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Quinnipiac Bobcats
Hockey current event Current season
Quinnipiac Bobcats athletic logo
University Quinnipiac University
Conference ECAC Hockey
Head coach Rand Pecknold
27th season, 541–322–94 (.614)
Captain Odeen Tufto
Alternate captain(s) Wyatt Bongiovanni
Arena Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena at the People's United Center
Capacity: 3,086
Surface: 200' x 85'
Location Hamden, Connecticut
Colors Navy and Gold
         
NCAA Tournament Runner-up
2013, 2016
NCAA Tournament Frozen Four
2013, 2016
NCAA Tournament appearances
2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
2002, 2016
Conference regular season championships
1999, 2000, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019
Current uniform
ECAC-Uniform-Quinnipiac

The Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Quinnipiac University. The Bobcats are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut.[1]

History[]

Quinnipiac College began sponsoring men's ice hockey as a varsity sport for the 1975–76 season. The program began as an independent team before joining ECAC 3 the following year. The program remained with the third-tier conference for over 20 years despite being a Division II school for much of that time. The Braves left ECAC 3 in 1997 and spent a year as a D-II independent before moving up to Division I as part of the university's transition to the top level. Quinnipiac was a founding member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ice hockey division, joining the conference as an affiliate member. The Braves won the MAAC Regular Season Championship in their first season in the league. The trend continued as Quinnipiac won the title the follow two seasons.[2] In 2002 The Braves won the team's first playoff series, winning the MAAC Playoff Championship with a 6–4 win over Mercyhurst.[3] With the win, Quinnipiac received an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the first NCAA postseason appearance in program history.[3] Quinnipiac faced off against Cornell in the first round of the East Regional, held in Worcester, Massachusetts.[4] Quinnipiac's run into the NCAA Tournament ended early in a 1–6 loss to the Big Red.[5] The game was the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the Braves.[6] Quinnipiac finished the 2001–02 season 20–13–5, marking the team's fourth consecutive season with at least 20 wins.[7]

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The Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team battles Dartmouth College at the then-named TD Banknorth Sports Center, February 2007. Quinnipiac student section is on right.

In 2003 the MAAC Hockey league split off from the main athletic conference to form Atlantic Hockey.[8] After two years in Atlantic Hockey Quinnipiac left to join the ECAC, replacing Vermont who left the league for Hockey East[9] and changed their name to the Bobcats. QU was chosen over a number of applicants in large part to the university's commitment to build a new multipurpose sports arena to replace the civic-owned Northford Ice Pavilion.[9] The Bobcats moved into the new 3,386-seat TD Bank Sports Center (then known as TD Banknorth Sports Center) in 2007.[10]

The 2012–13 season has brought Quinnipiac to national prominence. The program reached a new high becoming the number one team in the country on February 11, 2013 in both the USCHO.com poll and USA Today College Hockey poll. Quinnipiac retained the ranking the following week despite losing their first game as the top ranked team to St. Lawrence University as the 2nd and 3rd ranked teams also fell the same weekend. The Bobcats also won their first ever Cleary Cup presented to the ECAC regular season champion. On March 24, 2013, the Bobcats received the number one overall seed in the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The Bobcats won the East Region with wins over Canisius (4-3) and Union (5-1) to advance to the school's first ever Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, Pa. In the national semifinals, Quinnipiac defeated St. Cloud State (4-1) to advance to the national championship game against archrival Yale. The Bobcats fell 4–0 to Yale to end the 2012-13 as the national runner-up.

In the 2013–14 season the Bobcats once again reached the NCAA tournament yet were defeated in the first round by Providence College 4–0. The team finished the season with a 24-10-6 record.

Quinnipiac once again had a successful 2014–15 season when they won their second ECAC regular season title in 3 years but lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to North Dakota 4–1. The team finished the season with a 23-12-4 record.

The 2015–16 season saw Qunnipiac set a school record for wins with 32 along with winning their 3rd ECAC regular season title in 4 years and winning the ECAC tournament championship for the first time. Quinnipiac blew through the East Regional with wins over RIT 4-0 and UMass Lowell 4–1 to capture the regional championship and advance to the Frozen Four in the Tampa for the 2nd time in 4 seasons. In the national semifinals the Bobcats withheld a late charge by Boston College to win 3-2 and advance to the second national championship game in program history. Once again Quinnipiac was denied a national championship this time at the hands of North Dakota in a 5–1 defeat. The team finished the season with a record of 32-4-7.

