Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey Faces No. 13 RPI On Saturday, Feb. 26 At 7 PM
No. 13/14 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (19-10-4, 11-9-1 ECAC Hockey)
Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 - 7 p.m.
Houston Field House - Troy, N.Y.
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Paul Pacelli - Play-by-play
Todd Carroll - Color Commentary
Final Regular Season Match-Up
Quinnipiac will face Rensselaer Polytechnic Instititute on the
final day of the ECAC Hockey regular season on Saturday, Feb. 26 at
the Houston Field House in Troy, N.Y. at 7 p.m. Quinnipiac is
coming off a 2-2 tie with No. 5 last night while RPI lost to
Princeton, 4-3. Saturday night's game has tournament implications
for both teams as the Bobcats are trying to lock up home ice in the
first round of the ECAC Hockey Championships and RPI is seeking a
first round bye.
Playoff Picture
Three teams, Union, Yale and Dartmouth, have locked up a first
round bye, while Cornell, Princeton and Rensselaer can also sneak
into the fourth spot to secure a first round bye. Quinnipiac can
finish no higher than seventh and no lower than ninth in the ECAC
Hockey final standings. The Bobcats will be home for the first
round unless they lose to RPI on Saturday, and Clarkson wins or
ties and Brown wins. Harvard, St. Lawrence and Colgate fill out the
final three spots and will travel for the first round.
Multimedia Information
Paul Pacelli and Todd Carroll will have the call tonight, which can
be heard by tuning your dial to WQUN 1220 AM. Bobcat fans can also
direct their browsers to www.WQUN.com or the Official Athletics
Website of Quinnipiac Athletics, www.QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
All-Time Against Rensselaer
Quinnipiac and RPI have met 16 times since their first match-up on
Oct. 16, 1999, with the Bobcats posting a 5-6-5 all-time record
against the Engineers. Quinnipiac and RPI skated to a 3-3 tie on
Saturday, Feb. 5. The Bobcats lost the first four meetings before
posting a seven-game undefeated streak (5-0-2) against RPI from
2006 through 2009. Quinnipiac has not defeated RPI in their last
four meetings (0-2-2) and are 4-5-1 all-time at Houston Field
House.
Scouting The Engineers
RPI is currently 19-10-4 overall and 11-9-1 in ECAC Hockey. The
Engineers are currently ranked 13th in the USA Today/USA Hockey
Magazine poll and 14th in the USCHO.com Division I poll. In 15
games at the Houston Field House, the Engineers carry a 12-4-0
record. Chase Polacek leads the team in goals (18), assists (26)
and points (44), while his goal and point totals lead ECAC Hockey.
Tyler Helrich (13-20--33) and Nick Bailen (8-25--33) give the
Dutchmen three 30-point scorers for the year. In goal, Allen York
is 17-8-3 with an ECAC Hockey leading, and second-best nationally,
2.06 goals-against average.
Last
Time Out
John Dunbar and Brooks Robinson both scored as Quinnipiac rallied
back from a two-goal deficit to tie No. 5 Union, 2-2, at Messa Rink
on Friday night. Connor Jones had two assists, while twin brother
Kellen Jones and Loren Barron also picked up assists. Dan Clarke
made his first start since Dec. 4 and stopped 31 of 33 shots on
goal in the tie.
ECAC Hockey Tournament
Seeding Scenarios
Union -
Seeded 1st with a win.
Seeded 1st with a tie and a Yale loss or tie.
Seeded 1st with a loss and a Yale loss.
Seeded 2nd with a tie and a Yale win.
Seeded 2nd with a loss and a Yale win or tie.
Yale -
Seeded 1st with a win and a Union loss or tie.
Seeded 1st with a tie and a Union loss.
Seeded 2nd with a win and a Union win.
Seeded 2nd with a tie and a Union win or tie.
Seeded 2nd with a loss.
Dartmouth -
Seeded 3rd with a win or a tie.
Seeded 3rd with a loss and a Cornell loss or tie.
Seeded 4th with a loss and a Cornell win.
Cornell -
Seeded 3rd with a win and a Dartmouth loss.
Seeded 4th with a win and a Dartmouth win or tie.
Seeded 4th with a tie and a Princeton loss or tie.
Seeded 4th with a loss, a Princeton loss, and a Rensselaer loss or
tie.
Seeded 5th with a tie and a Princeton win.
Seeded 5th with a loss, a Princeton win or tie, and a Rensselaer
loss or tie.
Seeded 5th with a loss, a Princeton loss, and a Rensselaer win.
Seeded 6th with a loss, a Princeton win or tie, and a Rensselaer
win.
Princeton -
Seeded 4th with a win and a Cornell loss or tie.
Seeded 4th with a tie, a Cornell loss, and a Rensselaer loss or
tie.
Seeded 5th with a win and a Cornell win.
Seeded 5th with a tie, a Cornell loss, and a Rensselaer win.
Seeded 5th with a tie, a Cornell win or tie, and a Rensselaer loss
or tie.
Seeded 5th with a loss and a Rensselaer loss.
Seeded 6th with a tie, a Cornell win or tie, and a Rensselaer
win.
Seeded 6th with a loss and a Rensselaer win or tie.
Rensselaer -
Seeded 4th with a win, a Cornell loss, and a Princeton loss or
tie.
Seeded 5th with a win, a Cornell loss, and a Princeton win.
Seeded 5th with a win, a Cornell win or tie, and a Princeton loss
or tie.
Seeded 5th with a tie and a Princeton loss.
Seeded 6th with a win, a Cornell win or tie, and a Princeton
win.
Seeded 6th with a tie and a Princeton win or tie.
Seeded 6th with a loss.
Quinnipiac -
Seeded 7th with a win.
Seeded 7th with a tie and a Clarkson loss or tie.
Seeded 7th with a loss, a Clarkson loss, and a Brown loss or
tie.
Seeded 8th with a tie and a Clarkson win.
Seeded 8th with a loss, a Clarkson loss, and a Brown win.
Seeded 8th with a loss, a Clarkson win or tie, and a Brown loss or
tie.
Seeded 9th with a loss, a Clarkson win or tie, and a Brown
win.
Clarkson -
Seeded 7th with a win and a Quinnipiac loss or tie.
Seeded 7th with a tie and a Quinnipiac loss.
Seeded 8th with a win and a Quinnipiac win.
Seeded 8th with a tie and a Quinnipiac win or tie.
Seeded 8th with a loss and a Brown loss or tie.
Seeded 9th with a loss and a Brown win.
Brown -
Seeded 7th with a win, a Quinnipiac loss, and a Clarkson loss.
Seeded 8th with a win, a Quinnipiac win or tie, and a Clarkson
loss.
Seeded 8th with a win, a Quinnipiac loss, and a Clarkson win or
tie.
Seeded 9th with a win, a Quinnipiac win or tie, and a Clarkson win
or tie.
Seeded 9th with a loss or a tie.
Harvard -
Seeded 10th with a win or a tie.
Seeded 11th with a loss.
St. Lawrence -
Seeded 10th with a win.
Seeded 11th with a loss or a tie.
Colgate -
Seeded 12th.