Former Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey defenseman Devon Toews has elected to forgo his senior season and sign an entry-level deal with the New York Islanders.
The junior defenseman played in 40 games this season for the Bobcats, tallying 30 points, and led Quinnipiac on a power play that scored 29% of the time. This decision makes Toews the second Quinnipiac player to forgo their senior season to leave for the professional ranks. The first player to leave was Bryce Van Brabant who signed with the Calgary Flames in 2014. Van Brabant played in six games for the Flames in 2014 but now plays for their AHL affiliate, the Stockton Heat, where he has notched seven goals and nine assists. This season Toews was an ECAC Hockey Second Team Selection, which his head coach Pecknold believes, “[Toews] should have be an All-American.” Toews finishes his career eclipsing over 100 games and scoring 67 points. The accounting major was also a two-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic selection. Toews will be remembered as one of the best players to skate at the High Point Solutions Arena. Quinnipiac will sincerely miss their top defensemen, whose departure will make a significant change to the Bobcats’ blue line. “I’m excited to announce that I have signed my first professional contract with the New York Islanders,” Toews said, according to the Quinnipiac Athletics release. “Thank you to everyone who has been a part of my hockey development, from past players and coaches to family and friends. Thank you to my teammates, coaches, support staff and, of course, the fans of Quinnipiac University for allowing me to be a part of your community for the past three years.” theqbsn.com/2016/04/15/devon-toews-signs-with-new-york-islanders/
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The Washington Capitals have drafted Quinnipiac defenseman Chase Priskie in the sixth round with the 177 overall pick.
The ECAC Hockey All-Rookie selection burst onto the scene posting 26 points in 43 games. Priskie’s discipline in his game showed in the previous season as he had the fewest penalty minutes, accruing only one minor penalty in the season. Priskie led all freshmen in the conference in assists and was second in the ECAC amongst defensemen in assists, trailing only his teammate Devon Toews by one in that category. The Florida native was the first Quinnipiac freshman to record 20 assists in a season since Matt Sorteberg in 2004-05. Priskie was also named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week twice during his freshman campaign. Before his time with the Bobcats, Priskie played his hockey with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks on the BCHL. In his last season with the club he posted 20 points in 57 games. theqbsn.com/2016/06/25/priske-drafted-by-capitals-in-nhl-draft/ The Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team earned their first ever ECAC Championship title with a 1-0 win over Clarkson on a lone goal from Nicole Brown.
The ECAC Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player Sydney Rossman led the way with her 16th shutout of the season and her most pivotal one, without question. “It’s Quinnipiac-Clarkson. It’s amazing to play a game where there’s not many shots,” head coach Cassandra Turner said. “Teams are battling that hard, its just so much fun to watch.” Quinnipiac outshot Clarkson 17-16 in a back and forth bout where Quinnipiac ended up victorious because of excellent goaltending and just a little more hustle. A barrage of shots from Clarkson led to outstanding saves by Rossman. But when Rossman was out of the net after saving two shots, Taryn Baumgardt was there to make an amazing defensive play and cleared the puck away from the crease. “We did some things well,” Clarkson head coach Matt Desrosiers said. “But there are other areas we need to look at and clean up.” Through the early stages of the game, Clarkson looked dominant. Quinnipiac did not register a shot on goal until a little over 11 minutes into the game. While Clarkson looked to be outplaying Quinnipiac, the Bobcats would be the first to strike with help from the Nicole line. Nicole Connery ripped a low shot that bounced off the boards and found Nicole Brown who tucked the puck into the net for her 8th goal of the season and 20th of her career. “I saw the puck come off the boards, and I thought, ‘I have about .1 seconds to put it in the net before I get clobbered,'”Brown said. The best chance of the second period came from Clarkson’s Amanda Titus. Titus found the puck on her backhand in the front of the net with 22 seconds remaining, but the left post denied her sixth goal of the season. “I joked with our team between the second and third, I was like, ‘can I put my equipment on?'” Turner said. “‘I want to get out there in this game.'” With 10 minutes left in the game, Clarkson assistant captain Cayley