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CLARKSON WOMEN’s HOCKEY GGoldenolden KKnightsnights since 2003-042003-04 2014, 2017, 2018 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 7 NCAA Tr. Appearances • 44-Time-Time ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 2013-14, 2013-14, 14-15, 14-15, 16-17 16-17,, 17-18 17-18 • 2017 & 2018 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion • 14 Winning Seasons 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS #1 CLARKSON vs. St. Lawrence (4-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hਮਢਪਤਸ) Game 5 • Friday, October 19 at Appleton Arena, Canton, NY - 3:30 pm S EST Game 6 • Saturday,y October 220 at Cheel Arena, Potsdam, NY - 3:00 pm 28 (Fri.) Bemidji State A W 5-1 29 (Sat.) Bemidji State A W 5-3 O 5 (Fri.) ROBERT MORRIS H W 4-2 6 (Sat.) ROBERT MORRIS H W 4-3 VS. 13 (Sat.) GUELPH(exhibition) H W 6-3 19 (Fri.) St. Lawrence A 3:30pm 20 (Sat.) ST. LAWRENCE H 3pm 26 (Fri.) Syracuse A 6pm ndefeated to start the year and riding a lengthy winning streak carried over 27 (Sat.) * SYRACUSE H 3pm Ufrom last year's championship season, the Clarkson University Women's Hock- N ey team celebrates a big weekend in the North Country as it takes on archrival St. 2 (Fri.) * UNION H 6pm Lawrence in a two-game, non-league, home-and-home series. 3 (Sat.) * RENSSELAER H 3pm 16 (Fri.) * Brown A 6pm On Friday, the Golden Knights face off against the Saints in a 3:30 p.m. game at 17 (Sat.) * Yale A 3pm Appleton Arena in Canton and then return to Cheel Arena on Saturday for National 23 (Fri.) MINN.-DULUTH H 6pm Championship Banner Raising Day. Prior to the 3:00 p.m. start to the game, Clarkson 24 (Sat.) MINN.-DULUTH H 3pm will raise its third NCAA Championship Banner to the Cheel Arena rafters, honoring 30 (Fri.) * Colgate A 6pm the 2018 title, to go alongside those signifying the Golden Knights’ 2014 and 2017 D National Championships. 1 (Sat.) * Cornell A 3pm Guided by 10th-year head coach Matt Desrosiers and assistant coaches Britni 7 (Fri.) * St. Lawrence A 3pm 8 (Sat.) * ST. LAWRENCE H 3pm Smith and Tony Maci, the Golden Knights are ranked fi rst in the national polls with J a 4-0-0 record. 5 (Sat.) Northeastern (Belfast) N 10:30am 6 (Sun.) Northeastern (Belfast) N 8:30am • The two-time defending National Champions have won their last 14 games since 11 (Fri.) * Rensselaer A 6pm losing 2-0 at Princeton on February 9. Clarkson’s last loss in Cheel came on Novem- 12 (Sat.) * Union A 3pm ber 17 with a 3-2 overtime setback to Quinnipiac. 18 (Fri.) * YALE H 6pm • The Green and Gold are 205-64-30 all-time at Cheel for a .735 winning percent- 19 (Sat.) * BROWN H 3pm 25 (Fri.) * HARVARD H 6pm age on their home ice. The Knights went 19-2 last year in Potsdam with both losses 26 (Sat.) * DARTMOUTH H 3pm coming in overtime. F • Clarkson took a break from NCAA play last weekend with an exhibition game 1 (Fri.) * Quinnipiac A 6pm against the University of Montreal. The Knights skated past the Carabins 6-3. 2 (Sat.) * Princeton A 3pm • In its last offi cial action, Clarkson swept Robert Morris in the season-opening 8 (Fri.) * CORNELL H 6pm weekend at Cheel Arena, winning 4-2 and 4-3 on October 5-6. 9 (Sat.) * COLGATE H 3pm • Clarkson is tied for second in Division I in scoring, averaging 4.50 goals per game 15 (Fri.) * Dartmouth A 6pm 16 (Sat.) * Harvard A 3pm and are14th defensively, allowing 2.25 a game. The Knights are fourth in the country 22 (Fri.) * PRINCETON H 6pm on the power play, clicking at 30% (3-10) and 25th on the penalty-kill at 75% (12-16). 23 (Sat.) * QUINNIPIAC H 3pm • Assistant captain Ella Shelton paces the Clarkson offense with a team-high eight March points from the blueline, including seven assists. Shelton is tied for fi rst in Division I 1-3 ECAC Hockey Quarterfi nal Round in points per game, averaging 2.00. (Fri.-Sun.) (Best-of-Three Games Series) • Senior Loren Gabel, who was a Top 3 Finalist for the 2018 Patty Kazmaier Award, 9 (Sat.) ECAC Hockey Tr. Semifi nals is one goal shy of tying Cayley Mercer’s ’17 Clarkson record for career goals. 10 (Sun.) ECAC Hockey Tr. Championship 16 (Sat.) NCAA Quarterfi nals Through 126 games, Gabel has tallied 79 goals and 71 assists for 150 points, tying 22 & 24 NCAA Frozen Four her for third on the Knights’ all-time points list. She has tallied three goals and three (Fri. & Frank Perotti, Jr. Arena, assists through the fi rst four games this season. Sun.) Quinnipiac Univ., Hamden, CT • T.T. Cianfarano, a graduate transfer from Quinnipiac University, also has six points * ECAC Hockey on the season with two goals and four assists. Cianfarano was the 2016 ECAC HOME GAMES played at CHEEL ARENA Hockey Player of the Year in her sophomore season at Quinnipiac. TWITTER: @ClarksonUSports • One of three players with fi ve points, junior center Michaela Pejzlova is closing @ClarksonHockey1 in on century mark with 39 goals and 53 assists for 92 points in 82 career games. INSTAGRAM: @ClarksonAthletics @ClarksonGoldenKnights • After an all-star career at Ohio State, Kassidy Sauve has made an impressive ONLINE: www.clarksonathletics.com showing with the Green and Gold. The graduate student has played every minute of APP: Clarkson Athletics NCAA action through the fi rst four games and posts a .925 save percentage and a SID: Gary Mikel - 315-268-6673 [email protected] 2.25 goals against average. 