds a 9-20 overall record with a 5-14 ECAC Hockey record. The Engineers are coming off a 0-2 weekend at Cornell and Colgate. At this point in the season, the Engineers did not qualify for the ECAC Hockey playoffs.
Marah Wagner leads the team with 12 points on six goals and six assists. She is the only Engineer with double-digit points. In the net, Amanda Rampado played in all 29 games for RPI. She has tallied 64 goals against.
All-Time vs the Engineers
The Bobcats hold a 22-13-2 overall record against RPI. The Engineers and Bobcats last met on Nov. 6 at home, and Quinnipiac came away with the 1-0 win. Quinnipiac has won four-straight games against RPI since Feb. 15, 2019.
A Look at the Standings
Quinnipiac sits in fourth in the ECAC Hockey standings through 19 games played with 39 points. Yale jumped to the first-place spot tallying six-straight wins since Jan. 30. Harvard is two points behind Yale in second, followed by Clarkson, Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence. Colgate, Cornell and Princeton make up the last three spots for the ECAC Playoff picture.
Team Stats
Quinnipiac is averaging just 4.90 penalty minutes per game, which is ranked the fourth lowest in the country behind St. Thomas, UConn and Wisconsin. The Bobcats' average of 4.90 penalty minutes is the lowest in ECAC Hockey through the season so far. The Bobcats are also ranked tenth in the nation with 157 assists this season. In addition, Quinnipiac is ranked fifth in scoring defense, averaging 1.58 goals against per game. With help from stellar goaltending from Corinne Schroeder and Logan Angers, the Bobcats are tied for fourth in the nation with seven team shutouts.
Bobcats in the Net
Graduate student Corinne Schroder and redshirt junior Logan Angers were both named to the 2022 National Goalie of the Year Award Watch List. Angers has recorded a 1.48 goals against average, which is ranked eighth in the nation. In addition, Angers has recorded just one loss this season with a 0.885 winning percentage, which is ranked first in the nation. Schroeder is ranked ninth in the country in goals against average (1.53) and fifth in save percentage (.942).
Mobes Making It Happen
Olivia Mobley is leading the team with 13 goals this season on 23 points. She has tallied four game-winning goals with three power play goals and one short-handed goal. She is +11 on the season and has scored six points against top-ten opponents this season.
Comparing the PairWise
Quinnipiac is ranked eighth in the USCHO's PairWise Rankings with a 0.592 RPI. Yale leads the conference in fifth place. Five different ECAC Hockey teams are ranked in the top ten in the PairWise Rankings.
On the Board
Peart leads the Bobcats with a career-high 27 points on 10 goals and 17 assists. Lexie Adzija is ranked second with 24 points. Adzija and Peart lead the team with 17 assists.. Peart and Mobley have both tallied four game-winning goals each. As a team, Quinnipiac has scored 95 goals this season, which ranks 10th in the country.
Faceoff Queen
Senior Lexie Adzija has consistently been one of the best in the country in faceoff wins. She is ranked second in the nation with 420 wins. She is second in the country with a 63% faceoff winning percentage.
Scoring All Around
The Bobcats are ranked 10th in country with 157 assists this season as a team and are ranked 10th in the nation in goals with 95. Thirteen different Bobcats have tallied double-digit points this season. In addition, Adzija leads the team with a +22 on-ice rating. Two different Bobcats have recorded a team-high four game-winning goals. Kate Reilly and Olivia Mobley lead the team with three power play goals.
Bobcats on the Power Play
Quinnipiac tallied two power play goals against Dartmouth and one power play goal against No. 6/6 Harvard this past weekend. The Bobcats are 10-0 this season when scoring a power play goal.
National Polls
Quinnipiac holds the No. 9/9 spots in the USCHO Poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. The Bobcats have spent 18 straight weeks in the top ten.
Top Ten Opponents
Quinnipiac has faced seven other teams this season who were also ranked in the top ten at the time. The Bobcats hold a 4-4-3 record this season against other ranked opponents, including No. 1/1 Wisconsin. The Bobcats have played in seven games in 2022 against teams ranked in the top ten, and this weekend Quinnipiac will face off against No. 6 Yale.
