Men's Hockey Drops Hard-Fought ECAC Contest to #5 Quinnipiac

Friday, November 11

Providence, R.I.

7 p.m.

Brown University

1-3-1, 1-3-1

Quinnipiac

6-1-2, 3-0-0

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Quinnipiac	0	2	2	4
Brown	1	1	1	3

Photo by: Emma C. Marion

Men's Hockey Drops Hard-Fought ECAC Contest to #5 Quinnipiac

11/11/2022 10:46:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The fifth-ranked Quinnipiac Bobcats (6-1-2, 3-0-0 ECAC) scored twice in the third and held on for a 4-3 conference win over the Brown Bears (1-3-1, 1-3-1 ECAC) Friday night at Meehan Auditorium.

"We have to learn how to win. We're every bit as good as that hockey team," said head coach Brendan Whittet '94. "We deserved a better fate and I thought we were the better team. I thought we out-played them and we just have to find a way to learn to win those games. It's a process but we're getting better; we were better tonight than we were last weekend and we'll continue to get better.

"We have a really good Princeton team coming in here tomorrow and we cannot get swept at home, not if you want to climb up the standings, you have to get points."

James Crossman tallied his second power play goal in as many games at 10:38 of the opening period, blasting a one-timer from the top of the right circle to beat Quinnipiac goaltender Yaniv Perets (21 saves). Brett Bliss and Ryan Bottrill assisted on the power play goal.

Brown killed the lone Quinnipiac power play late in the first period while holding the Bobcats to one shot on goal during the advantage.

Mathieu Caron (32 saves) made consecutive saves against Rhode Island native Michael Lombardi in the opening minute of the middle frame to preserve the one-goal lead.

The Bobcats evened the score at 1-1 with 11:07 remaining in second. T.J. Friedmann picked up the loose puck in the slot and beat Caron with a high wrist shot through traffic.

Tony Andreozzi put the Bears ahead 2-1 at 11:05 of the second with his first career goal. The defenseman jumped the rush with Bottrill and finished the centering pass from the freshman with Cole Quisenberry adding the secondary assist.

Jacob Quillan added Quinnipiac's second power play goal of the night with 3:37 remaining in the second to even the score at 2-2. Desi Burgart and Lombardi assisted on the goal.

After a breakaway chance was broken up by Brett Bliss halfway through the third period, Quinnipiac's Collin Graf, a transfer from Union, was awarded a penalty shot. Caron followed the forward as he moved across the slot and made the save to keep the game tied.

The Bobcats took a 3-2 lead with 10:20 remaining in the third as Lombardi found the back of the net with assists from Charles-Alexis Legault and Skyler Brind-Amour.

Lombardi made it 4-2 Bobcats less than two minutes later with assists from Brind-Amour and de Jong.

Perets robbed Bradley Cocca of a goal with 6:03 remaining in the third to keep the Bobcats up by a pair of goals.

With Caron pulled for the extra attacker, Quisenberry re-directed a Luke Krys shot past Perets to bring the Bears within a goal with 3:36 remaining in regulation. Jordan Tonelli picked up the secondary assist.

The Bears put the extra attacker back on the ice for the final 1:29 of the game but were unable to find the equalizer as Perets made four saves in the final 69 seconds for the victory.

GAME NOTES

Quisenberry recorded his second career multi-point game and first since the 2021 season-opener against Yale.
Krys and Tonelli both recorded their first points of the season with assists on Quisenberry's goal.
Quinnipiac finished the night with a 36-24 edge in shots on goal. Brown finished with nine blocked shots compared to four for the Bobcats.
The Bobcats went 2-for-5 on the power play with Brown finishing 1-for-1.
Faceoffs were fairly even as Quinnipiac finished with a slight edge, winning 41-of-77 draws (53.2%).

Brown closes the weekend slate tomorrow night at Meehan Auditorium against the Princeton Tigers (1-3-0, 1-3-0 ECAC). Saturday's game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+. Click here to purchase tickets.

Gallery: (11-11-2022) MHockey vs. #5 Quinnipiac (11/11/22)

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