2019–20 Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey season

The 2019-20 Quinnipiac Bobcats Men's ice hockey season was the 44th season of play for the program and the 15th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bobcats represented the Quinnipiac University and played their home games at the Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena in the People's United Center, and were coached by Rand Pecknold, in his 26th season.

2019–20 Quinnipiac Bobcats
men's ice hockey season
Conference3rd ECAC Hockey
Home icePeople's United Center
Rankings
USCHO.com14
USA Today/
US Hockey Magazine
14
Record
Overall21–11–2
Conference14–6–2
Home13–3–0
Road7–8–2
Neutral1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachRand Pecknold
Assistant coachesBill Riga
Joe Dumais
Justin Eddy
Captain(s)Nick Jermain
Alternate captain(s)Alex Whelan
Odeen Tufto
Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey seasons
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On March 12, ECAC Hockey announced that the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Roster

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As of July 17, 2019.[2]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2   Kārlis Čukste Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1997-06-17 Riga, Latvia Chicago Steel (USHL) SJS, 130th overall 2015
3   Peter DiLiberatore Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2000-03-31 Bedford, Nova Scotia Salisbury School (USHS–CT) VGK, 180th overall 2018
4   Michael Lombardi Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1998-08-20 Barrington, Rhode Island West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL)
5   C. J. McGee Freshman D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-03-12 Pearl River, New York Shreveport Mudbugs (NAHL)
6   P. J. Fletcher Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 2001-07-12 Dana Point, California Wenatchee Wild (BCHL)
7   Marcus Chorney Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-09-16 Hastings, Minnesota Amarillo Bulls (NAHL)
8   Alex Whelan (A) Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1997-07-20 Ramsey, New Jersey New Jersey Hitmen (USPHL)
10   Ethan de Jong Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-07-12 North Vancouver, British Columbia Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)
11   Wyatt Bongiovanni Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-07-24 Birmingham, Michigan Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
12   Daniel Winslow Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-09-26 Fairfield, Connecticut New Jersey Hitmen (NCDC)
13   Jeremy Smith Freshman D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1998-07-16 Toronto, Ontario Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
14   Ethan Leyh Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 2001-06-07 Anmore, British Columbia Langley Rivermen (BCHL)
15   Jayden Lee Freshman D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 2001-01-10 North Vancouver, British Columbia Powell River Kings (BCHL)
16   William Fällström Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-02-03 Stockholm, Sweden Fargo Force (USHL)
17   Cam Boudreau Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-11-27 Salem, New Hampshire Boston Junior Bruins (NCDC)
18   Nick Jermain (C) Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1996-06-07 Norwalk, Connecticut Merritt Centennials (BCHL)
19   T. J. Friedmann Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-02-27 St. Louis, Missouri Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
20   Matt Fawcett Freshman F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 1999-04-22 Lincoln, Rhode Island Powell River Kings (BCHL)
22   Skyler Brind'Amour Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-07-27 Raleigh, North Carolina Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) EDM, 177th overall 2017
23   Zach Metsa Sophomore D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-10-19 Delafield, Wisconsin Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL)
24   Logan Britt Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-02-10 Crystal Lake, Illinois Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
26   Guus van Nes Freshman (RS) F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-02-14 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands Boston Junior Bruins (NCDC)
27   Desi Burgart Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-09-28 North Vancouver, British Columbia Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
28   Joe O'Connor Junior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-03-16 Hamden, Connecticut Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
29   Odeen Tufto (A) Junior F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1997-01-09 Chaska, Minnesota Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
31   Keith Petruzzelli Junior G 6' 5" (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-02-09 Wilbraham, Massachusetts Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) DET, 88th overall 2017
33   Josh Mayanja Junior G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1997-08-16 Framingham, Massachusetts South Shore Kings (USPHL)
35   Evan Fear Freshman G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1999-07-05 Winnetka, Illinois Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Cornell 22 18 2 2 38 81 34 29 23 2 4 104 45
#7 Clarkson 22 16 5 1 33 63 38 34 23 8 3 96 63
#14 Quinnipiac 22 14 6 2 30 64 45 34 21 11 2 94 78
Rensselaer 22 13 8 1 27 63 41 34 17 15 2 95 87
Harvard 22 11 6 5 27 82 59 31 15 10 6 116 87
Dartmouth 22 10 10 2 22 60 73 31 13 14 4 93 106
Yale 22 10 10 2 22 57 64 32 15 15 2 77 97
Colgate 22 8 9 5 21 50 54 36 12 16 8 76 87
Brown 22 8 12 2 18 41 54 31 8 21 2 52 84
Union 22 5 15 2 12 46 71 37 8 25 4 67 112
Princeton 22 2 16 4 8 46 71 31 6 20 5 66 100
St. Lawrence 22 2 18 2 6 37 81 36 4 27 5 64 130
Championship: March 21, 2020
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2020