Mercer broke away from the Quinnipiac defense, coming in alone on Rossman. Mercer moved to her backhand and then back to her forehand only to be met by the outstretched right pad of Rossman. “I knew it was [Mercer], and I knew she was going to deke, because I feel like she does that more often,” Rossman said. “I tried to stay composed and think of it like any other game.” At the end of the game, the Bobcats led in shots 17-16, that one extra shot proving to be crucial for the Bobcats. Both teams are going to make the NCAA Tournament, and there is a good chance they face each other in the first round. Quinnipiac versus Clarkson is starting to become a rivalry. “You gotta refocus quick,” Desrosiers said. “Because we’re most likely coming back to Hamden.” ECAC 2016 All-Tournament team is as follows: Forward: Clarkson’s Shannon MacAuley Forward: Quinnipiac’s Nicole Brown Forward: Quinnipiac’s Nicole Connery Defense: Quinnipiac’s Emma Greco Defense: Clarkson’s Erin Ambrose Goalie: Quinnipiac’s Sydney Rossman Most Outstanding Player: Quinnipiac’s Sydney Rossman theqbsn.com/2016/03/06/womens-ice-hockey-defeats-clarkson-1-0-to-claim-ecac-title-2/ Freshmen lead the way for the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team to win the 14th Annual Heroes Hat and end Yale’s eight game win streak.
Scott Davidson, Luke Shiplo, and Thomas Aldworth all recorded a point in a 4-1 victory for the Bobcats. Freshman Chase Priskie recorded his 20th assist of the season, as well. Priskie and junior Sam Anas are the only players to record over 20 assists in their freshman season since Quinnipiac (25-2-7, 16-1-5 ECAC) joined the ECAC. “I think we all work really hard off the ice, and on the ice as well,” Shiplo said. “We all have one goal and that’s to win.” Yale’s (19-6-4 14-5-3 ECAC) Dan O’Keefe thought he had the first goal of his career about a minute and a half into the game, but the goal was called back due to goaltender interference. After the official signaled no goal, the Quinnipiac fans roared with excitement. “It’s never an issue getting up for this one,” Quinnipiac goaltender Michael Garteig said. “It’s pretty cool showing up at four o’clock and seeing that line out the rink.” Later in the first period, junior Tommy Schutt skated around the corner of the offensive zone to deliver a pass to a streaking Priskie, who ripped a shot on net from the top of the left offensive circle. Davidson then deflected the puck into the net for the fifth goal of his career to put the Bobcats up 1-0. With four minutes left in the first period, Yale forward John Hayden had the puck land on his stick in the slot and quickly released a shot searching for twine, but Quinnipiac’s Hobey Baker nominee flashed the leather to hold the 1-0 lead for the Bobcats. “I think I was pretty out of position but lucky enough, I kept my eye on the puck,” Garteig said. At the end of the period, the Bobcats were up 1-0 but the two teams were tied in shots 8-8. “It wasn’t our best period in the first,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “I thought Yale really took it to us.” With 11 minutes left in the second period, Yale’s Mike Doherty cycled the puck down to freshman Ted Hart, who took two strides and delivered a tape-to-tape pass to a wide-open Chris Izmirlian. Izmirlian roofed the puck to tie the game for his fourth goal of the season. The Bobcats regained the lead later in the second when sophomore Tanner MacMaster tallied his fourth goal of the season. Aldworth carried the puck out of the offensive zone while fending off a Yale defender and dropped a pass for Bo Pieper. Pieper snapped a low shot that found its way through a crowd and deflected off of Yale goaltender Alex Lyon’s pads for a rebound. MacMaster buried the rebound through Lyon’s legs to give the Bobcats a 2-1 lead. “Pieper shot it and I just turned around, saw the rebound, and jammed it five-hole,” MacMaster said. At the end of the second period, the Bobcats led 2-1. Quinnipiac now has a 20-0-2 record when leading after two periods. With 14:19 remaining, Doherty was tossed from the game after delivering an illegal hit to Shiplo. But following an unsuccessful five-minute power play, Shiplo got his revenge by scoring his fifth goal to put the Bobcats up 3-1. “I’m just trying to keep my defensive game strong,” Shiplo said. “And the offense is coming when I get out there.” Tim Clifton sealed the win after stealing the puck in the neutral zone and scoring the empty net goal to put the Bobcats up 4-1 for his 17th of the season. Quinnipiac’s next game will be in Lake Placid, New York, for the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals on March 11. theqbsn.com/2016/02/27/quinnipiac-mens-ice-hockey-defeats-yale-for-14th-annual-heroes-hat/ The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team played to a draw against ECAC opponent the Rensselaer Engineers on Thursday, January 21 in Hamden.
