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CLARKSON HOCKEY Golden Knight Women

www.clarksonathletics.com September 25, 2013

2013-14 CLARKSON OPENS PROMISING 2013-14 SEASON Women’s Schedule on SATURDAY, HOSTING RIT at

September xcitement is high around the Women’s Hockey program as the 28 ROCHESTER INST. of TECHNOLOGY H 4:00pm EGolden Knights get ready to open their 11th season of NCAA Division I play. Guided October by sixth-year co-head coaches Matt and Shannon Desrosiers and assistant Matt Kelly, the 4 ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY H 7pm Knights have high hopes for the 2013-14 campaign after skating to their best record ever last year. 5 St. Lawrence University A 3pm 11 A 7pm Clarkson has earned high praise in preseason polls, earning the conference coaches’ vote as the 12 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY H 4pm number one team in ECAC Hockey. The Green and are rated third nationally in both the 18 MERCYHURST H 3pm 19 MERCYHURST COLLEGE H 3pm USCHO.com and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings. 25 * A 4pm All but three veterans return from last season's team, which posted a school-record 28-10 26 * A 3pm overall record that culminated in the Knights' second NCAA playoff appearance in the past four November years. Clarkson fi nished in a tie for second in the ECAC Hockey standings with an 18-4 league 1 * BROWN UNVIVERSITY H 7pm mark, just one point shy of the top spot. 2 * H 4pm 8 * H 7pm The Knights, led by senior captain Carly Mercer (Exeter, ONT) and senior assistant captains 9 * H 4pm Vanessa Gagnon (St. Constant, QUE) and (Kanata, ONT), will strive to 15 H 3pm 16 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE H 4pm lift their play to a higher level this winter. Clarkson has a solid nucleus of 16 veterans, including 22 * A 3pm seven standouts who participated in Canada's National Women's Development Team selection 23 * University A 3pm camp this past August, to lead the way. A promising group of four freshmen along with a talented December red-shirt sophomore will add to Clarkson's lofty potential. 6 UNIVERSITY of NORTH DAKOTA H 3pm 7 UNIVERSITY of NORTH DAKOTA H 3pm The Knights will face a challenging schedule in 2013-14, including eight games against teams that 14 Outdoor Game at Frontier Field, Rochester, NY skated in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Clarkson opens the 34-game slate this Saturday at 4:00 vs RIT A 12n p.m. against 's (CHA) Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for the

