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2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS CLARKSON (21-17-4) at NIAGARA (15-20-5) - 7:00 pm (0-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC HOCKEY) Friday, October 10 • Niagara Falls, NY • Dwyer Arena (2,100)

OCTOBER CLARKSON (21-17-4) at RIT (12-20-5) - 7:05 pm 5 (Sun.) QUEEN’s (exh.) H W 8-0 10 (Fri.) Niagara A 7:00 pm Saturday, October 11 • Rochester, NY • Gene Polisseni Center (4,300) 11 (Sat.) Rochester Inst. Tech. A 7:05 pm 17 (Fri.) Vermont A 7:05 pm 2013-14 Overall Record ..... 15-20-5

18 (Sat.) VERMONT H 7:00 pm 2013-14 AH Record ..11-11-5 (6th) Purple Eagles 24 (Fri.) BOWLING GREEN H 7:00 pm H: 9-7-1, R: 6-12-4, N: 0-1-0 25 (Sat.) BOWLING GREEN H 7:30 pm Current Streak ...... 31 (Fri.) St. Lawrence A 7:00 pm Last Game ...... 10/5 - 4-0 W vs Brock (exh.) 2013-14 Overall record ...... 21-17-4 Head Coach ...... Dave Burkholder (RIT ‘84) NOVEMBER 2013-14 ECACH Record .... 11-9-2 (T-4th) 14th Year -229-195-55 1 (Sat.) ST. LAWRENCE H 7:00 pm Home: 12-6-2, Road: 8-9-2, Neutral: 1-2-0 7 (Fri.) * Yale A 7:00 pm All-Time Series ...... CU leads 7-4-2 Current Streak ...... 8 (Sat.) * Brown A 7:00 pm Last Meeting ...... 10/6/13, CU W(H) 2-0 Last Game ...10/5 -W 8-0 vs Queens (exh.) 14 (Fri.) * Cornell A 7:00 pm 2013-14 Overall Record ..... 12-20-5 15 (Sat.) * Colgate A 7:00 pm Head Coach ...... (Cornell ‘90) 2013-14 AH Record ..10-14-3 (9th) 21 (Fri.) * QUINNIPIAC H 7:00 pm 4th Year -46-54-17 H: 6-9-3, R: 6-11-2, N: 0-0-0 22 (Sat.) * PRINCETON H 7:00 pm Captain: ...... Paul Geiger ‘16 Current Streak ...... Tigers 28 (Fri.) Merrimack A 4:00 pm AC: . James Howden ‘15, Jeff DiNallo ‘16 Last Game ...... 10/4 - 5-2 W vs Brock (exh.) 29 (Sat.) Merrimack A 4:00 pm Power Play ...... 33-167, 19.8% Head Coach ...... Wayne Wilson (BGSU ‘84) DECEMBER Penalty Kill ...... 141-173, 81.5% 16th Year -279-163-49 6 (Sat.) * St. Lawrence A 7:00 pm Goals Scored/Avg ...... 101/2.40 All-Time Series ...... CU leads 11-2-3 14 (Sun.) Michigan State A 5:00 pm Goals Allowed/Avg ...... 102/2.43 Last Meeting ...... 10/19/13, T(H) 3-3 ot 30 (Tue.) AMERICAN INTERN. A 7:00 pm JANUARY 9 (Fri.) * COLGATE H 7:00 pm Golden Knights Begin 93rd Season with Road Trip to Western NY 10 (Sat.) * CORNELL H 7:00 pm ooking to continue the momentum generated from a very successful outing in 16 (Fri.) * Harvard A 7:00 pm exhibition play on Sunday, the Clarkson University Hockey team is eager to 17 (Sat.) * Dartmouth A 7:00 pm L 23 (Fri.) * BROWN H 7:00 pm offi cially start the 2014-15 season with its trip to Western New York this weekend. 24 (Sat.) * YALE H 7:00 pm The Golden Knights play at Niagara University on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and then 31 (Sat.) * ST. LAWRENCE H 7:00 pm take on Rochester Institute of Technology at the brand-new Gene Polisseni Center FEBRUARY on Saturday in a game that will be broadcast live on Time Warner Cable, beginning 6 (Fri.) * UNION H 7:00 pm 7 (Sat.) * RENSSELAER H 7:00 pm at 7:05 p.m. 13 (Fri.) * Princeton A 7:00 pm The Green and Gold are coming off a 21-17-4 overall record in 2013-14 and are 14 (Sat.) * Quinnipiac A 7:00 pm looking to continue the success produced by their best season in six years, which 20 (Fri.) * DARTMOUTH H 7:00 pm was capped off by their fi rst ECAC Hockey playoff series win since 2007. Fourth- 21 (Sat.) * HARVARD H 7:00 pm year head coach Casey Jones and assistants Phil Roy ’00 and Andy Jones, return 27 (Fri.) * Rensselaer A 7:00 pm 28 (Sat.) * Union A 7:00 pm 18 letter-men from last year’s squad and have brought in nine promising freshmen to March help fi ll the roles left by the graduated veterans. 