Quinnipiac Women’s Ice Hockey 2016-17 Schedule 2016-17 QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Date Opponent Time/Result GAME #15: NO. 8/8 QUINNIPIAC VS. CORNELL September Sun 25 Guelph (Exhibition) W, 6-1 Date: Friday, Nov. 18, 2016 Fri 30 Maine W, 5-4 Time: 6 p.m. October Location: High Point Solutions Arena | Hamden, CT Sat 1 Maine W, 3-0 All-Time Series vs. Cornell: 8-12-6 Fri 7 at UConn W, 3-0 Sat 8 at New Hampshire W, 3-0 No. 8/8 Quinnipiac Cornell Head Coach Cassie Turner vs. Cornell: 2-0-0 9-4-1 Overall 5-2-0 Overall Fri 14 at Mercyhurst L, 2-3 Last Meeting: W, 4-1 (Feb. 5, 2016) Sat 15 at Mercyhurst W, 1-0 4-2-0 ECAC 3-2-0 ECAC Fri 21 at Boston College T, 0-0 Sat 22 Boston College L, 4-1 Fri 28 at Yale * W, 4-1 GAME #16: NO. 8/8 QUINNIPIAC VS. NO. 5/5 COLGATE Sat 29 at Brown * W, 8-0 Date: Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 November Time: 3 p.m. Fri 4 Clarkson * L, 4-1 Location: High Point Solutions Arena | Hamden, CT Sat 5 St. Lawrence * L, 1-0 Fri 11 at Dartmouth * W, 2-1 All-Time Series vs. Colgate: 11-15-4 Sat 12 at Harvard * W, 2-1 No. 8/8 Quinnipiac No. 5/5 Colgate Head Coach Cassie Turner vs. Cornell: 0-1-1 9-4-1 Overall 12-0-1 Overall Fri 18 Cornell * 6:00 P.M. L, 3-2 (Feb. 6, 2016) Sat 21 Colgate * 3:00 P.M. 4-2-0 ECAC 5-0-0 ECAC Last Meeting: Fri 25 Merrimack (Nutmeg Classic) 3:00 P.M. Sat 26 Yale/UConn (Nutmeg Classic) 3:00/6:00 P.M. December THE LATEST IN BOBCAT HOCKEY Fri 2 at Union * 6:00 P.M. Sat 3 at Rensselaer * 3:00 P.M. • HAMDEN, Connecticut – No. 8/8 Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey will resume ECAC Fri 30 Penn. State 6:00 P.M. Hockey play this weekend at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center, January. hosting Cornell and No. 5/5 Colgate on Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19. Sun 1 at Princeton * 3:00 P.M. • The Bobcats are coming off a four-point weekend, topping both Dartmouth and Harvard Fri 6 Harvard * 6:00 P.M. Sat 7 Dartmouth 3:00 P.M. on the road to improve to 4-2-0 in conference action. Fri 13 at Colgate * 6:00 P.M. Sat 14 at Cornell * 3:00 P.M. Fri 20 at Merrimack 7:00 P.M. with 36 overall points, three total points ahead of Clarkson – who went 14-3-5 in confer- Tue 31 Princeton * 12:00 P.M. ence• Quinnipiac action. QU dominated allowed justECAC 18 Hockey goals in play 22 conferencelast year, going games 16-2-4. in 2015-16. The Bobcats The Bobcats finished February Fri 3 Brown * 6:00 P.M. • Taylar Cianfarano has 55 career goals and 42 career assists, putting her three points Sat 4 Yale * 3:00 P.M. Fri 10 at St. Lawrence * 6:00 P.M. awayhave gone from 4-2 100. in Emma their first Woods six conferencehas 38 goals contests and 55 thisassists season. for 93 career points. She needs Sat 11 at Clarkson * 3:00 P.M. just seven more for 100. Sydney Rossman has 23 career shutouts. She needs three more Fri 17 Rensselaer * 6:00 P.M. Sat 18 Union * 3:00 P.M. for the program record. Fri 24 ECAC Hockey Tournament 3:00 P.M. • Quinnipiac was ranked No. 8 overall in the latest USCHO.com Division Women’s Poll, as Sat 25 ECAC Hockey Tournament 3:00 P.M. Sun 26 ECAC Hockey Tournament 3:00 P.M. announced on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The Bobcats were also ranked No. 8 nationally in the latest USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll, as announced Games Home games in bold. *ECAC Hockey game on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Quinnipiac is currently 11th in the PairWise Rankings and 13th overall in RPI. ^Nutmeg Classic, games will be played at High Point Solutions Arena in Hamden, CT. • Each year, Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey has a Do It For Daron “DIFD” game vs. Cornell at High Point Solutions Arena to help raise money and awareness for the foundation. This year’s DIFD game will take place on Friday, Nov. 18. Players from both teams wear purple tape, purple laces, jersey patches and helmet stickers for DIFD. STATISTICAL 2016-17LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS FORWARDS GP G A PTS