First-Year Bobcats
The Bobcats will welcome six first years to the team and are excited to see their immediate impacts on the ice. Maya Labad (Montreal, Quebec) and Ann-Frédérik Naud (Montreal, Quebec) join the team with Hockey Canada experience and a dynamic duo mentality. The two Canadians have played hockey together since they were little and will look to bring their familiarity and cohesiveness to the ice on offense. Veronica Bac comes to Hamden from Huntley, Ill., and was a member of the Chicago mission team. Kate Helgeson is a forward hailing from Roseau High School in Roseau, Minn. Mallory Mauracher and Mia Lopata complete the first-year group, and come from Dublin, Ohio and Clinton, N.Y., respectively.
Two Transfers Join the Squad
Fifth-year graduate student Corinne Schroeder and junior Jessica Schryver transferred to Quinnipiac during the offseason. Schroeder joins the Bobcats after a decorated career at Boston University. With the Terries, Schroeder tallied a 1.98 goals against average and a .929 save percentage, which were both BU program records. She recorded eight shutouts through 91 career games played. She was named Hockey East Second Team All-Star (2019-20), Third Team All-Star (2018-19), All-Rookie Team, All-Academic Team, Goaltender of the Month (Oct. 2019, Dec. 2018) and Defensive Player of the Week (seven times) while playing for BU. Schryver comes to Hamden from Northeaster, who played in the National Championship game this past season. While playing for the Huskies, Schryver played in 35 games, recording six goals and 19 assists. She led all Northeastern first years with 19 assists in 2019-20.
Last Time Out
The Bobcats traveled to Hanover, N.H., to take the Dartmouth Big Green on Feb. 11. Quinnipiac defeated Dartmouth by a score of 7-2, which was the highest scoring game for the team since Oct. 1, 2021, when the Bobcats beat LIU, 9-1. Three different Bobcats tallied two goals and 10 skaters recorded at least one point in the win. Sadie Peart and Alexa Hoskin led the team with four points each, which is a career-high for both junior forwards. Lexie Adzija, Maya Labad and Peart all scored twice.
On Saturday, Feb.12, Quinnipiac traveled to Cambridge, Mass., to take on No. 6/6 Harvard. The Crimson took a 1-0 lead early in the first period, but the Bobcats controlled the rest of the game. Maddy Samoskevich scored a power play goal five minutes into the second period to tie the game. Later, Olivia Mobley netted the eventual game-winning goal to give Quinnipiac a 2-1 lead. The Bobcats would hold off the Crimson for the rest of the game, outshooting Harvard 37-24, and took the 2-1 win home.
Scouting RPI
The Bobcats will play the Engineers on Tuesday, Feb. 15 as a re-scheduled game from earlier in January. RPI holds a 9-20 overall record with a 5-14 ECAC Hockey record. The Engineers are coming off a 0-2 weekend at Cornell and Colgate. At this point in the season, the Engineers did not qualify for the ECAC Hockey playoffs.
Marah Wagner leads the team with 12 points on six goals and six assists. She is the only Engineer with double-digit points. In the net, Amanda Rampado played in all 29 games for RPI. She has tallied 64 goals against.
All-Time vs the Engineers
The Bobcats hold a 22-13-2 overall record against RPI. The Engineers and Bobcats last met on Nov. 6 at home, and Quinnipiac came away with the 1-0 win. Quinnipiac has won four-straight games against RPI since Feb. 15, 2019.
A Look at the Standings
Quinnipiac sits in fourth in the ECAC Hockey standings through 19 games played with 39 points. Yale jumped to the first-place spot tallying six-straight wins since Jan. 30. Harvard is two points behind Yale in second, followed by Clarkson, Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence. Colgate, Cornell and Princeton make up the last three spots for the ECAC Playoff picture.
Team Stats
Quinnipiac is averaging just 4.90 penalty minutes per game, which is ranked the fourth lowest in the country behind St. Thomas, UConn and Wisconsin. The Bobcats' average of 4.90 penalty minutes is the lowest in ECAC Hockey through the season so far. The Bobcats are also ranked tenth in the nation with 157 assists this season. In addition, Quinnipiac is ranked fifth in scoring defense, averaging 1.58 goals against per game. With help from stellar goaltending from Corinne Schroeder and Logan Angers, the Bobcats are tied for fourth in the nation with seven team shutouts.
