No. 8/9 Quinnipiac Heads West for 2025 IceBreaker

Game 2: #8/9 Quinnipiac vs. Alaska-Fairbanks
Friday, Oct. 10 | 6:00 p.m. EST (3:00 p.m. local)
Mullett Arena | Tempe, Ariz.
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Game 3: #8/9 Quinnipiac vs. Arizona State/Notre Dame
Saturday, Oct. 11 | 6:00 p.m. or 10:00 p.m. EST
Mullett Arena | Tempe, Ariz.
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HAMDEN, Conn. — The No. 8/9 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program looks to continue its winning start to the year this weekend, taking part in the 2025 IceBreaker held at Arizona State's Mullett Arena. The Bobcats will take on the Nanooks of Alaska on Friday evening before playing either Arizona State or Notre Dame on Saturday.

All four games will be streamed on NCHC.tv.

BREAKING THE ICE (AGAIN)

Quinnipiac heads back to its second IceBreaker Tournament this weekend, taking on Alaska Fairbanks and then either Arizona State or Notre Dame at Mullett Arena, home of the Sun Devils.
The Bobcats played in the 2021 version of the tournament, held at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., tying Boston College before dropping the shootout in the semifinal contest. They shut out Northeastern to earn a split on the weekend.
The annual Ice Breaker Tournament marks the traditional start to the college hockey season. Celebrating its 29th year in 2025-26, the Ice Breaker brings together four of the nation's top teams, typically from different conferences.

FIRST YEAR PHENOMS

Matthew Lansing and Graham Sward made massive first impressions in a Bobcat uniform, scoring goals in their debuts to aid the Bobcats to the 4-3 win at No. 6 Boston College.
Along with those two, classmates Markus Vidicek, Antonin Verreault and Ethan Wyttenbach added assists as part of nine different Bobcats to record a point on the night.

CAPTAIN CZERNECKIANAIR

Playing hockey in his home state. Southington native Victor Czerneckianair is the captain for the 2025-26 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program, head coach Rand Pecknold announced in August.
One of three holdovers from the 2023 National Championship team, the center has played in seven NCAA Tournament games, scoring twice in QU's 2024 Regional Semifinal game with Wisconsin, adding the overtime game winner.
He posted a career-best 56.7 percent win rate at the faceoff dot in 2024-25 and figures to be a big part of that strategy this year.

BLOCKED!

First year defenseman Elliott Groenewold was a stalwart in the Bobcat defensive core during the 2024-25 campaign, posting 69 total blocked shots across 38 games.
He recorded a block in 27 consecutive games, the longest streak by anyone last season and the eighth-longest by anyone since the 2019-20 season.

KINGS FROM THE NORTH

A new era has dawned in NCAA Hockey, as players from the Canadian Hockey League will enter the college ranks for the first time and the Bobcats have taken in six players from the major junior ranks.
Brady Schultz, Markus Vidicek, Antonin Verreault and Nate Tivey join from the Quebec Major Junior league, while Logan McCutcheon and Ben Riche come from the Western Hockey League.

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Victor Czerneckianair

Elliott Groenewold

Matthew Lansing

Logan McCutcheon

Ben Riche

Brady Schultz

Graham Sward

Nate Tivey

Antonin Verreault

Markus Vidicek

Ethan Wyttenbach

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