6-8 ECAC Hockey Playoffs 1st Round This will mark the eighth straight season, and the 15th time in the past 16 (Fri.-Sun.) Teams 5-12 • 13-15 ECAC Hockey Quarterfi nals years, that Clarkson has opened the season on the road … Since the (Fri.-Sun.) Winners of 1st Rd at top four seeds 1999-2000 campaign, the Knights are 5-9-1 in offi cial season openers ... Last 20-21 ECAC Hockey Championship Tr. season, Clarkson swept Niagara in a two-game series at Dwyer Arena, winning (Fri.-Sat.) Lake Placid, NY 2-1 and 2-0 on October 5-6 … The Knights’ last season-opening loss was a 5-4 27-29 NCAA Regionals setback at Colorado College on October 12, 2012 (Fri.-Sun.) Four, 4-team Neutral Sites April • Friday’s game will be the 14th meeting between Clarkson and Niagara with the 9 &11 NCAA Frozen Four Golden Knights holding a 7-4-2 series lead since the 1997-98 season. (Thr. & Sat.) TD Garden, Boson, MA • The Knights have a current 10-game unbeaten streak (8-0-2) in the series against * ECAC Hockey RIT and lead the all-time meetings against the Tigers 11-2-3 since 1983-84. HOME GAMES played at • Last season, Clarkson was 4-0-1 against Atlantic Hockey teams TWITTER: @ClarksonUSports • Junior defenseman Paul Geiger, who served as an assistant captain late last @ClarksonHockey1 season, will serve as the Golden Knights captain in 2014-15. Senior defenseman ONLINE: www.clarksonathletics.com James Howden and junior Jeff DiNallo will act as assistant captains. APP: Clarkson Athletics • Beginning its 93rd season, Clarkson boasts 70 winning campaigns and a 1,363- SID: Gary Mikel - 315-268-6673 800-141 all-time record for a .622 winning percentage since 1920-21. [email protected] 2014 CLARKSON HOCKEY 2015

Clarkson Quick Facts • Junior forward Jeff Dinallo is Clark- USCHO.com Poll son’s top returning scorer with 25 - September 29, 2014 points on 11 goals and 14 assists last UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Pts (1st Place Votes) Location...... Potsdam, New York, 13699-5830 season. 1. Minnesota (36) 978 Founded ...... 1896 • Clarkson has just two seniors, defense 2. North Dakota (2) 874 Enrollment ...... 3,000 3. Providence (2) 839 President ...... Tony Collins man James Howden and forward Joe 4. Boston College 831 Director of Athletics ...... Steve Yianoukos Zarbo on the roster. Eight juniors, Athletic Department Telephone315-268-6622 eight sophomores and nine freshmen 5. Union (9) 737 Nickname ...... Golden Knights make up the remainder of the 2014-15 6. Colgate (1) 652 ColorsGreen (PMS 3305) and Gold (PMS 116) Golden Knight roster. 7. St. Cloud State 596 8. Michigan 569 TEAM INFORMATION Exh. Game (October 5, 2014) - Att: 1,689 9. Ferris State 532 Head Coach...... Casey Jones Cheel Arena, Potsdam, NY 10. Wisconsin 497 Alma Mater ...... Cornell ‘90 Final Score: CLARKSON 8 - Queen’s 0 11. Miami 491 Record at Clarkson/Overall ..... 