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CLARKSON HOCKEY Golden Knight Women www.clarksonathletics.com January 8, 2008 2007-08 CLARKSON RETURNS HOME to FACE Women’s Schedule LEAGUE POWERS DARTMOUTH & HARVARD September inners of four straight road games, the Clarkson University Women’s 29 STONEY CREEK JR H W 3-0 W Hockey team makes its first showing at Cheel Arena in nearly two months October with its most challenging home stand of the season. The Golden Knights will host 5 WAYNE STATE H W 7-1 a pair of Top 10 ranked teams, and the frontrunners in ECAC Hockey, in Dart- 6 WAYNE STATE H W 7-0 mouth and Harvard this Friday and Saturday. 12 NIAGARA UNIVERSITY H W 2-0 13 NIAGARA UNIVERSITY H T 2-2ot Guided by head coach Rick Seeley and assistant coaches Shannon and Matt 19 Robert Morris University A L 3-1 Desrosiers, Clarkson owns a 14-4-2 overall record and holds down fifth place in 20 Robert Morris University A W 1-0 26 * Princeton University A L 3-2 ECAC Hockey with a 5-3 league mark, just one point out of fourth. The Green and 27 * Quinnipiac University A W 3-1 Gold, who are receiving votes in the national polls, have been very impressive dur- ing their current winning streak, outscoring the opponents by a combined score of November 2 University of Maine A W 2-0 16-3. The Knights opened up the New Year with a non-league sweep of Vermont in 3 University of Maine A W 1-0 Burlington this past weekend, winning 5-1 and 3-1. Clarkson closed out the 2007 9 * RENSSELAER H W 2-1ot 10 * UNION COLLEGE H W 3-0 portion of the schedule by defeating Yale (6-0) and Brown (2-1). 16 * MERCYHURST COLLEGE H T 2-2ot Nearly perfect at home in the first half of the schedule with a 6-0-2 record at 17 * MERCYHURST COLLEGE H W 3-2 Cheel Arena, Clarkson last played in Potsdam when it gained a tie (2-2) and a win 23 * Harvard University A L 5-0 24 * Dartmouth College A L 3-1 (3-2) against then #2-ranked Mercyhurst on November 16 and 17. The Knights, led 30 * Yale University A W 6-0 by senior captain Katie Morrison (Ridgefield, CT) and senior assistant captains December Brooke Beazer (Kingston, ONT) and Jessica Cloutier (Parker, CO), have out- 1 * Brown University A W 2-1 scored their opponents at Cheel this season by a 28-8 margin. Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week, sophomore Britney Selina January 5 University of Vermont A W 5-1 (Thornhill, ONT) paces the Clarkson offense with 26 points on 11 goals and a 6 University of Vermont A W 3-1 team-high 15 assists. Selina enjoyed a five-point weekend at Vermont, scoring three 11 * DARTMOUTH COLLEGE H 7pm 12 * HARVARD UNIVERSITY H 4pm goals and two assists in the wins. Named to the league’s weekly Honor Roll, Me- 18 * COLGATE UNIVERSITY H 7pm lissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT) is one of the standout rookies in the nation, av- 19 * CORNELL UNIVERSITY H 4pm eraging 1.05 points per game. She has scored a team-high 13 goals, along with eight 25 * Union College A 7pm 26 * Rensselaer A 4pm assists for 21 points. Waldie also enjoyed a five-point weekend (2-3) in the victories over the Catamounts. Feburary 1 * ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY H 7pm Sophomore Genevieve Lavoie (Delson, QUE) and junior Marie-Jo Gaudet 2 * St. Lawrence University A 7pm (Sherbrooke, QUE) round out Clarkson double-figure scorers with 19 (7-12) and 8 * Cornell University A 7pm 14 (11-3) points, respectively. 9 * Colgate University A 4pm 15 * BROWN UNIVERSITY H 7pm Boasting the third-ranked scoring defense in the nation, allowing just 1.30 goals per game, 16 * YALE UNIVERSITY H 4pm the Knights’ rookie tandem in goal, Eve Grandmont-Berube (Drummondville, QUE) and 22 * QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY H 7pm 23 * PRINCETON UNIVERSITY H 4pm Lauren Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY), are putting up noteworthy numbers. 29 ECAC Hockey Playoffs Starting 13 games, Grandmont-Berube posts a 1.51 goals against average and a .925 save percentage en route to a 8-3-2 record, including four shutouts. Dahm March 1 ECAC Hockey Playoffs holds the stingiest goals against average (0.93) in the country, and the third-best 7-8 ECAC Hockey Championship Tr. save percentage (.944). She has a 6-1-0 record, including three whitewashes. 