2008 Woodie Awards
Bobcats limping towards ECAC playoffs
Dave Westerberg
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: Sports
Frustration looms over the Bobcats after being swept for the second straight weekend, this time by way of two heartbreaking overtime losses at the hands of the Cornell Big Red and Colgate Raiders.
On Friday, a crowd of 3,387 saw the Big Red down the Bobcats 3-2 despite the efforts of David Marshall, who scored the game-tying goal with 1:13 remaining in regulation time to send the game to overtime. Sunday's story was awfully similar. Senior Day ended somberly as the Raiders triumphed 4-3, after a turnover in the neutral zone led to a Raider goal with a minute remaining in overtime.
"You never want to lose four games in a row," Senior captain Jamie Bates said, "But its better now than later."
The losses also drop the Bobcats (17-11-4 overall, 9-7-4 ECAC) to sixth place in the ECAC and lessen their chances for finishing in the conference's top four spots which yield first round byes in the post-season tournament.
"We're in a dogfight right now," assistant coach Ben Syer said. "We want that home-ice bye and we have to bounce back. Our guys don't want to play that opening weekend."
After the weekend's results, QU can finish anywhere from 3rd to 8th place. Quinnipiac also dropped out of the USCHO.com/CSTV Division 1 Men's Ice Hockey poll for the first time since Dec. 31, 2007.
Injury and fatigue each played a big part in both games. Eric Lampe was helped off the ice on Friday and was a late scratch on Sunday. Also, both Brett Dickinson and Jean-Marc Beaudoin missed significant time during Sunday's game. According to Pecknold the team is down to about 15 healthy players as of Sunday.
"I think the biggest thing we have to do is find a way to get healthy," Pecknold said. "Hopefully we haven't lost these guys for significant time."
Marshall and Greg Holt each had two point games, Friday and Sunday respectively, and goalie Bud Fisher turned away a total of 35 shots on the weekend. The Bobcats outshot the visiting New York teams by a total of 64-42 on the weekend but could not translate the shot advantage into goals.
On Friday, a crowd of 3,387 saw the Big Red down the Bobcats 3-2 despite the efforts of David Marshall, who scored the game-tying goal with 1:13 remaining in regulation time to send the game to overtime. Sunday's story was awfully similar. Senior Day ended somberly as the Raiders triumphed 4-3, after a turnover in the neutral zone led to a Raider goal with a minute remaining in overtime.
"You never want to lose four games in a row," Senior captain Jamie Bates said, "But its better now than later."
The losses also drop the Bobcats (17-11-4 overall, 9-7-4 ECAC) to sixth place in the ECAC and lessen their chances for finishing in the conference's top four spots which yield first round byes in the post-season tournament.
"We're in a dogfight right now," assistant coach Ben Syer said. "We want that home-ice bye and we have to bounce back. Our guys don't want to play that opening weekend."
After the weekend's results, QU can finish anywhere from 3rd to 8th place. Quinnipiac also dropped out of the USCHO.com/CSTV Division 1 Men's Ice Hockey poll for the first time since Dec. 31, 2007.
Injury and fatigue each played a big part in both games. Eric Lampe was helped off the ice on Friday and was a late scratch on Sunday. Also, both Brett Dickinson and Jean-Marc Beaudoin missed significant time during Sunday's game. According to Pecknold the team is down to about 15 healthy players as of Sunday.
"I think the biggest thing we have to do is find a way to get healthy," Pecknold said. "Hopefully we haven't lost these guys for significant time."
Marshall and Greg Holt each had two point games, Friday and Sunday respectively, and goalie Bud Fisher turned away a total of 35 shots on the weekend. The Bobcats outshot the visiting New York teams by a total of 64-42 on the weekend but could not translate the shot advantage into goals.
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