No. 6/7 Bobcats Earn Spot in CT Ice Final with Win Over Sacred Heart

Friday, January 23

New Haven, Conn.

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

19-4-2

Sacred Heart

12-8-3

Sacred Heart

Quinnipiac

Mason Marcellus and Andon Cerbone Celebrate after Andon's Empty Net Goal (Jan. 23, 2026 in New Haven, Conn.)

Photo by: Izzy DiBari

No. 6/7 Bobcats Earn Spot in CT Ice Final with Win Over Sacred Heart

1/23/2026 8:40:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

HAMDEN, Conn. — The No. 6/7 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey extended its win streak to seven games and has won 14 of its last 15, knocking off Sacred Heart in the 2026 CT Ice Semifinals on Friday night by a final of 5-1.

The Bobcats scored the opening goal again, as Anthony Cipollone chopped home a loose puck off a centering feed form Matthew McGroarty to make it 1-0.

Ant on the spot and it's 1-0 'Cats!#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/tjzxv53Mpj
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) January 23, 2026

A pair came 2:22 apart in the second, with a pair of defensemen scoring in Elliott Groenewold and Will Gilson.

These D-Men can play some offense too 😼#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/K7Tisp2njR
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) January 23, 2026

Ethan Wyttenbach and Andon Cerbone added insurance in the third, with Wyttenbach finding twine for the 14^th time this season before Cerbone potted his in the empty net to seal the win.

Snipe City 🎯#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/qLgsDxq7fG
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) January 23, 2026

Dylan Silverstein had another good night in net, saving 24 of 25 shots on net in the win.

STATS AND NOTES

Quinnipiac advances to its fifth CT Ice final in six tries, winning the trophy three times.
Cipollone scored his first goal of the season and ninth of his career.
Gilson matched his career high with three points, scoring a goal and dishing a pair of assists.
Wyttenbach has a team-best 35 points now on the season, finishing the game with his 22^nd game of the season with a point and ninth, multi-point outing of the year.
He also has a point in five straight games, totaling eight in that stretch.
Mason Marcellus finished the night with two assists and now sits four points away from 100 for his collegiate career.
Czerneckianair posted a pair of assists, his first multi-assist game of the season and third of his career. He has points in seven of his last nine.
Cerbone added his fourth goal in the last five games, bringing his season total up to six on the year.

UP NEXT
Quinnipiac will take on the winner of UConn and Yale on Saturday night, with puck drop at 7:30 p.m., exclusively on SNY.

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.