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  • Quinnipiac basketball, hockey transfer portal tracker

    Quinnipiac basketball, hockey transfer portal tracker

    As the NCAA hockey and basketball seasons come to an end, both sports are entering another offseason defined by the transfer portal. Over 1,300 men’s and women’s basketball players have already entered since the window opened this week and men’s and women’s hockey are again expected to see a record number of entrants. 

    QUSportsPage will update this page with Quinnipiac’s departures and additions during the transfer portal periods.

    Men’s Basketball 

    Portal opening date: March 24th

    Portal closing date: April 22nd

    Amarri Monroe | Forward

    Years of eligibility remaining: 1

    The 2025 MAAC Player of the Year from Newburgh, New York, averaged 18.1 ppg and had 14 double-doubles in his second year in Hamden. The All-MAAC First Team selection this past season has heard from multiple schools in the SEC, Big Ten, Big East and ACC since entering the portal, according to On3sports. 

    Paul Otieno | Forward

    Years of eligibility remaining: 1

    Otieno spent three seasons with the Bobcats and garnered an All-MAAC First Team nomination in 2024-25. He finished behind Monroe in the MAAC’s double-double leaderboards (13) and was among the nation’s best in offensive rebounding. After spending his first collegiate seasons at Kilgore College (TX), the Kenyan native joined the 1,000 point club this past year, and was granted another graduate season after the NCAA’s junior college eligibility waiver ruling. 

    Doug Young | Guard

    Years of eligibility remaining: 1

    Young played two seasons at the JUCO level, one at Odessa College (TX) and one at Midland College (TX), but has spent the past two seasons with the Bobcats. He averaged 5.4 ppg off the bench this past season and scored a season-high 18 points against Sacred Heart. Young was granted another year of eligibility under the same precedent as Otieno.

    Ryan Mabrey | Guard

    Years of eligibility remaining: 1

    Coming over as a transfer last spring after spending his first two seasons at Miami (OH), Mabrey averaged 4.3 ppg in 32 games (12 starts) with Quinnipiac in what’s looking like his lone season in Hamden. He scored in double figures five times including a 17- point outburst in November against St. John’s where he buried a season high five triples.

    Khaden Bennett | Guard

    Years of eligibility remaining: 2

    In his second year in Hamden, Bennett had anything but a sophomore slump. He averaged 10.3 ppg on the season, including three 20-plus point games. He spent most the beginning half of the year as the primary ball handler with veteran guard Savion Lewis out with an injury. Many times guarding the opposing team’s second or third scoring option, Bennett compiled 43 steals during the season.

    Women’s Basketball

    Portal opening date: March 24th

    Portal closing date: April 22nd

    Gal Raviv | Guard

    Years of eligibility remaining: 3

    Raviv was the first player in MAAC history to win both Rookie and Player of the Year awards. The Kadima, Israel native finished the season averaging 17.9 points per game, the most for a Quinnipiac women’s basketball player since the 2013-14 season. 

    Men’s Ice Hockey

    Portal opening date: March 30th

    Portal closing date: May 13th

    Noah Altman | Goaltender

    Years of eligibility remaining: 1

    Atlman’s four years in Hamden made him the longest-tenured player in the program this season. He appeared in parts of seven games across four seasons, but his lively personality made him a favorite in both the locker room and among fans over the years. His impact on the program warranted his selection as an alternate captain for the 2024-25 season.

    Nate Benoit | Defenseman

    Years of eligibility remaining: 2

    With his portal entry, Benoit is destined for his third team in as many seasons. He spent his freshman year with North Dakota before transferring into Quinnipiac for his sophomore season. In 2024-25 with the Bobcats, he appeared in 21 games and recorded two assists. Benoit’s last appearance for Quinnipiac was in its ECAC Tournament semifinal loss to Cornell, where he slotted in as the seventh defenseman but did not see any ice time. He was a healthy scratch in the team’s NCAA Tournament loss to UConn.

    Michael Salandra | Forward

    Years of eligibility remaining: 3

    Salandra did not play in his first year in Hamden. During the 2023-24 season, he played in the BCHL, a part of the West Kelowna Warriors organization. During his second year with the Warriors, he was named an alternate captain and recorded 21 goals and 23 assists. 

    Noah Eyre | Forward

    Years of eligibility remaining: 3

    During his first year in Hamden, Eyre only appeared in five games and last played on Jan. 31 against Dartmouth. He came to Quinnipiac from the Sioux Falls Stampede along with two other Quinnipiac freshmen, Tyler Borgula and Chris Pelosi.

    Chase Ramsay | Defenseman

    Years of eligibility remaining: 2

    Similar to Eyre, Ramsay only played a handful of games in his second season in Hamden. During the season, there were two months between each of his three appearances. Playing seven games total in two years, Ramsay did not record a single point while wearing the blue and gold.

    Women’s Ice Hockey

    Portal opening date: March 16th

    Portal closing date: April 29th

    Outgoing Players

    Tiana McIntyre | Defender 

    Years of eligibility remaining: 1

    McIntyre, a native of Park City, Utah, dressed for 36 of the team’s 38 games in 2024-25. She did not register a point, but recorded 21 shots on goal, had an even plus-minus rating, and tied for seventh on the team with 16 blocked shots. As a sophomore in 2023-24, McIntyre had two assists and a +6 rating.

    Incoming Players

    Calli Hogarth | Goaltender | Merrimack

    Years of eligibility remaining: 1

    Hogarth played three seasons in North Andover, serving as Merrimack’s primary starter or a platoon goaltender in each of them. In 2024-25, she started 23 games for the Warriors, finishing with a 2.79 goals against average and .904 save percentage. At 6 feet tall, Hogarth reflects the growing trend of bigger goaltenders in women’s college hockey. She is expected to compete with rising sophomore Felicia Frank for playing time.

