CCCC N NOOteTSeS – v–sv. sC. lMarckGsoilnl U Unniviveerrssitiyty (exhibition) Oc t. 1 2012 –13 2-1 3, 20 tiger HOCkey 12 2012-13 Schedule Storylines of the Week Home games in BOLD CAPS All times local n The Tigers shoot to present Scott Owens with his 300th victory as head OCt. 7 UNiv. of BritiSH COLUMBiA (e xhib.) . W, 3-1 coach when they play host to Clarkson University in a pair of non-conference OCt. 12-13 CLArkSON UNiv. 7:37/7:07 pm battles at the World Arena this Friday and Saturday. Now in his 14th year at Oct. 19 @ Air Force Academy . 7 pm the helm, Owens has guided the team to 12 consecutive winning seasons. OCt. 20 UMASS LOWeLL . 7:07 pm n Friday’s contest marks the official 2012-13 opener for both teams, which Oct. 26/27 @ Cornell Univ. 7/7 pm both played exhibition games at home last Sunday. It’s CC’s 54th and final Nov. 2/3 @ Univ. of Wisconsin (F ox Wis.-Friday) . 7:07/7:07 pm season as a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association before leaving to launch the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference in ‘13-1 4. NOv. 9/10 BeMiDji StAte UNiv. 7:37/7:07 pm NOv. 16 UNiv. of DeNver (A ltitude Sports) . 7:37 pm n Colorado College, a preseason consensus pick to finish seventh in the WCHA, continues non-league throughout the rest of October before Nov. 17 @ Univ. of Denver (R oot Sports) . 7:07 pm visiting the University of Wisconsin for its conference opening series the NOv. 23 UNiv. of NeW HAMPSHire . 7:37 pm weekend of Nov. 2-3. The Tigers travel to Cornell University next week. NOv. 24 yALe UNiv. 7:07 pm NOv. 30 UNiv. of NOrtH DAkOtA . 7:37 pm results Start Counting this Weekend DeC. 1 UNiv. of NOrtH DAkOtA . 7:07 pm DeC. 7/8 UNiv. of MiNNeSOtA (F SN No rth) . 7:37/7 :07 pm As CC entertains Clarkson in 2-game Set Dec. 14/15 @ St. Cloud State Univ. 7:37/7:07 pm Playing for keeps: Colorado College officially opens the 2012-13 season at Jan. 4/5 @ Univ. of Nebraska Omaha (N BC Fri.) . 7:37/7:07 pm home this week when the Tigers take on Clarkson University of the eCAC Jan. 11/12 @ Univ. of North Dakota (F CS/The CW) . 7:37/7:07 pm in a two-game non-conference series at the World Arena (7,380 seating jAN. 18/19 UNiv. of MiNNeSOtA DULUtH . 7:37/7 :07 pm capacity). Faceoff is 7:37 p.m. (MT) Friday and 7:07 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 1/2 @ Univ. of Alaska Anchorage (T he CW) . 7:07/7:07 pm for the record: CC, which skated to a 3-1 exhibition victory over the Feb. 8 @ Univ. of Denver (R oot Sports) . 7:07 pm University of British Columbia on Sunday, posted an overall record of feB. 9 UNiv. of DeNver . 7:07 pm 18-16-2 last campaign, when the Tigers finished fifth in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings with a 15-12-1 mark in league feB. 22/23 St. CLOUD StAte UNiv. 7:37/7 :07 pm play. Their 2011-12 season came to an abrupt halt, however, with two MAr. 1/2 MiNNeSOtA StAte UNiv. 7:37/7:07 pm consecutive losses to underdog Michigan Tech in the first round of the Mar. 8/9 @ Michigan Tech Univ. 7:07/7:07 pm WCHA playoffs...Clarkson, which lost a tough three-game playoff series at WCHA PLAyOffS (1st round/Best-of-three) Rensselaer in the eCAC’s opening round last March, wound up 16-17-6 MAr. 15 tBA . 7:37 pm overall and 9-9-4 in conference play while tying for sixth place . The Golden Knights dropped a 6-2 home-ice decision to Canada’s Carleton MAr. 16 tBA . 7:07 pm University in exhibition play last Sunday. MAr. 17 tBA (i f necessary) . 7:07 pm Coach’s Corner: Scott Owens (Colorado College ‘79), the program’s Mar. 21-23 WCHA Final Five (St. Paul, MN) . TBA all-time leader in terms of both coaching longevity and victories, is in his Mar. 23-25 NCAA Regionals . TBA 14th season at the CC helm and owns a record of 299-185-43 (.608) in 527 games behind the bench... Casey jones (Cornell ‘90) is in his second year Apr. 5 & 7 NCAA Frozen Four (Tampa, FL) . TBA as head coach at Clarkson, where he owns a .487 winning percentage. On the Air ... the All-time Series: The Tigers are unbeaten, at 9-0-3, in a dozen previous meetings with this week’s opponent dating back to March 14, 1957, when they iNterNet StreAMiNg: All Colorado College home advanced to the national championship game with a 5-3 victory in the NCAA games are scheduled for live streaming on the Internet, semifinals at the old Broadmoor Ice Palace. The Golden Knights last visited via a link at CCtigers.com . Cost is $8 per contest, with Colorado Springs in early February of 2008, falling twice (5-2, 6-1) to CC at the season packages also available. World