Schedule and Results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
October 5 4:05 PM vs. Brock* #8 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut (Exhibition)   Fear T 4–4 OT 1,234
Regular Season
October 11 7:17 PM vs. American International* #9 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 3–2 OT 2,823 1–0–0
October 12 7:00 PM at American International* #9 MassMutual CenterSpringfield, Massachusetts   Petruzzelli W 3–2  1,376 2–0–0
October 18 7:00 PM vs. Maine* #8 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli L 2–4  3,108 2–1–0
October 19 7:05 PM vs. Maine* #8 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 4–3  3,119 3–1–0
October 27 2:05 PM vs. Vermont* #9 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 4–0  2,725 4–1–0
November 1 9:05 PM at Arizona State* #9 Oceanside Ice ArenaTempe, Arizona   Fear L 3–5  901 4–2–0
November 2 9:05 PM at Arizona State* #9 Oceanside Ice ArenaTempe, Arizona   Petruzzelli L 1–4  915 4–3–0
November 8 7:02 PM at Dartmouth #15 Thompson ArenaHanover, New Hampshire   Petruzzelli T 2–2  1,589 4–3–1 (0–0–1)
November 9 7:00 PM at #18 Harvard #15 Bright-Landry Hockey CenterBoston, Massachusetts NESN+ Petruzzelli L 2–7  1,887 4–4–1 (0–1–1)
November 15 7:05 PM vs. Union People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 2–1  2,934 5–4–1 (1–1–1)
November 16 7:05 PM vs. Rensselaer People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 3–1  3,090 6–4–1 (2–1–1)
November 22 7:02 PM at #2 Cornell Lynah RinkIthaca, New York   Petruzzelli L 1–2  3,876 6–5–1 (2–2–1)
November 23 7:30 PM at Colgate Class of 1965 ArenaHamilton, New York   Petruzzelli L 1–3  769 6–6–1 (2–3–1)
November 29 7:35 PM vs. Massachusetts* People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli L 0–3  2,992 6–7–1 (2–3–1)
November 30 7:00 PM at Massachusetts* Mullins CenterAmherst, Massachusetts NESN Petruzzelli W 2–1  2,857 7–7–1 (2–3–1)
December 28 7:03 PM at Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey   Petruzzelli W 3–1  2,195 8–7–1 (3–3–1)
December 29 7:05 PM vs. Princeton People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 4–3  2,885 9–7–1 (4–3–1)
January 3 7:00 PM vs. #16 Harvard People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 6–1  2,840 10–7–1 (5–3–1)
January 4 7:05 PM vs. Dartmouth People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 5–1  2,757 11–7–1 (6–3–1)
January 10 7:05 PM vs. St. Lawrence Roos HouseCanton, New York   Petruzzelli W 3–2  353 12–7–1 (7–3–1)
January 11 7:00 PM at #7 Clarkson Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York   Petruzzelli L 2–5  2,342 12–8–1 (7–4–1)
January 17 7:00 PM at Holy Cross* #20 Hart CenterWorcester, Massachusetts   Petruzzelli W 4–3  869 13–8–1 (7–4–1)
Connecticut Ice
January 25 4:00 PM vs. Connecticut* #17 Webster Bank ArenaBridgeport, Connecticut (Connecticut Ice Semifinal) SNY Petruzzelli W 3–2  5,724 14–8–1 (7–4–1)
January 26 7:00 PM Sacred Heart* #17 Webster Bank ArenaBridgeport, Connecticut (Connecticut Ice Championship) SNY Petruzzelli L 1–4  5,724 14–9–1 (7–4–1)
January 31 7:00 PM vs. #1 Cornell #18 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 5–0  3,488 15–9–1 (8–4–1)
February 1 7:00 PM vs. Colgate #18 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 2–1  2,893 16–9–1 (9–4–1)
