since 1920-21 #10 CLARKSON (6-3-1) vs. #12/13 Quinnipiac (6-3-1) 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS N 22 (Sun.) Colgate A W 2-1 27 (Fri.) RIT A L 5-8 29 (Sun.) RIT H W 5-1 D 9 (Wed.) Niagara A L 1-4 12 (Sat.) Mercyhurst A W 4-3 ot 2020-21 Overall record ..................... 6-3-1 13 (Sun.) Mercyhurst A W 6-2 2020-21 ECAC Record: .................... 1-0-1 23 (Wed.) COLGATE H L 4-5 ot Home: 2-1-1, Road: 4-2-0, Neutral: 0-0-0 27 (Tue.) NIAGARA H W 6-3 Current Streak - 3 unbeaten Last Game - 1-1 tie vs Colgate Head Coach: Rand Pecknold Head Coach: Casey Jones (Cornell ‘90) J (Connecticut College‘90) - 10th Year - 174-138-42 1 (F.) C A W 4-1 27th Year - 532-321-94 Captain: .......Josh Dunne ‘22, Zach Tsekos ‘21 3 (S) COLGATE H T 1-1 AC: Jack Jacome ‘21, Connor McCarthy ‘21 8 (F.) Q A 7:00 2020-21 Power Play .................9/36 25% 9 (S.) Q A 7:00 2020-21 Penalty Kill ..............30/37 81% 10 (S.) Q A 4:00 2020-21 Goals Scored/Avg ............38/3.80 15 (F.) SLU H 5:00 2020-21 Goals Allowed/Avg ..........29/2.90 17 (S.) SLU A 4:00 22 (F.) QUINNIPIAC H 5:00 CLARKSON HEADS TO QUINNIPIAC FOR 3 GAME SET 23 (S.) QUINNIPIAC H 4:00 24 (S.) QUINNIPIAC H 4:00 larkson heads back out on the road this weekend for a 3 game series F Cat Quinnipiac. Face off will be at 7:00 pm both Fri. & Sat., and 4:00 4 (T.) COLGATE H 5:00 pm on Sunday. The games can be heard on 99.3 FM with Mike Vaillan- 6 (S.) C A 4:00 court or streamed on ESPN+. 12 (F.) SLU A 5:00 13 (S.) SLU H 4:00 he Golden Knights traded home games with Colgate to open ECAC 25 (T.) C A 5:00 Tplay and gaining 3 points on the weekend, winning at Colgate 4-1 and 27 (S.) COLGATE H 4:00 settling for a tie 1-1 despite outshooting the Raiders 30 -14 M larkson’s penalty kill has found it’s mark having killed off 13 straight 5 (F.) SLU H 5:00 Cchances and held Colgate 0 for 9 on the weekend. 6 (S.) SLU A 4:00 19-20 ECAC H C T S TBD 26-28 NCAA R (Fri.-Sun.) Sites TBD A 8 & 10 74 A NCAA F F * ECAC Hockey HOME GAMES played at CHEEL ARENA 2020 2021 • Clarkson is in their 99th season of college hockey Location........Potsdam, New York, 13699-5830 • The ECAC is now down to 4 participating institutions. The games in the 2020 por- Founded ..........................................................1896 tion of the schedule were all non league games when facing a ECAC member institu- Enrollment ....................................................4,300 President .......................................... Tony Collins tion. Conference games began on Dec. 31 when Quinnipiac traveled to St. Lawrence Director of Athletics .................. Scott Smalling for a 2 - 2 tie. Quinnipiac won the leagues new OT shoot out format, gaining the Athletic Dept. Telephone ........... 315-268-6473 extra point. Nickname ................................... Golden Knights Colors Green (PMS 3305) and Gold (PMS 116) • Clarkson fi nished it’s non-league portion of the schedule with a 5-3 mark. Head Coach...................................... Casey Jones • Alex Campbell is tied as the 6th leading scorer in the nation and the tied as the Alma Mater .........................................Cornell ‘90 top rookie in points across the NCAA with Matthew Kopperud from Arizona State. Record at Clarkson/Overall 174-138-42 (10th yr) E-mail Address [email protected] Associate Head Coach ..... Josh Hauge (5th year) • Clarkson is tied with Quinnipiac (& RIT) for 5th in the nation in scoring offense with Alma Mater .......................Bethel University ‘15 3.80 goals per game. Assistant Coach .............Mike Towns (1st year) Alma Mater .......................................... Adrian ‘11 Hockey Offi ce Telephone .......... 315-268-3874 • The Knights brought in 10 freshman this season. 2 Goalies, 4 Blue liners, and 4 For- 2019-20 Overall Record ..........................23-8-3 wards. After 10 games, the class of ‘24 has 29 points, lead by Alex Campbell with 2019-20 ECAC Hockey Record ....16-5-1 (2nd) 4 goals and 10 assists. Every freshman skater has at least 1 point this season. 2020-21 Team Leaders .............. Dunne ‘22 (C), Tsekos ‘21 (A), McCarthy ‘21 (A), Jacome ‘21 (A) Lettermen Returning/Lost ..........................17/9 • Zach Tsekos was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on - Forwards Returning/Lost .......................12/3 January 4th after a fi ve-point weekend. The senior center, not only - Defense Returning/Lost............................ 4/4 helped in the stat sheet but has been a big part of the penalty kill. - Goaltenders Returning/Lost .................... 1/2 Newcomers ........................................................11 • Freshman Netminder Ethan Haider (Nashville ‘19) was named the ECAC Rookie of the Week on Jan 4th. He went 2-0-1 over the span and only allowed 2 goals in Affi liation .................................NCAA, Division I conference play. Conference .................................. ECAC Hockey First Season .............................................1920-21 GOALS BY PERIOD • The Knight combined special Player 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOTAL Overall Record ......1,491-884-166 (99th year) teams play 53.4% (39/73) ....................................