Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey
| Quinnipiac Bobcats | |
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| University | Quinnipiac University |
| Conference | ECAC Hockey |
| Head coach |
Rand Pecknold 23rd year, 449–266–84 (.615) |
| Captain(s) | Connor Clifton Derek Smith |
| Alternate captain(s) | Tim Clifton Tommy Schutt |
| Arena | High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center Capacity: 3,086 Surface: 200' x 85' |
| Location | Hamden, Connecticut |
| Colors | Navy and Gold |
| NCAA Tournament Frozen Four | |
| 2013, 2016 | |
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | |
| 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
| Conference Tournament Champions | |
| 2002, 2016 | |
| Conference Regular Season Champions | |
| 1999, 2000, 2013, 2015, 2016 | |
| Current uniform | |
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The Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Quinnipiac University. The Bobcats are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Connecticut.
Quinnipiac College began sponsoring men's ice hockey as a varsity sport for the 1975–76 season. The program joined as an independent NCAA Division II team. The team played as an independent Division II team until 1998, when the program joined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and transferred to Division I. The Braves won the MAAC Regular Season Championship in their first season in the league. The trend continued as Quinnipiac won the title the follow two seasons. In 2002 The Braves won the team's first playoff series, winning the MAAC Playoff Championship with a 6–4 win over Mercyhurst. With the win, Quinnipiac received an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the first NCAA post season appearance in program history. Quinnipiac faced off against Cornell in the first round of the East Regional, held in Worcester, Massachusetts. Quinnipiac's run into the NCAA Tournament ended early in a 1–6 loss to the Big Red. The game was the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the Braves. Quinnipiac finished the 2001–02 season 20–13–5, marking the team's fourth consecutive season with at least 20 wins.
In 2003 the MAAC Hockey league split off from the main athletic conference to form Atlantic Hockey. After two years in Atlantic Hockey Quinnipiac left to join the ECAC, replacing Vermont who left the league for Hockey East and changed their name to the Bobcats. QU was chosen over a number of applicants in large part to the university's commitment to build a new multipurpose sports arena to replace the civic-owned Northford Ice Pavilion. The Bobcats moved into the new 3,386-seat TD Bank Sports Center (then known as TD Banknorth Sports Center) in 2007.
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