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since 1920-21 CLARKSON HOCKEY GGoldenolden KKnightsnights 70 Winning Seasons • 20 NCAA Tr. Appearances • 10 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Titles • 5 ECAC Hockey Tr. Championshps •36 All -Americans (7-6-2) vs. UMASS-LOWELL (10-3-4) 2015-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS CLARKSON (7-6-2, 0-5-2 ECAC HOCKEY) Game 16 • Mon., Dec. 28 • Pittsburgh, PA • Consol Energy Center (18,387) -4:30pm (7-6-2) vs. Penn State (11-2-3)/Robert Morris (9-4-3) OCTOBER CLARKSON 3 (Sat.) McGILL (exh.) H W 4-3 Game 17 • Tue., Dec. 29 • Pittsburgh, PA • Consol Energy Center (18,387) -tba 9 (Fri.) ROCH. INST. TECH. H W 6-0 10 (Sat.) NIAGARA H W 4-1 2015-16202 Overall Record ....... 10-3-4 16 (Fri.) Merrimack A L 7-1 2022015-16 HEA ................. 6-2-3 (1st) River hawks 17 (Sat.) Univ. of New Hampshire A W 4-3 HH: 5-1-2, R: 4-2-1, N: 1-0-1 23 (Fri.) WEST. MICHIGAN H W 4-2 CuCurrent Streak .............................L-2 24 (Sat.) WEST. MICHIGAN H W 6-2 Last Game .......12/6 - L(H) 2-1 vs Connecticut NOVEMBER 2015-16 Overall record .....................7-6-2 All-Time Series .............. Clarkson leads 12-11-1 6 (Fri.) * RENSSELAER H T 2-2ot 2015-16 ECACH Record: .......0-5-2 (12th) Last Meeting .................1/4/14, UML W (H), 4-3 7 (Sat.) * UNION H L 4-1 Lions Nittany Home: 6-1-1, Road: 1-5-1, Neutral: 0-0-0 2015-162 Overall Record ....... 11-2-3 13 (Fri.) * St. Lawrence A L 3-0 22015-16 Big 10 ...........2-0-0 (T-1st) 20 (Fri.) * Quinnipiac A T 1-1ot Current Streak ......................................L-2 Last Game ...................12/5 - L(A) 5-2 at Cornell HH: 8-2-1, R: 2-0-2, N: 1-0-0 21 (Sat.) * Princeton A L 3-0 CCurrent Streak .......................... W-4 Head Coach ......Casey Jones (Cornell ‘90) 27 (Fri.) ARIZONA STATE H W 3-2 LtGLast Game .......12/11 - W(H) 6-3 vs Princeton 28 (Sat.) ARIZONA STATE H W 4-1 5th Year -65-80-24 All-Time Series ............................................. 0-0-0 DECEMBER Captain: .............................Paul Geiger ‘16 2015-16 Overall Record ......... 9-4-3 4 (Fri.) * Colgate A L 2-1 AC: DiNallo ‘16, Megannety ‘16, de Hass ‘17 Colonials 5 (Sat.) * Cornell A L 5-2 2015-16 AH ................ 8-3-3 (T-1st) Power Play ............................. 9-51, 17.6% H: 5-1-1, R: 4-3-2, N: 0-0-0 28 (Mon.)^ UMass-Lowell N 4:30 pm Penalty Kill .......................... 48-55, 87.3% 29 (Tue.) ^ Robert Morris/Penn St. N tba Current Streak .............................L-1 Goals Scored/Avg ..........................39/2.60 Last Game ............12/13 - L(A) 6-2 at Canisius JANUARY 2 (Sat.) Bowling Green A 7:07 pm Goals Allowed/Avg ........................38/2.53 All-Time Series ............................................. 0-0-0 3 (Sun.) Bowling Green A 5:07 pm 12 (Tue.) * ST. LAWRENCE H 7:00 pm Clarkson Takes on Top Teams at Three Rivers Classic 15 (Fri.) * Dartmouth A 7:00 pm 16 (Sat.) * Harvard A 7:00 pm fter a 22-day break the Clarkson University Hockey team will return to 22 (Fri.) * YALE H 7:00 pm Aaction at the Three Rivers Classic in late December looking to revitalize its 23 (Sat.) * BROWN H 7:00 pm season and set the groundwork for a strong second-half run in 2016. The Golden 29 (Fri.) * CORNELL H 7:00 pm 30 (Sat.) * COLGATE H 7:00 pm Knights, guided by fi fth-year head coach Casey Jones and assistants Phil Roy FEBRUARY ’00 and Josh Hauge, will vie against three teams, who are ranked among the top 5 (Fri.) * Union A 7:00 pm squads in the country and who stand atop their respective league standings, at the 6 (Sat.) * Rensselaer A 7:00 pm CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, PA on Monday and Tuesday, December 28-29. 12 (Fri.) * PRINCETON H 7:00 pm Clarkson will faceoff against 8th-ranked UMass-Lowell in the opening round at 4:30, 13 (Sat.) * QUINNIPIAC H 7:00 pm 19 (Fri.) * Brown A 7:00 pm and then take on either Top15-ranked Penn State or Robert Morris in the second 20 (Sat.) * Yale A 7:00 pm round at 4:30 or 8:00 p.m. 26 (Fri.) * HARVARD H 7:00 pm 27 (Sat.) * DARTMOUTH H 7:00 pm • In-season tournament championship titles have been hard to come by for Clark- March son. The Knights have won just two holiday tournaments over the past 25 years, 4-6 ECAC Hockey Playoffs 1st Round claiming the 1995 RPI Invitational and the 2006 Badger Showdown. Since defeating (Fri.-Sun.) Teams 5-12 11-13 ECAC Hockey Quarterfi nals Wisconsin (6-2) and Lake Superior (3-2) on December 29 and 30, 2006 at the Kohl (Fri.-Sun.) Winners of 1st Rd at top four seeds Center in Madison. WI the Green and Gold have gone 3-11-2 in tournament/classic 18-19 ECAC Hockey Championship Tr. play during the regular season. (Fri.-Sat.) Lake Placid, NY 25-27 NCAA Regionals • The best start to a season in 24 years for the Green and Gold is a distant (Fri.