No. 6 Bobcats Set for Home ECAC Weekend, DIFD Night vs. Cornell

Friday, November 6

Hamden, CT

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Cornell

Rosalie Breton skating with the puck against Northeastern (Oct. 17, 2026 in Hamden, CT)

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11/5/2026 10:31:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

Game #12: No. 6 Quinnipiac vs No. 14 Cornell
Friday, Nov. 6, 2026 | 6:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.
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Game #13: No. 6 Quinnipiac vs No. 8 Colgate
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026 | 3:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.
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HAMDEN, Conn. – No. 6 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey returns to M&T Bank Arena for another big ECAC weekend. The Bobcats welcome No. 14 Cornell on Friday night for their annual DIFD Mental Health Awareness Game before hosting No. 8 Colgate on Saturday afternoon.

PUTTING THE NATION ON NOTICE

Quinnipiac ranks first nationally in faceoff win percentage (60.5%), tied for third in penalty kill percentage (93.8%), fifth in goals (44) and assists (73), sixth in power-play percentage (28%) and seventh in goals per game (4.0), eighth in power-play goals (8) among teams that have played at least eight games.
Ella Johnson ranks fourth nationally with 147 faceoff wins.
Taylor Brueske ranks fourth in faceoff win percentage among teams who have played eight games (65.1%).
Goaltender Natalia Dilbone ranks tied for first nationally in winning percentage (100%), fifth in goals-against average (1.01) and 8th in save percentage (.949).

SATURDAY SCORING SPREE

Quinnipiac's eight goals against Brown are its most against Division I opposition this season. It is also their most against an ECAC team since they had eight against RPI on Nov. 1, 2025.
15 different Bobcats recorded at least one point, with five tallying multi-point performances.
Law's three-point outing is her second of the season, combining that with another Rhode Island opponent, as the senior had three against Providence on Oct. 3.
Annabelle Kruzich recorded her first collegiate multi-goal game, scoring her second and third goals of the year.
Rosalie Breton tallied three assists for her second multi-assist performance.
Avery Bairos and Makayla Watson each registered a pair of assists.
The 14 assists for the Bobcats are a season-high.

LAW AND ORDER

Alex Law sits third on the team with 11 points through nine games, totaling six goals and five assists. Three of her goals have opened the scoring for the Bobcats.
The forward recorded three points in Quinnipiac's 8-2 victory over Brown on Oct. 31, tallying two goals and an assist.
Law joins Avery Bairos as Bobcats with multiple, two-plus goal games this season.
The senior has scored at least a point in seven of nine games.
Law recorded her first multi-point game of the season against Providence, tallying two goals and an assist.

BAIROS IS BUZZING

Avery Bairos leads the Bobcats with seven goals, including two power-play goals, two game-winning goals and three opening goals.
Bairos recorded her first career multi-assist game on Oct. 31 against Brown for her third multi-point performance of the season.
The junior scored against RPI on Oct. 24, returning to the same opponent against which she recorded her first collegiate goal on Jan. 9, 2026.
Bairos recorded her first collegiate back-to-back multi-goal performances on Oct. 3 and Oct. 6.

TWO-WAY TALENT

First-year defender Rosalie Breton and junior defenders Makayla Watson and Aynsley D'Ottavio rank among Quinnipiac's top six point scorers through 11 games.
Breton leads the team with 11 assists and is tied for the lead with 12 points. The rookie recorded eight assists in her last four games, including three assists against Brown on Oct. 31.
Watson leads the team with a +13 rating and ranks third in points with 11, while her eight assists are tied for third on the team.
Watson has points in six of her last seven outings, totaling nine over that span.
D'Ottavio is third on the team with five goals and a +8 rating. She has recorded nine points this season.
The junior also ranks second on the team with 16 blocked shots.
Both D'Ottavio and Watson made significant offensive strides in their sophomore seasons. D'Ottavio increased her production from six points as a rookie to 28, while Watson improved from 16 points to 26.

IN THE POLLS

The Bobcats have been ranked No. 6 nationally in each of the latest national polls and in the preseason (USCHO & USA Hockey).

ECAC PRESEASON FAVORITES

Cass Turner's squad has been selected as the favorite in the preseason coaches' poll for the first time in a decade.
The Bobcats received 112 points in the preseason poll with six first-place votes, following the program's second ECAC Championship title last season.
Senior assistant captain Kahlen Lamarche and junior goaltender Felicia Frank were both named to the ECAC Hockey Preseason All-League Team.

BELIEVE IN THE BOBCATS

The Bobcats advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2023, earning a 4-0 shutout victory over Franklin Pierce before falling to No. 1 Wisconsin in the Regional Final.
Quinnipiac finished the season with 29 wins and captured its first ECAC Hockey Championship since 2016, defeating top-seeded Yale 5-1 in the title game.
The tournament was also historic, marking the first time the women's championship was played at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid.
Goaltender Felicia Frank was named the ECAC Tournament's Most Outstanding Player after stopping 61 shots and allowing just two goals. Frank was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Avery Bairos, Makayla Watson, and Zoe Uens.
Bairos played a key role in QU's postseason run, scoring twice, including the overtime game-winner against No. 2 Princeton. The goals were the third and fourth of her collegiate career.
Kahlen Lamarche and Felicia Frank earned All-ECAC First Team honors, while Watson was named to the All-ECAC Second Team.

THE KAHLEN EFFECT

Kahlen Lamarche became the first Bobcat in program history to be named a top-10 finalist for the 2026 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.
Lamarche earned ACHA Second Team All-American, All-USCHO Second Team and All-ECAC Hockey First Team honors following her record-setting season.
The forward tallied 42 goals and 22 assists for 64 points in 2025-26, leading the NCAA in goals and ranking third nationally in points.
Lamarche broke two of Quinnipiac's Division I single-season records, setting new program marks for goals and points. Both records had previously been held by Kelly Babstock '14 for 15 years.

STRONG RETURNING GROUP

QU returns 68% of its scoring from a season ago, with the rising junior class accounting for nearly half of that production.
Last season's NCAA goal-scoring leader, Kahlen Lamarche, returns for her senior year in Hamden after three-straight 30+ point seasons.
Junior defenders Aynsley D'Ottavio and Makayla Watson return to the Bobcats' blueline after tallying 28 and 26 points, respectively, last season.
Ella Johnson, Bryn Prier, Ella Sennick, Taylor Brueske and Peyton Cormier also return after each recorded double-digit points in 2025-26.