2014-15 Men's Ice Hockey
Roster
Matthew Peca
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Petawawa, Ontario
- Previous Team:
- Pembroke (CCHL)
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 165
Will serve as a captain, along with senior DannyFederico.
AS A JUNIO IN 2013-14:
Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team … In40 games, tied for third on the team with 38 points … Ledthe Bobcats in assists (26) for the second time in three years atQuinnipiac … Also scored 13 goals in 2013-14 … Pecabecame the 32nd player in program history – and the firstjunior since Brandon Wong in 2008-09 – to reach the 100career point mark … For his career, Peca has tallied 35goals and 72 assists for 107 points in 118 career games …Peca’s 107 career points has him sitting in sole possessionof 26th place on the all-time list at Quinnipiac heading into hissenior season … He also sits tied for 19th in career assists(72) as he looks to continue to supplant himself high on the recordbooks in his final year as a Bobcat … One other piece ofhistory that Peca has all to himself is the single-game pointrecord as he broke the previous Quinnipiac Div. I record with asix-point outburst at St. Lawrence on Feb. 28 … Peca had ahand in six of Quinnipiac’s eight goals, tallying two goalsand four assists as he became the 37th player in Quinnipiac historyand the 23rd player in the program’s Div. I history to reach100 career points … Named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Weekfollowing his record-setting weekend on Mar. 5 … Talliedseven multi-point games and two multi-goal outings throughout theseason …. Picked up two assists on Oct. 13 against AlaskaFairbanks … Tallied one assist in back-to-back games againstBentley (Oct. 22) and at Holy Cross (Oct. 25) … Scored hisfirst goal of the season at Cornell on Nov. 1 … Registeredtwo assists in a 3-0 win against Brown on Nov. 8 … Put homethe game-tying goal with less than five minutes remaining againstYale on Nov. 9 … Netted the power-play game-tying goal onDec. 6 at Rensselaer … Assisted on the game-tying goalagainst Massachusetts on Dec. 29 … Began a six-game scoringstreak with two points (one goal, one assist) against Rensselaer onJan. 11 … Tallied one assist in each game of a weekendhome-and-home with Merrimack on Jan. 17-18 … Scored threepoints in back-to-back games at Dartmouth (one goal, two assists)and against Clarkson (two goals, one assist) on Jan. 31 and Feb. 7,respectively … Closed out the scoring streak with a goalagainst St. Lawrence on Feb. 8 … Kickstarted anothersix-game scoring streak on Feb. 22 with an assist against Colgate… Tallied his Quinnipiac Div. I single-game scoring recordagainst St. Lawrence on Feb. 28 … Assisted on the game-tyingpower-play goal at Clarkson on Mar. 1 … Finished the ECACHockey Quarterfinal series against Yale with three assists in twogames on Mar. 14-15 … Picked up one assist in the ECACHockey Semifinal against Colgate on Mar. 21.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13:
Appeared in 39 games…Second on the team with 15 goals andtied for second with 15 assists...Second on the team with 30points…Led the team with two shorthanded goals…Tiedfor the team lead with five game-winning goals…His fivepoints in the NCAA Tournament ranked eighth among allparticipants...His four goals in the NCAA Tournament were thesecond most in the field...Scored the fastest natural hat trick(3:12) in NCAA Tournament history in the East Regional Finalagainst Union, which was featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter asthe No. 4 Top Play of the Day on March 31...Named NCAA TournamentEast Regional Most Valuable Player with four goals and an assist intwo games...Also named to the 2013 NCAA All-Tournament Team...Hadan assist on Oct. 13 vs. Robert Morris…Scored two goals intwo games vs. Ohio State on Oct. 19-20, including the shorthandedgame-winner on Oct. 20…Netted another goal on Nov. 16 atClarkson…Scored another game-winning, shorthanded goal onDec. 1 at Rensselaer…Had his first multi-point game of theyear on Dec. 29 with a goal and assist vs. Neb.-Omaha…Addedanother assist on Dec. 30 vs. Neb.