Cerbone Records Natural Hat Trick as No. 15/16 Bobcats Dismiss Colgate

Friday, January 17

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Colgate

Photo by: Kaylyn Terry

Cerbone Records Natural Hat Trick as No. 15/16 Bobcats Dismiss Colgate

1/17/2025 10:56:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

HAMDEN, Conn. — Andon Cerbone ripped off a natural hat trick, changing a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 lead, and the No. 15/16 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program knocked off Colgate 6-3 at M&T Bank Arena on Friday night.

Natural hat trick FOR THE WIN 😤#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/XD7IlepGEj
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) January 18, 2025

The Stamford, Conn. Native flipped the game upside down, recording his first collegiate hat trick and the second natural hat trick in 21 days for the Bobcats as they improved to 14-7-1 and 9-3-0 in league play, maintaining its top spot in the conference.

THROW THE HATS!#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/nbdvxYee7a
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) January 18, 2025

Colgate jumped out to a 3-1 lead, scoring all of its goals in the first 22:48 of the game as the visitors looked to take control before Cerbone went on his scoring tear.

The first goal of the night came off a deflection as a cross-ice feed deflected off a Colgate defender and in to make it 3-2, but that would be the only Bobcat goal in the second.

Just how he drew it up 🤷‍♂️#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/eFUr3pz74c
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) January 18, 2025

Cerbone scored the first two of the third to give Quinnipiac the lead for good, and Travis Treloar and Jack Ricketts added empty net tallies as the hosts scored thrice in the final 2:05 to ice away the victory.

STATS AND NOTES

Quinnipiac is now 9-2-1 over their last 12 contests and has won eight of its last nine.
It is the first hat trick of Cerbone's career and his first multi-goal outing of the 2024-25 campaign. He is the second Bobcat to record a three-goal outing, joining Jack Ricketts from Dec. 29 against AIC.
It is also the first time in the Division I era the Bobcats have recorded two natural hat tricks in the same season.
Tonight was the first time the Bobcats have erased a two-goal deficit this season and their first win after trailing by two since Jan. 27, 2024 when they defeated UConn in the CT Ice title game.
Quinnipiac also won for the first time when entering the second period trailing in the game.
Rand Pecknold won his 656^th career game tonight, moving him into sole possession of 11^th place on the all-time wins list, ahead of two-time national champion Jeff Sauer of Colorado College and Wisconsin.
12 different Bobcats recorded a point on the night, led by three from Cerbone and two from Marcellus.
Ricketts has scored a goal in three consecutive outings, tied for the fourth-longest active streak in the country entering Saturday night.
Marcellus matched his season-best with a pair of assists tonight, the first time he's reached that since Oct. 25 against New Hampshire.

UP NEXT
Quinnipiac welcomes Cornell to M&T Bank Arena at 7 p.m. on Saturday night.

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.