ECAC Hockey ECAC Hockey Regular Season Tournament Champions Champions 1988 // 2000 // 2007 1962 // 1988 // 1989 1992 // 2000 // 2001 @SkatingSaints @slumenshockey 2018-19 St. Lawrence Men’s Hockey Game Notes Beth Spadaccini // Assistant Sports Information Director (Men’s Hockey Contact) // [email protected] // Office: 315-229-5566 • Cell: 315-323-0650 THE MATCHUPS St. Lawrence Saints (2-11-1 Overall, 0-3-1 ECAC) vs. No. 16 Clarkson Golden Knights (8-5-0 Overall, 2-2-0 ECAC) Appleton Arena • Canton, N.Y. // Cheel Arena • Potsdam, N.Y. Friday, December 7 • 7 p.m. // Saturday, December 8 • 7 p.m. Friday Live Stats: saintsathletics.com | Saturday Live Stats: clarksonathletics.com Video (Both Days): ESPN+ // Stretch Internet Radio: WQTK 92.7 FM, WLFK 95.3 FM • Talent: Greg Lapinski (Play-by-play), Wally Johnson (Color) 2018-19 LEADING SCORERS QUICK HITS GOALS • The Saints finish out their first semester schedule with this weekend’s home-and-home ECAC Hockey series with Clarkson as the team’s meet for the final times during the regular season. • Clarkson upended the Saints, 6-2, in Lake Placid two weeks ago in the Thanksgiving Faceoff at Herb Brooks Arena. • The Saints picked up their first conference point with a 2-2 tie against KEENAN SUTHERS (4) MICHAEL EDERER (3) ALEX GILMOUR (3) Brown on Saturday in a 0-1-1 weekend, while Clarkson is coming off a 1-1-0 ASSISTS weekend of its own. • Andrew McIntyre scored his first collegiate goal in the Saints tie with Brown and Emil Zetterquist finished with a career-high 42 saves. • St. Lawrence is looking to snap a four-game winless streak (0-3-1) this weekend. CARSON GICEWICZ (6) ZACH RISTEAU (5) Laidley and McGeen tied with 4. ABOUT CLARKSON POINTS • Clarkson went 1-1-0 last weekend with a 5-1 win over Brown on Friday night before falling 2-1 to Yale on Saturday. • Clarkson has jumped back into the national polls since last meeting the Saints in November. They were receiving votes for Lake Placid and now sit at No. 16 in the USCHO.com poll and are again receiving votes in the USA To- day/USA Hockey Magazine poll. CARSON GICEWICZ (8) MICHAEL EDERER (6) • The Golden Knights are led by Nico Sturm and Haralds Egle, who each en- Suthers, Laidley, Gilmour and Risteau tied with 5. ter the weekend with 15 points on six goals and nine assists. 2018-19 Leadership Group - Captains - • Egle, Greg Moro and Connor McCarthy lead Clarkson in power play goals with two. Clarkson has yet to tally a shorthanded goal this season. • Goaltender Jake Kielly is just outside the top-20 in DI in goals against aver- age 2.18 and sits 15th in save percentage at .924. • Clarkson has scored first in all but one game so far this season. • The Golden Knights have yet to lose a game when leading after two period (8-0-0), but have also not won a game this season when they’ve trailed or been tied after 40 minutes (0-5-0). Carson Gicewicz Dylan Woolf T AWRENCE NIVERSITY NFORMATION - Assistant Captains - S . L U I Location ................................................Canton, N.Y. 13617 Men’s Hockey Coach ........Mark Morris (Colgate ’81) Founded ........................................................................... 1856 Career Record, College ....................... 333-207-52 Enrollment......................................................................2,528 Career Record, Professional .............338-224-66 President................................................Dr. William L. Fox Associate Head Coach ......................Mike Hurlbut ’89 Director of Athletics ............................... Bob Durocher Assistant Coach ..........Matt Deschamps (Maine ’05) Colors ...................................................Scarlet and Brown Student Assistant Coach ................. R.J. Gicewicz ’19 Affiliation .......................................................NCAA DI/DIII Dir. of Hockey Operations.............................Kyle Pettit Conference ..................................................ECAC Hockey Volunteer Goalie Coach ................................Eric Salvail Michael Ederer Michael Laidley Rink (Capacity) .................... Appleton Arena (3,200) Athletic Trainer ..............................................Matt Salmen 2018-19 Record ................ 2-11-1, 0-3-1 ECAC Hockey Captain .............................................Carson Gicewicz ’20 2017-18 Record ..............8-27-2, 3-18-1 ECAC Hockey Captain ....................................................... Dylan Woolf ’21 First Intercollegiate Season ..............................1925-26 Assistant Captain ..............................Michael Ederer ’19 ECAC Hockey Championships ..................................... 