    Alex Law | Forward | Boston University

    Years of eligibility remaining: 2

    Law was a highly-touted recruit coming into college, playing for Canada’s national team at two IIHF Under-18 World Championships. She played two seasons for the Terriers, putting up 13 points as a freshman and nine this past year as a sophomore. She recorded an assist in BU’s NCAA tournament loss to Clarkson. Law also was a member of BU’s lacrosse team and is expected to play both sports at Quinnipiac.

  • Five takeaways from top ECAC clash between Quinnipiac, Dartmouth

    Five takeaways from top ECAC clash between Quinnipiac, Dartmouth

    By: Cameron Levasseur and Tyler Platz

    Quinnipiac men’s hockey and Dartmouth entered Friday’s matchup in Hanover, N.H. separated by just three points atop the ECAC Hockey standings, the Big Green one win away from possession of the No. 1 spot. 

    The teams left the ice with a four-point gap between them, the Bobcats winning a back-and-forth affair 5-4 in overtime thanks to a hat trick from graduate student forward Jack Ricketts.

    With just one month left in the regular season, the win gives Quinnipiac breathing room from its biggest challenger as they look for a fifth consecutive Cleary Cup as ECAC regular season champions. 

    Here’s five takeaways from the marquee battle as both sides gear up for the home stretch. 

    Dartmouth takes tie-breaker

    Because they lost in overtime instead of regulation, the Big Green took a point from Friday’s contest. That gives them four out of a possible six points from the season series with Quinnipiac after a 4-2 win over the Bobcats in November. 

    This is the first time since 2017-18 that Dartmouth has taken the season series against Quinnipiac. More importantly, it also means the Big Green hold the tiebreaker if the teams end up deadlocked in the ECAC standings at the end of the regular season. 

    –Cameron Levasseur

    The Bobcats’ penalty kill will be a strength down the stretch

    Quinnipiac’s power play might draw more attention, as the Bobcats have a 28.9% scoring percentage with the man advantage. Still, the poise Quinnipiac displayed on its penalty kill against Dartmouth could be a key strength for this team in the final month of the regular season.

    Quinnipiac already boasts the second-best penalty-killing percentage in the ECAC, quelling power plays 88% of the time. Against Dartmouth, Quinnipiac’s penalty killers showed attention to detail, consistently clearing pucks from the defensive zone. 

    During the second penalty kill following a hooking minor by Ricketts, sophomore forward Mason Marcellus made a strong hustle play, creating a breakaway opportunity in the second period. As Ricketts’ penalty expired, the Quinnipiac defense knew to clear the puck into the offensive zone, setting up Ricketts for another shorthanded opportunity.

    -Tyler Platz

    Youth in net shows again

    No team in the ECAC has a younger goaltending presence than Quinnipiac. The only program on par is Dartmouth, whose tandem of freshman Emmett Croteau and sophomore Roan Clarke matches the Bobcats’ duo of freshman Dylan Silverstein and sophomore Matej Marinov. 

    Both sides have struggled in net at times this season, but it was for Silverstein and Quinnipiac that those issues showed the most this weekend. 

    All four goals Silverstein allowed snuck through his pads after it looked like he made the initial save. And his shake in composure nearly got worse, as a likely fifth goal off a flubbed save was prevented thanks to an early whistle from an official in the third period. 

    But it’s the first lapse in a month for Silverstein, who gave up just eight goals in his previous five starts. The Bobcats must hope that this is an outlier and not a trend. 

    –Cameron Levasseur

    Dartmouth’s big guns are dangerous 

    There are few forward lines in the ECAC that compare to Dartmouth’s top unit of juniors Cooper Flinton and Luke Haymes and sophomore Nikita Nikora. There are fewer defensive pairings that can match the offensive prowess of sophomore CJ Foley and senior Ian Pierce, with the former leading the conference in points among blueliners. 

    Put all five players on the ice together and you’ve got an attacking juggernaut that utilizes every inch of the offensive zone to work the puck from low to high and create high-quality scoring chances. 

    That’s exactly how the Big Green struck first against Quinnipiac. Nikora threaded a centering pass from the right corner to Pierce, who shoveled the puck past a defender and delivered a shot for Haymes to finish the rebound. 

    In order to beat Dartmouth, those five have to be taken out of the equation. To do that, opposing teams have to limit their time and space. The Bobcats figured that out as Friday’s game went on, a piece of the puzzle that ultimately led to the win. 

    –Cameron Levasseur

    Regroup and respond

    Each time Dartmouth scored, Quinnipiac responded with energy, refusing to let the momentum swing entirely in the Big Green’s favor.

    After Dartmouth’s first goal, scored with just over two minutes remaining in the first period, Quinnipiac quickly regrouped in the defensive zone and surged up the ice on the next rush. It created  back-to-back opportunities—a shot from first-year forward Chris Pelosi that just missed wide, followed by Marcellus firing low, stick-side off a shot from the point.

    Following Dartmouth’s second goal midway through the second period, the Bobcats won the ensuing faceoff. They then dumped the puck into Dartmouth’s defensive zone and senior defenseman Davis Pennington’s forecheck forced a turnover in front of the net. Croteau barely was able to swipe the puck off Ricketts’ stick to prevent Quinnipiac from getting right back on the board.

    Dartmouth’s third goal tied the game at 3-3 with about nine minutes left in regulation. On the following shift, Quinnipiac once again dumped the puck into the offensive zone before making a line change. As Dartmouth attempted to break out, junior forward Victor Czerneckianair disrupted the play, nearly forcing a turnover behind the net before tucking the puck out front for a scoring opportunity.

    –Tyler Platz