January fi rst of 20 regular-season games at Cheel Arena. 3 McGILL UNIVERSITY (exh.) H 7pm Two-time ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Year is back for one more season 10 * St. Lawrence University A 7pm 11 * ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY H 3pm in the Clarkson crease and should be one of the best 17 * Yale University A 7pm netminders in the country during her senior campaign. 18 * A 4pm 4 THINGS TO 24 * COLGATE UNIVERSITY H 7pm Jenna Boss and freshman McKenzie Johnson will KNOW ABOUT 25 * CORNELL UNIVERSITY H 4pm also push for playing time in goal. Emily Horn will CLARKSON HOCKEY 31 * A 7pm redshirt this year. • Clarkson opens its 11th season of Feburary With fi ve skilled veterans and a promising freshman Division I play on Saturday, and is 1 * Rensselaer A 4pm patrolling the blueline, Clarkson has the potential to 7 * H 7pm just four wins shy of 200 career 8 * PRINCETON UNIVERSITY H 4pm boast one of the top defenses in the country. Van- victories with an all-time mark of 14 * Harvard University A 7pm essa Plante along with Jennifer Shields and Dani- 196-130-40 since 2003-04. 15 * Dartmouth College A 4pm • Carly Mercer will serve as the 21 * RENSSELAER H 7pm ella Matteucci give Clarkson three knowledgeable Golden Knights captain for 22 * UNION COLLEGE H 4pm defensive-defensemen. One of the preeminent all- the second consecutive season, March around defensemen in the country, while Vanessa Gagnon and Jamie Lee Feb28-2 ECAC Hockey Playoffs - Quarterfi nal Round is coming off an exceptional rookie campaign and Rattray will act as assistant captains. 7&8 ECAC Hockey Championship Tr. - Campus Site 15 NCAA Quarterfi nals - Campus Sites promises to be even better in 2013-14. Renata Fast • Clarkson is ranked third in both 21&23 NCAA Frozen Four played a lot of big minutes in her freshman campaign national polls. @ High Points Solutions Arena and steadily emerged as one of the Knights’ most reli- • Clarkson is guided by sixth-year at the TD Bank Sports Center, co-head coaches Matt and Shannon, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT able blueliners. Freshman Corie Jacobson will push Desrosiers, the fi rst husband-and- the veterans for a regular role on the back end. HOME GAMES at CHEEL ARENA wife head coaching tandem in * ECAC Hockey - more - college hockey history. 2013 CLARKSON HOCKEY 2014 Clarkson Quick Facts The Knights will boast plenty of fi repower up front with nine top scorers, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location...... Potsdam, , 13699-5830 including fi ve established seniors providing the leadership. Clarkson’s top scor- Founded ...... 1896 ers, Rattray and Carly Mercer have proven to be two of the best forwards in the Enrollment ...... 3,000 Green and Gold’s history, amassing 115 (48-67) and 105 (39-66) points, respec- President ...... Tony Collins Director of Athletics ...... Steve Yianoukos tively, through their fi rst three seasons. Classmates Britney Styner, Gagnon Athletic Department Telephone ...... 315-268-6622 and Shelby Nisbet are solid two-way, senior players who come to play a full Nickname ...... Golden Knights 60 minutes every game. Christine Lambert, Shannon MacAulay and Olivia Colors ...... Green (PMS 3305) and Gold (PMS 116) Howe saw signifi cant time last year and should enjoy breakout campaigns this TEAM INFORMATION winter. Sophomore , who missed all of last season recovering Co-Head Coaches ...... Shannon Desrosiers Alma Mater ...... St. Lawrence University ‘03 from an injury, and freshmen Genevieve Bannon and Jessica Gillham will E-mail Address ...... [email protected] add to the skill and depth up front. Hockey Offi ce Telephone ...... 315-268-4481 ...... Alma Mater ...... St. Lawrence University ‘01 RIT, which hosts an exhibition contest against the Toronto Jr. Aeros on Friday, E-mail Address ...... [email protected] offi cially begins its second season at the NCAA Division I level with Saturay’s Hockey Offi ce Telephone ...... 315-268-3735 game. A member of College Hockey America, the Tigers skated to a 16-16-5 Record at CU/Overall ...... 103-63-22 (in 6th year) Assistant Coach ...... Matt Kelly (6th season) overall record in their inaugural Division I campaign in 2012-13. Alma Mater ...... Wayne State University ‘07 Captain ...... Carly Mercer Assistant Capts ..Vanessa Gagnon, Jamie Lee Rattray Veterans Returning/Lost ...... 17/3 - Forwards Returning/Lost ...... 9/1 - Defense Returning/Lost...... 5/2 - Goaltenders Returning/Lost ...... 3/0 Newcomers ...... 4 Preseason ECAC Hockey PROGRAM HISTORY Affi liation ...... NCAA, Division I 2013 Women’s Coaches’ Poll Conference ...... ECAC Hockey (1st Place Votes) Pts First Season ...... 2003-04 7. Princeton 56 Overall Record ...... 196-130-40 (in 11th yr.) 1. CLARKSON (7) 117 ...... (.590 winning percentage) 2. Cornell (5) 111 8. Rensselaer 46 Winning Seasons ...... 8 3. Harvard 99 9. Colgate 43 Year ...... Overall Record, ECAC (fi nish) 2003-04 ...... 16-12-3 4. Quinnipiac 94 10. Yale 37 2004-05 ...... 13-17-6, 7-12-1 (8th) 5. St. Lawrence 78 11. Brown 26 2005-06 ...... 22-14-1, 12-8-0 (T-3rd) 12. Union 11 2006-07 ...... 18-15-3, 10-10-2 (T-6th) 6. Dartmouth 75 2007-08 ...... 24-9-5, 13-6-3 (4th) 2008-09 ...... 16-14-6, 10-8-4 (7th) 2009-10 ...... 23-12-5, 14-5-3 (2nd) 2010-11 ...... 14-17-6, 10-8-4 (6th) USCHO.com Poll USA Today/USA Hockey Mag. Poll 2011-12 ...... 22-10-5, 15-5-2 (3rd) - September 23, 2013 - - September 17, 2013 - 2012-13 ...... 28-10, 18-4 (T-2nd) ECAC Hockey Record ...... 109-66-19 in 10th yr. (1st Place Votes) Pts (1st Place Votes) Pts ...... (.611 winning percentage) 1. Minnesota (14) 149 1. Minnesota (18) 179 ECAC Playoff Record ...... 10-17 (.370 win pct.) 2. College (1) 133 2. (1) 160 All-Americas ...... 1 (Kira Hurley) 3. CLARKSON 99 3. CLARKSON 106 4. Cornell 84 4. 102 HOME ICE 5. Boston University 83 5. North Dakota 100 Rink ...... Cheel Arena at the Cheel Campus Center 6. Wisconsin 74 6. Cornell 96 Capacity/Ice Sheet...... 3,000/ 200’ x 85’ 7. Mercyhurst 65 7. Wisconsin 94 First Game ...... 10/25/03 (CU 1 - Vermont 1 ot) 8. North Dakota 62 8. Mercyhurst 70 CU’s Record at Cheel .....118-46-22, .694% (in 11th yr.) 9. Harvard 38 9 Harvard 41 Postseason Record at Cheel ...... 8-3 10. Northeastern 21 10. Northeastern 20