6 Assistant Captain .............................Michael Laidley ’19 NCAA Tournament Appearances ...............................16 PB 1 • They enter the weekend with the 12th-best scoring offense (3.38) and 12th-best scoring defense (2.23). THE SAINTS’ THE SERIES WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS ECORD HEN • Clarkson enters the weekend having won the last four meeting be- R W tween the two teams and hold a 126-71-11 lead in the overall series. (2018-19) • The Saints are 1-1 against Clarkson at Appleton under Coach Morris with a 3-1 win during the 2016-17 season and a 4-2 loss in 2017-18. Overall Record ................... 2-11-1 • Clarkson has won both meetings at Cheel since Morris’s return to the At Home ................................ 1-3-1 North Country by a 3-1 margin. On the Road ...................... 1-7-0 • The game in Lake Placid earlier this season marked just the second Neutral .................................. 0-1-0 time in the last 11 meetings between the two teams that one has scored more then that either team has scored more than three goals - Clark- League ...................................0-3-1 son’s 4-2 win at Appleton Arena last season. League Home ...................... 0-1-1 League Away .................... 0-2-0 LAST TIME OUT Non-League ........................2-8-0 • St. Lawrence played Clarkson just two weeks ago at Herb Brooks Are- Non League Home .......... 1-2-0 na at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, falling 6-2 in non-conference Non-League Away .......... 1-5-0 play. Non-League Neutral ....... 0-1-0 • The game was tied 2-2 midway through the second period before Leading After One ........ 0-0-0 Clarkson got a fortuitous bounce off the end boards that hit goaltender Emil Zetterquist in the back and rolled in for the eventual game winner. Trailing After One ............. 1-8-1 • Michael Laidley and David Jankowski scored in the game for the Saints, Tied After One................... 1-3-0 while Grant Cooper led Clarkson with two goals and was one of five Leading After Two .......... 1-0-0 players to record a multi-point game, joining Jack Jacome, Adam Tis- Trailing After Two ......... 0-10-0 dale, Aaron Thow and Michael Underwood. Tied After Two ...................... 1-1-1 In Overtime .......................... 1-0-1 NEUTRAL NOTES Scoring First ........................ 1-1-0 • The loss to Clarkson in Lake Placid was the Saints’ first loss on neutral ice since March 18, 2016 when they were edged 2-1 in overtime by Har- Opp. Scores First ............ 1-10-1 vard in the ECAC Hockey semifinal - also at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Outshooting Opp. ........ 0-0-0 Placid. Opp. Outshoots SLU ........ 1-11-1 • The Saints combined to go 1-0-2 through 2016-17 and 2017-18, includ- Shots Are Even ................ 1-0-0 ing a pair of ties in the Friendship Four in Belfast, Northern Ireland and a Scoring 3 or More ............ 2-1-0 win over UMass Lowell in the Catamount Cup last season. Scoring 2 or Less ........... 0-10-1 Scoring on the PP ........... 2-2-1 SNAPPING THE OT DROUGHT • St. Lawrence was 0-4-9 in overtime games under Coach Morris prior to Allowing a PP Goal ..........1-8-0 the win over Minnesota on November 16. They went 0-0-7 during 2016-17 Scoring Shorthanded ..... 1-0-0 and were 0-4-2 in overtime last season. Allowing a SH Goal ..........1-2-0 • Michael Ederer is now the only active player with an overtime game In October .......................... 1-5-0 winner to his credit for St. Lawrence. In November ..................... 1-6-0 • The Saints tied Brown in their second OT outing of the season last In December ..................... 0-0-1 weekend. In January ......................... 0-0-0 In Feburary ...................... 0-0-0 FIRST THINGS FIRST • The game versus Minnesota on November 16 was the first time the In March ............................ 0-0-0 Saints had a lead through two periods this season. On Tuesday ........................0-0-0 • It was also the first time St. Lawrence had taken more than 30 shots On Thursday .................... 0-0-0 (39) in a game. They had only taken more than 25 in one other game - On Friday ........................... 2-4-0 On Saturday ....................... 0-7-1 TALE OF THE TAPE On Sunday .........................0-0-0 St. Lawrence Clarkson Overall Record (League): 2-11-1 (0-3-1) 8-5-0 (2-2-0) Goals Per Game: 1.64 3.38 Assists Per Game: 2.93 6.23 Points Per Game: 4.57 9.62 Shots Per Game: 21.9 26.9 Opponent Goals Per Game: 3.79 2.23 Opponent Shots Per Game: 39.4 28.3 Power Play Percentage: 16.0% 18.9% Penalty Kill: 78.9% 77.8% Combined Special Teams: 52.9% 48.6% Penalty Minutes: 192 142 Penalties Per Game: 6.1 4.6 2 3 2018-19 the win over Holy Cross on October 19 - when they took 26. SCHEDULE & RESULTS ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER 2-11-1, 0-3-1 ECAC HOCKEY • The Saints have scored just one goal in six of 12 games played this sea- son. They have yet