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QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS EXHIBITION: Saint Mary’s at No. 13/14 Quinnipiac 2017-18 SCHEDULE No. 13/14 QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY BOBCATS October 0-0-0/0-0-0 Record: 0-0-0 ECAC HOCKEY: 0-0-0 Date Opponent Time/Result Overall/ECAC Head Coach: Rand Pecknold Sun. 1 St. Mary’s (ex.) 4:00 PM Record at QU: 469-279-85 (.615), 24th Season Fri. 6 at Boston College7:00 PM Sun. 8 Boston Univ. 2:00 PM SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY HUSKIES Sat. 14 Vermont 4:00 PM Record: 0-0-0 Fri. 20 at Northeastern 7:00 PM Head Coach: Trevor Steinburg Sat. 21 at Northeastern 7:00 PM November 0-0-0/0-0-0 Date: Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 Date Opponent Time/Result Overall/ECAC Location: Hamden, Connecticut Fri. 3 Cornell* 7:00 PM Rink: TD Bank Sports Center Sat. 4 Colgate* 7:00 PM Fri. 10 at RPI* 7:00 PM Sat. 11 at Union* 7:00 PM Fri. 17 Brown* 7:00 PM DROP THE PUCK Sat. 18 Yale* 7:00 PM Fri. 24 UMass 7:00 PM HEAD COACH RAND PECKNOLD Sat. 25 at UMass 7:30 PM • Rand Pecknold is currently in his 24th season as the Bobcats head coach in 2017-18. Tue. 28 at Princeton* 7:00 PM • In 2015-16, Pecknold was honored with the Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Award, the College Hockey News National Coach of the Year as well as the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor December 0-0-0/0-0-0 Coach of the Year Award. Date Opponent Time/Result Overall/ECAC • To date, Pecknold features a career record of 469-279-85 and currently ranks fifth among all ac- Fri. 1 Harvard* 7:00 PM tive NCAA Division I coaches in career victories. Sat. 2 Dartmouth* 7:00 PM Fri. 8 Maine 7:00 PM THE BOBCATS ARE AMONG THE ELITE IN NCAA HOCKEY Sat. 9 Maine 7:00 PM • Since they qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2012-13 through 2016-17, Quinnipiac ranks first among all NCAA Division I programs in the country with 132 wins. January 0-0-0/0-0-0 • 2016 marked the Bobcats fourth-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, as well as their Date Opponent Time/Result Overall/ECAC second appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four and National Championship Game in four seasons. Tue. 2 vs. UConn ! 7:00 PM • In addition, the Bobcats captured their second-consecutive Cleary Cup, for the ECAC Hockey Fri. 5 at Colgate* 7:00 PM Regular-Season Championship, which was also their third in four seasons. Sat. 6 at Cornell* 4:00 PM • Quinnipiac also won its first-ever Whitelaw Cup after winning the league’s tournament champion- Fri. 12 at Dartmouth* 7:00 PM ship. Sat. 13 at Harvard* 7:00 PM • The Bobcats were also the first team since Michigan in 1997 to finish the year with just four losses Fri. 19 at Arizona State 7:00 PM for the season as Quinnipiac posted a 32-4-7 overall record as well as a 16-1-5 record in ECAC Sat. 20 at Arizona State 7:00 PM Hockey action. Tues. 30 Princeton* 7:00 PM TEAM HIGHLIGHTS February 0-0-0/0-0-0 • Quinnipiac finished the 2016-17 season with a record of 23-14-3 overall and 13-8-1 in league Date Opponent Time/Result Overall/ECAC action. Fri. 2 Clarkson* 7:00 PM • Quinnipiac’s ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals series win against St. Lawrence gave the Bobcats their Sat. 3 St. Lawrence* 7:00 PM fifth-consecutive appearance in the ECAC Hockey Championship Semifinals. The last team to ac- Fri. 9 at Yale* 7:00 PM complish that was Cornell from 2009 through 2012. Sat. 10 at Brown* 4:00 PM • 2016-17 signaled the 17th time in program history, and the 16th time in Rand Pecknold’s 23-year Fri. 16 Union* 7:00 PM career, that Quinnipiac reached the 20-win mark. Sat. 17 RPI* 7:00 PM • Through 2016-17, Quinnipiac has now posted a non-losing season for the 20th-straight year. Fri. 23 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 PM • Quinnipiac’s 12-5-1 record at the TD Bank Sports Center in 2016-17 was the eight consecutive Sat. 24 at Clarkson* 7:00 PM season with 10-or-more wins on its home ice. • The Bobcats’ 13-8-1 record in ECAC Hockey games signals the fifth straight year with 12-or-more March 0-0-0/0-0-0 ECAC Hockey wins. Date Opponent Time/Result Overall/ECAC • In 2016-17, Quinnipiac scored 121 goals to give the program its sixth-consecutive season in 2-4 ECAC Hockey First Round which it has scored 100-or-more goals while also giving the Bobcats a scoring average of three or 9-10 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals more goals in 11 of the last 13 seasons. Fri. 16 ECAC Hockey Semifinals • Last year’s senior class currently won 102 career games, good for second among all NCAA Divi- Sat. 17 ECAC Hockey Championship sion I programs behind North Dakota’s 105. Home games in bold. • This marks the first time in program history that consecutive senior classes posted 100-win ca- * ECAC Hockey Game reers. ! XL Center (Hartford, Conn.) ECAC Hockey Semfinals & Championship to be played at #BOBCATNATION 1980’s Rink at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y. Quinnipiac fans can follow the Bobcats on Twitter and Instagram @QU_MIH, or tap into live coverage, as announced on Twitter, on Facebook @QUMENSHOCKEY. 