No. 8 Bobcats to Celebrate 50 Year Anniversary with Home ECAC Weekend

Friday, January 9

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Union

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No. 8 Bobcats to Celebrate 50 Year Anniversary with Home ECAC Weekend

1/8/2026 10:36:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Game 21: #8 Quinnipiac (14-4-2, 6-2-0 ECAC Hockey) vs. Union (12-5-2, 3-4-1 ECAC Hockey)
Friday, Jan. 9 | 7:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.
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Game 22: #8 Quinnipiac (14-4-2, 6-2-0 ECAC Hockey) vs. RPI (5-14-0, 2-6-0 ECAC Hockey)
Saturday, Jan. 10 | 7:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.
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HAMDEN, Conn. — The No. 8 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program celebrates its 50 Year Anniversary this upcoming weekend, hosting Union and RPI in its final home weekend of January.

The Bobcats' celebration will be on Saturday night, when they honor alums from all facets of the program.

BLUE AND GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

The Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program is celebrating its 50th anniversary season during the 2025-26 campaign and it all comes to a head on Jan. 10, when the Bobcats welcome back players from all eras for an all-game celebration.
At the core of the celebration is honoring the program's four coaches, including the first coach in Jim Kennedy, Ralph O'Connor, Jim Armstrong and now Rand Pecknold, who ahs been at the helm for 32 seasons.
Overall, the program enters the weekend at 847 wins, including a program-record 34 en route to the program's only Division I national championship in the 2022-23 campaign.

THE POINT IS...

Both Ethan Wyttenbach and Markus Vidicek have been consistent forces on the offensive end for the Bobcats this season, recording points on a regular basis.
Wyttenbach has points in 17 of 20 contests, the second-most games with a point in the country, currently sitting on 27 total. Vidicek is one game fewer, sitting on 13 goals and eight assists.
The two are in a group of seven skaters with 16 or more such games this season, joining Arizona State's Cruz Lucius and Cullen Potter as the only sets of teammates in the category.

SPENGLER CUP MEDALISTS

Sophomore forward Chris Pelosi earned a runner-up medal at the 2025 Spengler Cup over the holiday break, with the 97th edition of the tournament being held in Davos, Switzerland.
After rallying but falling a goal short against Hockey Canada, the US Collegiate Selects went on a run of 131:15 of not trailing, defeating host HC Davos and Sparta Prague to go on a magical run to the final, only to see a 3-3 tie going into the third turn into a 6-3 victory for the host Davos to claim its record-setting 17th trophy.
Pelosi made two appearances in the tournament, playing 23 minutes and finishing with an even plus-minus and was part of a squad that took the country and European hockey world by storm.

BACKING THE BANK

The Bobcats are off to another unbeaten start at M&T Bank Arena, going 8-0-2 on home ice in their first ten outings, most recently sweeping then-No. 18 Harvard and then-No. 8 Dartmouth to stay unbeaten on home ice.
They have played the most home games this season (ten) without a loss and are second in scoring (4.8 goals per game) on home ice this season, trailing only Michigan. They are one of three teams (Princeton, Cornell) who have yet to lose at home.
Since 2020-21, the Bobcats are second in scoring defense (1.8), second in scoring offense (4.2), first in wins (80) and third in losses (16) on home ice.

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