One of the most surprising outcomes of the regular season is the fact that Quinnipiac finished the regular season with a losing record for the first time since 1995-96 — back when the Bobcats were a Division 2 team under second-year coach Rand Pecknold.
It’s been a quick descent for a program that earned NCAA tournament berths for five consecutive seasons (2012-16) and played in the national championship game as recently as 2016. The downward trend started last season for Quinnipiac, but even then, the Bobcats won 23 games and made a trip to the ECAC Hockey tournament semifinals.
