Dan Ennis’ goal with 7:53 remaining in regulation proved to be the game winner, as Quinnipiac defeated Sacred Heart, 4-3, on Friday night at the Northford Ice Pavilion.<\/p>\n
The play started with a solid hit from Neil Breen behind the Pioneers cage. Breen fed the puck to Ennis, who wristed a shot over the glove of Eddy Ferhi for the one-goal lead. Ryan Morton also assisted on the marker.<\/p>\n
From there, Quinnipiac held on for its sixth win in seven games and extended its unbeaten streak over Sacred Heart to 14 games (12-0-2). Quinnipiac (13-11-1, 11-5-1 MAAC) moved into sole possession of second place in the MAAC momentarily, as Holy Cross lost to league leader Mercyhurst, 6-3, on Friday night as well. QU and Sacred Heart conclude their two-game weekend series tomorrow night in Milford.<\/p>\n
The hosts struck first, as Chris Maniatis notched his second goal in as many games at 3:18 of the first period. He snapped a shot from between the circles that eluded Ferhi, off a pass from Tyler Dufour. Craig Falite also assisted on the goal.<\/p>\n
Sacred Heart answered at the 9:36 mark of the opening frame, as Martin Paquet knotted the game at 1-1 with a power-play tally.<\/p>\n
The Pioneers took their only lead of the game just 2:44 into the second period. Garrett Larson wristed a shot over the glove of QU goalie Justin Eddy, off a beautiful feed from Chuck Metcalfe in the left wing corner.<\/p>\n
Quinnipiac answered less than two minutes later. Brian Herbert won a draw to the right of Ferhi, and got off a quick shot. Ferhi made the original save, but Todd Bennett knocked in the rebound as he crashed the cage.<\/p>\n
Another gritty goal put QU ahead early in the third. Wade Winkler’s shot from the point was stopped, but Breen smacked in the rebound for a 3-2 advantage. Herbert was also credited with a helper on the goal.<\/p>\n
Sacred Heart responded with the tying goal at 4:14 of the third. A turnover in the Quinnipiac defensive zone resulted in Marc Andre Fournier’s marker that evened the score at 3-3.<\/p>\n
That set the stage for Ennis, who tallied his third goal of the season.<\/p>\n
Breen finished the night with two points, pushing his career total to 99. Herbert also added two assists to boost his team-leading totals to 22 assists and 30 points.<\/p>\n
Eddy won his second straight start in the net, making 33 saves on the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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