The Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team represents Quinnipiac University and is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program. The Bobcats are a member of ECAC Hockey.
Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team battles Dartmouth College
Early Years and Transition to Division I
Quinnipiac College began sponsoring men's ice hockey as a varsity sport for the 1975-76 season. The program began as an independent team before joining ECAC 3 the following year. The program remained with the third-tier conference for over 20 years despite being a Division II school for much of that time. The Braves left ECAC 3 in 1997 and spent a year as a D-II independent before moving up to Division I as part of the university's transition to the top level. Quinnipiac was a founding member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ice hockey division, joining the conference as an affiliate member.
The Braves won the MAAC Regular season Championship in their first season in the league. In 2003 the MAAC Hockey league split off from the main athletic conference to form Atlantic Hockey. After two years in Atlantic Hockey Quinnipiac left to join the ECAC, replacing Vermont who left the league for Hockey East and changed their name to the Bobcats.
Rise to National Prominence
The 2012-13 season brought Quinnipiac to national prominence. The program reached a new high becoming the number one team in the country on February 11, 2013 in both the USCHO.com poll and USA Today College Hockey poll. Quinnipiac retained the ranking the following week despite losing their first game as the top ranked team to St. Lawrence University as the 2nd and 3rd ranked teams also fell the same weekend. The Bobcats also won their first ever Cleary Cup presented to the ECAC regular season champion. On March 24, 2013, the Bobcats received the number one overall seed in the 2013 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament. The Bobcats won the East Region with wins over Canisius (4-3) and Union (5-1) to advance to the school's first ever Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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In the national semifinals, Quinnipiac defeated St. Cloud State (4-1) to advance to the national championship game against archrival Yale. In the 2013-14 season the Bobcats once again reached the NCAA tournament yet were defeated in the first round by Providence College 4-0. Quinnipiac once again had a successful 2014-15 season when they won their second ECAC regular season title in 3 years but lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to North Dakota 4-1.
The 2015-16 season saw Qunnipiac set a school record for wins with 32 along with winning their 3rd ECAC regular season title in 4 years and winning the ECAC tournament championship for the first time. Quinnipiac blew through the East Regional with wins over RIT 4-0 and UMass Lowell 4-1 to capture the regional championship and advance to the Frozen Four in the Tampa for the 2nd time in 4 seasons. In the national semifinals the Bobcats withheld a late charge by Boston College to win 3-2 and advance to the second national championship game in program history. Once again Quinnipiac was denied a national championship this time at the hands of North Dakota in a 5-1 defeat.
Rivalries
Since moving to the ECAC, Quinnipiac's biggest rival has been the Yale Bulldogs. The rivalry is dubbed the War on Whitney Avenue as the two campuses are separated by a mere 8 miles on Whitney Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut, to New Haven, Connecticut. The rivalry has reached its highest point in 2013 as both the Bobcats and the Bulldogs rank in the top 10 nationally and are 1 and 2 in the ECAC standings. The winner of the final game between the two teams receives the Heroes Hat which honors those who risked their lives during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The two teams met on April 13, 2013 for the fourth time in the 2012-13 season in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to play for the national championship.
The Cornell Big Red have also become a rival of Quinnipiac with the teams meeting in five ECAC Hockey Playoff series since the 2007 season having won in 2007 at Lynah Rink and in 2013 and 2016 in Hamden with the latter two coming with Quinnipiac as the ECAC number one seed and seasons in which Quinnipiac reached the Frozen Four. Cornell won series in 2011 and 2018 both at Lynah Rink. Quinnipiac is 3-2 in those series against Cornell with three of the series going the maximum three games.
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Current Season
University: Quinnipiac University
Conference: ECAC Hockey
Head Coach: Rand Pecknold
Arena: Frank Perrotti, Jr.
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2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Here is the current roster for the 2024-25 season:
| # | Player | Pos. | Age | Born | Birthplace | HT | WT | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOALTENDERS | ||||||||
| 33 | Matej Marinov | G | 22 | 2003 | Nitra, SVK | 183 | 71 | L |
| 31 | Sam Scopa | G | 20 | 2005 | Lexington, MA, USA | 183 | 82 | L |
| 29 | Dylan Silverstein | G | 21 | 2004 | Calabasas, CA, USA | 183 | 81 | L |
| DEFENSEMEN | ||||||||
| 22 | Braden Blace | D | 22 | 2003 | Duncan, BC, CAN | 191 | 86 | R |
| 3 | Will Gilson | D | 24 | 2001 | Old Greenwich, CT, USA | 183 | 77 | R |
| 7 | Elliott Groenewold | D | 19 | 2006 | Bellows Falls, VT, USA | 193 | 98 | L |
| 2 | Drew Hockley | D | 20 | 2005 | Kentville, NS, CAN | 191 | 86 | R |
| 6 | Charlie Leddy | D | 21 | 2004 | Fairfield, CT, USA | 188 | 84 | R |
| 4 | Logan McCutcheon | D | 21 | 2004 | Saskatoon, SK, CAN | 175 | 73 | R |
| 5 | Brady Schultz | D | 21 | 2004 | Monroe, CT, USA | 180 | 88 | L |
| 15 | Graham Sward | D | 22 | 2003 | Langley, BC, CAN | 193 | 87 | L |
| 25 | Nate Tivey | D | 21 | 2004 | Burlington, ON, CAN | 195 | 93 | L |
| FORWARDS | ||||||||
| 10 | Tyler Borgula | RW | 20 | 2005 | Livonia, MI, USA | 175 | 77 | R |
| 27 | Andon Cerbone | F | 21 | 2004 | Stamford, CT, USA | 175 | 74 | L |
| 18 | Anthony Cipollone | F | 23 | 2002 | Purchase, NY, USA | 168 | 75 | L |
| 14 | Victor Czerneckianair | C | 23 | 2002 | Southington, CT, USA | 180 | 79 | L |
| 26 | Matthew Lansing | C | 18 | 2007 | Tonawanda, NY, USA | 185 | 84 | L |
| 20 | Mason Marcellus | C | 23 | 2002 | Greely, ON, CAN | 176 | 75 | L |
| 8 | Matthew McGroarty | F | 22 | 2003 | Westport, CT, USA | 179 | 78 | R |
| 28 | Christopher Pelosi | C/LW | 20 | 2005 | Sewell, NJ, USA | 188 | 89 | L |
| 24 | Alex Power | C | 23 | 2002 | St. | |||
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