46-54-17 (4th yr) Seven different players scored for the Green and Gold 12. Notre Dame 433 E-mail Address ...... [email protected] and the three Clarkson goaltenders combined for the 13. Minnesota State 411 Assistant Coach ...... Phil Roy (4th Year) shutout as the Knights improved their record against 14. Cornell 284 Alma Mater ...... Clarkson University ‘00 Canadian University foes at Cheel to 16-2. Clarkson outshot Queen’s 38-15 and was near perfect in specialty 15. Quinnipiac 282 Assistant Coach ...... Andy Jones (4th year) 16. Northeastern 270 Alma Mater ...... Amherst College 00 teams play, going 5-of-8 on the power play while killing 17. UMass-Lowell 247 Hockey Offi ce Telephone ...... 315-268-3874 off all fi ve of the Gael’s man-advantage opportunities.Ju- nior Pat Megannety led the way offensively with a pair 18. Denver 225 2013-14 Overall Record ...... 21-17-4 of goals. Senior Joe Zarbo and sophomore defenseman 2013-14 ECAC Hockey Record 11-9-2 (T5th) 19. New Hampshire 97 James de Haas both tallied a and two assists. After 20. Boston University 88 2014-15 Captain ...... Paul Geiger leading 1-0 through the opening 20 minutes, Clarkson 2014-15 AC ...... James Howden, jeff DiNallo took control in the second period with a six-goal outburst. Others Receiving Votes: Lettermen Returning/Lost ...... 18/9 Minnesota-Duluth 87, Ohio State 76, Yale - Forwards Returning/Lost ...... 10/7 Score by Periods 57, Mercyhurst 54, Vermont 51, Robert - Defense Returning/Lost...... 5/2 Queen’s 0 0 0 x — 4 Morris 27, Michigan tech 26, Western - Goaltenders Returning/Lost ...... 3/0 CLARKSON 1 6 1 x — 8 Michigan 14, Dartmouth 13, Bowling Newcomers ...... 9 1st: CU-DiNallo (Summers, de Haas), ppg; 16:52 Green 11, Michigan State 8, Nebraska- 2nd: CU-Gervais (Pierog, Sinz); 1:51 Omaha 8, Rensselaer 5, Alaska 4, Harvard PROGRAM HISTORY CU-de Haas (Zarbo, DiNallo), ppg; 6:13 4, Air Force 3, Brown 3, CLARKSON 2, Affi liation ...... NCAA, Division I CU-Amorosa (Howden, Zarbo), ppg; 13:24 Maine 2, UMass 2, Niagara 1, St. Lawrence 1 Conference ...... ECAC Hockey CU-Megannety (de Haas); 17:00 First Season ...... 1920-21 CU-D’Arrisso (Josephs, Sinz); 19:37 Overall Record .....1,363-800-141 (93rd year) CU-Megannety (Summers, Pierog), ppg; 19:48 USA Today/USA Hockey Mag. Poll ...... (.622 winning percentage) 3rd: CU-Zarbo (Josephs, Vigneault), ppg; 4:02 - October 6, 2014 Winning Seasons ...... 70 Penalties: Clarkson 8/16, Queen’s 11/22 Pts (1st Place Votes) Power Plays: Clarkson 5-8, Queen’s 0-5 ECAC Regular Season Titles ...... 10 Svs: CU (Perry - 20:00) 5-x-x =5 1. Minnesota (34) 510 (1966, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, CU (Runola - 20:00) x-4-x =4 2. North Dakota 462 2001, 2008) CU (Lewis - 20:00) x-x-6 =6 3. Boston College 428 ECAC Championship Tournament Titles ...... 5 QU (Clark - 39:58) 9-13-x =22 4. Providence 415 ...... (1966, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2007) QU (Bailie - 20:00) x-x-8 =8 5. Colgate 319 ECAC Playoff Record .82-69-5 (.542 win pct.) 6. St. Cloud State 304 NCAA Playoff Appearances ...... 