2018 CLARKSON HOCKEY 2019 Clarkson Quick Facts • Senior forward Cassidy Vinkle will serve as the Green and Gold’s captain, while defenders, senior Josiane Pozzebon and Shelton will act as assistant captains. UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location....................Potsdam, New York, 13699-5830 • Three current or former Clarkson players are included in the 23-player roster Founded ...................................................................... 1896 that the Canadian women’s national team will be sending to the 4 Nations Cup in Enrollment ................................................................ 4,300 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, next month. Loren Gabel, as well as recently graduated President .......................................................Tony Collins Director of Athletics ...........................Steve Yianoukos goalie Shea Tiley ‘18, will make their fi rst national team appearances in the event, Athletic Department Telephone ...........315-268-6622 which takes place Nov. 6-10. Also on the roster is former Golden Knight defen- Nickname ................................................Golden Knights seman Renata Fast ‘16, who played for Canada in the 2018 Winter Olympics. All Colors .........Green (PMS 3305) and Gold (PMS 116) three Clarkson players will be evaluated at the tournament and be in contention TEAM INFORMATION for spots in the 2019 IIHF Women’s World Championship event from April 4-14 Head Coaches ...................................... Matt Desrosiers in Espoo, Finland. Alma Mater ........................St. Lawrence University ‘01 E-mail Address [email protected] Hockey Offi ce Telephone .......................315-268-3735 The Series: Record at CU/Overall .......260-92-41 (in 11th year) Entering this weekend’s non-conference matchup, Route 11 rivals Clarkson and Assistant Coach ...................Britni Smith (5th season) St. Lawrence have faced off 51 times since 2004. Clarkson leads the all-time series Alma Mater ........................St. Lawrence University ‘10 with a record of 26-18-7 and has outscored the Saints 138-95. The fi rst game of Assistant Coach .......................Tony Maci (3rd season) the series will be played at Appleton Arena where the Golden Knights are 10-15-1 Alma Mater ........................St. Lawrence University ‘04 all-time against St. Lawrence. Captain ...............................................Cassidy Vinkle ‘19 The following night the series will shift to Cheel Arena for Banner Raising night. AC .....................Josiane Pozzebon ‘19, Ella Shelton ‘20 Veterans Returning/Lost ..........................................17/6 Clarkson has been dominant at Cheel going 16-3-6 against the Saints. The domi- - Forwards Returning/Lost ...................................10/3 nance at home has held for the last eight years as the Knights have not lost to the - Defense Returning/Lost........................................ 6/1 Saints at home since the 2009-10 campaign. The last home loss for Clarkson came - Goaltenders Returning/Lost ................................1/2 during the ECAC Quarterfi nals in Game 2 when the Knights fell 2-1. Clarkson Newcomers ......................................................................6 would go on to win the following night to secure the series. The Golden Knights have a six-game winning streak against the Saints, including a fi ve-game sweep last PROGRAM HISTORY season. This is the longest streak for either team in this series. Affi liation .............................................NCAA, Division I Conference .............................................. ECAC Hockey Clarkson’s last loss to St. Lawrence was in the 2016-17 season, losing 2-1 at First Season .........................................................2003-04 Appleton in October. The current Golden Knights senior class holds a 9-1-3 re- Overall Record ......................353-159-59 (in 16th yr.) cord over the Saints. Michaela Pejzlova leads all Clarkson players with 13 points (6 ................................................(.670 winning percentage) -7) in eight games. Elizabeth Giguere proved to be a nightmare for the Saints during Winning Seasons ...........................................................14 her freshman campaign, scoring fi ve goals and assisting on six others for 11 points. Year ...............................Overall Record, ECAC (fi nish) Giguere made a splash on Banner Raising night last season against the Saints scor- 2003-04 .................................................................16-12-3 ing a power play goal and tallying four assists in the 6-1 win. 2004-05 .........................................13-17-6, 7-12-1 (8th) 2005-06 .....................................22-14-1, 12-8-0 (T-3rd) Scouting St. Lawrence 2006-07 ...................................18-15-3, 10-10-2 (T-6th) The Saints skate into the weekend with a 2-3-1 record after a tough road matchup 2007-08 ...........................................24-9-5, 13-6-3 (4th) with Boston College.