ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals

Yale at Quinnipiac
Friday, March 10—7 p.m.
M&T Bank Arena (Hamden, Conn.)
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Saturday, March 11—7 p.m.
M&T Bank Arena (Hamden, Conn.)
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Sunday, March 12—7 p.m.*
M&T Bank Arena (Hamden, Conn.)
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*if necessary

The 10th-seeded Bulldogs are ready to go head-to-head for the Battle of Whitney Avenue against top-seeded Quinnipiac in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and for international viewing on Stretch Internet.

Bulldog Bytes

• Yale enters the series with an 8-18-4 overall record, and a 6-14-2 ECAC record.
• Ian Carpentier is our leading point getter with 17 on the season behind nine goals and eight assists.
• Reilly Connors, the hero from the opening round, leads the team with three game-winning goals.
• David Chen has been Yale's top first year on the offensive front. He has seven goals, including a game-winner, and seven assists.
• William Dineen hot streak in the dot has extended into the postseason. In the opening round, he had a 46.7% success rate. On the season, he has won 252 faceoffs and 52.6% of his draws.
• Luke Pearson and Nathan Reid have split time in between the pipes for Yale. Pearson has a .926 save percentage with three shutouts, while Reid has a .909 save percentage and two shutouts.

Yale in the ECAC Tournament

• The Bulldogs are two-time ECAC Champions.
• Yale's last postseason best-of-three series win was a 2-1 series against Union in 2019-20. After dropping the first game, 3-0, the Bulldogs bounced back with a 4-1 victory to tie the game. From there, they closed it out with a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory. The remainder of the tournament was canceled due to the pandemic.

 
Yale and Quinnipiac in the Postseason

• The last time the pair met in the postseason was during the 2017-18 playoffs when Yale hosted Quinnipiac in the first round of ECAC playoffs. Quinnipiac took both games of the best-of-three series, 5-1 and 4-1.
• Before that, the pair met in the 2014 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals as the Bobcats swept the Bulldogs, 6-2 and 5-3, in Hamden.
• Yale and Quinnipiac met in the 2013 NCAA National Championship Game. That tilt saw Yale win, 4-0, en route to their first national championship win in program history. They also faced each other in the 2013 ECAC Hockey Tournament consolation game. Quinnipiac took that game, 3-0.
• Quinnipiac has a 7-2 all-time record against Yale in the postseason.

 
This Season Against Quinnipiac
The Bobcats took both meetings of the season against the Bulldogs. First, a 4-0 victory on Nov. 12 at Ingalls Rink before they snagged a 5-1 victory on Feb. 17.
 
Scouting Quinnipiac

• Quinnipiac finished the season 28-3-3 overall and 20-2-0 in the ECAC.
• The squads two losses came in back-to-back nights as the Bobcats fell to Cornell, 4-0, on Jan. 20, and 3-2 to Colgate the next night.
• Collin Graf has been leading the charge on offense for the Bobcats with 49 points. He has seven powerplay goals, tied for a team-high, and four game-winning goals.
• Zach Metsa is an anchor on Quinnipiac's blueline that also contributes heavily on offense. Metsa has 27 points (six goals and 21 assists).
• Yaniv Perets has gotten the nod in 34 starts for Quinnipiac. He has a .927 save percentage, 1.55 goals against average, and eight shutouts.

ECAC Quarterfinal Matchups
No. 10 Yale at No. 1 Quinnipiac
No. 9 Princeton at No. 2 Harvard
No. 6 Clarkson at No. 3 Cornell
No. 5 Colgate at No. 4 St. Lawrence