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Quinnipiac sophomore forward Wyatt Bongiovanni
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netminder Keith Petruzzelli on a job well done. Petruzelli shut UVM down cold for his first shutout of the season, and the fourth of his Bobcat career. |
Quinnipiac netminder Keith Petruzzelli was brilliant between the pipes, making several big saves in his fourth career shutout, finishing the game with 21 saves. It was the Wilbraham, MA, native’s first shutout of the season and the fourth of his collegiate career.
Quinnipiac jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period with Jermain and de Jong finding the back of the Catamounts’ net. Bongiovanni added an insurance goal in the second stanza.
The Bobcats came up big in the third period as they killed off a 5-on-3 power play early final frame with Petruzzelli making three key saves before O'Connor made it 4-0. Petruzzelli made 10 of his 21 saves in the final period.
Quinnipiac now hits the road for a four-game road trip starting next weekend with a pair of games in Tempe, Ariz., where the Bobcats will challenge Arizona State University. First puck drops at 9:05 p.m. ET on Friday and Saturday night at Oceanside Ice Arena,
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SCORING SUMMARY
(13:11, 1st period) – Quinnipiac 1, Vermont 0: Jermain got the Bobcats on the board with a breakaway goal in the first period as Peter DiLiberatore fired a pass from the defensive zone into the offensive zone for Jermain to chase before he backhanded the shot past Vermont goaltender Stefanos Lekkas.
(16:03, 1st period) – Quinnipiac 2, Vermont 0: The Bobcats doubled the lead two minutes later as Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) won a faceoff in the offensive zone. Bongiovanni shifted it to Karlis Cukste (Riga, Latvia) on the left point where de Jong tipped his shot and gathered his own rebound for the goal
(16:39, 2nd period) – Quinnipiac 3, Vermont 0: Bongiovanni scored a goal of his own in the later stages of the second period as Tufto moved the puck to de Jong on the left side where de Jong fed it through the slot and Bongiovanni just got his stick on it to defelct off Lekkas and into the net.
(6:11, 3rd period) – Quinnipiac 4, Vermont 0: O'Connor got in the scoring mix early in the third period with his second of the season as Skyler Brind'Amour (Raleigh, North Carolina) came up with a loose puck in the neutral zone and flipped it to Guus van Nes (Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands) skating into the offensive zone. van Nes touched the puck to O'Connor where he just beat Lekkas on the pad side.
BOBCAT NOTES
- Bongiovanni extended his goal and point streak to four games with a goal and an assist in the Bobcats win over the Catamounts.
- Bongiovanni now leads all of ECAC Hockey with four goals on the season after his second straight two-point game.
- Petruzzelli now has 110 saves and a .909 save percentage on the season.
- de Jong picked up his second straight two-point game with a goal and an assist for the fifth multi-point game of his career.
- Jermain notched his second goal of the season with the game-winner.
- O'Connor also recorded his second goal of the season Sunday as he capped off the Bobcats scoring.
- Brind'Amour tallied two assists for the first two-point game of his career as he recorded helpers on the first and final goals of the game.
- DiLiberatore now has points in five straight games to open the season, tied for the longest streak of his career, after an assist on Jermain's game-winning goal.
- van Nes recorded the first point of his collegiate career with an assist on O'Connor's goal, the fifth different Bobcat to record his first career point this season.
- Cukste also picked up an assist, his second helper of the season and 50th point of his career.
—Staff Reports
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