Arena. The teams skated to a pair of ties (1-1, 2-2) the last time they saw rADiO: All CC games in 2012-13 will be aired live each other, in Potsdam, N.Y., in late October of that same year. throughout Southern Colorado on The Alternative in the Polls: Neither Colorado College nor Clarkson are ranked in this week’s RXP (FM 103.9 ), with ken Landau calling the action national polls published on Monday by U.S. College Hockey Online and USA for the sixth consecutive season. The broadcasts are Today/USA Hockey Magazine. CC is, however, listed among teams receiving streamed live via the Internet from a link at votes in both. The Tigers earlier were picked by the WCHA head coaches and CCtigers.com , and begin 22 minutes before faceoff. media to finish seventh in the league standings this campaign. A Look at the golden knights: Top returning scorer for Clarkson is junior www.CC Tigers.com team captain Ben Sexton , who tallied 29 points (8g,21a) in just 27 games a year ago. Sophomore defenseman Sam Lebrecque (8g,15a) and junior forward Allan McPherson (11g,12a) also are back after putting Pronunciation guide up 23 points apiece in ‘11-12. Bonnett.....................BONN-et recapping Sunday’s victory: The Tigers got points Collett........................Coe-LeT from six different players representing all four classes, despite none from their No. 1 line, while scoring once DiGiando..................... dee-gee-AHN-doe each on the power play, at even strength and eamonn (McDermott)..........AY-men shorthanded. They out-shot UBC by a 36-21 margin Fejes........................Fee-jiss and successfully killed five of six penalties in the 3-1 Kleisinger........KLY (as in SKY) -zin-jer triumph, with new personnel handling most of the PK Krushelnyski..........CRUCIAL-niss-skee duties. The scoring came from three forwards – Marciano...............Mahr-see-AH-no freshman Cody Bradley (tampa, fL) , junior Archie Maric........................MARe-ick Skalbeck Skalbeck (Hopkins, MN) and senior Scott Winkler Rapuzzi.....................ruh-POOZ-ee (Asker, Noway) . Skalbeck’s tally at 11:19 of the second period proved to Rud...........................RUDe be the game winner. A pair of sophomore defensemen – ian young Skalbeck.................SKAHL-beck (Missouri City, tX) and Peter Stoykewych (Winnipeg, Man.) – joined Stoykewych.................S TOY-kuh-which second-year winger Charlie taft (edina, MN) in setting up a goal Thorimbert.................THOR-em-bert apiece. Junior josh thorimbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) , sophomore Wamsganz.................WHAMz-ganz Courtney Lockwood (Breckenridge, CO) and senior joe Howe (Plymouth, MN) each played a period in net and combined for 20 saves. Media Quick facts & guidelines two Decades of excellence: Colorado College completes more than a half century as a founding member of the WCHA this season before ■ CC Staff Directory: launching the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference in 2013-14. In (Area Code 719) Scott Owens, head coach (389-6480) the last 20 years, the Tigers have failed to earn home ice for the opening Joe Bonnett, assistant coach (389-6479) round of the league playoffs only twice. That stretch of success includes eric Rud, assistant coach (389-6484) six first-place finishes (1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 2002-03, 2004-05 Terry Kleisinger, volunteer assistant coach and 2007-08) as well as a dozen bids to the NCAA tournament. CC has Scott Caulfield, strength coach advanced to the Frozen Four three times (1996, 1997 and 2005) and Ralph Bertrand, faculty rep (389-6402) reached at least the quarterfinals on 10 occasions during the span. Ken Ralph, director of athletics (389-6475) Jason Bushie, team trainer (389-6488) Big Skates to fill: eight Tigers are gone from last year’s roster. The list Spud Hamilton, equipment mgr. (477-2184) includes All-American winger jaden Schwartz , who led the team in Dave Moross, media relations (389-6755) scoring for two seasons before signing a professional contract with the ■ Stay in touch via the Web: NHL’s St. Louis Blues last spring, as well as graduated seniors Nick Weekly press releases and statistical updates Dineen , who served as team captain in 2011-12, and gabe guentzel , a on the Tigers are accessible on the Internet throughout the course of the season. The Web second-team All-WCHA defenseman. The list of 20 returning players address is www.CCTigers.com. features three goaltenders, six veteran blue-line specialists and 11 forwards.