Andrew Hare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 48 save performance helped propel the Niagara University Purple Eagles to a 6-2 decision over the Quinnipiac University Bobcats in non-conference action Friday night at the TD Bank Sports Center.<\/p>\n
It was Hare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first career victory in his fifth game played.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been practicing better and we thought he deserved a start since it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s our last non conference weekend,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Niagara head coach Dave Burkholder. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hare was under enormous pressure and made all of the first saves. Our defense did a great job of protecting him.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Niagara opened up the scoring at 4:20 of the first with Wes Consorti\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rebound goal, his first of the season. Tyler Matthews carried the puck over the blue line and put a shot on Quinnipiac\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dan Clarke. He made the save, but it popped back out into play and Consorti crashed the net for the rebound and poked it through the five-hole for the goal.<\/p>\n
Less than a minute later, Chris Moran extended the lead when he took a puck from behind the net and walked to the right circle and fired a shot on net. Clarke was screened by two Niagara players and the puck found its way to the back of the net.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Obviously coming here these are big games for us,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Burkholder. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need to be more disciplined [tomorrow] and protecting our goalies after whistles. We need to stay out of the box; they have some high end skill on their power play.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Dan Baco gave Niagara a three goal lead when he beat Clarke through the five-hole. Matthews sent a pass from the neutral zone to spring Baco, where he carried the puck into the zone and hit the back of the twine at 7:59 of the second.<\/p>\n
After the goal, Clarke was pulled in favor of Mathieu Cadieux.<\/p>\n
Niagara\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Paul Zanette gave the Purple Eagles a lead of four goals, this time on the penalty kill. On a turnover by the Bobcats at center ice, Zanette picked off a pass and skated into the Quinnipiac zone. He laced a shot, far side, over the glove of Cadieux at 16:58 of the second.<\/p>\n
Quinnipiac got on the board with Greg Holt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s power-play goal with under one minute remaining in the second. After facing 21 shots, Andrew Hare was beat by Greg Holt on the 22nd shot. Holt received a pass from Jean-Marc Beaudoin and skated into the slot and ripped a shot past Hare on his glove.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We had 50 shots on net and had 106 attempted shots, so were generating the offense and the guys are competing and we have to find a way to get the puck in the net,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Give Andrew Hare a lot of credit, he played great and competed. He was the best player on the ice tonight. Sometimes you just run into a hot goalie.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Jason Beattie helped Niagara regain their four goal lead when he blasted a shot from the point on a one time pass from Giancarlo Iuorio at 6:04.<\/p>\n
Brian Haczyk added the Purple Eagles\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 second shorthanded goal of the night when he went up top and beat Cadieux on the blocker side.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need to be better defensively,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Pecknold. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We were bad tonight giving up a lot of odd man rushes and quality chances. You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t win a lot of hockey games when you play defense like that.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Ben Arnt added a power-play goal with three seconds remaining to cap the scoring. It was his first career goal in a Bobcats uniform.<\/p>\n
Quinnipiac (13-10-1) is now 2-11 all time against the Purple Eagles and 1-4 at home. The Bobcats last home win versus Niagara (7-13-2) came on Jan. 28, 2006, a 5-2 victory, at the Northford Ice Pavilion. Quinnipiac is now 1-9-1 in their last 11 games after starting the season 12-1.<\/p>\n
Clarke made 11 saves in the loss, while Cadieux made nine in the non-decision.<\/p>\n
Both teams square off again in the second game of the two game set on Saturday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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