Quinnipiac University Bobcats (13-10-2, 7-6-0
ECAC Hockey) at
Dartmouth College Big Green (5-14-0, 3-9-0
ECAC Hockey)
Friday, Jan. 29, 2010; 7 p.m.
Thompson Arena - Hanover, N.H.
On The Air
Don
Boyle - Play-by-play
Todd
Carroll - Color Commentary
One And Done
The Quinnipiac University
men's ice hockey team will head to Hanover, N.H. on Friday, Jan. 29 to take on
Dartmouth College this weekend. Quinnipiac will play just once this weekend, as
the originally scheduled contest against Harvard was moved to Dec. 29. The
Bobcats and Big Green hit-the-ice at 7 p.m. at Dartmouth's Thompson Arena in
the Quinnipiac's lone game of the weekend. Quinnipiac enters Friday's game with
a record of 13-10-2 overall and 7-6-0 in ECAC Hockey play, good for 5th place
in the league standings. Dartmouth is currently 5-14-0 overall and 3-9-0 for
11th place in ECAC Hockey.
Broadcast News
Don Boyle will have the play-by-play for Friday
night's game at Dartmouth. Analyst Todd Caroll will handle the color commentary
duties in Hanover, N.H.
All-Time Against Dartmouth
In 10 games against Dartmouth all-time,
Quinnipiac is 6-3-1, with wins in four of their last five meetings. Last
season, Dartmouth was one of two teams, along with Clarkson, that the Bobcats
swept, winning 6-0 at home to complete a four-win in six-days swing before
edging the Big Green in the final game of the year to clinch home-ice advantage
for the ECAC Hockey Tournament. Quinnipiac has won 4 of 5 meetings on its home
ice against the Big Green, including the last two meetings. Quinnipiac is 2-2-1 in Hanover, N.H.
all-time.
Scouting Dartmouth
The Big Green are coming off a 3-1 victory
against first-place Union College on Jan. 23. Joe Stejskal, Scott Fleming and
Adam Estoclet all scored for Dartmouth in the win. Fleming and Estoclet are
currently tied for the team lead with 17 points. Fleming has scored a team-high
nine goals to go-along with eight assists, while Estoclet has tallied seven goals
and 10 assists. Matt Reber carries a team-high 12 assists along with three
goals for 15 points. In goal, Jody O'Neill has seen the majority of the time
between the pipes for Dartmouth. O'Neill has played over 850 minutes in net
spanning 16 games, posting a 4-12-0 record with a 3.79 goals-against average
and a .890 save percentage. James Mello has started the last two games for
Dartmouth in goal. He is 1-2-0 with a 1.74 GAA. Mello stopped 39 shots against
Union on Saturday, including a pair of 14-save periods to close out the win.
Good Company
Brandon Wong (14 goals, 14 assists, 28 pionts),
Eric Lampe (10-16-26) and Scott Zurevinski (11-12-23) make Quinnipiac one of
two NCAA Division I schools, along with Michigan State, to feature three
players to reach double figures in goals and assists to date.
20-Point Scorers
Quinnipiac became the third team this season to
have four players (Wong, Lampe, Zurevinski and Jean-Marc Beaudoin (7-14-20))
reach the 20-point mark, to date. Quinnipiac is one of eight schools total,
along with Michigan State (5), New Hampshire (5), Ferris State, Miami, Northern
Michigan, UMass and UMass Lowell, to feature four 20-point scorers in their
line-up.
Great Scott!
Scott Zurevinski became the third Quinnipiac
player this season, joining Eric Lampe against Yale on Dec. 4, and Jean-Marc
Beaudoin against Harvard on Nov. 13, to pass out three assists in a game.
Zurevinski has three assists in a 3-3 tie with Niagara on Saturday, Jan. 23.
More TV Games
With two goals against Niagara on Saturday, Jan.
23, during a game broadcast live on the Niagara Sports Network, Brandon Wong
became the third player to turn in a multiple-goal game in a contest on
television. In Quinnipiac's previous two games televised, Eric Lampe had a hat
trick against Harvard on Nov. 13, while Wong had a pair of goals against UMass
on Nov. 28.
One More Apple
Senior captain Jean-Marc Beaudoin matched his
previous career-high assist total with his 14th helper of the season against
Niagara on Saturday night. Senior Greg Holt has totaled six goals and 11
assists, leaving him agoal, assist and point short of career-highs in all three
categories.
They're Good Friends
Beaudoin and Wong are the only two players in the
Quinnipiac line-up to reach the 20-point mark in each of the last three
seasons.
Gentle Ben
Freshman Ben Arnt scored his first career goal
with three seconds left in the Bobcats loss to Niagara on Friday night. Arnt
became the fifth Quinnipiac freshman to score this season.
Russell Goodman...On The
Board
Freshman Russell Goodman
scored his first career goal in last Friday's loss to St. Cloud State. He was
assisted on the play by senior captain Jean-Marc Beaudoin and classmate Eric
Lampe.
25-25 Guys
Quinnipiac is one of five
team's nationally, along with UMass, Canisius, Denver and Union, to boast two
players (Wong, Lampe) with 25 points.
Double-Double Too
Wong, Lampe and Zurevinski
join the group of 44 players in Division I men's ice hockey to reach double
figures in goals and assists to date.
Youth Movement
Last season, through 39 games, Quinnipiac
freshmen accounted for 18 of Quinnipiac's 124 goals (14.5%). This season,
through the team's first 23 games, Quinnipiac freshmen have 18 of the Bobcats
76 goals for 23.7%.
Closing The Door
Last season, Quinnipiac was 16-0-0 in games in
which it led after the second period. In their last 44 games in that scenario,
dating back three seasons, Quinnipiac is undefeated at 40-0-4 when playing with
a lead heading into the final frame. The Bobcats last loss,when leading after
the second period, came in the 2006-07 ECAC Hockey Championship Game when
Clarkson scored four third period goals to come-from-behind and take the league
crown.
TD Bank Sports Center History
Since the door's opened on Quinnipiac
University's state-of-the-art arena on Jan. 27, 2007, the Bobcats have played
57 games on their home ice, posting a 32-19-6 record.
Milestone Marker
Brandon Wong became the 11th player in Quinnipiac
history, as well as the sixth at the Division I level, to reach the 60-goal
mark with a marker against Brown on Saturday, Dec. 5.
Impressive Information
Wong is one of two active players in NCAA
Division I hockey, to score 60 goals and assist on 60 more for his career. St.
Cloud State's Ryan Lasch has totaled 69 goals and 83 assists for his career.
Wong is also third among active career scoring leaders with 128 (61-67) points,
trailing Lasch (70-84-154) and Denver's Rhett Rakhshani (54-76-130).
Three With 30 And 30
For their careers, Jean-Marc Beaudoin (36 goals,
49 assists), Eric Lampe (44-47) and Brandon Wong (61-67) have all reached the
30-goal, 30-assist mark. The trio makes Quinnipiac one of seven teams in NCAA
Division I hockey to feature three players with at least 30 goals and 30
assists for their career.
Multiple Points
Against Princeton, freshman wing D'Arcy Oakes
scored twice in the Bobcats 4-3 overtime loss. Oakes became the sixth Bobcat to
score twice in a game this season, joining Brandon Wong, Eric Lampe, Jeremy
Langlois, Mike Atkinson and Scott Zurevinski.
Daily Dime
A Quinnipiac player has scored two goals in 10 of
its 25 games this season. Three of the six players (see above) to score twice
in a game (Wong, Lampe and Langlois) have done it twice, while Wong is the only
player with three multiple-goal games.