SPORTS INFORMATION Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota- Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota Du- Sports Information Director ...... Gary Mikel Duluth 8, Quinnipiac 4, luth 8, Darmouth 4, Ohio State 4, Offi ce Telephone...... 315-268-6673 Ohio State 3, Dartmouth 2 St. Lawrence 3, Quinnipiac 2, E-mail ...... [email protected] Providence 1. website ...... www.clarksonathletics.com 2013-14 CLARKSON WOMEN'SS HHOCKEYOCKEY RROSTEROSTER Golden Knights No Name Cl. Pos. S/C. Ht. Birthdate Hometown/Last Team 2 Corie JACOBSON Fr. D L 5-6 5/28/95 Warren, ONT/Northbay Ice Boltz 6 * Jennifer SHIELDS Jr. D L 5-5 2/20/93 Ingersoll, ONT/ Bluewater Jr Hawks 7 Jessica GILLHAM Fr. F L 5-7 3/15/95 Uxbridge, ONT/Aurora Panthers 9 Genevieve BANNON Fr. F R 5-8 2/3/95 Candiac, QUE/Onatrio Hockey Academy 10 * Brittany STYNER Sr. F R 5-7 3/28/92 Calgary, ALB/Edge School Mountaineers 11 * Vanessa PLANTE Sr. D L 5-8 3/19/91 Riviere-du-Loup, QUE/Limoilou Titans 12 * Renata FAST So. D R 5-7 10/6/94 Burlington, ONT/ Burlington Jr Barracudas 13 * Shelby NISBET Sr. F L 5-6 1/18/92 Wiseton, SASK/Swift Current Wildcats 16 * Olivia HOWE So. F L 5-10 1/17/94 Moose Jaw, SASK/ Notre Dame AAA Hounds 17 * Daniella MATTEUCCI Jr. D R 5-7 8/2/93 Fruitvale, BC/ Notre Dame Hounds 18 Cayley MERCER So. F L 5-8 1/18/94 Exeter, ONT/Bluewater Jr. Hawks 19 $* Carly MERCER Sr. F L 5-6 2/17/92 Exeter, ONT/Bluewater Jr. Hawks 21 # * Vanessa GAGNON Sr. F L 5-2 10/28/90 St. Constant, QUE/Dawson Blues 22 * Christine LAMBERT Jr. F L 5-8 11/22/92 Thetford Mines, QUE/Ontario Hoc. A. Mavericks 23 * Erin AMBROSE So. D R 5-5 4/30/94 Keswick, ONT/ Toronto Jr Aero’s 24 * Shannon MacAULAY So. F L 5-11 6/22/94 Mt. Herbert, PEI/ Warner Warriors 26 #* Jamie Lee RATTRAY Sr. F L 5-6 9/30/92 Kanata, ONT/ Senators AA 27 * Erica HOWE Sr. G L 5-9 7/17/92 Ottawa, ONT/Ottawa Senators AA 32 * Jenna BOSS Jr. G L 5-5 9/24/92 Little Canada, MN/Roseville Raiders 33 McKenzie JOHNSON Fr. G L 5-7 6/1/95 Eden Prairie, MN/Eden Prairie H.S 35 * Emily HORN Jr. G L 5-6 2/8/93 Hamilton, ONT/Brampton Jr Thunder.