2016-17 FINAL SITUATIONAL STATISTICS BOBCATS RECORD WHEN... BOBCATS RECORD WHEN... Quinnipiac played at home 12-5-1 Quinnipiac scores first 20-5-1 Quinnipiac played on the road 10-7-0 Opponent scores first 3-10-0 Quinnipiac played at a neutral site 1-2-1 Quinnipiac led after 1st period 17-3-1 Quinnipiac played in October 4-2-1 Opponent led after 1st period 1-6-0 Quinnipiac played in November 5-2-1 Score was tied after 1st period 5-6-1 Quinnipiac played in December 2-4-0 Quinnipiac led after 2nd period 21-1-0 Quinnipiac played in January 3-3-0 Opponent led after 2nd period 0-14-0 Quinnipiac played in February 5-2-0 Score was tied after 2nd period 2-0-2 Quinnipiac played in March 4-2-0 Game was decided by one goal 6-2-0 Games vs. ECAC Hockey opponents 17-10-1 Game was decided by two goals 4-6-0 Games vs. Atlantic Hockey opponents 0-1-0 Game was decided by three goals 8-7-0 Games vs. Hockey East opponents 5-3-1 Game was decided by four goals 3-1-0 Game vs. NCHC opponents 0-0-0 Game was decided by more than 4 goals 1-0-0 Game vs. Independent 1-1-0 On Monday 0-0-0 After a win 12-10-1 On Tuesday 1-0-0 After a loss 10-4-1 On Wednesday 1-0-0 After a tie 1-1-0 On Thursday 1-0-0 On Friday 8-7-2 Games vs. ranked opponents 5-8-2 On Saturday 10-8-0 Games vs. non-ranked opponents 18-7-0 On Sunday 1-0-0 Conference games 13-8-1 Non-conference games 10-7-1 In Connecticut 13-5-1 In Maine 1-1-0 Quinnipiac outshoots opponent 20-9-1 In Massachusetts 0-2-0 Opponent outshoots Quinnipiac 3-6-1 In Minnesota 0-0-0 Shots were even 0-0-0 In New Hampshire 1-0-0 In New Jersey 0-1-0 Quinnipiac did not score 0-3-1 In New York 6-4-0 Quinnipiac scored one goal 1-5-0 In Northern Ireland 0-1-1 Quinnipiac scored two goals 0-5-1 In Pennsylvania 1-1-0 Quinnipiac scored three goals 7-2-0 In Rhode Island 1-0-0 Quinnipiac scored four goals 5-0-0 Quinnipiac scored five goals 6-0-0 Quinnipiac scored six or more goals 4-0-0 USCHO.COM POLL QU IN THE POLLS USCHO USA Today PWR Sept. 25 14 13 -- USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE RAND PECKNOLD HEAD COACH 24TH SEASON CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ‘90/’93 • Most wins of any coach in Quinnipiac hockey history • Served as clinician at 2000–02 NCAA YES Clinics at (469) Frozen Four • 2016 Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year • Assistant coach at Connecticut College (1991–93) • 2016 College Hockey News National Coach of the • Three-year letter winner as a player at Connecticut Year College • 2013, 2016 ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the • 20 consecutive non-losing seasons, including 15 20-win Year marks in the past 18 seasons. • Earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and his Active NCAA Division I Coaches • 2013 New England Hockey Writers’ Association Clark Hodder Coach of the Year master’s degree in education from Connecticut College in (Through 2016-17 Season) 1990 and 1993, respectively. • 2013 and 2015 ECAC Hockey Cleary Cup Regular- Rank Head Coach # of W’s Season Championship 1 Jerry York 1,033 • In 2012-13 and again in 2015-16, Pecknold guided INSIDE THE NUMBERS 2 Don Lucia 717 the Bobcats to No. 1 ranking in the USCHO.com • 267 All-Academic Team selections 3 Dick Umile 586 Division I Men’s Ice Hockey and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls, the highest ranking in program • 40 All-League selections (16 First-Team picks) 4 Rick Gotkin 525 history • 15 All-Rookie Team picks 5 Rand Pecknold 469 • Under Pecknold’s leadership, Quinnipiac is the only • 8 Quinnipiac Cup MVPs 6 Jeff Jackson 448 team to win an ECAC Hockey Tournament series in • 6 League Players of the Year 7 Mike Shafer 412 each of the last 10 years • 6 League Rookies of the Year 8 Frank Serratore 405 • Three-time Spencer Penrose Award finalist, given to the National Coach of the Year (2002, 2005, 2013) • 5 All-Americans 9 Don Vaughan 390 • 2 Hobey Baker Award Finalist 10 Bob Gaudet 382 • 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year • 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015 NCAA Tournament partici- • 1 League Goaltender of the Year pant • 1 Hobey Baker Award Hat Trick Finalist • 2002 MAAC Tournament champions • 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American • 17 20-win seasons, including five consecutive years • 1 National Rookie of the Year with at least 20 wins (1998–2003) • 1 ECAC Hockey Scholar-Athlete of the Year • Six conference tournament final appearances RAND PECKNOLD YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD School Year Overall Home Away Neutral Conf.