PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Oct. 22, 2011 – The Quinnipiac men's hockey team scored a pair of empty-net goals late on Saturday night to hand Robert Morris a 4-1 loss and spoil the Colonials chance at a series sweep. Junior forward Adam Brace (Cobden, Ontario / Canisius) tallied  his second goal of the season for Robert Morris.

The Colonials (2-3-0 overall, 0-1-0 Atlantic Hockey) maintained their strong showing in special teams situations – highlighted by an 8-for-8 performance on the penalty kill. Robert Morris has now successfully killed 23-straight opportunities to open the season. The Colonials' power-play unit was 1-for-5 on the night.

The Bobcats (6-2-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) jumped ahead at 6:34 of the first period when Connor Jones tallied his third goal of the year to put Quinnipiac up 1-0. After Jones won a draw in the Bobcats' offensive zone and found Mike Glaicar on the point, the blue-liner's slap shot hit the post on the initial attempt, but Jones – streaking to the net – found the loose puck and snuck the follow up past senior goalie Brooks Ostergard (Chargin Falls, Ohio / Bay State Breakers).

The Colonials wouldn't wait long to even the scoreboard. After the Bobcats  were whistled for a pair of penalties to put RMU on a 5-on-3 advantage, Brace found pay dirt  at 8:25 with his second tally of the season. Senior forward Cody Crichton (Palgrave, Ontario / Brampton Capitals) set up the play, finding junior defenseman Andrew Blazek (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Topeka Roadrunners) on the point. Blazek only got a piece of the puck on his attempt, but the puck went right to Brace, who found the back of the net. The game wouldn't stay even long, though, as the Bobcats notched a short-handed goal less than 30 seconds later from Matthew Peca. Jeremy Langlois tallied an assist on the goal at 8:52.

The score would remain at 2-1 for the majority of the night as the two teams battled back and forth for the next 40 minutes of action without a tally. Still down by a goal late in the contest, RMU would pull Ostergard with just over a minute to go in favor of the extra attacker, however the Bobcats capitalized on the empty net with a pair of insurance goals to seal the win.

Ostergard (0-3-0) had a notable game in the losing effort, stopping 38 of the 40 shots he faced, including several that kept RMU's penalty-killing unit unblemished. Dan Clarke (4-1-0) picked up the win for Quinnipiac after stopping 17-of-18.

Robert Morris returns to action next weekend with a nonconference series against the Spartans of Michigan State. Both games in the Friday/Saturday series are set for 7:05 p.m. ET start times.

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