Athlete of the Week: Matthew Peca

Athlete of the Week: Matthew Peca

By Marty Joseph, QBSN Staff Writer

Freshman Matthew Peca (Petawawa, Ontario) wins the QBSN Athlete of the Week honor for the second consecutive week. His play in the Bobcats’ first round playoff series against Brown also earned him ECAC Rookie of the Week honors for the second week in a row.

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Peca picked up right where he left off in the Bobcats final weekend of the regular season. Peca led the Bobcats to a first round series win with five points on the strength of his first postseason goal and four assists. Peca now ranks second on the Bobcats in scoring with eight goals and 27 assists in just his first season.

Peca’s five points came on the first five goals of the series for the Bobcats, which stretched his point streak on consecutive goals to 11, shattering Reid Cashman’s previous program record of five consecutive goals set in the 2004-05 season.

Following his five-point weekend, Peca became the first rookie in Quinnipiac history to lead the Bobcats in total-points for a postseason series in the program’s D1 history. Peca is also only the fourth player in program history to reach 30 points and the fifth to reach 20 assists in his first season.

The Bobcats head into their ECAC Quarterfinals matchup at Colgate this weekend led by the line of Connor and Kellen Jones (Montrose, British Columbia), along with Peca.