The Quinnipiac Bobcats and the Harvard Crimson battled to a 2-2 tie Tuesday night in ECACHL action in front of a sellout crowd at the TD Banknorth Sports Center.<\/p>\n
“We were pretty fortunate to get a point tonight,” said Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold.<\/p>\n
Harvard dominated play throughout the game with a 41-18 edge in shots, but it was the Bobcats who got on the board first. <\/p>\n
“It was a hard-fought game and the atmosphere was great,” said Harvard head coach Ted Donato.<\/p>\n
Quinnipiac’s first goal came on the power play when Ben Nelson was at the left circle with the puck, passed to Reid Cashman at the other circle. He made a quick pass over to Eric Lampe, who one-timed the puck into the net for the 1-0 lead. <\/p>\n
Quinnipiac would take a two-goal advantage on Bryan Leitch’s ninth goal of the season. Cashman sent a pass into the slot that Leitch deflected over the glove of Kyle Richter. <\/p>\n
Harvard cut the deficit in half when Dave Watters came out of the penalty box and beat Quinnipiac’s Bud Fisher through his five-hole. Watters received the pass from J.D. McCabe off a Harvard faceoff win in its zone, and went in all alone for the goal with 50 seconds remaining in the second period.<\/p>\n
“The way they [Harvard] played tonight, they could beat anyone in the country,” said Pecknold. <\/p>\n
In the first matchup between the teams in November, Quinnipiac held a 2-0 margin before losing by a score of 4-2.<\/p>\n
The Crimson tied the score at the 5:54 mark on Kevin Du’s tally. With a Quinnipiac penalty expiring, Du was battling down low and banged home a rebound shot for the tying goal past Fisher.<\/p>\n
“It was important to get one by him [Fisher] and get some jump going into the locker room,” said Donato. “We wanted to give ourselves a chance to win the game.”<\/p>\n
Quinnipiac had one last chance to try to break the tie in regulation. The Bobcats won a faceoff and Cashman picked up the puck and made a move, but the referee got in the way of a possible pass into the slot for a one-timer. Harvard picked up the puck and iced it sending the game into overtime. <\/p>\n
Neither team was able to create any momentum in overtime, with each team only recording one shot on net.<\/p>\n
“Harvard played great and we were fortunate to come away with a tie,” said Fisher. <\/p>\n
The Bobcats are now 1-0-1 in their new building, as they still have six games remaining at the TD Banknorth Sports Center.<\/p>\n
The Bobcats will be at home on Friday as they host Yale, and will travel to Brown on Saturday, while Harvard will host Union and RPI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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