20 CLARKSON LINES 7. Union 293 (1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, Boucher DiNallo Asselin (0-0-0) (*%1-1-2) (0-0-0) 1982,1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 8. Ferris State 279 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008) Vigneault Josephs Zarbo 9. Michigan 237 NCAA Playoff Record 13-23-1 (.365 win pct.) (0-1-1) (0-2-2) (*1-2-3) 10. Miami 178 All-Americas ...... 36 (13 two-time recipients) Megannety Gervais Pierog 11. Minnesota State 171 (*2-0-2) (1-0-1) (0-2-2) 12. Wisconsin 136 HOME ICE 13. Notre Dame 118 Fossen Powers D’Arrisso Cheel Arena at the Cheel Campus Center (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (1-0-1) 14. Cornell 82 Capacity ...... 3,000 15. Boston University 43 Ice Sheet ...... 200’ x 85’ Gareau Dalpe Christian (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) First Game ...... 10/26/91 (Clarkson 9 - BC 3) Others Receiving Votes: Clarkson’s Record at Cheel .....255-122-43 (24th year) Amorosa Howden (*1-0-1) (0-1-1) Denver 21, Michigan Tech 14, UMass- Postseason Record at Cheel ...... 28-11 Lowell 14, Minnesiota-Duluth 12, North- de Haas Summers eastern 10, Michigan State 8,Yale 8, Quin- SPORTS INFORMATION (*1-2-3) (0-2-2) Sports Information Director ...... Gary Mikel nipiac 6, Ohio State 5, Robert Morris 4 Sinz Karjalainen Offi ce Telephone...... 315-268-6673 (0-2-2) (0-0-0) Cell ...... 315-212-5908 Perry Pressbox Telephone ...... 315-268-6688 (20:00, 0 GA, 5 Saves) E-mail ...... [email protected] Runola (20:00, 0 GA, 4 Saves) Lewis (20:00, 0 GA, 6 Saves) www.clarksonathletics.com 2014 CLARKSON HOCKEY 2015

Head Coach Casey Jones THE SERIES “The Leonard S. Ceglarski Head Men’s Hockey” Clarkson and Niagara have played 13 times with Clarkson holding a fter guiding Clarkson to its best season 7-4-2 lead in the series, which started with a 5-1 win for the Green Ain six years in 2013-14, Casey Jones and Gold on December 28, 1997 in the consolation game of the begins his fourth year as the Golden Knights Syracuse Invitational Tournament. head coach this fall. Twice named a fi nalist In their last meetings on October 5-6 last year, the Knights swept for ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year in his short tenure at Clarkson, Jones was desig- the Purple Eagles at Dwyer Arena, winning a pair of close games, 2-1 nated the second Leonard S. Ceglarski Chair and 2-0. for the Knights in May of 2011. In the fi rst game, Clarkson came back from an early 1-0 defi cit in In his fi rst three campaigns, Jones has had the second with goals by Al McPherson and Jarrett Burton to claim Clarkson in contention for an ECAC Hockey playoff fi rst-round its fi rst season-opening win since 2008. Greg Lewis made 19 saves bye right up until the fi nal weekend of the regular season. The as the Green and Gold snapped Niagara’s 22-game home unbeaten Knights skated to their best record since 2007-08 last winter and won a conference playoff series for the fi rst time in seven years. streak. The Knights outshot the home team 41-20. In Game 2 of the Selected to fi nish last in the 12-team league in both the coach- weekend series, Steve Perry made 30 saves to become the fi rst es and media 2013 preseason polls, Jones, and assistants Phil netminder for the Golden Knights to record a shutout in his opening Roy ‘00 and Andy Jones, guided the Green and Gold to a fi fth- game in 27 years. Joe Zarbo and Paul Geiger supplied the goals. place