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The Clarkson Series • Dec. 6-7, 2013 The 2013-14 Saint Season St. Lawrence (8-6-2, 2-2-2) at #10 Clarkson (10-3-1, 4-2-0) Dec. 6, 7:00 8-6-2, 2-2-2 ECAC #10 Clarkson at St. Lawrence, Dec. 7, 7:00 Oct. 5 CARLETON (exh) W, 4-2 Oct. 11 MAINE W, 3-1 Radio: WFLK 95.3 • Greg Lapinski and Wally Johnson Oct. 12 MAINE W, 5-2 Zeebs du Jour Oct. 18 at Ferris State W, 3-2 Referees: Chip McDonald, Scott Whittemore;Lines: Glen Cooke, Joe Testa Oct. 19 at Ferris State L, 5-3 Oct. 25 NORTHEASTERN L, 6-3 Oct. 26 NORTHEASTERN W, 6-4 NORTH COUNTRY RIVALRY RESUMES: The Saints and Clarkson’s Golden Knights Nov. 1 at Yale* T, 3-3 square off in back-to-back games as one of college hockey’s greatest rivalries re- Nov. 2 at Brown* T, 3-3 sumes with games in Potsdam on Friday and Canton on Saturday. St. Lawrence, Nov. 8 at Harvard* W, 3-1 8-6-2 overall and 2-2-2 in ECAC play returns to league action against the Knights, currently ranked 10th nationally at 10-3-1 with a 4-2-0 league record. It will be a Nov. 9 at Dartmouth* W, 8-5 matchup of one of the country’s leading offenses in the Saints, who are averag- Nov. 15 COLGATE* L, 5-3 ing 3.81 goals per game (4th nationally) and one of the top defenses as Clarkson Nov. 16 CORNELL* L, 5-2 comes into the weekend with a 2.14 team goals against average (8th nationally). Nov. 22 at RIT W, 5-3 The Saints will be looking for their first league win against the Knights since a Nov. 23 at RIT L, 6-4 4-3 victory at Clarkson on Dec. 5, 2010. SLU will also be out to snap a two-game Nov. 29 at North Dakota W, 5-2 winless streak in league play before taking a break from conference competition Nov. 30 at North Dakota L, 3-2 until Jan. 17. Dec. 6 at Clarkson* 7:00 Dec. 7 CLARKSON* 7:00 THE SAINT STAFF: Greg Carvel is in his second season as Saint head coach after Dec. 14 at Vermont 7:05 posting one of the best records for a first-year coach in program history a year Jan. 7 VERMONT 7:00 ago. The Saints 18-16-4 mark is the best for a first-year Saint coach since George Menard went 18-5-0 in his first season, 1955-56. Carvel was named the second Jan. 17 BROWN* 7:00 Charles W. Appleton II Head Men’s Hockey Coach in the spring of 2012. A 1993 Jan. 18 YALE* 7:00 graduate of St. Lawrence and a former Saint hockey captain, he joined the staff Jan. 24 at Cornell* 7:00 as an assistant coach in the fall of 2011. He is the 13th head coach in program Jan. 25 at Colgate* 7:00 history. Carvel came to the Saints after a 15-year professional hockey coach- Jan. 31 UNION* 7:00 ing career that included assisting coach duties with the Ottawa Senators and Feb. 1 RENSSELAER* 7:00 Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League, helping both teams reach the Feb. 7 at Princeton* 7:00 Stanley Cup finals. He began his professional career as director of hockey oper- Feb. 8 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 ations for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League and joined Feb. 14 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 Anaheim as scouting coordinator in 1999. He added video coaching duties to Feb. 15 HARVARD* 7:00 his title in Anaheim in 2002 and was promoted to assistant coach in 2003. He Feb. 21 at Rensselaer* 7:00 joined the Senators in 2004. The winner of the ECAC’s Best Defensive Forward Award as a senior at St. Lawrence, Carvel graduated with a bachelor’s degree Feb. 22 at Union* 7:00 in political science and mathematics. He was an Academic All America and a Feb. 28 QUINNIPIAC* 7:00 three-time winner of the Brian McFarlane Award for academic and athletic Mar. 1 PRINCETON* 7:00 accomplishments. He is joined behind the Saint bench by Associate Head Coach Mar. 7 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 Mike Hurlbut ‘89, a former All America defenseman who was part of two ECAC Mar. 8 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 Championship teams at SLU and had a 14-year professional playing career and Mar. 9 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 assistant coach Kris Mayotte, who played goal for Union and graduated in 2006. Mar. 14 ECAC Quartefinals 7:00 Mayotte also has professional playing experience. Mar. 