2020-21 St. Lawrence Men’s Hockey Game Notes Aaron Todd // Assistant AD, Communications and Marketing // [email protected] // Office: 315-229-5588 • Cell: 315-212-3858 St. Lawrence No. 11/12 Quinnipiac St. Lawrence Leaders 4-4-2, 4-4-2 ECAC Hockey 10-5-3, 4-3-3 ECAC Hockey Goals ..........................Pickering/Trela (4) Series Record: 16-17-6 Series Record: 17-16-6 Assists .........................................Buhl (8) Points ........................................Buhl (10) At Quinnipiac: 7-6-2 At Home: 6-7-2 GW Goals ...........................Four tied (1) PP Goals ................... Jankowski/Trela (2) PP Points .........Buhl/Jankowski/Trela (3) Friday/Saturday, Feb. 5-6, 4 p.m. | Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena ECAC Points............................Buhl (10) Live Stats: gobobcats.com +/- ...........................................Salem (+5) ESPN+ ($) Stretch Internet ($) Video: / Shots on Goal .................... Lapointe (31) Radio: 95.3 The Wolf, 92.7 WQTK Blocked Shots .........................Salem (18) SKATING SAINTS HOCKEY: LAST TIME OUT Goaltending Save % .........................Zetterquist (.936) • St. Lawrence gets back on the ice this weekend for a two-game series at Quinnipiac after tak- GAA ............................Zetterquist (2.08) ing last weekend off. Friday’s game with the Bobcats will be the first for the Saints since a 4-3 Wins ................................. Zetterquist (4) loss to Colgate on Sunday, January 24. The Saints had planned on playing a two-game series with Niagara at Appleton Arena last weekend, but the Purple Eagles were forced to cancel Quinnipiac Leaders Goals ..................................Smilanic (11) due to COVID-19 protocols. Assists ......................................Tufto (24) Points .......................................Tufto (28) • The Saints played a three-game series with Colgate two weeks ago, with all three games being GW Goals ............................Smilanic (3) decided by 4-3 scores. The Saints lost in overtime at home on Thursday, January 21, then PP Goals .................................de Jong (6) beat the Raiders in Hamilton on Saturday before losing on the road Sunday. Both games at PP Points .................................Tufto (14) Colgate were decided in regulation. ECAC Hockey Points .............Tufto (13) +/- ............. Fillion/Rasanen/van Nes (+7) • Kaden Pickering scored three goals and added a pair of assists in the series for the Saints, in- Shots on Goal ...............DiLberatore (66) cluding two goals and an assist in the Saints’ win. David Jankowski and Greg Lapointe both Blocked Shots .........................Metsa (21) had a goal and three assists, and Cameron Buhl had four assists for the Saints. Nicholas Trela Goaltending added a pair of goals and one assist. Save % .......................... Petruzzelli (.929) GAA ............................. Petruzzelli (1.79) • Emil Zetterquist started in goal in the first two games of the series, posting a .887 save per- Wins ................................ Petruzzelli (10) centage and a 3.44 goals against average. Francis Boisvert saw his first action of the season in Sunday’s game, making 17 saves. St. Lawrence Captains St. Lawrence Quinnipiac Overall/ECAC Hockey .....................4-4-2/4-4-2 Overall/ECAC Hockey ...................10-5-3/4-3-3 Goals Per Game ................................................2.40 Goals Per Game ................................................. 3.17 Assists Per Game .............................................3.90 Assists Per Game .............................................5.67 Points Per Game ...............................................6.30 Points Per Game ...............................................8.83 Shots Per Game ................................................ 26.8 Shots Per Game .................................................31.0 Opponent Goals Per Game ..........................2.40 Opponent Goals Per Game ......................... 2.06 Callum Cusinato Dylan Woolf Opponent Shots Per Game ..........................32.0 Opponent Shots Per Game ..........................25.9 Power Play ..........................................................17.1% Power Play ...................................................... 23.8% Penalty Kill ..................................................... .90.6% Penalty Kill ...................................................... 86.5% Combined Special Teams ........................... 52.2% Combined Special Teams ...........................53.2% TALE OF THE TAPE TALE PIM Per Game ....................................................... 