The No. 19 St. Lawrence men's hockey team is set to host Quinnipiac for a best-of-three ECAC Hockey quarterfinal playoff series this weekend at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y. The series opens on Friday, March 10, with puck-drop scheduled for 7 p.m.
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HOW THEY GOT HERE -
The Saints received a first-round bye for the third straight season after finishing fourth in the regular season standings. Quinnipiac advanced to the quarterfinals with a pair of wins over No. 12 seed Brown in a first-round series in Hamden, Conn. last weekend. The Bobcats outscored the Bears 11-2 and won the series 2-0.
PREVIOUS MEETINGS –
The Saints posted a 1-0-1 record against Quinnipiac during the regular season with a pair of shutouts against the Bobcats. On Nov. 5,
Kyle Hayton made 25 saves en route to his record-setting 10
th career shutout to break Bill Sloan's 60-year program record.
Drew Smolcynski and
Michael Ederer scored for St. Lawrence in the 2-0 win.
On Nov. 25 at the Friendship Four in Belfast, Northern Ireland the Saints and Bobcats played to a 0-0 tie, with Quinnipiac advancing to the tournament championships via a win in the shootout.
Kyle Hayton finished with 37 saves, while Chris Truehl made 32 stops for Quinnipiac.
TICKET INFORMATION –
Tickets are still available for this weekend's games and can be purchased online through the link below or by calling the Appleton Arena ticket office at 315-229-5696 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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OTHER QUARTERFINAL MATCHUPS –
The top seeds prevailed in all four first-round matchups last weekend, setting up 1-4 vs. 5-8 in the quarterfinal series' this weekend.
In addition to Quinnipiac at St. Lawrence, the other quarterfinal matchups are as follows: No. 8 Yale at No. 1 Harvard; No. 7 Princeton at No. 2 Union; and No. 6 Clarkson at No. 3 Cornell.
