Friday, January 31
Hanover, N.H.
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
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Dartmouth
11-8-2, 8-5-1
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Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com
Ricketts Pots Second Hat Trick, No. 14 QU Slips Past No. 19 Dartmouth in OT
1/31/2025 10:42:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
His second, three-goal performance in 33 days powers Quinnipiac to win in battle for first
HAMDEN, Conn. — For the second time this season, grad student forward Jack Ricketts recorded a hat trick and the No. 14 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program utilized the final tally of his three-goal night to finish off No. 19 Dartmouth by a 5-4 final at Thompson Arena on Friday night.
The Bobcats took a wild, back-and-forth affair that saw teams trading two-goal stretches and the visitors would have the final blow, as Ricketts scored the tying goal with 3:57 to play and then won it just 47 seconds into the extra session as Dartmouth was caught in a change.
Dartmouth took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission but then the game took off, with eight goals over the next 40:47 of game action. Ricketts and Charlie Leddy found the net in the second period, giving Quinnipiac a 3-2 lead heading into the third.
After Dartmouth scored twice in 2:07 to take the lead, Ricketts had the last say, scoring the tying and winning goals.
With the win, the Bobcats extend their ECAC lead to four points over Colgate, who plays their game in hand on Saturday night.
STATS AND NOTES
Quinnipiac returns to M&T Bank Arena for a pair of games with the North Country foes in St. Lawrence and Clarkson. Both Friday and Saturday night's contests are slated for 7 p.m. and 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.
BIG DUBS 😤#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/MaKhBn5dUh
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) February 1, 2025
The Bobcats took a wild, back-and-forth affair that saw teams trading two-goal stretches and the visitors would have the final blow, as Ricketts scored the tying goal with 3:57 to play and then won it just 47 seconds into the extra session as Dartmouth was caught in a change.
Hat Tricketts strikes again 😤#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/BskwoUaFqE
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) February 1, 2025
Dartmouth took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission but then the game took off, with eight goals over the next 40:47 of game action. Ricketts and Charlie Leddy found the net in the second period, giving Quinnipiac a 3-2 lead heading into the third.
Leddy lights the lamp 🚨#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/ULLJWiZsvr
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) February 1, 2025
After Dartmouth scored twice in 2:07 to take the lead, Ricketts had the last say, scoring the tying and winning goals.
With the win, the Bobcats extend their ECAC lead to four points over Colgate, who plays their game in hand on Saturday night.
STATS AND NOTES
- Ricketts joins Boston College's Ryan Leonard as the only two players in the country with multiple hat tricks this season. Ricketts' other came against AIC on Dec. 29.
- It is Quinnipiac's second ranked road win of the season, joining its victory over No. 7/8 Cornell on Nov. 22.
- Friday night is also the second overtime win for the Bobcats of the month, punctuating January the way they started it at Harvard on Jan. 1.
- Quinnipiac has three hat tricks now on the season, the first time since 2018-19 that has happened. Alex Whelan, Odeen Tufto and Wyatt Bongiovanni all recorded three-goal games that season.
- Davis Pennington recorded his first multi-point and multi-assist game of 2024-25 with a pair of helpers. He has six total multi-assists outputs and eight multi-point outings.
- He has recorded four helpers in the last three games.
- Leddy scored his first goal as a Bobcat, the go-ahead tally at the end of the second period.
- Travis Treloar has recorded a point in three straight games and four of his last five. He has three goals and three assists since Jan. 17.
- Quinnipiac is 6-1-1 in its last eight games as the calendar turns to February.
Quinnipiac returns to M&T Bank Arena for a pair of games with the North Country foes in St. Lawrence and Clarkson. Both Friday and Saturday night's contests are slated for 7 p.m. and 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.
Team Stats
QUI
DAR
Shots
28
26
PPG
1
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
2
Penalty Mins
6
4
Faceoffs Won
23
28
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
1
Goals
3
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
2
+/-
-1
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
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