HAMDEN, Conn. — The Quinnipiac men's ice hockey program is one win away from Lake Placid, earning a 4-1 win in the 2025 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals at M&T Bank Arena on Friday night.
The Bobcats earned their seventh consecutive playoff victory on home ice, scoring one in each of the first two periods before potting a pair in the final 20 minutes.
Quinnipiac started the scoring in the opening frame, as Victor Czerneckianair deflected home a shot from the point off the stick of Cooper Moore, giving the Bobcats the early advantage.
The home team added another in the second, as Jeremy Wilmer finished off a beautiful passing play from Travis Treloar and Elliott Groenewold to double the advantage and give the Bobcats all they would need.
Two more found the net in the third, as Andon Cerbone roofed a shot from point blank and Chris Pelosi deposited an empty-netter to finish the Quinnipiac scoring.
Brown was able to get one by an otherwise steady Matej Marinov with a 6-on-4 advantage, but the sophomore Slovakian was able to stop the other 20 shots on his cage.
STATS AND NOTES
- Quinnipiac has outscored its opposition 31-10 in its last seven home playoff games.
- Wilmer, Treloar and Cerbone all extended their point streaks to seven games.
- Moore recorded his first multi-point game of the season and 10th of his career with a pair of helpers. It is also his seventh career game with two or more assists.
- He has five of his 13 assists on the year in his last five appearances.
- Marcellus continued to feed the puck well, recorded his sixth multi-assist game of the year. That leads all Bobcats.
- Aaron Schwartz has recorded a point in five of his last six and nine of his last 11 outings after adding an assist Friday night.
- Marinov has a 1.30 goals-against average since the holiday break, which is the best amongst qualified goalies. His .943 save percentage during that time is third in the country.
UP NEXT
Game 2 of this ECAC Quarterfinal series will be back at M&T Bank Arena on Saturday afternoon, with a 4 p.m. faceoff. The game can be seen live on ESPN+.
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