* Letterwinners (16) $ Captain, # Assistant Captains Geographical Breakdown: Class Breakdown: Co-Head Coaches: Shannon DESROSIERS (St. Lawrence Univ. '03) Ontario ...... 10 Seniors ...... 7 Juniors ...... 5 Matt DESROSIERS (St. Lawrence Univ. '01) Quebec ...... 4 Sophomores ...... 5 Assistant Coach: Matt KELLY (Wayne State '06) Saskatchewan ...... 2 Freshmen ...... 4 Strength & Conditioning Coach: Tad JOHNSON (Northern State Univ. '10) British Columbia ...... 1 Trainer: Alana ALPERT (San Diego St. '02) Positional Breakdown: Minnesota...... 2 Student Equipment Manager: Logan FISCHER Goal ...... 4 Prince Edward Island ...... 1 Defense ...... 6 Alberta ...... 1 Forwards ...... 11

2013-14 CLARKSON WOMEN's HOCKEY Jamie Lee Rattray is on pace to become the Golden Knights' all-time leading scorer. She has amassed 115 points (48-67) through 106 career games, including 22 goals and 30 assists last year.

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2012-13 CLARKSON STATISTICS (returning players in CAPS) Overall Record 28-10, ECAC Hockey Record: 18-4 (T-2nd) ECAC CAREER # NAME GP GLS AST PTS P/M +/- PPG SHG GWG GLS AST PTS GP GLS AST PTS 26 J. RATTRAY, Jr., F 36 22 30 52 26/52 +24 8 3 9 9 16 25 106 48 67 115 19 C. MERCER, Jr., F 38 17 24 41 10/20 +14 6 0 6 12 10 22 112 39 66 105 23 E. AMBROSE, Fr., D 34 6 30 36 9/18 +25 4 0 0 3 16 19 34 6 30 36 28 D. Skirrow, Sr., F 38 15 14 29 19'38 +6 6 1 4 9 12 21 151 44 37 81 10 B. STYNER, Jr., F 37 9 19 28 7/14 +18 2 1 2 8 8 16 111 18 45 63 21 V. GAGNON, Jr., F 38 10 11 21 15/30 +5 2 0 3 5 7 12 112 15 21 36 24 S. MacAULAY, Fr., F 38 9 7 16 18/36 +6 2 0 1 6 5 11 38 9 7 16 13 S. NISBET, Jr., F 38 5 11 16 8/16 +2 0 0 1 2 8 10 112 10 14 24 22 C. LAMBERT, So., F 36 4 7 11 7/14 +7 0 0 0 2 5 7 68 8 12 20 11 V. PLANTE, Jr., D 38 3 7 10 27/54 +10 1 0 0 0 4 4 108 5 10 15 12. R. FAST, Fr., D 38 2 8 10 13/26 +7 2 0 0 1 3 4 38 2 8 10 16. O. HOWE, Fr., F 36 6 2 8 5/10 +7 0 0 1 3 2 5 36 6 2 8 9 H. Wood, Sr., D 36 0 8 8 7/14 +7 0 0 0 0 5 5 146 8 43 51 17 D. MATTEUCCI, So., F/D 38 2 2 4 1/2 +3 0 0 1 1 0 1 74 3 4 7 6 J. SHIELDS, So., D 38 0 4 4 10/20 +14 0 0 0 0 3 3 73 0 6 6 27 E. HOWE, Jr., G 37 0 1 1 0/0 E 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 3 3 4 T. Gedig, So., D 26 0 0 0 0/0 E 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 1 1 2 Bench 2/4 CLARKSON 38 110 185 295 184/368 33 5 28 61 104 165 Opponent 38 68 104 172 188/387 22 2 10 28 40 68