-Omaha…Had a goal andassist vs. Harvard on Jan. 5…Registered an assist on Jan. 11vs. Rensselaer and Jan. 12 vs. Union…Had a goal and anassist on Jan. 22 in a 2-1 win over Connecticut…Assisted inthe Bobcats lone goal at Brown on Feb. 1…Scored thegame-winner on the power play on Feb. 2 at Yale…Nettedanother goal on Feb. 8 at Cornell…Collected an assist atColgate on Feb. 9 and on Feb. 16 vs. Clarkson…Scored in theBobcats 4-1 win over Yale on Feb. 22…Added two assists onMar. 15 vs. Cornell…Had a goal and two assists on Mar. 16vs. Cornell…Scored against Canisius on Mar. 30 in a 4-3 winin the NCAA Tournament East Regional…Scored the fastestnatural hat trick in NCAA Tournament history, scoring three goalsand adding an assist in the East Regional Final vs. Union on Mar.31.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12:
Joined Bryan Leitch and Brandon Wong as the third player inQuinnipiac history named to the ECAC Hockey All-RookieTeam…Two-time ECAC Hockey Rookie of theWeek…Quinnipiac’s February Athlete of theMonth…Finished the season ranked third in rookie points pergame (1.00) in NCAA Division I hockey…Ranked 12th in assists(0.79) among all NCAA Division I skaters…Became the firstplayer in Quinnipiac history to assist on every goal in a weekendseries…Tallied a point on 11 consecutive Bobcat goals, alsoa Quinnipiac record…Became the first freshman in programhistory to lead the team in scoring for a postseason series afterposting five points in three games in the ECAC Hockey First Roundagainst Brown... Became the first freshman in Quinnipiac’sDivision I history to lead the team in assists with 31…Alsoscored eight goals for 39 points, good for second on theteam…Was the sixth freshman in program history to reach 30points in his first season…Also one of three freshmen inQuinnipiac history, along with Bryan Leitch and Brian Herbert, topass out 30 assists…Named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Weekon 10/24/11 ... Picked up his first collegiate point on an assistin the Bobcats’ 4-3 win against Ohio State on Oct. 8, 2011... Had an assist against Holy Cross on 10/12 in a 5-3 win ... Hadan assist in both games of a series sweep against Canisius on10/15-16 ... Scored his first career goal against Bentley on 10/18in a 6-1 win ... Also had one assist ... Scored in theBobcats’ 5-4 loss to Robert Morris on 10/21 ... Had a goal inthe Bobcats’ 4-1 win against the Colonials on 10/22 ... Hadan assist in Quinnipiac’s 5-4 loss to Dartmouth on 11/4 ...Had one assist in the Bobcats’ 2-2 tie against Harvard on11/5 ... Had one assist in Quinnipiac’s 1-1 tie againstClarkson on Nov. 11 ... Scored the game’s first goal in a 3-2win against Rensselaer on 12/3 ... Had two assists inQuinnipiac’s 6-1 win against Sacred Heart on 12/9 ... Scored the Bobcats’ first goal in a come-from-behind2-2 tie against Brown on 1/7 ... Had a goal and an assist in theBobcats’ 7-1 romp of Colgate on 1/14 ... Had two assists in a6-3 loss to Harvard on 2/3 ... Had a career-best three points (1g,2a) in a 7-6 win at Clarkson on 2/11 ... Had an assist in a 3-1 winagainst Rensselaer on 2/17 ... Had four assists in a 4-1 winagainst Brown on 2/24 ... Had two assists in a 2-2 tie against Yaleon 2/25... Had an assist in a 4-1 loss in Game 1 ... Had a goal andtwo assists in Game 2 ... Had one assist in Game 3 ... Named ECACHockey Rookie of the Week on 3/6…Had an assist in a 4-2 lossto Colgate in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals…Passedout three assists in the Bobcats’ 4-2 win in Game 2.
BEFORE QUINNPIAC:
Selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the seventh round of the2011 NHL Draft…Played for the Pembroke Lumber Kings of theCanadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL)…Voted Top Forward atRBC Cup Championship...Led Pembroke to a 51-9-0 record and the 2011National Championship…In 120 career games, he totaled 47goals and 72 assists for 119 career points…Had two goals andthree assists in the 2011 RBC Cup Championship…In 2009-10,he had 21 goals and 26 assists for 47 points in 60 gamesplayed…In 2010-11, he ranked 11th in the CJHL in points(72), ninth in assists (46) and 14th in goals scored (26).
PERSONAL:
Son of Ginette and Frank Peca…Has one brother, Steven, andone sister, Katrina….Majoring in Business…Born inPembroke, Ontario.