“We’re not happy with the result,” Rensselaer head coach Seth Appert said. “We didn’t come here to tie.” Eight minutes into the first period, Connor Clifton came down on a three-on-two, finding Tim Clifton who delivered a pass to Landon Smith on the back door. Smith was unable to capitalize and missed the net. “I like the way we competed tonight,” Quinnipiac (19-1-5, 10-0-2 ECAC) head coach Rand Pecknold said. “We had 102 shot attempts.” Nine minutes into the first period freshman Thomas Aldworth used a Rensselaer (12-7-6, 5-1-6 ECAC) defenseman as a screen and beat senior goaltender Jason Kasdorf blocker side, but the cross bar denied Aldworth of his sixth goal of the year. Early in the second period, Rensselaer went on the power play after a hook from Soren Jonzzon. The Bobcats penalty kill held strong as the Engineers were unable to register a shot on the first power-play opportunity of the game. With 12 minutes to go in the second period Scott Davidson took a shot for the far pad. The puck bounced off Kasdorf’s pad and found Tim Clifton’s stick, but Kasdorf was there quickly to make the chest save. “(Kasdorf) gives us a lot of confidence,” Rensselaer senior captain Chris Bradley said. With ten minutes remaining in the second period, Aldworth was given a pass to his forehand on the left offensive zone dot and he took the quick wrist shot, but Kasdorf raced to the far post to deny him with an excellent blocker save. “RPI played a good road game,” said Pecknold. “Kasdorf was excellent.” With six minutes remaining in the second period K.J. Tiefenwerth gave an outstanding saucer pass to Devon Toews to the top of the left offensive zone circle. With three minutes remaining in the second period, there was a scrum in front of the net and Rensselaer found the first goal of the night from senior Zach Schroeder The lone assist came from sophomore Lou Nanne, which was good for his 11th of the season. “Unfortunately on their first goal, I think it was offside, but it’s not a TV game so we can’t review it,” Pecknold said. With seconds remaining on the clock until the second period buzzer, Travis St. Denis stole the puck in the neutral zone off an erred pass by Rensselaer freshman Meirs Moore. St. Denis was able to shield Moore from the puck and maneuver to his backhand but was denied by Kasdorf’s glove. With 15 minutes remaining until the final buzzer, Milos Bubela’s attempted shot went wide to deflect off of senior Mark Miller and into the net for Miller’s fifth goal of the season to give Rensselaer a 2-0 lead. The Bobcats quickly answered as Tim Clifton won the faceoff back to his right where Soren Jonzzon snapped a quick shot to the back of the net. Jonzzon cut the Engineers lead in half for his fourth goal of the season. “I haven’t scored since Brown,” Jonzzon said. “It’s always good to chip in when you’re in there and it really brought the momentum back.” With three minutes remaining in the game, the Bobcats headed to the power play after a slashing penalty on Rensselaer sophomore Jared Wilson. With the penalty causing an offensive zone faceoff, Pecknold elected to pull Garteig for a six-on-four advantage. On the power play with 10 seconds remaining in the game, Connor Clifton threw the puck on the net and after attempts from Landon Smith and Tim Clifton, Anas notched his 15th goal of the season to tie the game, sending the game to overtime. “It was just chaos in front of the net,” Anas said. “I saw the puck there and I just gave it a whack and hoped for the best.” The Bobcats headed back on the power play with 4:46 remaining in overtime but were unable to capitalize as Rensselaer forwards DeVito and Bubela blocked attempted shots from St. Denis and Toews. “Block shots have become an expectation within the locker room,” Appert said. Quinnipiac will travel to Hanover, New Hampshire for another ECAC matchup against Dartmouth on January 29. theqbsn.com/2016/02/20/quinnipiac-mens-ice-hockey-comes-from-behind-to-tie-rensselaer-2-2/ www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/news/2017/1/12/womens-ice-hockey-meghan-turner-hl.aspx?path=whockey&mobile=skip