CAREER GOALTENDER GMS MIN PLAY SHTS SVS GLS SV% GAA W-L-T SHO Gms Saves Gls W-L-T Sho 27 E. HOWE, Jr. 37 2217:21 928 864 64 .931 1.73 27-10-0 6 99 2255 173 59-27-10 15 35 E. HORN, So. 1 60:00 18 17 1 .944 1.00 1-0-0 0 3 27 2 1-0-0 0 Empty Net 15 13:03 3 3 CLARKSON 38 2290:24 949 881 68 .928 1.78 28-10-0 6 Opponent 38 2290:24 1175 1065 110 .906 2.88 10-28-0 0

ECAC GOAL GMS MIN PLAY SHTS SVS GLS SV% GAA W-L-T SHO 27 E. HOWE, Jr. 22 1315:38 513 486 27 .947 1.23 18-4-0 4 Empty Net 8 5:55 1 1 CLARKSON 22 1321:33 514 486 28 .946 1.27 18-4-0 4 Opponent 22 1321:33 660 599 61 .908 2.77 4-18-0 0

SCORING by CLASS GAMES GLS ASST PTS % of overall Scoring POWER PLAY GLS ATT % Seniors (2) 77 15 22 37 .13 CLARKSON 33 for 172 19.2 Juniors (6) 233 66 103 169 .57 Opponent 22 for 169 13.0 Sophomores (4) 143 6 13 19 .06 SCORE by PERIODS Freshmen (4) 151 23 47 70 .24 1 2 3 ot TOTAL 604 110 185 295 1.00 CLARKSON 34 35 39 2 110 Opponent 20 20 28 0 68

www.clarksonathletics.com Shannon MacAulay closed out a strong rookie campaign with Clarkson's fi nal goal of the season in the NCAA Tournament playoff game at Boston University (3/16).

2012-3 SEASON RESULTS—Overall Record 28-10, ECAC Hockey Record: 18-4 (T-2nd)

ATT CU OPP Clarkson Saves Clarkson Goal Scorers - Gamewinner in CAPS

Sept. 29 W(H) 207 14 OTTAWA (exh.) 0 HOWE 5/Boss 1 FAST 2, Nisbet 4, Skirrow, Styner 2, Gedig, Shields 2, Lambert, O. Howe

Oct. 5 W(A) 553 1 St. Lawrence 0 HOWE 32 RATTRAY

Oct. 6 W(H) 496 3 ST. LAWRENCE 2 HOWE 24 Nisbet, Ambrose, SKIRROW

Oct. 12 W(H) 360 4 VERMONT 1 HOWE 15 Styner, RATTRAY (2), Fast

Oct. 13 W(H) 250 5VERMONT 1 HORN 17 MacAulay, HOWE, Rattray, Skirrow, Nisbet

Oct. 19 W(A) 500 3Mercyhurst 0 HOWE 36 RATTRAY (2), Skirrow

Oct. 20 L(A) 520 3Mercyhurst 4 HOWE 31 Rattray (2), Gagnon

Oct. 26 W(H) 204 6 *UNION 0 HOWE 16 NISBET, O.Howe, Skirrow, Lambert, Mercer, Styner

