Metsa Crosses 100-Point Plateau; No. 1 Bobcats Win Eighth Straight

Saturday, January 14

East Meadow, N.Y. / Northwell Ice Center

7:00 PM

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Metsa Crosses 100-Point Plateau; No. 1 Bobcats Win Eighth Straight

1/14/2023 9:52:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Unbeaten streak increases to 17 games

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Graduate student Zach Metsa became the latest Quinnipiac men's ice hockey player to record 100 points for his career, playing a part in the last four goals as the Bobcats ran away from LIU by a 5-2 scoreline on Saturday night on Long Island.

The newest member of the 𝟏𝟎𝟎-𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁: Zach Metsa 🤩#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/nW33A1xQt1
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) January 15, 2023

The Delafield, Wis., native now has 102 for his career, starting the night with a trio of assists before scoring a goal of his own as the Bobcats scored four in a row and five of the final six to extend their win streak to eight and unbeaten streak to 17.

Snipe 🎯 Celly ✅ #BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/vXQemqvhgQ
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) January 15, 2023

Collin Graf continued his stellar season with a three-point night, dishing a pair of helpers and scoring a power-play goal in the second. His season total climbs to 33 points on the year, with 22 assists.

Jacob Quillan, Michael Lombardi and Skyler Brind'Amour all added goals on the night as Quinnipiac's balanced attack reached the five-goal mark for the eighth time this season and fourth in the last seven contests.

STATS AND NOTES

Metsa's career assist total climbed to 76 on his storied Bobcat tenure, putting him tied-for-10th in the program's Division I history. He joined current Bobcat, Ethan de Jong as the two players on this year's roster with 100 career points.
Graf has recorded a point in 12 of his last 13 contests with his three-point output tonight. He has 10 multi-point games this season, joining Metsa as the only two current Bobcats to reach double figures in that category in one year.
The Bobcats' three, power-play goals are tied for the most by the squad this season. They also had that against Colgate on Nov. 4, 2022.
Quillan tallied his team-best 11th goal of the season tonight, as him and Graf sit atop the team leaderboard in that category. Lombardi added his seventh, while Brind'Amour now sits with nine on the campaign.
de Jong's, three-assist night is his most since he tallied that number against Colgate on March 5, 2021.
Quinnipiac's eight-game winning streak and 17-game unbeaten stretch are both the longest active streaks in the country.

UP NEXT
The Bobcats return to ECAC play next weekend, heading to No. 15 Cornell and Colgate on Jan. 20 and 21. Puck drops in both contests are slated for 7 p.m., and can be seen live on ESPN+.

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