since 1920-21 CLARKSON HOCKEY GGoldenolden KKnightsnights 72 Winning Seasons • 20 NCAA Tr. Appearances • 10 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Titles • 5 ECAC Hockey Tr. Championshps •36 All -Americans #7 CLARKSON (19-6-5, 11-3-4) vs. DARTMOUTH (10-13-2, 8-9-1) 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (19-6-5, 11-3-4 ECAC Hਮਢਪਤਸ) Game 31 • Fri., February 16 • Hanover, NH • Th ompson Arena (4,500) -7pm S #7 CLARKSON (19-6-5, 11-3-4) vs. HARVARD (11-10-4, 9-6-3 ) 30 (Sat.) GUELPH (exh.) H T 3-3ot O Game 32 • Sat., February 17 • Cambridge, MA • Bright-Landry H.C. (3,095) 6 (Fri.) PENN STATE H W 2-1 7 (Sat.) MICHIGAN H W 3-0 2017-18 Overall Record ..... 10-13-2 13 (Fri.) Western Michigan A T 2-2ot 2017-18 ECAC .............8-9-1/T-6th 14 (Sat.) Western Michigan A W 4-2 H: 6-6-1, R: 4-7-1, N: 0-0-0 Big Green 20 (Fri.) UMASS LOWELL H L 3-1 Current Streak .............................L-1 21 (Sat.) PROVIDENCE H W 4-0 2017-18 Overall record ...................19-6-5 Last Game ..................2/20 - L(A) 2-1 at Union 27 (Fri.) Minnesota A L 3-1 2017-18 ECAC Record: .....11-3-4 (T-2nd) Head Coach .........Bob Gaudet (Dartmouth ‘81) 28 (Sat.) Minnesota A L 2-1 Home: 8-2-4, Road: 9-4-1, Neutral: 2-0-0 21st Year - 299-305-73 N Current Streak ................Winless-5 (0-2-3) All-Time Series .............. Clarkson leads 72-29-7 Last Meetingg .......1/20/18 Dartmouth W(A) 3-2 3 (Fri.) * RENSSELAER H W 6-0 Last Game ....... 2/10 - T(H) 4-4 vs Colgate 4 (Sat.) * UNION H W 3-2 Head Coach ..... Casey Jones (Cornell ‘90) 2017-182 Overall Record ..... 11-10-4 10 (Fri.) * Brown A W 5-3 7th Year -115-111-35 22017-18 ECAC .................9-6-3/4th H: 5-3-1, R: 5-5-3, N: 1-3-0 Crimson 11 (Sat.) * Yale A W 4-1 Captain: .............................. Nic Pierog ‘18 Current Streak ...........................W-1 17 (Fri.) * Colgate A W 5-2 AC: Brett Gervais ‘18, Devin Brosseau ‘20 Power Play ............................ 34-126, 27% Last Game ................... 2/12 -W(N)5-4ot vs BC 18 (Sat.) * Cornell A W 4-0 Head Coach ..............Ted Donato (Harvard ‘91) Friendship Four, Belfast Penalty Kill ...................... 108-125, 86.4% 14th Year - 215-196-52 24 (Fri.) Rensselaer N W 2-0 Goals Scored/Avg ..........................92/3.20 All-Time Series ..............Harvard leads 56-54-12 25 (Sat.) Providence N W 4-2 Goals Allowed/Avg ........................48/1.73 Last Meeting ...............1/19/18 T 6-6 in Potsdam D 2 (Sat.) Canisius A W 5-1 KNIGHTS LOOK FOR RETURN TO WINNING FORM 8 (Fri.) * ST. LAWRENCE H W 3-1 ith four games remaining in the regular season Clarkson University still has 9 (Sat.) * St. Lawrence A W 4-2 the opportunity to gain fi rst place in ECAC Hockey, but the Golden Knights’ J W main objective right now is to secure a top-four fi nish in the conference standings. 2 (Tue.) CANISIUS H W 4-0 12 (Fri.) * Union A W 4-1 Guided by seventh-year Head Coach Casey Jones and Assistants Phil Roy ’00 and 13 (Sat.) * Rensselaer A W 3-0 Josh Hauge, Clarkson owns an 11-3-4 league record. 19 (Fri.) * HARVARD H T 6-6ot The Green and Gold are tied with Union for second place, four points behind 20 (Sat.) * DARTMOUTH H L 3-2 league-leader Cornell. Clarkson, which can fi nish anywhere from fi rst to fi fth in the 26 (Fri.) * YALE H W 4-1 standings, needs just one point to clinch a fi rst-round bye in the upcoming ECAC 27 (Sat.) * BROWN H T 2-2ot Hockey playoffs for the fi rst time since 2008. F Ranked 7th in the national polls, Clarkson owns a 19-6-5 overall record, just one 2 (Fri.) * Quinnipiac A L 4-1 win away from its second 20-win campaign in three years and third in fi ve years. The 3 (Sat.) * Princeton A L 4-3 Knights make their fi nal road trip of the season, playing at Dartmouth and Harvard 9 (Fri.) * CORNELL H T 0-0ot this weekend in a pair of 7:00 p.m. face-offs. 10 (Sat.) * COLGATE H T 4-4ot 16 (Fri.) * Dartmouth A 7pm • Clarkson saw a three-game winning streak end against Dartmouth in their fi rst 17 (Sat.) * Harvard A 7pm meeting this season as the Big Green skated away with a 3-2 triumph at Cheel Arena 23 (Fri.) * PRINCETON H 7pm on January 20. The Knights still hold a signifi cant 72-29-7 lead in their series, which 24 (Sat.) * QUINNIPIAC H 7pm began with a 4-1 win in Hanover, NH on February 4, 1929. The Knights swept the Big March Green in 2016-17, winning 4-2 in Potsdam and 6-4 in Hanover, NH. 2-4 ECAC Hockey Playoff s 1st Round (Fri.