SH +/- GWG #22 Taylar Cianfarano 14 10 5 15 62 +8 5 #6 Meghan Turner 14 4 7 11 26 +8 1 2016-17 Standings (as of 11/17/16) #11 M. Samoskevich 14 3 7 10 51 +7 0 Team Pts. ECAC Overall #18 Emma Woods 14 3 7 10 38 +3 St. Lawrence 12 6-0-0 11-0-1 #21 Kenzie Prater 14 2 4 6 26 +2 Clarkson 12 6-0-0 10-3-1 Colgate 10 5-0-0 12-0-1 Quinnipiac 8 4-2-0 9-4-1 DEFENSE GP G A PTS SH +/- BLK Cornell 6 3-2-0 5-2-0 #10 Tayrn Baumgardt 14 2 4 6 18 +6 20 Princeton 5 2-3-1 4-3-1 #25 Emma Greco 14 0 4 4 16 +3 24 Yale 5 2-3-1 4-3-1 Rensselaer 4 2-4-0 4-9-1 #4 Kate MacKenzie 14 1 3 4 9 +3 19 Dartmouth 2 1-4-0 1-5-0 #7 Kati Tabin 14 2 1 3 16 +3 8 Harvard 2 1-4-0 1-5-0 Brown 2 1-5-0 3-6-0 GOALTENDER W-L-T MIN GA GAA SV SV% Union 0 0-6-0 2-12-0 #34 Sydney Rossman 9-4-1 796:59 18 1.36 235 .929 /quwih @QU_WIH @QU_WIH *Stats updated as of Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016* Nov. 18 & Nov. 19, 2016 No. 8/8 Quinnipiac vs. Cornell & Colgate Nov. 18 & Nov. 19, 2016 GAME NOTES LAST WEEKEND ALL-TIME vs. THE RAIDERS JUST SCORE FIRST The Bobcats are coming off a four-point The Bobcats are 11-15-4 all-time vs. Col- weekend, topping both Dartmouth and gate. 34 regular season games – going 22-0-3 in Harvard on the road to improve to 4-2-0 The Raiders won and tied vs. Quinnipiac Last year, Quinnipiac scored first in 25 of its in conference action. last year, but Quinnipiac won the previ- in eight of 14 games so far in the 2016-17 ous nine matches from Nov. 2010 - Feb. thoseseason, games. winning The each Bobcats time have they scored record first the 2015. 2-1, on Nov. 11 at Thompson Arena. Kate Quinnipiac hasn’t lost a home game to QuinnipiacMacKenzie(Winnipeg, first defeated Manitoba) Dartmouth, scored Colgate since Oct. 30, 2010. SHOOTgame’s first TO THRILLgoal. The Bobcats are 32-2-4 in games where they with just 6:35 left in the third period. IN THE POLLS outshoot their opponent, dating back to the the game-winner, her first career goal,- Quinnipiac was ranked No. 8 overall in start of last season. Quinnipiac has recorded lina) chipped in with her third goal in the latest USCHO.com Division Women’s more shots in 10 of 14 games so far in 2016- Kenzie Lancaster (Waxhaw, North Caro Poll, as announced on Monday, Nov. 14, 17, going 9-1-0 in that span. 2016. The Bobcats were also ranked No. thenet forlast her five eighth games, victory and Sydney in 2016-17. Rossman 8 nationally in the latest USA Today/ GAME-WINNERS (Excelsior, Minnesota) made 15 saves in USA Hockey Magazine Women’s College Three current Bobcats rank in the Top 10 The Bobcats then bested Harvard, 2-1, Hockey Poll, as announced on Tuesday, list of the program’s career game-winning on Nov. 12 from Cambridge, Mass. Fresh- Nov. 15. Quinnipiac is currently 11th in man Kati Tabin (Winnipeg, Manitoba) the PairWise Rankings and 13th overall season, Cianfarano ranks No. 2 all-time (16 and junior Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, in RPI. goals:game-winning With five goals), game-winners Melissa Samoskevich already this New York) both scored in the third pe- is tied for No. 4 (8-game-winning goals), and riod to help complete the comeback win, AMONG THE BEST Emma Woods currently ranks No. 8 on the and Rossman made 11 saves in net. Quin- Quinnipiac currently ranks No. 5 in the list (7 game-winning goals). nipiac recorded 35 total shots - which nation in team defense, giving up just ties a season-high. 1.36 goals per contest. IN THE ECAC Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, New York) The Bobcats were picked as ECAC Hock- SCOUTING CORNELL has 10 goals in 14 games so far this year, ey’s favorite entering the 2016-17 season, Cornell enters the weekend the week- which ranks tied for No. 5 in the nation. end at 5-2-0 overall, and 3-2-0 in ECAC Preseason Coaches Poll. Junior forward Tay- Hockey play. is tied for best in the country. finishinglar Cianfarano No. 1 (Oswego,overall in New the York)ECAC wasHockey se- The Big Red defeated Union, Brown and She also has five power play goals, which lected to the Preseason All-ECAC First Team.