The Quinnipiac Bobcats (2-2-0, 0-0-0 ECACHL) took a 6-0 decision over the Bentley Falcons (1-1-0, 0-0-0 AHA) in the championship game of the Q-Cup at the Northford Ice Pavilion Saturday night. <\/p>\n
With the win, the Bobcats earned their sixth straight title and eighth overall in the 10-year history of the tournament.<\/p>\n
The Bobcats got out to an early lead on a four-on-four goal by Joe Dumais. Mike Borideri sent a pass to Ty Deinema, who hit Dumais on the doorstep. Dumais sneaked a shot through Falcons goaltender Jason Kearney to give Quinnipiac a 1-0 edge. <\/p>\n
In the second period, the Bobcats came out flying, scoring four goals. David Marshall kicked off the scoring rush at 2:10 of the middle frame. Bobcat Reid Cashman intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and fed a streaking Marshall, who put the puck past Kearney to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n
In a span of less the three minutes, the Bobcats scored three more goals.<\/p>\n
The first was by Jamie Bates, who deflected a Ben Nelson shot past Kearney at 8:38. Less then two minutes later, Chris Walsh scored a goal off of a Bentley defenseman’s shin pad. <\/p>\n
Marshall recorded his second goal of the night after banging home a rebound off a wrist shot by Andy Meyer, giving the Bobcats a 5-0 lead after two periods.<\/p>\n
“Our second period was probably our best all season,” said Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold. “It wasn’t just the four goals, but our intensity and energy.” <\/p>\n
After the fifth Quinnipiac goal, Bentley replaced goaltender Kearney with Geordan Murphy, who faced his first action in net this season.<\/p>\n
The Bobcats added a sixth goal at 9:06 of the third period. Marshall factored into the scoring once again, this time collecting an assist on Deinema’s rebound tally.<\/p>\n
The Bobcats outshot the Falcons 43-18 in the game. Freshman goaltender Bud Fisher made all 18 saves to record his first collegiate shutout. Despite 29 penalties and a total of 93 penalty minutes, the teams went a combined 0-for-19 on the power play. <\/p>\n
Bentley’s Brendan McCartin and Quinnipiac’s Fisher and Bates were named to the All-Tournament team, and Cashman was named tournament MVP after recording five points (2-3) in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Quinnipiac returns to action next weekend with a home-and-home series with the AIC Yellow Jackets. Meanwhile, Bentley will host a pair of nonconference games against Robert Morris. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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