-Sun.) Four, 4-team Neutral Sites memory as Clarkson entered the exam-holiday break one game above .500 at April 7-6-2 and winless in ECAC Hockey play at 0-5-2. The Knights opened the 2015-16 7 &9 NCAA Frozen Four campaign with a 5-1 record in non-conference action, outscoring their opponents (Thr. & Sat.) Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida 25-15 through October, but struggled through November and December. Over its * ECAC Hockey last nine games Clarkson has gone 2-5-2 and has been outscored 23-14. The Green HOME GAMES played at CHEEL ARENA and Gold have scored just seven goals in seven ECAC Hockey contests. In its last action before the break, Clarkson dropped two league games in Central NY, falling TWITTER: @ClarksonUSports at Colgate (2-1) and Cornell (5-2) on December 4-5. The Knights’ only victories @ClarksonHockey1 since November 1 were two wins over fi rst-year Division I Independent Arizona ONLINE: www.clarksonathletics.com State (3-2, 4-1) at Cheel Arena over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. APP: Clarkson Athletics • UMass-Lowell has gone 8-1-1 against the Knights in their last 10 meetings to take SID: Gary Mikel - 315-268-6673 a 12-11-1 lead in their all-time series. Clarkson’s last win in the series was a 6-4 vic- [email protected] tory in Potsdam on December 10, 1999. 2015 CLARKSON HOCKEY 2016 Clarkson Quick Facts • In its 94th season Clarkson has played 57 of the current 60 NCAA Division Hockey teams. The Knights will add another one to the list when they play either Penn State or UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Robert Morris on the second day of the tournament. The University of Connecticut is Location........Potsdam, New York, 13699-5830 the other program Clarkson has yet to play. Founded ..........................................................1896 Clarkson will be playing its fi rst games in Pennsylvania in almost 40 years. The Knights Enrollment ....................................................3,247 • President .......................................... Tony Collins last played in the “Keystone State” when they faced off at Penn on February 25, 1978, Director of Athletics ...............Steve Yianoukos defeating the Quakers 7-3. Athletic Department Telephone .. 315-268-6622 • Pennsylvania natives, senior Greg Lewis (Mars, PA) and junior Steve Perry (Ligonier, Nickname ................................... Golden Knights PA) are the Knights startes in goal. Perry has played in 11 games and posts a .895 save ColorsGreen (PMS 3305) and Gold (PMS 116) percentage and a 2.46 goals against average en route to a 6-4-1 record, including one TEAM INFORMATION shutout. Lewis has started four of the last six games and holds a .903 save percentage, a Head Coach......................................Casey Jones 2.46 GAA and a 1-2-1 record. Alma Mater .........................................Cornell ‘90 • Sophomore Sam Vigneault (Baie-Comeau, QUE) leads the Knights offensively with Record at Clarkson/Overall ..... 65-80-24 (5th yr) 13 points on fi ve goals and eight assists through 15 games. He tallied 13 points (6-7) E-mail Address [email protected] Assistant Coach ...................Phil Roy (5th Year) through 31 games in his rookie campaing last season. Alma Mater ..................Clarkson University ‘00 • Junior A. J. Fossen (Maple Grove, MN) is Clarkson’s leading goal scorer with seven, Assistant Coach ..............Josh Hauge (1st year) and has recorded 12 points. He has connected for fi ve power-play markers and three, Alma Mater .......................Bethel University ‘15 two-goal games. Hockey Offi ce Telephone .......... 315-268-3874 2014-15 Overall Record ........................12-20-5 • The Knights’ power play, which was clicking as one of the best in the nation through the 2014-15 ECAC Hockey Record....8-11-3 (8th) fi rst six games, has not connected on the man-advantage over the past nine games 2014-15 Captain ..............................Paul Geiger (0-25) and is 0-22 in ECAC Hockey. Overall, Clarkson is 9-51 (17.6%) on the power play. 2014-15 AC ........DiNallo, Megannety, de Haas Lettermen Returning/Lost ..........................25/2 • While the power play has struggled, the Knights have shown improvement while short- - Forwards Returning/Lost .......................15/1 handed. Clarkson is 48-55 (87.3%) on the penalty kill, and is 26-28 (92.9%) in league play. - Defense Returning/Lost............................ 7/1 Senior Christian Powers (Carlisle, ONT) has tallied two goals and three assists - Goaltenders Returning/Lost ....................3/0 • Newcomers ..........................................................9 in his last three games.