The Clarkson Game 2014-15 Schedule Clarkson (5-7-4, 3-1-2) at St. Lawrence (8-5-1, 4-2-0) • Dec. 6 8-5-1, 4-2-0 ECAC Radio: WFLK 95.3 • Greg Lapinski, Wally Johnson Oct. 4 CARLETON (ex) W, 4-0 Zeebs Du Jour: Oct. 10 at RIT L, 5-2 Referees: Kevin Graber, Kyle Allen; Lines: Jason Shattie, Stephen Drain Oct. 11 at Niagara W, 10-2 Oct. 17 #4 FERRIS STATE L 3-2 OT Oct. 18 #4 FERRIS STATE W, 2-0 THE REMATCH (PART 1): The Skating Saints and arch-rival Clarkson will meet for the Oct. 24 at #10 Miami (OH) W, 5-4 third time this season and the second time at Appleton Arena...this time with ECAC Oct. 25 at #10 Miami (OH) L, 2-1 OT points on the line. The Saints went 1-0-1 in a home-and-home series at the end of Oct. 31 CLARKSON T, 2-2 OT October, with a 2-2 tie at Appleton and a 4-0 win at Clarkson and will be out to record Nov. 1 at Clarkson W, 4-0 their first win at home in the rivalry since the 2010 playoffs. The Saints are coming Nov. 7 at Brown* W, 5-2 off an open weekend, just the second time since the late 1950s that they have not played on the weekend following Thanksgiving and begin a set of three games prior Nov. 8 at Yale* W, 4-0 to the holiday break with tonight’s contest. SLU will follow tonight’s game with a Nov. 14 at #6 Colgate* L, 5-2 home and home set against Vermont, playing at Vermont on Friday and returning to Nov. 15 at Cornell* W, 4-2 Appleton for the Saturday rematch. Nov. 21 PRINCETON* W, 3-0 Nov. 22 QUINNIPIAC* L, 3-2 OT A WEEKEND SPLIT: The Saints split for the second straight weekend prior to taking Dec. 6 CLARKSON* 7:00 their Thanksgiving break, beating Princeton 3-0 at Appleton on Friday, but dropping a 3-2 decision in overtime to nationally 14th-ranked Quinnipiac on Saturday. The Dec. 12 at Vermont 7:05 Quinnipiac game was the third overtime loss for the Saints this season, all of which Dec. 13 VERMONT 7:05 have come at the hands of teams nationally ranked at the time of the game. Friday’s Jan. 2 at Northeastern 7:05 win over Princeton marked the fourth shutout of the season for goaltender Kyle Hay- Jan. 3 at Northeastern 7:05 ton which tied the Saint single season record. Hayton is the first Saint goalie to have Jan. 9 CORNELL* 7:00 four complete game shutouts in a season as each of the other goaltenders, Bill Sloan Jan. 10 COLGATE* 7:00 (1955-56), Richie Broadbelt (1962-63) and Bob Perani (1965-66) had a shared shutout among their four. Gavin Bayreuther, Christian Horn and Matt Purmal scored the goals, Jan. 16 at Dartmouth* 7:00 Bayreuther getting the game winner and Purmal becoming the 21st Saint player to Jan. 17 at Harvard* 7:00 score a goal this season. On Saturday, Quinnipiac led 1-0 after one, but Pat Doherty Jan. 23 YALE* 7:00 and Purmal scored in the second period to give the Saints a 2-1 lead. Sam Anas tied it Jan. 24 BROWN* 7:00 for the Bobcats midway through the third and won it 2:42 into overtime. Jan. 31 at Clarkson* 7:00 Feb. 6 RENSSELAER* 7:00 THE SAINT STAFF: Greg Carvel is in his third season as Saint head coach after posting one of the best records for a first-year coach in program history in his rookie season. Feb. 7 UNION* 7:00 The Saints 18-16-4 mark is the best for a first-year Saint coach since George Menard Feb. 13 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 went 18-5-0 in his first season, 1955-56. Carvel was named the second Charles W. Feb. 14 at Princeton* 7:00 Appleton II Head Men’s Hockey Coach in the spring of 2012. A 1993 graduate of St. Feb. 20 HARVARD* 7:00 Lawrence and a former Saint hockey captain, he joined the staff as an assistant coach Feb. 21 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 in the fall of 2011. He is the 13th head coach in program history. Carvel came to the Feb. 27 at Union* 7:00 Saints after a 15-year professional hockey coaching career that included assisting coach duties with the Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey Feb. 28 at Rensselaer* 7:00 League, helping both teams reach the Stanley Cup finals. He began his professional Mar 6-8 ECAC 1st round# 7:00 career as director of hockey operations