Led by Brandon Wong’s four point night at the TD Banknorth Sports Center, the Quinnipiac Bobcats took a 6-1 non-conference victory over the Bentley Falcons Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
Wong registered a hat trick and an assist in the victory for Quinnipiac (14-9-5). It was Wong’s second hat trick of the season, his previous coming at Union in November.<\/p>\n
The Bobcats scored four special-teams goals in the contest, including three shorthanded to tie them with Michigan for most shorthanders in the nation with 12.<\/p>\n
“It has been a different element and our penalty kill has vastly improved,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. <\/p>\n
Wong got the scoring started when he came down the ice on the far boards, with Jean-Marc Beaudoin trailing. Wong took a shot from the left circle, Beaudoin got the rebound and shot, and then Wong poked home the loose puck for the 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Wong and Beaudoin hooked up again with another shorthanded tally, with Wong recording his second shorthanded goal. On a two-on-one Beaudoin sent a pass over to Wong, who took a wrist shot and beat Jason Kearney to the blocker side. <\/p>\n
Quinnipiac netminder Bud Fisher played well in his 53 minutes of action, making key saves to keep the Bobcats ahead throughout the game.<\/p>\n
“Fisher has been our number-one this year and it’s a confidence builder for him,” Pecknold said. <\/p>\n
Wong got his third of the night, this time an even-strength goal when Beaudoin, behind the goal line, sent a pass into the slot that was tipped by a Bentley defenseman, picked up by Wong and put into the back of the net for the 3-0 lead. <\/p>\n
“We’ve been playing the whole year together,” Wong said of his partnership with Beaudoin.<\/p>\n
“We’ve played them together since day one,” Pecknold said. “They’ve excelled and fed off of each other.”<\/p>\n
Bentley got its only goal of the night on the power play when Casey Russell took a shot from the point and Pat Percella deflected the puck straight down off the ice and into the net to cut the deficit to two.<\/p>\n
But Quinnipiac took back its three-goal lead on a Jamie Bates power-play goal. Reid Cashman received the puck off a faceoff win and passed down to Leitch, and he sent it through the crease to Bates at 6:47 of the third.<\/p>\n
The Bobcats finished off the scoring at 12:48 of the third when Chris Myers added his second goal of the season from in front of the crease on a pass from Wong. David Marshall also received an assist on the goal.<\/p>\n
Eric Lampe added the third shorthanded goal of the night, from Michael Bordieri’s first assist of the season.<\/p>\n
Fisher, Zach Kleiman, and Dan Cullen combined for 21 saves in the victory for the Bobcats, while Kearney made 28 in the loss. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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