(.620 winning percentage) Winning Seasons ...............................................75 ECAC Regular Season Titles ...........................10 • Clarkson’s power play is 9/36 (1966, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, which ranks 11th in the NCAA. 2001, 2008) Grant Cooper is tied for 9th ECAC Championship Tournament Titles .......6 in the nation with 3 Power Play ................ (1966, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2019) goals in 2020-21 ECAC Playoff Record .98-80-5 (.549 win pct.) NCAA Playoff Appearances ............................22 • Jack Jacome, Alex Campbell, (1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1982,1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, & Zach Tsekos have all record- 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019) ed at least a point in 8 of Clark- NCAA Playoff Record13-26-1 (.338 win pct.) son’s 10 games this year. All-Americas ........ 40 (13 two-time recipients) • The Knights are 5-1-1 when Cheel Arena at the Cheel Campus Center scoring fi rst in a game. Capacity .........................................................3,000 Ice Sheet ................................................200’ x 85’ • The second period has been First Game ........ 10/26/91 (Clarkson 9 - BC 3) the best for Clarkson this sea- Clarkson’s Record at Cheel .....327-156-56 (29th year) Postseason Record at Cheel ..........................37-14 son. They have 16 goals in the middle session and a + 10 goal differential. The third period has TOTALS 11 16 10 1 38 not been as kind, it is a -3 goal differential. CLARKSON vs QUINNIPIAC CLARKSON 2020-21 Comparisons QUINNIPIAC 6-3-1 Overall Record 6-3-1 1-0-1 (4 pts) Conference Record/Place 0-1-1 (2 pts) 2-1-1 Home Record 4-3-0 4-2-0 Road Record 2-0-1 0-0-0 Neutral Site Record 1-0-0 9-36 (25%) Power Play 15-57 (26.3%) 30-37 (81%) Penalty Kill 35-42 (83.3%) 1/0 Shorthanded Goals For/Against 1/1 38/3.80 Goals Scored/Avg. Per Game 38/3.80 29/2.90 Goals Against/Avg. Per Game 28/2.30 87/8.77 Penalty Minutes/Avg. Per Game 135/13.5 Alex Campbell -10 gp (4-10-14) Top Point Leader Odeen Tufto 10 gp (4-15-19) Grant Cooper - 10 gp ( 6 ) Top Goal Scorer Ty Smilanic 10 gp ( 6 ) Alex Campbell - 10 gp 10 assists Top Playmaker Odeen Tufto 10 gp 15 assists Connor McCarthy - 10 gp (2-3-5) Top Scoring Defenseman Zach Metsa 10 gp (3-9-12) Ethan Haider - 5 gp Top Goaltenders Keith Petruzzelli - 10 gp (.887 SV%, 2.77 GAA, 2-2-1 ) (.931 SV%, 1.86 GAA, 6-3-1, 1 sho) Kris Oldham - 7gp (.902 SV%, 2.65 GAA, 4-1-0) All-Time Series Record ~ Quinnipiac leads 16-14-3 Last Meeting ................Feb. 14, 2020 (CU W 3-2 in Hamden, CT) Overtime Record ........................................ Quinnipiac leads 1-0-3 First Meeting ........February 8, 2000 (CU W 4-0 in Northford, CT) Last Overtime Game .. 2/13/16 (QPAC W 3-2in Potsdam - 64:39) Last Clarkson Win ...................Feb. 14, 2020 (3-2 in Hamden, CT) First Overtime Game ....... 11/11/11 (1-1 in Hamden, CT - 65mins) Last Quinnipiac Win ........................Feb. 1, 2019 (4-2 in Potsdam) Longest Clarkson Win Streak .......................................................3 First Clarkson Win .......... February 8, 2000 (4-0 in Northford, CT) Longest Quinnipiac Win Streak ....................................................4 First Quinnipiac Win ....... February 3, 2006 (6-1 in Northford, CT) Coach Jones vs Quinnipiac .................................................... 6-9-3 Last Clarkson Win at Home ..............................Jan. 11, 2020 (5-2 ) Coach Pecknold vs Clarkson ............................................. 16-14-3 Last Clarkson Win at Quinnipiac ..................... Feb. 14, 2020 (3-2) Current Streak .............................3 by Clarkson (2/23/19-2/14/20) Last Quinnipiac Win at Home ...........................Feb. 2, 2018 (4-1) Last Five Meetings .........................................Clarkson leads 4-1-0 Last Quinnipiac Win at Clarkson ........................Feb. 1, 2019 (4-2) Last 10 Meetings ............................................Clarkson leads 5-4-1 Last Tie.......................... Nov. 20, 2015 (Tie 1-1ot in Hamden, CT) During the 2000s .................................... Quinnipiac leads 16-14-3 Shutouts for Clarkson ....................................................................1 Record at Cheel Arena ............................... Quinnipiac leads 8-7-1 Last Clarkson Shutout .................. March 1, 2008 (8-0 in Potsdam) Record at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena ............. Quinnipiac leads 6-5-2 Shutouts for Quinnipiac ................................................................... All-Time Winning Percentage vs Quinnipiac ...........................470 Last Quinnipiac Shutout .................................................................. Most Clarkson Goals.......................