Saturday, March 14
Hamden, Conn.
4:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
26-9-3
3
vs
4
Clarkson
18-16-3
1st period1
2nd period2
3rd period3
FinalF
Clarkson
0
1
3
4
Quinnipiac
1
0
2
3
Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com
No. 7 Bobcats Knocked Out of ECAC Tournament
3/14/2026 7:26:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
HAMDEN, Conn. — The Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team fell in Game 2 of its ECAC Men's Hockey Championship quarterfinal series matchup with Clarkson by a 4-3 final, eliminating the No. 7 Bobcats from the tournament.
Quinnipiac and Clarkson split the first two goals in the first 40 minutes, with Markus Vidicek finding twine at the 15:58 mark of the first.
The chaos unloaded in the third, as the Bobcats scored twice in 62 seconds courtesy of Braden Blace to give them a 3-1 advantage in the final frame.
Clarkson scored three in 2:01, including two short-handed tallies 38 seconds apart, to take the lead for good and advance to the semifinal round.
STATS AND NOTES
Quinnipiac will learn its NCAA Tournament fate on Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m., on ESPNU as the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket is unveiled.
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.
Quinnipiac and Clarkson split the first two goals in the first 40 minutes, with Markus Vidicek finding twine at the 15:58 mark of the first.
That's 20 on the year for No. 12!#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/QtgplQQocT
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) March 14, 2026
The chaos unloaded in the third, as the Bobcats scored twice in 62 seconds courtesy of Braden Blace to give them a 3-1 advantage in the final frame.
BRADEN BACK TO BACK!#BobcatNation x #NCAAHockey pic.twitter.com/BwlPcZRW3L
— Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey (@QU_MIH) March 14, 2026
Clarkson scored three in 2:01, including two short-handed tallies 38 seconds apart, to take the lead for good and advance to the semifinal round.
STATS AND NOTES
- Blace's two goals in 62 seconds are the second-fastest in Bobcat Division I playoff history.
- He is also the first Bobcat defenseman since 2022 (Griffin Mendel) with a multi-goal game and the fourth in Quinnipiac's Division I era to do it in a playoff game and the only instance in which those goals came consecutively.
- The loss dropped Quinnipiac to No. 10 in the NPI at the time of writing, inside of the NCAA Tournament bubble with a weekend of games to play.
Quinnipiac will learn its NCAA Tournament fate on Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m., on ESPNU as the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket is unveiled.
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.
Team Stats
CGK
QUI
Shots
18
35
PPG
1
0
SHG
2
0
Penalties
12
9
Penalty Mins
24
18
Faceoffs Won
25
42
Game Leaders
+/-
1
Goals
2
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
1
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
Players Mentioned
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