Rivals[]

Since moving to the ECAC, Quinnipiac's biggest rival has been the Yale Bulldogs. The rivalry is dubbed the War on Whitney Avenue as the two campuses are separated by a mere 8 miles on Whitney Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut to New Haven, Connecticut. The rivalry has reached its highest point in 2013 as both the Bobcats and the Bulldogs rank in the top 10 nationally and are 1 and 2 in the ECAC standings. Quinnipiac holds a 9-5-2 all-time record against the Bulldogs. The winner of the final game between the two teams receives the Heroes Hat which honors those who risked their lives during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The two teams met on April 13, 2013 for the fourth time in the 2012–13 season in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to play for the national championship. Quinnipiac won the previous three meetings by a combined score of 13–3, but was upset in the national championship game, 4–0.

The Cornell Big Red have also become a rival of Quinnipiac with the teams meeting in five ECAC Hockey Playoff series since the 2007 season having won in 2007 at Lynah Rink and in 2013 and 2016 in Hamden with the latter two coming with Quinnipiac as the ECAC number one seed and seasons in which Quinnipiac reached the Frozen Four. Cornell won series in 2011 and 2018 both at Lynah Rink. Quinnipiac is 3–2 in those series against Cornell with three of the series going the maximum three games. Things on the ice have been heated at times with a lot of physical play and both Rand Pecknold and Cornell head coach Mike Schafer jawing at each other as well.

Records vs. Current ECAC Hockey Teams[]

As of the completion of 2018–19 season[11]

School Team Away Arena Overall Record Win % Last Result
Brown University Bears Meehan Auditorium 24–10–6 .675 3-4 L
Clarkson University Golden Knights Cheel Arena 16–12–3 .565 3-5 L
Colgate University Raiders Class of 1965 Arena 23–16–2 .585 4-5 L (OT)
Cornell University Big Red Lynah Rink 17–22–4 .442 2-2 T (OT)
Dartmouth College Big Green Thompson Arena 21–10–2 .667 5-1 W
Harvard University Crimson Bright-Landry Hockey Center 14–15–5 .485 1-2 L
Princeton University Tigers Hobey Baker Memorial Rink 17–12–1 .583 6-3 W
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers Houston Field House 17–7–9 .652 2-1 W
St. Lawrence University Saints Appleton Arena 15–15–4 .500 7-2 W
Union College Dutchmen Achilles Rink 18–17–5 .513 1-1 T (OT)
Yale University Bulldogs Ingalls Rink 22–7–5 .721 4-1 W

Season-by-season results[11][]

Main article: List of Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey seasons

All-time coaching records[]

As of completion of 2019–20 season[11]

Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
1975–1979 Jim Kennedy 4 22–48–1 .317
1979–1980 Ralph O'Connor 1 5–13–1 .289
1980–1994 Jim Armstrong 14 139–188–8 .427
1994–Present Rand Pecknold 26 532–318–93 .613
Totals 4 coaches 45 Seasons 698–567–103 .548

Statistical Leaders[12][]

Career points leaders[]

Player Years GP G A Pts PIM
Cerrella, ChrisChris Cerrella 1997–2001 126 99 106 205 230
Johnson, ToddTodd Johnson 1985–1989 109 90 112 202 128
Hanscom, JimJim Hanscom 1976–1980 83 109 192
Verneris, BillBill Verneris 1978–1982 92 94 186
Herbert, BrianBrian Herbert 1999–2003 136 56 113 169 254
Leitch, BryanBryan Leitch 2005–2009 157 53 116 169 124
Ciardiello, RickRick Ciardiello 1983–1987 61 97 158
Cashman, ReidReid Cashman 2003–2007 151 23 125 148 246
Wong, BrandonBrandon Wong 2006–2010 147 68 75 143 92
Peca, MatthewMatthew Peca 2011–2015 157 42 101 143 91

Career Goaltending Leaders[]

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Minimum 30 games

Player Years GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Garteig, MichaelMichael Garteig 2012–2016 124 7261 78 25 16 237 19 .917 1.96
Hartzell, EricEric Hartzell 2009–2013 106 6139 58 27 17 201 10 .924 1.96
Shortridge, AndrewAndrew Shortridge 2016–2019 78 4235 42 26 4 139 10 .923 1.97
Petruzzelli, KeithKeith Petruzzelli 2017–Present 65 3565 34 19 4 137 6 .910 2.31
Holden, JamieJamie Holden 2001–2005 107 5974 59 34 10 248 7 .921 2.49

Statistics current through the start of the 2020–21 season.