by Justin Cloutier, Special to QuinnipiacBobcats.com After graduating five of its top eight scorers from the previous season, the 2016-17 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team headed into the new year looking for people to step up on the ice and take on a larger scoring role. And while new faces have helped share the burden, one of the Bobcats' veterans has also taken her game to another level. Senior assistant captain Meghan Turner is currently enjoying the best statistical season of career at Quinnipiac, registering 16 points already through just 24 games. "Meghan really embodies our program," head coach Cassandra Turner said, "We recruit people that want to get better every single day, right up until their last practice of their senior year. That's exactly what Meghan has done." Meghan Turner has six goals and 10 assists for the Bobcats, which ranks fourth on the team in scoring. "It's no surprise to us as a coaching staff to see her accomplish this," Coach Turner said. "She has continued to grow every year, playing a different role, and now doing exactly what we need as a leader by putting the puck in the net." When Meghan is on the ice she's tied for second on the team in plus/minus. "This has been my best individual season so far, but I think it's a testament to how the coaches have helped me grow so far," Meghan said. "They have helped me grow on and off the ice." As an assistant captain this year, Meghan has taken on the role with expanded arms to become a leader for her team. "I think (Rossman) and I just need to step up and be leaders on the ice, and be more vocal in the locker room and show our team that no matter what happens that we're resilient," Meghan said. And as Quinnipiac heads toward the final few weeks of the regular season, the Bobcats' head coach thinks that the senior forward is just beginning to hit her stride. "I had a conversation with Meg on Friday about how this a great time for her to be the person to make a big play for our team," Coach Turner said. "Then she had back-to-back games where she was the person who was leading by doing the right things on the ice, and it was huge for our team." In addition to her success on the ice, Meghan Turner is a two-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team member and a 2015-16 Quinnipiac Scholar-Athlete. She already has a job lined up at PricewaterhouseCoopers for after graduation. "To hear how confident she was, and then how proud she was of what she was able to do while she was at Price Waterhouse Cooper, that's the part that we were all so impressed with," Coach Turner said, "It's her approach, her effort, and now it's her execution and here she is with a tremendous path to look forward to." Sid "The Kid" makes breaking away from four defenders look easy. Anton Stralman really had no chance after Crosby caught him flat footed and wheeled it around him. Vasilevskiy is just the perfect amount of sad after this goal, because right around here is when you could tell this one was going to game seven. Crosby has 15 points this postseason, which is his most since his 2012-13 playoff campaign, but the franchise forward registers a -2 plus/minus rating and this could be a factor in deciding the Prince of Wales Trophy winner. There are a lot of storylines heading into this decisive final game. Will Steven Stamkos return to the lineup after blood clot surgery? Will Drouin be able to keep producing points for the Lightning? Will we see any goaltending changes. Matt Murray was shoved back into the net after the Penguins decided to start former #1 overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft Marc-Andre Fleury. In game five Fleury saved 21 shots on 25 opportunities and lost to the Lightning 4-3. Murray, who celebrates his 22nd birthday, May 25th, was handed back his starting role and did not look back during game six saving 28 shots on 30 attempts. "He plays like he's 30," Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist said referring to Matt Murray when asked about his birthday, and that veteran prowess is showing with this hot goaltender, and the Penguins players believe in him. Well, maybe Phil Kessel doesn't believe in Murray because he is scoring goals on him. This is pretty impressive for Kessel because on his two goals in game six he smacked the puck out of mid air. Unfortunately for him one of his goals was on his own net.
