SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts The American International College ice hockey team fell 4-1 to the No. 20 Quinnipiac Bobcats in a nonconference match at the MassMutual Center on Friday, October 26.

FAST FACTS:
SCORE: No. 20 Quinnipiac 4, AIC 1
RECORDS: AIC falls to 2-3-1 overall, while maintaining a 2-1-1 record in Atlantic Hockey; Quinnipiac improves to 4-0-0, with no record yet in ECAC Hockey League play.
LOCATION: MassMutual Center Springfield, Massachusetts.

STATS:
AIC:
Shawn McBride: One goal
Patrik Demel: One assist
Nicolas Luka: One assist
Zackarias Skog: Loss (0-2-0), 27 saves on 30 shots in 57:12

Quinnipiac:
Craig Martin: Two goals
Chase Priskie: One goal, one assist
Nick Jermain: One goal
Andrew Shortridge: Win (1-0-0), 22 saves on 23 shots

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Quinnipiac jumped out to a lead just 29 seconds into the game, as Craig Martin jumped on a turnover at the left side of the net to open the scoring.
• The Bobcats doubled the lead at 12:07, as defenseman Chase Priskie ripped home a shot from the high slot on a two-man advantage.
• The Yellow Jackets got back in the game early in the second on the power play, as junior defenseman Patrik Demel dished the puck across the blue line to his classmate, defenseman Nicolas Luka; Luka's shot went wide, but bounced off the boards to the right side of the net, where senior center Shawn McBride tapped it into the empty net for his first of the year at 4:28.
• In the third, the Yellow Jackets pushed, but it was Quinnipiac that scored, as Nick Jermain tallied at 9:46 to extend the lead to 3-1; Martin hit the empty net with 1:22 left in regulation for the 4-1 final.

COACH'S CORNER:

• "Outside of our startI really liked a lot of the things that we did. It took us about 10 to 15 minutes to get our feet underneath us," said head coach Eric Lang after the game. "They're a very good team over there well-coached, tough to play against, there's not a lot of room out thereour guys didn't quit; we stayed with itwe get another chance at these guys tomorrow," he added.
• "I thought [Skog] was great. He's had a good couple of weeks of preparation and a good couple of weeks in practicefor Zack, it might be a good game for him to bank; he's a talented, high-end goalie," Lang said of his junior goalkeeper's performance.

PLAYER'S CORNER:

• "Didn't like our start; we weren't ready to goour preparation has to be better as a team," McBride said after the game, adding that "the second period was fun. We got our legs, and that's the type of game we want to have tomorrow night."
• "It's a tough start being down after 30 seconds, but we fought back and I think we did a really good job with the second and third period," Skog noted after the game.

NEXT UP:

• The Yellow Jackets get right back at it against Quinnipiac on Saturday, October 27 in Hamden, Connecticut at 7 p.m.

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