Tyler Dufour notched his first career two-goal game, and goaltender Jamie Holden stopped 42 shots to earn his second shutout of the season, helping Quinnipiac to a 3-0 win over American International on Friday night at the Northford Ice Pavilion.<\/p>\n
The win snapped a five-game losing skid for Quinnipiac, which improved to 8-10-1, 6-4-1 in the MAAC. AIC fell to 6-9, 5-8. <\/p>\n
Dufour opened the scoring at 7:06 of the first period off a beautiful feed from Brian Herbert. On a 2-on-2 rush, Herbert drew both AIC defenders towards him before flipping a pass to Dufour, who deked out AIC goalie Chad Davis and backhanded a shot into the goal. <\/p>\n
The game stayed that way until midway through the second period. Wade Winkler’s shot from the point was blocked, but Ryan Morton deposited the rebound home for a 2-0 lead. Neil Breen also assisted on the goal to move to within nine points of 100 for his career. <\/p>\n
The goal was Morton’s ninth of the year and sixth in five games. Meanwhile, Holden kept the game at 2-0 with several stellar saves, including a pair of breakaways. He made 23 saves in a furious third period surge by the Yellow Jackets, but emerged with another shutout. It was the second time this season that Holden has stopped 40 or more shots in a game. <\/p>\n
Quinnipiac tacked on an empty-net goal in the final minute, with Dufour sliding a shot home past an AIC defender. <\/p>\n
The two teams will finish up the weekend set tomorrow in West Springfield, Mass. Game time is seven p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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