Burgart Scores Game Winner in 2OT Thriller

Saturday, March 12

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

30-5-3

St. Lawrence

11-19-7

OT 1

OT 2

St. Lawrence

Quinnipiac

Team Mobs Desi Burgart after 2OT Game Winner against Saint Lawrence

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

3/12/2022 11:43:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Bobcats Sweep ECAC Quarterfinals, Advance to Lake Placid

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Senior Desi Burgart banked home a backhander at 9:09 of the second overtime period to lift top-seeded Quinnipiac to a dramatic 4-3 victory over St. Lawrence in Game Two of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Saturday night. With the win, the Bobcats sweep the series and advance to the ECAC Semifinals in Lake Placid, NY next weekend.

Burgart tracked a rebound of an off-target shot by Griffin Mendel and backhanded it in off the pad of a sprawling Emil Zetterquist for the game winner. The Bobcats trailed 3-1 in the third period before rallying to tie the game with two goals in less than four minutes.

Aleksi Peltonen opened the scoring with a first period tally that sent the Saints to the first intermission with the 1-0 lead. Mendel scored his third goal of the series at 14:37 of the second period to knot things at 1-1 leading into the final frame.

The Saints came out of the locker room hot, scoring twice in the first 3:32 of the third and shocking the People's United Center with a two-goal edge. The Quinnipiac comeback started with a Brendan Less power play goal from the point and was completed when Skyler Brind'Amour deflected a Jayden Lee shot past Zetterquist, sending the home crowd into a frenzy.

Both teams had numerous chances in both overtimes until Burgart ended it with his clutch tally.
SCORE #1 Quinnipiac 4, #8 St. Lawrence 3 (2OT) RECORDS #5/5 Quinnipiac (30-5-3) | St. Lawrence (11-19-7) LOCATION People's United Center | Hamden, Conn.
SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 - 14:09 - QU 0, SLU 1 - Aleksi Peltonen (4), assisted by Luc Salem and David Jankowski
Period 2 - 14:37 - QU 1, SLU 1 - Griffin Mendel (5), assisted by Skyler Brind'Amour
Period 2 - 1:42 - QU 1, SLU 2 - Jordan Steinmetz (5), assisted by Chris Pappas and Philippe Chapleau
Period 3 - 3:32 - QU 1, SLU 3 - Josh Boyer (3), assisted by Philippe Chapleau and Tim Makowski
Period 3 - 7:41 - QU 2, SLU 3 - Brendan Less (3, PPG), assisted by Griffin Mendel and Michael Lombardi
Period 3 - 11:20 - QU 3, SLU 3 - Skyler Brind'Amour (3), assisted by Jayden Lee and Iivari Rasanen
Period 5 - 9:09 - QU 4, SLU 3 - Desi Burgart (7, GWG), assisted by Griffin Mendel and Zach Metsa

NOTES

The win is Quinnipiac's 30th of the season, marking the program's third 30th-win season in the last 10 years. Quinnipiac becomes the only program in league history to compile three 30+ win seasons.
Mendel recorded three points in tonight's win and five in the series to lead all scorers on both teams.
Yaniv Perets made 31 saves, while his counterpart, Zetterquist, made 40.
The Saints outpaced the Bobcats in the faceoff circle, 49-35, in game two after getting trounced in the category last night.
The Bobcats attempted 117 shots and had 36 blocked by the St. Lawrence defensive effort.

NEXT UP
Quinnipiac advances to the ECAC Hockey semifinals in Lake Placid next weekend. Clarkson has already claimed its spot in the semifinals while two other series will play Game Three tomorrow afternoon.