Bobcats in the Net
Graduate student Corinne Schroder and redshirt junior Logan Angers were both named to the 2022 National Goalie of the Year Award Watch List. Angers has recorded a 1.48 goals against average, which is ranked eighth in the nation. In addition, Angers has recorded just one loss this season with a 0.885 winning percentage, which is ranked first in the nation. Schroeder is ranked ninth in the country in goals against average (1.53) and fifth in save percentage (.942).
Mobes Making It Happen
Olivia Mobley is leading the team with 13 goals this season on 23 points. She has tallied four game-winning goals with three power play goals and one short-handed goal. She is +11 on the season and has scored six points against top-ten opponents this season.
Comparing the PairWise
Quinnipiac is ranked eighth in the USCHO's PairWise Rankings with a 0.592 RPI. Yale leads the conference in fifth place. Five different ECAC Hockey teams are ranked in the top ten in the PairWise Rankings.
On the Board
Peart leads the Bobcats with a career-high 27 points on 10 goals and 17 assists. Lexie Adzija is ranked second with 24 points. Adzija and Peart lead the team with 17 assists.. Peart and Mobley have both tallied four game-winning goals each. As a team, Quinnipiac has scored 95 goals this season, which ranks 10th in the country.
Faceoff Queen
Senior Lexie Adzija has consistently been one of the best in the country in faceoff wins. She is ranked second in the nation with 420 wins. She is second in the country with a 63% faceoff winning percentage.
Scoring All Around
The Bobcats are ranked 10th in country with 157 assists this season as a team and are ranked 10th in the nation in goals with 95. Thirteen different Bobcats have tallied double-digit points this season. In addition, Adzija leads the team with a +22 on-ice rating. Two different Bobcats have recorded a team-high four game-winning goals. Kate Reilly and Olivia Mobley lead the team with three power play goals.
Bobcats on the Power Play
Quinnipiac tallied two power play goals against Dartmouth and one power play goal against No. 6/6 Harvard this past weekend. The Bobcats are 10-0 this season when scoring a power play goal.
National Polls
Quinnipiac holds the No. 9/9 spots in the USCHO Poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. The Bobcats have spent 18 straight weeks in the top ten.
Top Ten Opponents
Quinnipiac has faced seven other teams this season who were also ranked in the top ten at the time. The Bobcats hold a 4-4-3 record this season against other ranked opponents, including No. 1/1 Wisconsin. The Bobcats have played in seven games in 2022 against teams ranked in the top ten, and this weekend Quinnipiac will face off against No. 6 Yale.
First-Year Bobcats
The Bobcats will welcome six first years to the team and are excited to see their immediate impacts on the ice. Maya Labad (Montreal, Quebec) and Ann-Frédérik Naud (Montreal, Quebec) join the team with Hockey Canada experience and a dynamic duo mentality. The two Canadians have played hockey together since they were little and will look to bring their familiarity and cohesiveness to the ice on offense. Veronica Bac comes to Hamden from Huntley, Ill., and was a member of the Chicago mission team. Kate Helgeson is a forward hailing from Roseau High School in Roseau, Minn. Mallory Mauracher and Mia Lopata complete the first-year group, and come from Dublin, Ohio and Clinton, N.Y., respectively.
Two Transfers Join the Squad
Fifth-year graduate student Corinne Schroeder and junior Jessica Schryver transferred to Quinnipiac during the offseason. Schroeder joins the Bobcats after a decorated career at Boston University. With the Terries, Schroeder tallied a 1.98 goals against average and a .929 save percentage, which were both BU program records. She recorded eight shutouts through 91 career games played. She was named Hockey East Second Team All-Star (2019-20), Third Team All-Star (2018-19), All-Rookie Team, All-Academic Team, Goaltender of the Month (Oct. 2019, Dec. 2018) and Defensive Player of the Week (seven times) while playing for BU. Schryver comes to Hamden from Northeaster, who played in the National Championship game this past season. While playing for the Huskies, Schryver played in 35 games, recording six goals and 19 assists. She led all Northeastern first years with 19 assists in 2019-20.
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