Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey Travels North To St. Lawrence and Clarkson This Weekend
Quinnipiac Bobcats (14-9-5, 6-6-4 ECAC Hockey) at
St. Lawrence Saints (10-15-3, 6-9-1 ECAC Hockey)
Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 • 7 PM
Appleton Arena • Canton, N.Y.
Series vs. St. Lawrence: 5-9-3
Record At Appleton Arena vs. St. Lawrence: 2-5-2
Last Time QU Faced St. Lawrence: L, 0-1 (OT) (Nov. 12, 2011 - Hamden, Conn.)
Last Quinnipiac Win Against St. Lawrence: Feb. 12, 20110 (W, 5-0 - Canton, N.Y.)
Last Quinnipiac Win Against St. Lawrence On The Road: Feb. 12, 20110 (W, 5-0 - Canton, N.Y.)
Current Streak vs. St. Lawrence: Lost 1; Winless in 3 Straight
Current Streak vs. St. Lawrence On The Road: Tied 1
Audio: AM 1220 WQUN
Video: B2TV
Live Stats (Available on all mobile devices): Collegehockeyinc.com
Quinnipiac Bobcats (14-9-5, 6-6-4 ECAC Hockey) at
Clarkson Golden Knights (13-12-5, 7-6-3 ECAC Hockey)
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 • 7 PM
Cheel Arena • Potsdam, N.Y.
Series vs. Clarkson: 7-8-1
Record At Cheel Arena vs. Clarkson: 3-4-0
Last Time QU Faced Clarkson: T, 1-1 (OT) (Nov. 11, 2011 - Hamden< Conn.)
Last Quinnipiac Win Against Clarkson: Jan. 28, 2011 (3-2 - Potsdam, N.Y.)
Last Quinnipiac Win Against Clarkson On The Road: Jan. 28, 2011 (3-2 - Potsdam, N.Y.)
Current Streak vs. Clarkson: Won 1
Current Streak vs. Clarkson On The Road: Won 1
Audio: AM 1220 WQUN
Video: Clarkson Broadcast Central
Live Stats: Clarkson Broadcast Central
Live Stats (Available on all mobile devices): Collegehockeyinc.com
The Trip To North Country
Quinnipiac men's ice hockey will head North to face St. Lawrence at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y. on Friday, Feb. 10 and Clarkson at Cheel Arena in Potsdam, N.Y. on Saturday, Feb. 11. Both games are slated for a 7 p.m. start.
On The Airwaves
Paul "The Jet" Pacelli and Chris Kotsopoulos will have the call on AM 1220 WQUN for both games this weekend. Bobcat fans can access the live audiostream on the web at www.WQUN.com or by clicking the "Audio" link at www.QuinnipiacBobcats.com. Audio is also available on iPhones from the official Quinnipiac Athletics app, as well as Shoutcast and TuneIn Radio.
Multimedia
Live video, audio and statistics can be accessed by clicking the appropriate links at the Official Website of Quinnipiac Athletics, www.QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
Last Time Out For The Bobcats
Quinnipiac split an ECAC Hockey weekend against Harvard, in a 6-3 loss on Friday, Feb. 3, and Dartmouth, a 2-1 win on Saturday, Feb. 4. Zach Davies assisted on both goals in Quinnipiac's win against the Big Green, while Connor Jones and Ben Arnt scored the goals. Dan Clarke stopped 32 in goal to hold on for the win.
All-Time Against St. Lawrence
In 17 meetings all-time between the two teams, St. Lawrence has won nine, with three more ending in ties. The Bobcats are winless in their last three games against St. Lawrence with their last win against the Saints coming on Feb. 12, 2010 in Canton, N.Y., a 5-0 triumph by Quinnipiac. All-time, Quinnipiac is 2-5-2 at Appleton Arena.
Scouting The Saints
St. Lawrence is currently 10-15-3 overall and 6-9-1 in ECAC Hockey. SLU's 13 ECAC Hockey points place them in a tie for ninth place in the league standings, and trailing Dartmouth and Yale (15 pts) for seventh place and the Bobcats in sixth (14 pts). Kyle Flanagan leads the Saints in goals (11), assists (18) and points (29) through 20 games played. Flanagan scored the game-winner in overtime against the Bobcats in a 1-0 tie on Nov. 12. Sophomore Greg Carey checks in with nine goals and 15 assists for 23 points, while he also leads the team with seven goals against ECAC Hockey competition. In goal, Matt Weninger is 9-12-3 with a 3.16 goals-against average and a .897 save percentage.
Quinnipiac is 7-8-1 all-time against Clarkson, including a 3-4-0 mark at Cheel Arena in Potsdam, N.Y. The Bobcats tied Clarkson, 1-1, earlier this season on Nov. 11. The two teams split the season series last year, with the road team winning each game. Quinnipiac also won its last game at Cheel Arena, 3-2 on Jan. 28, 2011.