February 7 7:00 PM at Yale #16 Ingalls RinkNew Haven, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 3–2 OT 3,268 17–9–1 (10–4–1)
February 8 7:00 PM at Brown #16 Meehan AuditoriumProvidence, Rhode Island   Petruzzelli T 2–2 OT 642 17–9–2 (10–4–2)
February 14 7:00 PM at #5 Clarkson #15 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli L 2–3  2,890 17–10–2 (10–5–2)
February 15 7:00 PM at St. Lawrence #15 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 6–1  2,978 18–10–2 (11–5–2)
February 21 7:00 PM at Rensselaer #16 Houston Field HouseTroy, New York   Petruzzelli L 0–4  3,008 18–11–2 (11–6–2)
February 22 7:00 PM at Union #16 Achilles RinkSchenectady, New York   Petruzzelli W 3–2 OT 1,790 19–11–2 (12–6–2)
February 28 7:00 PM at Brown #17 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut   Petruzzelli W 2–1  3,243 20–11–2 (13–6–2)
February 29 7:00 PM vs. Yale #17 People's United CenterHamden, Connecticut (Heroes Hat)   Petruzzelli W 5–0  3,625 21–11–2 (14–6–2)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
Remainder of Tournament Cancelled
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Scoring Statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Odeen Tufto C 34 7 31 38 10
Wyatt Bongiovanni C 34 15 10 25 36
Alex Whelan RW 29 13 11 24 10
Nick Jermain F 34 12 9 21 10
Peter DiLiberatore D 34 6 15 21 39
Ethan de Jong RW 34 7 11 18 14
Kārlis Čukste D 34 4 14 18 14
Zach Metsa D 34 5 12 17 2
William Fällström C/LW 33 1 16 17 29
Skyler Brind'Amour C 34 4 9 13 16
Ethan Leyh F 34 7 3 10 8
P. J. Fletcher F 34 0 6 6 2
Michael Lombardi F 28 4 1 5 4
Joe O'Connor D 27 3 2 5 20
Guus van Nes LW/RW 27 2 3 5 6
Desi Burgart F 22 1 3 4 19
Jayden Lee D 27 1 3 4 0
Logan Britt D 30 1 1 2 10
T. J. Friedmann F 32 1 1 2 2
C. J. McGee D 25 0 2 2 8
Josh Mayanja G 1 0 0 0 20
Evan Fear G 4 0 0 0 0
Daniel Winslow F 5 0 0 0 4
Marcus Chorney D 12 0 0 0 4
Matthew Fawcett F 13 0 0 0 2
Keith Petruzzelli G 34 0 0 0 0
Bench - - - - - 4
Total 94 163 257 273

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Josh Mayanja 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.000 0.00
Keith Petruzzelli 34 1968 21 10 2 66 761 3 .920 2.01
Evan Fear 4 64 0 1 0 7 24 0 .774 6.56
Empty Net - 20 - - - 5 - - - -
Total 34 1054 21 11 2 78 868 3 .910 2.28

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (Final)
USCHO.com 8 9 8 9 9 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 17 18 16 15 16 17 14 14 14
USA Today 11 13 10 13 9 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 15 15 14 NR 14 14 14

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Players drafted into the NHL

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Round Pick Player NHL team
3 74 Ty Smilanic Florida Panthers

† incoming freshman

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References

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  1. ^ "ECAC Hockey Cancels Remainder of Men's Tournament". ecachockey.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019–20 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Quinnipiac Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Quinnipiac Bobcats (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". collegehockeystats.net. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "Quinnipiac Univ. 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.