showing in the ECAC Hockey standings and their fi rst On October 26 and 27 of 2012 Niagara came away with a win and 20-win campaign in six years. Clarkson posted an 11-9-2 league a tie at Cheel Arena. The Purple Eagles posted the fi rst shutout in the mark and fi nished with a 21-17-4 overall record. The Knights, who defeated Princeton 2-1 in an ECAC Hockey fi rst-round at series, blanking the Knights 2-0 and gained a 4-4 tie. Cheel Arena for the program’s fi rst playoff series victory since Clarkson is 3-2 against Niagara in Western NY. 2006-07, saw their season come to a close with a heartbreaking 1-0 overtime loss at Cornell in Game 3 of the quarterfi nal series. The Knights have a current 10-game unbeaten streak (8-0-2) in the Jones was named a fi nalist for the Tim Taylor ECAC Hockey series against RIT which started with a 3-0 Clarkson win on October Coach of the Year award for the second time since 2011-12. 29, 1983 in Potsdam. Overall the Green and Gold lead the Tigers 11- In 2012-13, Jones had a young Clarkson squad, which 2-3. Last year at Cheel, the Knights defeated RIT 4-1 on October 18 battled injuries all season, challenging for one of the top four spots in the league standings. As a rookie head coach in 2011- and then skated to a 3-3 draw the following night. 12, Jones was named a fi nalist for ECAC Hockey Coach of the Jeff DiNallo and Joe Zarbo scored goals in the win and Greg Year after guiding Clarkson to a 16-17-6 overall record and a Lewis made 25 saves. The next night, RIT scored a pair of third- 9-9-4 league mark, tying for sixth place in the standings. period goals to gain a tie in Potsdam. Jordan Boucher and Troy Several Knights have earned postseason honors during Josephs tallied their fi rst collegiate goals, while Steve Perry posted Jones’ tenure, including Matt Zarbo who in 2013 became 21 stops. the fi rst Clarkson player to ever receive the ECAC Hockey RIT’s last win over Clarkson was a 4-3 victory in the fi rst round of Student-Athlete of the Year award. Jones and his staff have the 1986 Syracuse Invitational on December 27. brought to Clarkson some of the fi nest student-athletes in the country. Four Knights have been selected in the NHL entry The Tigers also defeated the Knights 5-4 in overtime at Walker draft during Jones’ time behind the Clarkson bench. Arena on October 26, 1985. After an extensive national search Jones returned to the University after serving the previous three years as associ- ate coach at Cornel. A native of Temiscaming, Quebec, Jones has recruited players and/or coached teams that have partici- pated in the NCAA Tr. eight times, including three schools and in two different leagues. He worked as an assistant for the Knights under head coach from 1993-95. He spent 13 years (1995-2008) at Ohio State as a coach before returning to ECAC when he joined the staff at his alma mater, Cornell, for the 2008-09 campaign. When Jones was at Clark- son from 1993 to 1995, he contributed to the Golden Knights 43-19-9 record, an ECAC Hockey championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament in 1995. Jones was a four-year letter winner as a player for the Big Red, serving as team captain in 1989-90. For his career, he scored 112 points on 30 goals and 82 assists while playing in 110 contests. He was selected by the Boston Bruins in the 10th-round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. Jones and his wife, Kimberlee, also a Cornell graduate, have a daughter, Gabrielle, and a son, Bryan. 2014-15 CLARKSON UNIVERSITY HOCKEY ROSTER Golden Knights

