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CLARKSON HOCKEY Golden Knights www.clarksonathletics.com December 1, 2008 2008-09 CLARKSON STRIVES for WINS SCHEDULE in CENTRAL NY October ith a dreadful month of November behind them, the Clarkson University Hockey team 17 Roch. Inst. Tech. A W 6-4 Wis hoping the start of December will bring good cheer to the beleaguered program. The 18 Niagara College A L 4-3 Golden Knights suffered through their worst month of play in recent memory with just a 1-6-1 24 COLORADO COLLEGE H T 1-1ot 25 COLORADO COLLEGE H T 2-2ot mark over the previous 30 days. Clarkson enters the fi nal month of 2008 with a 2-7-3 overall record. November The Green and Gold are in a four-way tie for ninth place in the ECAC Hockey standings with a 1 CARLETON (exhibition) H L 5-3 1-5 conference mark. 7 * BROWN UNIVERSITY H W 3-1 A lengthy losing skid came to a halt for Clarkson with Saturday’s non-league tie against Canisius 8 * YALE UNIVERSITY H L 3-2 College, but the Golden Knights, led by senior co-captains Tyrell Mason (Dawson Creek, BC) 14 * Harvard University A L 5-1 15 * Dartmouth College A L 5-1 and Phil Paquet (Quebec City, QUE) will fi nd a daunting challenge in looking to break out of a 21 * QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY H L 4-2 seven-game winless slide (0-6-1) this weekend. Clarkson, guided by sixth-year head coach George 22 * PRINCETON UNIVERSITY H L 4-2 Roll, associate coach Greg Drechsel and assistant coach Jean-Francois Houle, will take to the 28 CANISIUS COLLEGE H L 4-3ot road to faceoff at Cornell and Colgate. Annually their toughest road trip, the Green and Gold have 29 CANISIUS COLLEGE H T 2-2ot December not swept the Central NY weekend series since the end of the 1996-97 regular season. Clarkson 5 * Cornell University A 7pm plays the Big Red on Friday at 7:00 p.m. at Lynah Rink in Ithaca, and then battles Colgate at 3:00 6 * Colgate University A 3pm p.m. on Saturday in a game to be televised live by Time Warner Sports (channel 26) from Starr Rink 19 Bowling Green State University A 7:05pm in Hamilton. 20 Bowling Green State University A 5:05pm Clarkson got out of a six-game losing skid with a come-from-behind 2-2 draw against Canisius January Ohio Hockey Classic on Saturday at Cheel Arena after a heart-breaking overtime loss to the Golden Griffi ns on Friday. Columbus, Ohio Sophomore center Lauri Tuohimaa (Helsinki, Finland) scored off of a tip-in while on the power 2 CLARKSON vs Miami 5:05pm play late in the third period for his team-high seventh goal of the season to salvage the tie. Freshman Army vs Ohio State 8:05pm Richie LaVeau (Arlington Heights, IL), making his fi rst offi cial collegiate appearance in the Clarkson 3 Consolation Game 5:05pm Championship Game 8:05pm crease, posted 15 saves. The Knights more than doubled their shots against the Golden Griffi ns with 10 St. Lawrence University A 7pm a 36 to 17 advantage. Clarkson, however, trailed 2-0 early in the second period before senior Shea 11 ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY-ESPNU H 4pm Guthrie (Carleton Place, ONT) put the Green and Gold on the scoreboard later in the stanza with 16 * Yale University A 7pm his fi rst goal of the season. The previous night, Clarkson appeared to be on its way to its fi rst victory 17 * Brown University A 4pm 23 * UNION COLLEGE H 7pm since November 7, but Canisius tied the contest with 13.8 seconds remaining in regulation and then 24 * RENSSELAER H 7pm became the fi rst Atlantic Hockey team (1-8-0) to ever gain a victory at Cheel by connecting for the 30 * COLGATE UNIVERSITY H 7pm game-winner with 74 seconds left in overtime. 31 * CORNELL UNIVERSITY H 7pm Ranked among the top teams in the country, Cornell returns home after splitting a tough non- Feburary league series out West this past weekend. On Friday, the Big Red lost for the fi rst time this season, 6 * St. Lawrence University A 7pm 7 * ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY H 7pm falling to North Dakota in Grand Forks 7-3 on Friday, but came back with a 2-1 victory over the 13 * Princeton University A 7pm Fighting Sioux on Saturday at Engelstad Arena. Guided by 14 * Quinnipiac University A 7pm 14th-year head coach Mike Schafer, and associate coach 20 * DARTMOUTH COLLEGE H 7pm Casey Jones, a former Golden Knight assistant coach, 3 THINGS TO 21 * HARVARD UNIVERSITY H 7pm KNOW ABOUT 27 * Rensselaer A 7pm Cornell owns a 5-1-2 overall record and is tied for sec- 28 * Union A 7pm ond place in the league standings with a 4-0-2 ECAC CLARKSON HOCKEY March Hockey mark. The Big Red are 2-0-1 at Lynah Rink this 6-8 ECAC Hockey Playoffs - First Round season with home wins over Harvard (2-1) and Dart- • Clarkson