The Quinnipiac University men’s ice hockey team claimed its second consecutive Q-Cup and fourth in the six years of the event in front of a sellout crowd at the Northford Ice Pavilion on Saturday night. <\/p>\n
Five different players scored for the Braves in a 5-1 victory over American International in the title game. Quinnipiac is now 10-1-1 all-time at its own tournament. <\/p>\n
The Braves opened the scoring at 14:58 of the first period on a slap shot by Matt Erhart from the left point that floated through traffic and past AIC goaltender Frank Novello.<\/p>\n
QU doubled its lead at the 7:52 mark of the middle frame on Ryan Olson’s third goal of the season. AIC cut the Braves advantage in half at 13:44 of the second period on a tally by Guillame Caron, but freshman Matt Craig restored the Braves two-goal lead at 17:15 of the stanza.<\/p>\n
The Braves put the game out of reach in the final period with two unanswered goals. Brian Herbert scored at 14:25 on a shot from the left circle that beat Novello, while freshman Chris Chandler netted his first collegiate tally at 18:38 on another shot from the point. <\/p>\n
Olson was named Tournament MVP for his three-goal, one assist outing in two nights. Herbert and Erhart also represented QU on the squad, along with Novello, Bentley’s Steve Tobio and Fairfield’s Tim Desmaris. <\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Fairfield won a 6-5 thriller over Bentley in the consolation game. The Falcons had a 5-2 lead with 8:30 remaining until Andy Peters was issued a five-minute major and game DQ for hitting from behind.<\/p>\n
The Stags went on to score four times during that power play — including two goals from Desmaris, one of which was the game-winner — to pull out a dramatic victory. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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