Roster[]

As of September 11, 2020.[13]

# S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2 Flag of Finland Räsänen, IivariIivari Räsänen Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2001-05-23 Tampere, Finland Muskegon (USHL) —
3 Flag of Nova Scotia DiLiberatore, PeterPeter DiLiberatore (A) Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-03-31 Bedford, Nova Scotia Salisbury (USHS–CT) , 180th overall 2018
4 Flag of Rhode Island Lombardi, MichaelMichael Lombardi Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-08-20 Barrington, Rhode Island West Kelowna (BCHL) —
5 Flag of New York McGee, C. J.C. J. McGee Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-03-12 Pearl River, New York Shreveport (NAHL) —
7 Flag of Minnesota Chorney, MarcusMarcus Chorney Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-09-16 Hastings, Minnesota Amarillo (NAHL) —
8 Flag of British Columbia Bochen, NickNick Bochen Freshman D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2001-08-29 North Vancouver, British Columbia Prince George (BCHL) —
10 Flag of British Columbia de Jong, EthanEthan de Jong Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-07-12 North Vancouver, British Columbia Prince George (BCHL) —
11 Flag of Michigan Bongiovanni, WyattWyatt Bongiovanni (A) Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-07-24 Birmingham, Michigan Muskegon (USHL) —
12 Flag of Connecticut Winslow, DanielDaniel Winslow Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1997-09-26 Fairfield, Connecticut Jersey (NCDC) —
14 Flag of British Columbia Leyh, EthanEthan Leyh Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2001-06-07 Anmore, British Columbia Langley (BCHL) —
15 Flag of British Columbia Lee, JaydenJayden Lee Sophomore D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 2001-01-10 North Vancouver, British Columbia Powell River (BCHL) —
17 Flag of New York Cipollone, JoeyJoey Cipollone Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-07-12 Purchase, New York Tri-City (USHL) —
18 Flag of New Jersey Clifton, CoreyCorey Clifton Freshman F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-02-03 Matawan, New Jersey Austin (NAHL) —
19 Flag of Missouri Friedmann, T. J.T. J. Friedmann Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-02-27 St. Louis, Missouri Victoria (BCHL) —
20 Flag of Rhode Island Fawcett, MatthewMatthew Fawcett Sophomore F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 148 lb (67 kg) 1999-04-22 Lincoln, Rhode Island Powell River (BCHL) —
22 Flag of North Carolina Brind'Amour, SkylerSkyler Brind'Amour Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-07-27 Raleigh, North Carolina Chilliwack (BCHL) EDM, 177th overall 2017
23 Flag of Wisconsin Metsa, ZachZach Metsa Junior D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-10-19 Delafield, Wisconsin Central Illinois (USHL) —
24 Flag of Illinois Britt, LoganLogan Britt Sophomore D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-02-10 Crystal Lake, Illinois Sioux Falls (USHL) —
25 Flag of British Columbia Ghirardosi, TylerTyler Ghirardosi Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1999-10-01 Montrose, British Columbia Trail (BCHL) —
26 Flag of Netherlands van Nes, GuusGuus van Nes Sophomore (RS) F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1997-02-14 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC) —
27 Flag of British Columbia Burgart, DesiDesi Burgart Junior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-09-28 North Vancouver, British Columbia Surrey (BCHL) —
28 Flag of Connecticut O'Connor, JoeJoe O'Connor Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-03-16 Hamden, Connecticut Brooks (AJHL) —
29 Flag of Minnesota Tufto, OdeenOdeen Tufto (C) Senior F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1997-01-09 Chaska, Minnesota Sioux City (USHL) —
31 Flag of Massachusetts Petruzzelli, KeithKeith Petruzzelli Senior G 6' 5" (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-02-09 Wilbraham, Massachusetts Muskegon (USHL) DET, 88th overall 2017
33 Flag of Massachusetts Mayanja, JoshJosh Mayanja Senior G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1997-08-16 Framingham, Massachusetts South Shore (USPHL) —
35 Flag of Illinois Fear, EvanEvan Fear Sophomore G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1999-07-05 Winnetka, Illinois Waterloo (USHL) —
96 Flag of Colorado Smilanic, TyTy Smilanic Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 2002-01-20 Denver, Colorado USNTDP (USHL) FLA, 74th overall 2020

Awards and honors[]

NCAA[]

Individual Awards[]

Spencer Penrose Award

Tim Taylor Award

NCAA Scoring Champion

All-Americans[]

AHCA First Team All-Americans

AHCA Second Team All-Americans

MAAC[]

Individual Awards[]

Offensive Player of the Year

  • Shawn Mansoff: 2000

Defensive Player of the Year

  • Dan Ennis: 1999
  • Wade Winkler: 2003

Defensive Rookie of the Year

  • Dan Ennis: 1999
  • Jamie Holden: 2002

Tournament Most Valuable Player

  • Matt Craig: 2002

All-Conference Teams[]