-Sun.) Teams 5-12 • The Knights and Crimson will be meeting for the 123rd time in their all-time series, 9-11 ECAC Hockey Quarterfi nals which fi rst began with a 2-1 Clarkson win in Lake Placid on December 28, 1935. Harvard, (Fri.-Sun.) Winners of 1st Rd at top four seeds which leads the all-time series 56-54-12, is unbeaten in the last three meetings (2-0-1), in- 16-17 ECAC Hockey Championship Tr. cluding a wild 6-6 tie one month ago at Cheel Arena. The Crimson took both meetings in (Fri.-Sat.) Lake Placid, NY 2016-17, winning 7-3 in Potsdam and 4-1 in Cambridge. The Knights claimed both games 23-25 NCAA Regionals (Fri.-Sun.) Four, 4-team Neutral Sites in 2015-16 with a 5-1 victory at Bright-Landry Hockey Center and a 2-1 win at Cheel. April • Picked to fi nish fourth in ECAC Hockey this year by the conference coaches, the 5 & 7 NCAA Frozen Four Knights are in contention to claim the 11th league regular-season title in the confer- (Thr. & Sat.) Xcel Center, St. Paul, MN ence’s 57-year history. Clarkson, however, must snapped out of funk, which has seen * ECAC Hockey the Green and Gold go winless in their last fi ve games (0-2-3) and just 1-3-4 since HOME GAMES played at CHEEL ARENA mid-January. The Knights had a 14-game winning streak prior to their 6-6 tie against TWITTER: @ClarksonUSports, @ClarksonHockey1 Harvard on January 19. This past weekend at Cheel, Clarkson skated to a pair of ties, www.clarksonathletics.com 0-0 against #3-ranked Cornell and 4-4 against Colgate after holding 3-1 and 4-2 leads SID: Gary Mikel - 315-268-6673 [email protected] over the Raiders. It was the fi fth time in the Clarkson-Cornell series that the two teams battled to a scoreless tie (1923, 1989, 2009, 2011, 2018). 2017 CLARKSON HOCKEY 2018 Clarkson Quick Facts • The Knights are 9-4-1 on the road and 8-2-4 at home this season. After this weekend in New England, the Green and Gold host Princeton and Quinnipiac on February 23-24 to UNIVERSITY INFORMATION close out the regular season. Location........Potsdam, New York, 13699-5830 • Clarkson went 0-3-1 against the remaining four opponents on the schedule, all within the Founded ..........................................................1896 last 30 days. The Knights tied Harvard (6-6) and lost to Dartmouth (3-2) at Cheel Arena on Enrollment ....................................................4,300 January 19-20, and dropped both games on a road trip to Quinnipiac (4-1) and Princeton President .......................................... Tony Collins Director of Athletics ...............Steve Yianoukos (4-3) on February 2-3. Athletic Dept. Telephone ...........315-268-6622 • The Golden Knights went undefeated against New York competition this year with an 11- Nickname ................................... Golden Knights 0-2 record, while outscoring their Empire State foes 47-13. ColorsGreen (PMS 3305) and Gold (PMS 116) • Clarkson boasts the second-rated defense in the nation, allowing only 1.73 goals per game. The Knights posted their eighth shuout of the season with Friday’s 0-0 tie against Cornell. TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach......................................Casey Jones Clarkson, however has given up 12 goals combined in the other three games this month. Alma Mater .........................................Cornell ‘90 • After combining for 17 goals in the fi rst four games of 2018, the Knights have produced Record at Clarkson/Overall .115-111-35 (7th yr) only 16 goals in the last seven games. Clarkson ranks 11th in the nation in offense, averag- E-mail Address [email protected] ing 3.20 goals a game for the season. The scoreless tie with Cornell was the fi rst time the Assistant Coach ...................Phil Roy (7th Year) Knights failed to score a goal in two seasons, since suffering a 3-0 loss to UMass-Lowell at Alma Mater ..................Clarkson University ‘00 Assistant Coach .............Josh Hauge (3rd year) the Three Rivers Classic on December 28, 2015. Alma Mater .......................Bethel University ‘15 • The Knights are tops in the nation in combined specialty teams play (56.6%, 142/251). The Hockey Offi ce Telephone .......... 315-268-3874 power play rates tied for second in the country, clicking at 27% (34-126), while the penalty 2016-17 Overall Record ........................18-16-5 kill is 6th in the NCAA at 86.4% (108-125).