FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Yale upsets No. 5 Quinnipiac, earns first win over Bobcats since 2018

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Yale captain David Chen celebrates his game-winning goal in Yale’s first win over Quinnipiac since 2018 (Photo: Colleen Murphy)

 

Down by two midway through the first period, Yale battled back with four unanswered goals to upset No. 5 Quinnipiac, 4-2, marking the first Bulldogs’ win over the Bobcats since 2018.

The game was tied 2-2 at 16:21 in the third period when Yale’s captain, David Chen, found himself with the puck on his stick in front of the Quinnipiac net, and Chen took no time to make the most of it.

The Bobcats were ahead 2-0 in the first on goals by Antonin Verreault and Charlie Leddy, but Yale’s David Andreychuk answered and it was a 2-1 game at the end of one. Ronan O’Donnell scored on the empty net for Yale late in the third period.

In his first win of the season, Noah Pak made 25 saves on 27 shots. For Quinnipiac, Dylan Silverstein 19 saves on the 22 shots he faced.

No. 13 Massachusetts 4, No. 6 Maine 0

After losing to Maine 6-2 Thursday night, Massachusetts rebounds with a 4-0 win at home in the William D. Mullins Center to earn a split in the series.

The Minutemen scored twice on the power play, including Francesco Dell’Elce’s rocket from the right point midway through the first period.

Daniel Jenčko had two goals, including the Minutemen’s second man-advantage goal, the third of the season for Jenčko. Lucas Olvestad also scored for Massachusetts.

In his first shutout of the season, Jackson Irving made 38 saves. Albin Boija made 31 stops on 35 shots for Maine.

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No. 9 Denver 3, No. 4 Western Michigan 1

Denver scored three times in the third period to come from behind and beat Western Michigan on the road in Lawson Arena.

It was Kieran Cebrian’s pickup of his own rebound, unassisted, that got the party started for the Pioneers at 6:45 in the third.

Eric Jamieson’s game-winning goal came three minutes later, and Eric Pohlkamp had an empty-net goal in the final minute of the game.

Zaccharya Wisdom’s goal at 5:12 in the first period gave the Broncos the early 1-0 lead.

Quentin Miller made 35 saves as Western Michigan outshot Denver 36-29. For the Pioneers, Hampton Slukynsky stopped 26.

No. 1 Michigan State 2, No. 3 Penn State 1 (OT)

Tiernan Shoudy’s first game-winning goal of the season was a big one, putting Michigan State ahead of Penn State, 2-1, in overtime in Munn Ice Arena.

The Spartans led 1-0 after the first period on Anthony Romani’s goal at 17:09. Gavin McKenna had the equalizer for Penn State at 16:23 in the second.

In his fifth win of the season, Trey Augustine saved 24-of-25. For the Nittany Lions, Kevin Reidler had 30 saves on 32 shots.

No. 2 Michigan 7, No. 10 Wisconsin 4

Michigan scored four late third-period goals to surge against Wisconsin 7-4 at home in Yost Arena, delivering the Badgers their first loss of the season.

The lead changed five times in this one and 10 different players registered goals. Only three total players had multiple-point games, and all of them Wolverines. T.J. Hughes had a goal and two assists, Michael Hage had two goals and Will Horcoff had a goal and an assist. Horcoff’s unassisted tally at 16:16 in the third was the game-winner.

Both Hage and Hughes had empty-net goals in the final two minutes of the game.

In the Michigan net, Jack Ivankovic made 20 saves on 24 shots. For Wisconsin, Daniel Hauser stopped 26 of the 31 shots he faced, as the Wolverines outshot the Badgers 33-24.

No. 8 North Dakota 7, Omaha 2

With an impressive four-goal performance on the power play, North Dakota soared past Omaha for a 7-2 road win.

After the first period ended in a 1-1 tie, the Fighting Hawks scored three in the second and three in the third, with

Ben Strinden was one of three Fighting Hawks to register two goals on the night, including the game-winning, second-period goal and this marker midway through the third period that put North Dakota up 5-2.

In net for North Dakota, Jan Špunar made 22 stops on 24 shots. Omaha’s Simon Latkoczy saved 20-of-27.

No. 12 Boston University 3, Merrimack 2 (OT)

Trailing 2-1 late in the third period, Boston University tied the game Jack Murtagh goal and it took just 21 seconds in overtime for Cole Hutson to find the net to give the Terriers a 3-2 win over visiting Merrimack.

After Jonathan Morello gave BU a 1-0 lead at 11:04 in the first, but Benjamin Yurchuk and Justin Gill scored within a four-minute span late in the period put the Warriors ahead 2-1.

Mikhail Yegorov turned away 23-of-25 in the win. For Merrimack, Max Lundgren made 18 saves on 21 shots.

No. 14 Northeastern 2, Stonehill 0

Lawton Zacher made 36 saves and the Huskies had goals from Tyler Fukakusa and Vinny Borgesi as Northeastern beat visiting Stonehill in Matthews Arena.

Fukakusa’s goal on the power play at 5:43 in the first period was the game-winner. Borgesi added a pretty insurance goal at 15:05 in the third.

Zacher’s 36-save performance led to his third shutout in seven games to start the season.

In net for Stonehill, Connor Androlewicz stopped 18-of-20.

Bemidji State 4, Lake Superior State 1

Bemidji State held Lake Superior State to 11 shots on goal in a 4-1 home win in CCHA play.

Max Namestnikov’s second-period, power-play goal held up as the game-winner.

On that power play, the Beavers also also allowed a short-handed goal scored by Lake Superior’s Carter Batchelder.

In net for the Lakers, Rorke Applebee made 33 saves on 37 shots. Raythan Robbins had 10 stops for the Beavers.

Bemidji State improves to 4-0-1 in conference play.