7.2 PIM Per Game .....................................................12.6 Penalties Per Game ............................................3.6 Penalties Per Game ...........................................4.8 ECAC HOCKEY SCHEDULE SERIES HISTORY 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 4-4-2, 4-4-2 ECAC HOCKEY • Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this • St. Lawrence holds a 16-17-6 record against year’s schedule will be quite different from Quinnipiac. The Saints took four of a pos- Date Opponent Time/Result what Saints fans have come to expect over sible six points in a home-and-home series Dec. 27 at Colgate ........................... Canceled the years. with the Bobcats earlier this year. Quinnip- Dec. 31 QUINNIPIAC* ..........T, 2-2 (SOL) iac earned two points with a shootout win • Ivy League member institutions announced after a 2-2 tie in the Saints’ season opener, Jan. 3 at Quinnipiac* .......................W, 4-2 they would not be playing hockey this sea- and the Saints beat the Bobcats 4-2 in the Jan. 7 at Colgate* .............................W, 2-1 son on November 12, and Rensselaer and second game of the series. Jan. 9 COLGATE* .......................... L, 2-4 Union followed less than a week later. Jan. 10 COLGATE* .............. T, 1-1 (SOW) • The Saints’ tie on December 31 snapped an Jan. 15 at Clarkson* ................. W, 2-1 (OT) • St. Lawrence, Clarkson, Colgate and Quin- eight-game losing streak to the Bobcats, and nipiac will play six conference games against Jan. 17 CLARKSON* ....................... L, 1-2 the win on January 3 marked St. Lawrence’s Jan. 21 COLGATE* ................. L, 3-4 (OT) each of the other three teams fielding a first win in the series since a 2-0 win in the Jan. 23 at Colgate* .............................W, 4-3 team in ECAC Hockey. first game of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals Jan. 24 at Colgate* ..............................L, 3-4 in March, 2017. • The Saints had two non-league games Jan. 29 NIAGARA ................. CANCELED scheduled, both against Niagara, but those • Greg Lapointe scored a goal in each of the Jan. 30 NIAGARA ................. CANCELED games have been canceled. two games againts Quinnipiac this season, Feb. 5 at Quinnipiac* ....................... 7 p.m. and Cameron Buhl had a goal and two A DELAYED START Feb. 6 at Quinnipiac* ....................... 7 p.m. assists. Emil Zetterquist posted a 1.92 goals Feb. 12 CLARKSON* ...................... 5 p.m. • The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the against average and a .946 save percentage, Feb. 13 at Clarkson* ........................... 4 p.m. start of the season for St. Lawrence. A series stopping 70 of the 74 shots he faced. Feb. 26 QUINNIPIAC* ................... 4 p.m. with RIT was canceled when the Tigers SCOUTING QUINNIPIAC Feb. 27 QUINNIPIAC* ................... 4 p.m. temporarily shut down their season, and Mar. 5 at Clarkson* ........................... 5 p.m. games against Niagara and Clarkson in late • Quinnipiac enters this weekend’s series Mar. 6 CLARKSON* ...................... 4 p.m. November and December were canceled ranked 11th/12th in the national polls. Like Mar. 19 ECAC Hockey Semifinal .......... TBD when the St. Lawrence campus was put on St. Lawrence, the Bobcats has last weekend Mar. 21 ECAC Hockey Championship ....TBD pause due to a small outbreak of the virus off after going 0-1-2 in an ECAC Hockey on campus. series at Clarkson January 22-24 with one Home games in BOLD CAPS * ECAC Hockey game • A non-league game against Colgate was shootout win and one shootout loss. going to be the season opener on December • Odeen Tufto is running away with the lead 27, but that game was also canceled. in scoring in ECAC Hockey with 28 points NUMBER CHANGES • The last time the Saints opened the season in 18 games, with teammate Zach Metsa ranking second with 17 points. Tufto ranks • Two returning St. Lawrence players are wear- in December was the 1960-61 season, when ing different numbers this season. the team defeated Sir George Williams 14-1 third nationally with 1.56 points per game and is second with 1.33 assists per game. on December 16. The December 31 season • Cameron Buhl: Was #24, now #21 opener was the latest for the team since the • Ty Smilanic leads the league with 11 goals, • Francis Boisvert: Was #35, now #31 1950-51 season, when St. Lawrence opened and Ethan de Jong leads the league and the year with a 7-2 win over Rensselaer on ranks second nationally with six power play CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ January 3. goals. • Luc Salem is just the second California HOME SWEET HOME • The Bobcats’ power play ranks eighth native, and the first skater, to play for St. nationally with a 23.8% success rate, and Lawrence’s men’s hockey team. Goaltender • St. Lawrence will have the benefit of a full the team’s penalty kill ranks 11th with a kill Arthur Brey ’19 was the first Golden State season in Appleton Arena this year. rate of 86.5%. native to don the Scarlet and Brown