No. 7 Bobcats Ride Offensive Explosion to Convincing Victory over No. 10 Cornell

Friday, November 17

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

8-3-1, 4-0-1

Cornell

4-2-1, 2-2-1

Cornell

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

No. 7 Bobcats Ride Offensive Explosion to Convincing Victory over No. 10 Cornell

11/17/2023 10:18:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

HAMDEN, Conn. — The No. 7 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team started fast and did not let up on Friday night, rolling to an 8-4 win over No. 10 Cornell at M&T Bank Arena.

🗣️ WOO!#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/y0GIkI4jFE
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) November 18, 2023

The Bobcats roared out to leads of 3-0 and 4-1 in front of the home faithful, but Cornell scored a pair exactly eight minutes apart in the second to cut the home team's lead to 4-3 with just over seven minutes on the clock.

There's stretch passes... and then there's THIS 🤩#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/33PWvfYXxA
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) November 18, 2023

Jayden Lee scored a circus goal in front of the net with 28 seconds left in the period, making it a multi-goal advantage again heading into the second intermission.

JAYDEN LEE ARE YOU SERIOUS?!#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/3Tfi0rZqXB
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) November 18, 2023

After Cornell scored at the 3:51 mark, the Bobcats rattled off three more to match their season high in tallies and earn a Top 10 victory at home.
STATS AND NOTES

Lee had a career night, posting new collegiate bests in assists (three) and points (four) to lead the Bobcats in both categories. Quinnipiac's captain has nine points over his last three games.
Graf also has nine points since his return to action, posting three consecutive, three-point nights. He has four, multi-point games on the season and 27 for his collegiate career. He also has six multi-goal performances to his credit.
Matthew McGroarty tallied his first collegiate goal to start tonight's scoring.
Quinnipiac posted eight goals for the second time this season, matching the total they had on Oct. 14 against AIC in a shutout win.
Cristophe Tellier posted a new collegiate high with a three-point night. He recorded a goal and a pair of assists. He now has three, multi-assist games to his credit and its the first of his 2023-24 campaign.
Cooper Moore matched his career-high with a pair of assists tonight, the second time he's done that in his college career. Both performances have been since joining the Bobcats.
Quinnipiac has scored 24 goals over their last four games and are now 5-0-1 over their last six.
The Bobcats improved to 37-4-2 at M&T Bank Arena since the start of the 2021-22 campaign.

UP NEXT
The Bobcats will look to extend their win streak to five on Saturday night, taking on Colgate at 7 p.m., at M&T Bank Arena.

The game can be seen live on ESPN+.

For an inside look at the Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program, be sure to follow it on social media @QU_MIH or go to gobobcats.com/mih.