This has been an interesting series for sure, and you have to admire the Lightning for playing so well without franchise center Stamkos, and Vezina Trophy Finalist Ben Bishop. Those injuries may be too much going into the final game of the Eastern Conference Finals as there game six loss looked to be deflating for this team. We'll see how much energy they come out with at the start of game seven. Listen I know...another Game of Thrones blog, well I promise I won't be as boring as the high sparrow giving a five minute speech into the camera. Does anyone else find it concerning that he looks exactly like the creepy guy Herbert from Family Guy? Alright here are my 30 thoughts while watching last night's Game of Thrones. 1. How did Baelish just magically teleport to Castle Black? 2. Doesn't it take months to get there? 3. How did Little Finger get into Castle Black? 4. STOP rejecting Little Finger's request to serve you. 5. Okay I guess I get why you hate Petite Phalange. 6. LOL that play was kind of funny but you know RIP Eddard. 7. STOP SHOWING ME FLACID DONGS GAME OF THRONES. 8. Okay I get it a girl has no name... 9. ARYA STOP ASKING HIM QUESTIONS. 10. Yara is badass per usual. 11. WHY WOULD YOU PEOPLE FOLLOW THE GUY THAT KILLED YOUR KING. 12. Where are Yara and Theon going with all of these ships? 13. FINALLY we see the Mother of Dragons with a whole new Dothraki army. Conquer the world girl! 14. Cool, your only scene is taking Jorah back into your squad... 15. Oh cool Tyrion is making more friends for Khaleesi...Varys why are you throwing shade at this Lord of the Light follower? 16. Oh poor Varys... we're gonna make fun of the fact a man has no penis. Is this ever not gonna get brought up? 17.Holy schnikes Bran just got touched by a white walker...that can't be good. 18. Oh thanks tree man good to know that they're coming after Bran now. 19. Why can't Sansa just let Jon have the Knights of the Veil. 20. Sansa why are you lying to Jon about little finger visiting? This is why we can't have nice things. 21. You can't just send Brienne by herself Sansa...You're starting to turn into your mom and just bad at this whole Game of Thrones game. 22. Okay so we're all just gonna head to River Run? Well I hope this works out. 23. OH MY GOD the white walkers got their really quick. 24. BRAN STOP WARGING YOU NEED TO HELP THE CAUSE. 25. HODOR 26. OH MY GOD HOLD THE DOOR. 27. I don't think I've been this sad before. 28. MY HEART, MY HEART. 29. Cue the Sarah Mclachlan 30. Well at least he'll have time to work on his DJ career. "R.I.P. just killed the club."
If you want to talk about the most gruesome injuries in all of sports then this has got to be up there. People are going to say Joe Theisman or Kevin Ware, and yeah that may be the most unexpected, but if you ask someone who has broken a bone they'll tell you it really isn't that painful because your body goes into shock. That doesn't happen when the family jewels get pillaged. For a split second every nerve in your body gets put into retirement and you just want to vomit like you were a puppet in Team America. This is Matt Hendricks of the Edmonton Oilers and the poor guy just takes a puck square to the nuts and he falls to the ice like a dead fish. The look of shock from Jordan Eberle and Taylor Halls' faces really says it all. Matt Hendricks your team, myself and the rest of the world are here for you to bring awareness to this plague of an injury. Luckily, for the Oilers after a play like this, usually the team will come together and win the big game. I mean I've seen The Longest Yard.
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