15 ECAC Quarterfinals 7:00 Mar. 16 ECAC Quarterfinals 7:00 SAINT SUPPORT STAFF: Aisha Visram, a 2007 graduate of the University of Mar. 21 ECAC Semifinals TBA Guelph, is in her first season as athletic trainer for the Saint men’s hockey team. Mar. 22 ECAC Championship TBA Mike Elberty, a 1979 St. Lawrence graduate is the strength and conditioning coach and Brenden McHugh is the video coordinator for the 2012-13 Saints. ^-Central Standard Time Wally Johnson is the sports information contact and is in his 39th year of work- ing with the Saint program. He also works with the Saint radio broadcasts during games. The Tale of The Tape The Record When: Overall Record: 8-6-2 St. Lawrence Clarkson At Home: 3-3-0 Record 8-6-2/2-2-2 10-3-1/4-2-0 On the Road: 5-3-2 Offense 3.81/3.67 2.71/3.00 Neutral: 0-0-0 Defense 3.50/3.67 2.14/3.00 League: 2-2-2 Power Play 28.6/28.0 19.3/20.0 League Home: 0-2-0 Penalty Kill 78.0/71.4 82.3/77.4 League Away:2-0-2 Combined Sp. Teams 54.1/50.9 52.1/51.8 Non-League: 6-4-0 Non-League Home: 3-1-0 Special Teams Net +4/0 0/-2 Non-League Away: 3-3-0 Pen. Min. Gm. 13.4/14.7 13.9/15.3 Non-League Neutral: 0-0-0 Leading after One: 4-2-2 Trailing after One: 2-3-0 Tied after One: 2 1-0 THE BREAKDOWN: The 2013-14 Saint roster includes seven seniors, four juniors, five Leading after Two: 7-0-0 sophomores and 10 freshmen. The Saints return three of their top five scorers from last Trailing after Two: 0-3-0 season and seven of the top ten. Of the 15 returnees, 13 played at least 31 games a Tied after Two: 1-3-2 year ago. Graduation claimed two defensemen, three forwards and a goaltender. One In Overtime: 0-0-2 of the sophomores, Brian Ward (Dartmouth transfer) is a newcomer giving the Saints 11 Scoring First: 4-3-1 new faces on the roster. That is the largest rookie group since coach Greg Carvel’s rookie Opp. Scores First: 3-4-1 season of 1989-90 and second only to the 1980-81 rookie class which included 15 players Outshooting Opp.: 6-5-0 in coach Mike McShane’s first season as SLU coach. Opp. Outshoots SLU: 1-1-2 Shots are Even: 1-0-0 THE SAINT CAPTAINS: Senior center Kyle Essery will be the Saint captain for 2013-14 with Scoring 3 or More: 8-4-2 seniors Jeremy Wick and Justin Baker and junior Gunnar Hughes wearing the “A”. Wick Scoring 2 or Less: 0-2-0 was promoted to assistant captain midway through last season while Gunnar Hughes fol- Scoring on the PP: 5-5-2 lows in the footsteps of his brother George, who was a two-year assistant captain for the Allowing a PP Goal: 5-5-2 Saints. The Saints have had a junior as a captain or assistant captain in each of the last In October: 4-2-0 four years. Baker was named an assistant prior to the start of league play in November. In November: 4-4-2 In December: 0-0-0 THE CLARKSON SERIES: The Saints and Clarkson have played 193 games since 1925- In January: 0-0-0 26 with the Golden Knights holding a 118-65-10 series lead. Clarkson has won seven In February: 0-0-0 of the last nine meetings between the two teams with the lone Saint win a 4-1 win in In March: 0-0-0 Lake Placid in December of 2011. The Saints and Clarkson tied 3-3 in SLU’s last visit to On Friday: 5-2-1 Cheel Arena while Clarkson won last year’s game in Canton 4-1. The Saints are 22-57- On Saturday: 3-4-1 7 all time in games in Potsdam and are 37-50-3 in games played in Canton. The Saints are 18-21-5 in the series since 1998-99. BROTHER ACTS: The arrival of Matt Carey gives the Saints a brother act in the lineup for the ninth straight season and bodes well for older brother Greg. Brothers George and Gunnar Hughes played together for the Saints in 2012-13 and 2011-12, Sean and Kyle Flanagan and Pat and Matt Raley were teammates in 2010-11, Derek and Jared Keller played together from 2007-08 to 2009-10, and Mark and Paul Wallmann played for the Saints from 2004-05 to 2006-07. Other brother acts who have played together for the Saints have included the Lappins...Pete and Tim from 1984-85 to 1988-89 and Mike and Chris in 1990- 91 and 1991-92, the Harneys, Jake and Justin from 1996-00, the Muir twins, Mike and Sean from 1998-02, plus Eric and Martin Lacroix in the 1990s, Bill and Mike Gerrie and Dean and Dick Popiel in the 1980s.