First Team All-MAAC

  • 1998–99: J. C. Wells, G; Dan Ennis, D; Kris Cumming, D; Chad Poliquin, F
  • 1999–00: Anthony DiPalma, D; Shawn Mansoff, F; Chris Cerrella, F
  • 2000–01: Chris Cerrella, F
  • 2002–03: Wade Winkler, D; Matt Craig, F

Second Team All-MAAC

  • 1998–99: Neil Breen, F
  • 2001–02: Brian Herbert, F
  • 2002–03: Brian Herbert, F

MAAC All-Rookie Team

  • 1998–99: Dan Ennis, D; Neil Breen, F
  • 1999–00: Matt Erhart, D; Brian Herbert, F
  • 2000–01: Justin Eddy, G
  • 2001–02: Jamie Holden, G
  • 2002–03: Conrad Martin, D; Scott Reynolds, F


Atlantic Hockey[]

Individual Awards[]

Player of the Year

Regular Season Goaltending Award

  • Jamie Holden: 2004

Regular Season Scoring Trophy

Coach of the Year

All-Conference Teams[]

First Team All-Atlantic Hockey

Second Team All-Atlantic Hockey

  • 2003–04: Reid Cashman, D
  • 2004–05: Jamie Holden, G; Matt Craig, F

Atlantic Hockey All-Rookie Team


ECAC Hockey[]

Individual Awards[]

Player of the Year

Rookie of the Year

Ken Dryden Award

Student-Athlete of the Year

  • Derek Smith: 2017
  • Bo Pieper: 2018

Best Defensive Defenseman

  • Zach Davies: 2013

Tim Taylor Award

Most Outstanding Player in Tournament

All-Conference[]

First Team All-ECAC Hockey

Second Team All-ECAC Hockey

Third Team All-ECAC Hockey

ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team

Quinnipiac Bobcats Hall of Fame[]

The following is a list of people associated with the Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program who were elected into the Quinnipiac Bobcats Hall of Fame (induction date in parenthesis).[14]

  • Michael Barrett (1990)
  • Richard Buckholz (2010)
  • Chris Cerrella (2010)
  • Russell Certo (1998)
  • Richard Ciardiello (2003)
  • Jim Hanscom (1994)
  • Todd Johnson (2000)
  • Ed Muzyka (2009)
  • Rand Pecknold (2012)
  • Bob Serenson (1993)
  • 2001-02 Team (2012)
  • Bill Verneris (1986)

Bobcats in the NHL[15][]

= NHL All-Star Team = NHL All-Star[16] = NHL All-Star[16] and NHL All-Star Team
Player Position Team(s) Years Stanley Cups
Connor Clifton Defenseman BOS 2018–Present 0
Connor Jones Forward NYI 2016–2017 0
Matthew Peca Center TBL, MTL 2016–Present 0
Brogan Rafferty Defenseman VAN 2018–Present 0
Devon Toews Defenseman NYI 2018–Present 0
Bryce Van Brabant Left Wing CGY 2013–2014 0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Quinnipiac Bobcats, Union Dutchmen play 5-overtime hockey game, longest in NCAA history - ESPN. Sports.espn.go.com (2010-03-13).
  2. ↑ Statistics :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online. USCHO.com.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 [1]
  4. ↑ 2002 NCAA Tournament. Inside College Hockey.
  5. ↑ [2]
  6. ↑ Statistics :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online. USCHO.com.
  7. ↑ Bobcat hockey looking for repeated success | The Quinnipiac Chronicle (2002-10-10).
  8. ↑ Atlantic Hockey : ATLANTIC HOCKEY HISTORY. Atlantichockeyonline.com.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Quinnipiac Officially Admitted to ECAC :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online. USCHO.com (2004-08-24).
  10. ↑ Holtz, Jeff. "Arena Fit for Quinnipiac's Ambition", The New York Times, 2007-01-27. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Quinnipiac Bobcats men's Ice Hockey 2014-15 Media Guide", Quinnipiac Bobcats. 
  12. ↑ "All-Time Individual Career Records", Quinnipiac Bobcats. 
  13. ↑ 2020–21 Men's Ice Hockey Roster. Quinnipiac Athletics.
  14. ↑ Hall of Fame. Quinnipiac Bobcats.
  15. ↑ Alumni report for Quinnipiac University. Hockey DB.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.

External links[]

ECAC Hockey
TeamsBrown Bears (men - women) * Clarkson Golden Knights(men - women) * Colgate Raiders (men - women) * Cornell Big Red (men - women) * Dartmouth Big Green (men - women) * Harvard Crimson (men -women) * Princeton Tigers (men - women) * Quinnipiac Bobcats (men - women) * Rensselaer Engineers (men - women) * St. Lawrence Saints (men - women) * Union Dutchmen (men - women) * Yale Bulldogs (men - women)
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