for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Mar. 13-15 ECAC Quarterfinals# 7:00 Hockey League and joined Anaheim as scouting coordinator in 1999. He added video Mar. 20 ECAC Semifinal TBA coaching duties to his title in Anaheim in 2002 and was promoted to assistant coach Mar. 21 ECAC Finals 7:30 in 2003. He joined the Senators in 2004. The winner of the ECAC’s Best Defensive For- ward Award as a senior at St. Lawrence, Carvel graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Mar. 27-29 NCAA Regionals TBA political science and mathematics. He was an Academic All America and a three-time Apr. 9 NCAA Semifinals (Boston) TBA winner of the Brian McFarlane Award for academic and athletic accomplishments. He Apr. 11 NCAA Finals TBA is joined behind the Saint bench by Associate Head Coach Mike Hurlbut ‘89, a former All America defenseman who was part of two ECAC Championship teams at SLU and *-ECAC Games had a 14-year professional playing career and assistant coach Jared DeMichiel, who #-Best of three series is in his first season with the Saints after assisting at Nazareth last season. DeMichiel was an outstanding goaltender for RIT, leading that team to the Frozen Four as a senior. The Tale of The Tape The Record When: St. Lawrence Clarkson Overall Record: 8-5-1 Record 8-5-1/4-2-0 5-7-4/3-1-2 At Home: 2-2-1 On the Road: 6-3-0 Offense 3.43/3.33 1.81/2.17 Neutral: 0-0-0 Defense 2.14/2.00 2.06/1.33 League: 4-2-0 Power Play 18.9/9.1 10.2/11.8 League Home: 1-1-0 Penalty Kill 87.3/82.1 88.2/95.5 League Away: 3-1-0 Special Teams Net +4/-1 -3/ 0 Non-League: 4-3-1 Pen. Min. Per Game 18.2/27.5 10.6/14.8 Non-League Home: 1-1-1 Non-League Away: 3-2-0 Non-League Neutral: 0-0-0 SAINT SUPPORT STAFF: Aisha Visram, a 2007 graduate of the University of Guelph, is in her sec- Leading after One: 6-2-0 ond season as athletic trainer for the Saint men’s hockey team. Mike Elberty, a 1979 St. Lawrence Trailing after One: 0-3-0 graduate is the strength and conditioning coach and Brenden McHugh is the video coordinator Tied after One: 2-0-1 for the 2012-13 Saints. Wally Johnson is the sports information contact and is in his 39th year of Leading after Two: 7-1-0 working with the Saint program. He also works with the Saint radio broadcasts during games. Trailing after Two: 0-2-1 Tied after Two: 1-2-0 THE BREAKDOWN: The 2014-15 Saint roster includes four seniors, six juniors, eight sopho- In Overtime: 0-3-1 mores and nine freshmen. The Saints lost four of their top five scorers from last season and Scoring First: 7-2-1 workhorse goaltender Matt Weninger, who played in 132 games during his four seasons Opp. Scores First: 1-3-0 including 34 of 38 last year. Of the 18 returnees, seven played in all 38 games last year, and Outshooting Opp.: 4-1-0 an eighth in 37. The Saints also return junior Tommy Thompson who sat out last season and Opp. Outshoots SLU: 3-4-1 will have two years of eligibility. Shots are Even: 1-0-0 Scoring 3 or More: 7-0-0 THE SAINT CAPTAINS: Senior wing Gunnar Hughes will be the Saint captain this season Scoring 2 or Less: 1-5-1 while classmate Patrick Doherty and junior forward Brian Ward will be the assistant cap- Scoring on the PP: 4-1-0 tains. Hughes, an assistant captain last year, follows in the footsteps of his brother George Allowing a PP Goal: 3-2-0 as a two-year captain for the Saints and joins Sean and Kyle Flanagan and Mike and Pete In October: 3-3-1 Lappin as the only brothers in SLU hockey history to both captain teams. Hughes scored five In November: 5-2-0 goals and had 13 assists last season and has played in 109 career games with 16 goals and In December: 0-0-0 35 assists for 51 points. He has five career game winning goals for the Saints. Doherty, an In January: 0-0-0 excellent special teams player, has five power play goals, four shorthanded goals and five In February: 0-0-0 game winners among 24 career goals in 111 games. He also has 17 assists for 41 points. In March: 0-0-0 Ward had eight goals and nine assists for 17 points in 38 games in his first season of colle- On Friday: 3-3-1 giate competition.