Clarkson is 13-12-5 overall and 7-6-3 in ECAC Hockey play. The Golden Knights, who are coming off a 5-1 loss to Yale last weekend, are led by Louke Oakley, who boasts team-highs in assists (16) and points (27). Nick Tremblay has scored a team-high 14 goals, while also adding 12 assists for 26 points. Ben Sexton rounds out Clarkson's trio of 20-point scorers with six goals and 14 assists for the season.
ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week
Quinnipiac senior Dan Clarke (Belleville, Ontario) has been named the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week, as announced by the league office on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2012. For the weekend, Clarke was 1-0-0 with a .951 save percentage while also posting a 1.66 goals-against average after letting up two goals in 72:28 in net. Clarke made an appearance in the Bobcats' 6-3 loss to Harvard on Friday, Feb. 3, turning away 7-of-8 shots on goal in the final period of play. He came back on the following night, earning his first start since Dec. 9, 2011, with a 32-save performance in a 2-1 ECAC Hockey win against Dartmouth.
"...one for each finger..."
The honor is Clarke's fifth of his career after winning four ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week awards as a sophomore in 2009-10. This season, Clarke is 7-3-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage. For his career, Clarke is 31-32-5 with a 2.57 GAA and a .905 save percentage with five shutouts.
The Bobcats And ECAC Hockey Awards
Clarke is the fourth Quinnipiac player to earn ECAC Hockey weekly honors this season after Jeremy Langlois (Tempe, Ariz.) earned player of the week honors on Oct. 18; Matthew Peca (Petawawa, Ontario) was named the league's rookie of the week on Oct. 25; and Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) was named goalie of the week on Jan. 10.
Blue-Line Special
Against Dartmouth, Zach Davies assisted on both of Quinnipiac's goals in the Bobcats' 2-1 ECAC Hockey win. It was Davies' second two-assist game of the season, after he also had two helpers against Canisius on Oct. 15, 2011. Davies has three points in his last three games, after he also scored in the Bobcats win against Colgate on Jan. 14.
The Con(nor) Man
Leading scorer Connor Jones saw his six-game scoring streak halted when he failed to register a point against Harvard on Feb. 3. The second-year Bobcat responded with one of Quinnipiac's two goals in a 2-1 win against Dartmouth on Feb. 4.
The Bryce Is Right
Bryce Van Brabant tallied his third goal of his first season at Quinnipiac in the Bobcats' 6-3 loss to Harvard on Feb. 3. Van Brabant's goal was his first since Nov. 1 and his first point since Dec. 9.
Big Ben
Ben Arnt's goal against Dartmouth on Feb. 4 gave Quinnipac a two-goal lead after the first period, and would stand up as the game-winner in the end. It was Arnt's fourth goal of the year, and his first since Oct. 16 - a span of 17 games.
Elite Company
With two assists against Harvard, following a goal-and-an-assist game against Colgate, Matthew Peca joined Connor Jones and Scott Zurevinski as the only players to post back-to-back multiple-point games this season. Jones has accomplished the feat twice (Oct. 12 & 15; Nov. 1 & 4) while Zurevinski did it on Oct. 15-16.
Quinnipiac's January Athlete of the Month
Junior Zack Currie was named Quinnipiac's January Athlete of the Month. The third-year Bobcat currently leads all Quinnipiac defenseman in points (7 goals, 7 assists, 14 points) thanks in large part to a strong January in which the junior scored two goals and assisted on four more. Currie was the only Bobcat in Quinnipiac's line-up to produce two multiple-point games in QU's four games for the month. He assisted on both goals in a 2-1 upset of ECAC Hockey rival and nationally-ranked No. 20 Yale, before scoring once and assisting on another goal in a 7-1 route of No. 12 Colgate. Currie added assists against Brown and Cornell, making him one of two players on Quinnipiac's roster to tally a point in all four games this month.
Quinnipiac improved to 3-0 all-time when NHL Hall of Famer Gordie "Mr. Hockey" Howe is attendance, as was the case on Jan. 14 when arguably the game's greatest took in Quinnipiac's 7-1 win against Colgate.
Power Outage
Loren Barron's goal against Yale on Friday, Jan. 6, was just the fifth power play goal allowed by the nationally-ranked Bulldogs this year.
Quinnipiac heads to the Capital District to take on Rensselaer (Friday, Feb. 17) and Union (Saturday, Feb. 18).
The Bobcats At The Bank
Quinnipiac is 57-33-11 (.599) in 101 games at the TD Bank Sports Center, since its first game, a 7-0 win against Holy Cross, on Jan. 28, 2007. Quinnipiac's 100th Men's Ice Hockey Game at the TD Bank Sports Center will fall on Feb. 3, 2012 against Harvard.