No Name Cl. Pos. S/C. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown/Last Team 1 * Steve PERRY So. G L 5-10 175 2/14/92 Ligonier, PA/Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) 2 * James de HAAS So. D L 6-3 212 5/3/94 Mississauga, ONT/Penticton Vees (BCHL) 3 $* Paul GEIGER Jr. D L 6-3 212 7/28/92 Stouff ville, ONT/Stouff ville Spirit (OJHL) 4 Tyko KARJALAINEN Fr. D L 5-11 183 9/11/93 Helsinki, Finland/Jokert U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga) 5 Kelly SUMMERS Fr. D R 6-1 197 4/24/96 Golden Lake, ONT/Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) 8 * Perry D’ARRISSO So. F R 5-10 190 1/10/92 Mississauga, ONT/Corpus Christi IceRays (NAHL) 9 Ben DALPE Fr. F L 5-10 180 3/8/94 Paris, ONT/Penticton Vees (BCHL) 10 * Kevin TANSEY Jr. D L 6-4 217 2/22/93 Hammond, ONT/Cumberland Grads (CJHL) 11 * Todd CHRISTIAN Jr. F L 6-2 196 9/16/91 Norwalk, CT/Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) 12 * Bryan SINZ So. D L 6-0 208 8/18/92 Anchorage, AK/Penticton Vees (BCHL) 14 Janick ASSELIN Fr. F R 5-5 155 7/10/93 Coaticook, QUE/Sherbrooke of Collège Champlain (QJHL) 15 Dylan GAREAU Fr. F L 5-11 193 11/19/93 Richmond, ONT/Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) 16 * Troy JOSEPHS So. F L 6-0 184 5/9/94 Whitby, ONT/St. Michael’s Buzzers (OJHL) 17 * Simon BESSETTE Jr. F L 5-11 197 9/26/91 St. Jean, QUE/Wellington Dukes (OJHL) 18 * Christian POWERS Jr. F R 5-10 185 5/21/91 Carlisle, ONT/Stouff ville Spirit (OJHL) 19 Brett GERVAIS Fr. F R 5-10 180 9/23/94 Corona, CA/Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) 20 Nic PIEROG Fr. F R 6-1 203 4/2/93 Georgetown, ONT/Penticton Vees (BCHL) 21 Sam VIGNEAULT Fr. F L 6-5 185 9/7/95 Baie-Comeau, QUE/Andre-Laurendeau Boomerang (QCHL) 23 #* James HOWDEN Sr. D L 6-2 207 8/24/91 Edgeley, SASK/Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) 26 * A.J. FOSSEN So. F L 5-9 193 11/14/93 Maple Grove, MN/Dubuque F.S. (USHL) 27 * Joe ZARBO Sr. F L 6-0 183 8/10/91 Grand Island, NY/Wellington Dukes (OJHL) 28 * Jordan BOUCHER So. F L 5-11 185 2/21/94 St. Th erese, QUE/Pembroke L.K. (CJHL) 29 #* Jeff DiNALLO Jr. F L 5-7 160 9/27/93 Aurora, ONT/Newmarket Hurricanes (OJHL) 32 * Pat MEGANNETY Jr. F L 5-11 195 2/1/93 Oakville, ONT/Georgetown Raiders (OJHL) 33 * Greg LEWIS Jr. G L 6-1 170 8/18/91 Mars, PA/Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) 34 * Ville RUNOLA So. G L 6-0 188 1/4/93 Raisio, Finland/TPS U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga) 44 Terrence AMOROSA Fr. D L 6-2 205 11/13/94 Kirkland, QUE/ Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

* Letterwinners (18) $ Captain, # Assistant Captains

Head Coach: Casey JONES (Cornell ‘90) Assistant Coach: Phil ROY (Clarkson ‘00) Assistant Coach: Andy JONES (Amherst '00) Strength & Conditioning Coach: Tad JOHNSON (Northern St Univ. '10) Volunteer Coach: Shawn GRANT (Clarkson '02) Hockey Trainer: Morgan COLLINS (Utah ‘10) Equipment Manager: Todd AXTELL