Oct. 27 W(H) 379 6 *RENSSELAER 2 HOWE 12 O.Howe, Skirrow, MATTEUCCI, MacAulay, Mercer, Ambrose

Nov. 2 W(A) 765 3 North Dakota 1 HOWE 19 O.HOWE, Skirrow, Rattray

Nov. 3 L(A) 833 2 North Dakota 3 HOWE 22 Plante (2)

Nov. 9 W(H) 237 4 *YALE 1 HOWE 16 Skirrow, STYNER, Gagnon, MacAulay

Nov. 10 W(H) 299 2 *BROWN 1 HOWE 16 MERCER (2)

Nov. 16 W(A) 190 4 *Quinnipiac 1 HOWE 36 RATTRAY (3), Skirrow

Nov. 17 W(A) 175 2 *Princeton 1ot HOWE 21 Mercer, RATTRAY

Nov. 30 W(H) 751 2 *CORNELL 1 HOWE 29 Styner, MacAULAY

Dec. 1 L(H) 368 1 *COLGATE 2 HOWE 18 Rattray

Dec. 7 W(H) 275 3 SYRACUSE 2 HOWE 25 Matteucci, Plante, MERCER

Dec. 8 W(A) 119 5 Syracuse 4 HOWE 33 Rattray, MERCER (2), Skirrow, Lambert

Jan. 3 L(H) 230 1 BOSTON COLLEGE 5 HOWE 27 Nisbet

Jan. 4 L(H) 156 3 NORTHEASTERN 4 HOWE 33 Skirrow, Mercer, Gagnon

Jan. 11 W(A) 198 2 *Brown 1 HOWE 21 STYNER (2)

Jan. 12 W(A) 214 1 *Yale 0 HOWE 21 RATTRAY

Jan. 18 W(A) 236 3 *Colgate 1 HOWE 17 SKIRROW (2), Lambert

Jan. 19 L(A) 892 1 *Cornell 3 HOWE 24 Nisbet

Jan. 25 W(H) 315 3 *HARVARD 1 HOWE 18 MERCER (3)

Jan. 26 W(H) 173 5 *DARTMOUTH 0 HOWE 22 GAGNON, Mercer, MacAulay (2), Styner

Feb. 1 W(H) 461 3 *ST. LAWRENCE 1 HOWE 14 Styner, RATTRAY, Fast

Feb. 2 L(A) 492 2 *St. Lawrence 3 HOWE 24 Styner, MacAulay

Feb. 8 W(A) 320 3 *Rensselaer 1 HOWE 24 Gagnon, SKIRROW, Ambrose

Feb. 9 W(A) 267 3 *Union 2 HOWE 22 Ambrose, Skirrow, GAGNON

Feb. 15 L(H) 159 1 *PRINCETON 4 HOWE 18 Skirrow

Feb. 16 W(H) 220 1 *QUINNIPIAC 0 HOWE 27 MERCER

Feb. 22 W(A) 857 3 *Dartmouth 1 HOWE 31 O. Howe, RATTRAY, Mercer

Feb. 23 W(A) 593 3 *Harvard 1 HOWE 39 Mercer, GAGNON, Rattray

March 1 W(H) 392 3 $Rensselaer 2ot HOWE 21 Gagnon, Rattray, MERCER

March 2 W(H) 270 5 $Rensselaer 2 HOWE 17 MacAulay, RATTRAY 2, O. Howe, Gagnon

March 8 L(N) 612 2 %Harvard 4 HOWE 21 Ambrose, Gagnon

March 16 L(A) 542 3 #Boston University 5 HOWE 22 Ambrose, Lambert, MacAulay

*ECAC Hockey, $ECAC 1/4 Finals Series, %ECAC Semifinals, #NCAA 1/4 Finals

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