2019–20 Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey season

2019–20 Quinnipiac Bobcats
men's ice hockey season
2019–20 Quinnipiac Bobcats; men's ice hockey season
Conference	3rd ECAC Hockey
Home ice	People's United Center
Rankings
USCHO.com	14
USA Today/; US Hockey Magazine	14
Record
Overall	21–11–2
Conference	14–6–2
Home	13–3–0
Road	7–8–2
Neutral	1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Rand Pecknold
Assistant coaches	Bill Riga; Joe Dumais; Justin Eddy
Captain(s)	Nick Jermain
Alternate captain(s)	Alex Whelan; Odeen Tufto
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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.

On March 12, ECAC Hockey announced that the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Roster

As of July 17, 2019.^[2]

No.	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

2019–20 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Exhibition
October 5	4:05 PM	vs. Brock*	#8	People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut (Exhibition)		Fear	T 4–4 ^OT	1,234
Regular Season
October 11	7:17 PM	vs. American International*	#9	People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 3–2 ^OT	2,823	1–0–0
October 12	7:00 PM	at American International*	#9	MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts		Petruzzelli	W 3–2	1,376	2–0–0
October 18	7:00 PM	vs. Maine*	#8	People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	L 2–4	3,108	2–1–0
October 19	7:05 PM	vs. Maine*	#8	People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 4–3	3,119	3–1–0
October 27	2:05 PM	vs. Vermont*	#9	People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 4–0	2,725	4–1–0
November 1	9:05 PM	at Arizona State*	#9	Oceanside Ice Arena • Tempe, Arizona		Fear	L 3–5	901	4–2–0
November 2	9:05 PM	at Arizona State*	#9	Oceanside Ice Arena • Tempe, Arizona		Petruzzelli	L 1–4	915	4–3–0
November 8	7:02 PM	at Dartmouth	#15	Thompson Arena • Hanover, 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 Center • Boston, Massachusetts	NESN+	Petruzzelli	L 2–7	1,887	4–4–1 (0–1–1)
November 15	7:05 PM	vs. Union		People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 2–1	2,934	5–4–1 (1–1–1)
November 16	7:05 PM	vs. Rensselaer		People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 3–1	3,090	6–4–1 (2–1–1)
November 22	7:02 PM	at #2 Cornell		Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York		Petruzzelli	L 1–2	3,876	6–5–1 (2–2–1)
November 23	7:30 PM	at Colgate		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Petruzzelli	L 1–3	769	6–6–1 (2–3–1)
November 29	7:35 PM	vs. Massachusetts*		People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	L 0–3	2,992	6–7–1 (2–3–1)
November 30	7:00 PM	at Massachusetts*		Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts	NESN	Petruzzelli	W 2–1	2,857	7–7–1 (2–3–1)
December 28	7:03 PM	at Princeton		Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey		Petruzzelli	W 3–1	2,195	8–7–1 (3–3–1)
December 29	7:05 PM	vs. Princeton		People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 4–3	2,885	9–7–1 (4–3–1)
January 3	7:00 PM	vs. #16 Harvard		People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 6–1	2,840	10–7–1 (5–3–1)
January 4	7:05 PM	vs. Dartmouth		People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 5–1	2,757	11–7–1 (6–3–1)
January 10	7:05 PM	vs. St. Lawrence		Roos House • Canton, New York		Petruzzelli	W 3–2	353	12–7–1 (7–3–1)
January 11	7:00 PM	at #7 Clarkson		Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York		Petruzzelli	L 2–5	2,342	12–8–1 (7–4–1)
January 17	7:00 PM	at Holy Cross*	#20	Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts		Petruzzelli	W 4–3	869	13–8–1 (7–4–1)
Connecticut Ice
January 25	4:00 PM	vs. Connecticut*	#17	Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, 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 Arena • Bridgeport, 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 Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 5–0	3,488	15–9–1 (8–4–1)
February 1	7:00 PM	vs. Colgate	#18	People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 2–1	2,893	16–9–1 (9–4–1)
February 7	7:00 PM	at Yale	#16	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 3–2 ^OT	3,268	17–9–1 (10–4–1)
February 8	7:00 PM	at Brown	#16	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, 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 Center • Hamden, 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 Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 6–1	2,978	18–10–2 (11–5–2)
February 21	7:00 PM	at Rensselaer	#16	Houston Field House • Troy, New York		Petruzzelli	L 0–4	3,008	18–11–2 (11–6–2)
February 22	7:00 PM	at Union	#16	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, 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 Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Petruzzelli	W 2–1	3,243	20–11–2 (13–6–2)
February 29	7:00 PM	vs. Yale	#17	People's United Center • Hamden, 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

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

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

Poll	Week
Poll	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

2020 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NHL team
3	74	Ty Smilanic†	Florida Panthers

† incoming freshman

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References

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

[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.

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v t e Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey
Formerly the Quinnipiac Braves
Playing venues	East Haven Rink (1975–1999) Northford Ice Pavilion (1999–2007) M&T Bank Arena (2007–present)
Head coaches	Jim Kennedy (1975–1979) Ralph O'Connor (1979–1980) Jim Armstrong (1980–1994) Rand Pecknold (1994–present)
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC 3 (1976–1985) ECAC North/South (1985–1992) ECAC North/South/Central (1992–1997) MAAC (1998–2003) Atlantic Hockey (2003–2005) ECAC Hockey (2005–present)
Rivalries	Battle of Whitney Avenue (Yale Bulldogs)
Culture & lore	Connecticut Ice
All-time leaders	Chris Cerrella (205 Points) Chris Cerrella (99 Goals) Michael Garteig (78 Wins)
National championships	2023
Frozen Four appearances	2013 2016 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances	2002 2013 2014 2015 2016 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	MAAC: 2002 ECAC: 2016
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