owns college hockey’s best 13-15 ECAC Hockey Playoffs - Quarterfi nals mouth (3-1), and a tie against Colgate (2-2). all-time winning precentage (.642) 20-21 48th Annual ECAC Hockey Championship Tr. with an all-time record of 1,285- Times Union Center Albany, NY After a 3-0 start to the year, Colgate has struggled and 27-28 NCAA East Regional takes a seven-game winless stretch (0-5-2) into Friday’s 691-114 since 1920-21. Bridgeport Arena at Harvor Yard, Bridgeport, CT game against St. Lawrence. The Raiders, guided by 16th- • The Knights last swept Cornell and NCAA Midwest Regional year head coach Don Vaughan, stand at 4-6-2 overall and Colgate on the road on February 28 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI 28-29 NCAA Northeast Regional are in seventh place in the league with a 1-3-2 confer- and March 1, 1997. Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH ence slate. Colgate also had a lengthy trip out West this • The Knights have eight players on NCAA West Regional past weekend, where it lost at Denver, 6-1, and at Colo- this year’s roster who have been Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN rado College, 3-2. The Raiders are 2-2-1 at Starr Rink selected in the NHL Draft, but due April with season-opening wins over Lowell (2-1) and Bentley 9&11 62nd Annual NCAA Frozen Four to injuries have yet to have all eight MCI Center, Wsshington, D.C. (4-1). Colgate tied Harvard (2-2) in its last home game in the lineup at the same time. * ECAC Hockey on November 22. 2008 CLARKSON HOCKEY 2009 CANISIUS WEEKEND RECAP: Clarkson Quick Facts Game #11 (November 28, 2008) - Att: 2,252 Game #12 (November 29, 2008) - Att: 2,487 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Cheel Arena, Potsdam, NY Cheel Arena, Potsdam, NY Location........Potsdam, New York, 13699-5830 Final Score: Canisius 4 - Clarkson 3 ot Final Score: CLARKSON 2 - Canisius 2 ot Founded ..........................................................1896 Enrollment ....................................................3,000 Seconds away from victory, Clarkson saw it slip away Lauri Tuohimaa scored on the power play late in President .......................................... Tony Collins as Canisius tied the contest with 13.8 seconds left in the third period to help Clarkson salvage tie with Ca- Director of Athletics ...............Steve Yianoukos regulation and then gain the win at 3:46 of overtime, nisius. The Golden Knights, who trailed 2-0 midway Athletic Department Telephone 315-268-6622 becoming the fi rst Atlantic Hockey team to post a tri- through the second period, scored late in the middle Nickname ................................... Golden Knights umph at Cheel Arena. The Golden Knights had taken frame and evened the score with Tuohimaa’s goal in ColorsGreen (PMS 3305) and Gold (PMS 116) their only lead of the game with a pair of goals 1:50 the third to snap a six-game losing skid. Clarkson apart early in the third. Matt Beca scored on the power out shot the Golden Griffi ns by over a 2-to-1 margin, play 67 seconds into the period, followed by Scott 36-17, including a 24-5 advantage over the second TEAM INFORMATION Freeman’s tally at 2:57, putting the Green and Gold and third periods. Both teams had two shots on net Head Coach......................................George Roll on top 3-2. Canisius forced the extra session in the in the fi ve-minute extra session. Canisius took a 1-0 Alma Mater ............................................BGSU ‘86 fi nal seconds of the third. With their goaltender pulled fi rst-period lead and made it 2-0 at 9:10 of the middle at Clarkson .....................98-87-23 (in 6th year) for the extra skater, the Golden Griffi ns swarmed the frame. Clarkson got on the scoreboard with its fi rst Record Overall ................................217-161-39 Clarkson net and scored during a scramble in front. second-period goal in nine games with Shea Guthrie .......(in 13th yr - including 7 at Oswego State) The overtime winner was helped by a Canisius dump in connecting at 14:31. Skating on its fourth power play E-mail Address [email protected] defl ecting off an offi cials skate, sending a Golden Grif- of the contest late in the third, Clarkson wasted little fi n in alone on the Knights’ net. Clarkson controlled time with the opportunity, taking just 38 seconds in the Associate Coach ......Greg Drechsel (6th year) the fl ow of the play in the fi rst period, but a string of man advantage to tie the game as Tuohimaa redirected Alma Mater .....................Colgate University ‘88 penalties caught up to the Knights when Canisius con- a shot from the point by Julien Cayer at 14:35 for his Assistant Coach ................