No. 5 Men's Ice Hockey Set for Home-and-Home with Princeton

Saturday, February 14

Hamden, Conn.

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Princeton

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No. 5 Men's Ice Hockey Set for Home-and-Home with Princeton

2/13/2026 10:07:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Game 31: #5 Quinnipiac (22-5-3, 13-2-1 ECAC Hockey) vs. Princeton (14-9-1, 10-6-0 ECAC Hockey)
Saturday, Feb. 14 | 7:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.
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Game 32: #5 Quinnipiac (22-5-3, 13-2-1 ECAC Hockey) vs. Princeton (14-9-1, 10-6-0 ECAC Hockey)
Sunday, Feb. 15 | 4:00 PM
M&T Bank Arena | Hamden, Conn.
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HAMDEN, Conn. — The No. 5 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program begins its annual home and home series with Princeton on Saturday night, hosting the Tigers at 7 p.m., before trekking to New Jersey for a 4 p.m., puck drop on Sunday.

DYNAMIC DUO

The defensive pairing of Elliott Groenewold and Braden Blace has shined since the Christmas break, with the two currently 1-2 in plus-minus since January 2. Groenewold sits at a +25 rating, while Blace is five behind at +20.
Blace, the reigning ECAC Defenseman of the Week, is tied with teammate Will Gilson for third-most points by a defenseman since the holiday break in NCAA Hockey, totaling 12 points in his 12 outings.
Groenewold also leads the nation in plus-minus overall at a plus-37. That mark is also the highest of any NCAA skater since at least the 2002-03 season, tied with JT Compher (2015-16) and Johnny Gaudreau (2013-14).

THREE'S COMPANY

The Bobcats offense has been rolling consistently this season, scoring three or more goals in 23 of its 30 games this season. They are undefeated in these outings, currently sitting at 21-0-2.
The 23 such outings are tied with Michigan State for the most in the country, while they join Michigan (22-0) as the only two teams who have done it 20 or more times without losing a game.

FIRST-YEAR PHENOMS

First years Ethan Wyttenbach, Antonin Verreault and Markus Vidicek, are quickly making a name for themselves in each of their first years of college hockey.
Wyttenbach is square in the Hobey Baker Award race, currently pacing the country by six points atop the national scoring leaderboard with 47.
Verreault and Vidicek are also squarely in the Rookie of the Year chase, currenlty sitting fifth and sixth, respectively, in the country in points. Vidicek has 17 goals on the season, placing him third behind Wyttenbach and Maine's Justin Poirier.

CHASING HISTORY

First year Ethan Wyttenbach is chasing elite company in both program and national status as the calendar turns to February. Currently sitting on 47 points, he leads the nation in that category and his 28 assists are one off the top in the country.
In the last 10 seasons, three freshmen have led the country in points: Will Smith, Adam Fantilli and Kyle Connor. His 47 are second most of any Bobcat first-year since the program turned Division I, seven off Brian Herbert's program record from 1999-00.

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