14-16 NCAA Regionals 21@23 NCAA Frozen Four The least penalized team in the country, averaging just 6.5 penalty minutes a game, the Knights own the 10th-best penalty-killing unit in the nation. Clarkson has * ECAC Hockey allowed just eight power-play goals this season (56-64, 87.5%). On the power play, the Green and Gold are clicking at 19.8% (23-116), 11th-best in the nation. Waldie is tied for second in the country in power-play goals with seven. - more - 2007 CLARKSON HOCKEY 2008 Ranked 8th in the nation, the Big Green of Dartmouth own a Clarkson’s most familiar opponent, Harvard leads the all- 11-4-1 overall record and are in second place in ECAC Hockey time series against the Knights 10-2. The Crimson have won with a 8-3 league mark. Guided by fi fth-year head coach Mark four straight in the rivalry, including a 5-0 win in Cambridge Hudak, Dartmouth opened 2008 with a surprising 2-1 over- on November 23. Clarkson’s last win in the series was a 2-1 time loss to Colgate at Thompson Arena on Friday, but came overtime triumph on March 4, 2006 in the ECAC playoffs at back the following day with a convincing 8-0 shutout over Cor- Bright Hockey Center. nell in Hanover, NH. The Big Green are led in scoring by Jenna Dartmouth holds a 6-1 advantage all-time against the Knights, Cunningham, who is second in the nation with 2.25 points per including four consecutive victories. In their fi rst meeting this game on 16 goals and 20 assists through 16 contests. year, the Big Green edged Clarkson 3-1 in Hanover. Clarkson With just one loss through its fi rst 14 games, entering Tues- shut out Dartmouth 1-0 in Potsdam on November 13, 2005 for day’s game against Boston College, Harvard is once again one its lone victory in the series. of the top teams in the country. The Crimson, guided by 14th- year head coach Katey Stone, are ranked third in the country with a 13-1 mark. Harvard stands a top ECAC Hockey with a perfect 11-0-0 mark entering Friday’s game at St. Lawrence. Christina Kessler backbones the Crimson’s top-ranked defense (1.00 goals allowed avg.) with a 1.08 GAA and a .946 save per- centage. The fourth-leading scorer in the nation, Sarah Vaillan- court leads the Harvard offense with 29 points (10-19). CLARKSON in the NCAA RANKINGS - (January 7) CLARKSON in the ECAC HOCKEY RANKINGS - (January 7) Legaue games only - TEAM- - TEAM - Scoring Offense - 15th (2.75) Scoring Offense - 6th (2.38) Scoring Defense - 3rd (1.30) Scoring Defense - 4th (1.75) Scoring Margin - 7th (1.45) Power Play - 5th (10-45, 22.2%) Power Play - 11th (23-116, 19.8%) Penalty Kill - 8th (14-18, 77.8%) Penalty Kill - 10th (56-64, 87.5%) Penalty Minutes - 12th (4.8) Penalty Minutes - 34th (6.5) - INDIVIDUAL LEADERS - TOP 20 IN NCAA - INDIVIDUAL - Points Per Game - Britney Selina 14th (1.37) Points Per Game - Britney Selina T-26th (0.88) Points Per Game Rookie - Melissa Waldie 5th (1.05) Melissa Waldie Goals Per Game - Melissa Waldie 13th (0.65) Goals - Melissa Waldie T-4th (6) Assists Per Game - Britney Selina 17th (0.79) Assists - Britney Selina T-9th (7) Power-Play Goals - Melissa Waldie T-2nd (7) Freshman Scoring - Melissa Waldie T-4th (0.88) Game-Winng Goals - Marie-Jo Gaudet T-7th (4) Power-Play Goals - Melissa Waldie T-4th (3) Melissa Waldie Game-Winning Goals - Marie-Jo Gaudet T-3rd (2) Save Percentage - Lauren Dahm 3rd (.944) Save Percentage - Lauren Dahm 6th (.919) Eve Grandmont-Berube 9th (.925) Eve Grandmont-Berube 9th (.905) Goals Against Average - Lauren Dahm 1st (0.93) Goals Against Average - Lauren Dahm 2nd (1.41) Eve Grandmont-Berube 6th (1.51) Eve Grandmont-Berube 5th 92.02) Winning Percentage - Lauren Dahm 3rd Winning Percentage - Lauren Dahm 4th (6-1-0, .857) (2-1-0, .667) Eve Grandmont-Berube 7th Eve Grandmont-Berube 6th (8-3-2, .692) (3-2-0, .600) The Automated ScoreBook CLARKSON Overall Team Statistics (as of Jan 08, 2008) All games Overall: 14-4-2 Conf: 5-3-0 Home: 6-0-2 Away: 8-4-0 Neut: 0-0-0 TEAM STATISTICS CLARKSON OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SHOT STATISTICS............... Goals-Shot attempts......... 55-627 26-378 Shot pct.................... .088 .069 Goals/Game.................. 2.8 1.3 Shots/Game.................. 31.4 18.9 Assists..................... 78 43 POWER PLAYS................... Goals-Power Plays........... 23-116 8-64 Conversion Percent.......... .198 .125 Shot Attempts............... 190 54 Shot Percent................ .121 .148 GOAL BREAKDOWN................ Total Goals................. 55 26 Power Play.................. 22 8 Short-handed................ 0 0 Empty net................... 0 0 Penalty..................... 0 0 Unassisted.................. 5 0 Overtime.................... 1 0 PENALTIES..................... Number...................... 65 118 Minutes..................... 130 239 Penalties/Game.............. 3.2 5.9 Pen minutes/Game............ 6.5 11.9 Minor....................... 65 117 Major....................... 0 1 10-minute Misconduct........ 0 0 Game Misconduct............