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

## Roster

As of July 17, 2019.

## Standings

2019–20 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall 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. ||||||||||

## 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 |

## 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 | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 |

## Players drafted into the NHL
### 2020 NHL Entry Draft

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