BRIDGEPORT, Conn.- An overtime heartbreaker led the Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team falling to #2 Quinnipiac 3-2 in the semifinals of the CT Ice Tournament Saturday.
 
Records:
 
Sacred Heart Pioneers- (9-12-3, 7-7-2-1 AHA)
Quinnipiac Bobcats- (20-2-3, 10-1-1 ECAC)
 
Top Performers:
 
Neil Shea: 1 goal
Dakota Raabe: 1 goal
Conner Hutchison: 2 assists
 
 
Goalies:
 
Justin Robbins (SHU) (L, 28 saves, 3.00 GAA, 6-6-3 record)
Dylan St. Cyr (QU) (W, 22 saves, 2.00 GAA, 8-1-1 record)
 
 
Of Note:

• Quinnipiac got on the scoreboard first 13:13 in the opening period off a goal by Joey Cipollone to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.
• After a scoreless second period, the Pioneers answered back with a pair of goals in the third less than four minutes apart.
• Junior Neil Shea fired his sixth goal of the year going top shelf with 13:11 left in the period to even the score at 1-1.
• Then with 9:35 remaining, graduate Dakota Raabe scored his second goal of the year to give SHU a 2-1 lead.
• In the closing minutes of the period Quinnipiac tied the game up at 2-2 off a goal by Cipollone to send the game into overtime.
• With 1:09 remaining in overtime Zach Metsa found the open lane to give the Bobcats the 3-2 victory.
• Raabe scored his first goal since October 23, 2021 at Maine.
• First-year Conner Hutchison tallied his first collegiate multi-point game.

 
Up Next:
 
The Pioneers will face Yale in the consolation round of the CT Ice Tournament Sunday at 1:00 p.m.