CLARKSON WOMEN’s HOCKEY GGoldenolden KKnightsnights since 2003-042003-04 2014 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 4 NCAA Tr. Appearances • 20132013-14,-14, 20142014-15-15 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champions • 10 Winning Seasons #5/5 CLARKSON (23-3-4, 11-3-4) vs. #8/9 Princeton (19-5-1, 12-5-1) 2015-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Game 31 • Fri., February 12 • Princeton, NJ • Hobey Baker Rink (2,092) - 7:00 pm (23-3-4, 11-3-4 ECAC HOCKEY) #5/6 CLARKSON (23-3-4, 11-3-4) vs. #4/4 Quinnipiac (23-2-4, 13-2-3) SEPTEMBER Game 32 • Sat., February 13 • Hamden, CT • TD Bank Center (3,386) - 4:00 pm 26 (Sat.) McGILL (exhibition) H W 4-1 2015-16 Overall Record: ....19-5-1 OCTOBER 2015-16 ECAC Rec: ............12-5-1 2 (Fri.) ST. LAWRENCE H W 4-0 H: 7-2-0, R: 12-3-1, N: 0-0-0 Tigers 3 (Sat.) St. Lawrence A W 3-2 Current Streak ..........................W 2 6 (Tue.) Syracuse A W 3-1 Last Gm .......................2/6 W(A) 5-0 at Cornell 9 (Fri.) Vermont A W 5-0 2015-16 Overall record ...................23-3-4 10 (Sat.) VERMONT H W 3-0 2015-16 ECACH Record ................ 11-3-4 Head Coach ......Jeff Kampersal (Princeton ‘92) 16 (Fri.) Boston University A W 4-2 Home:13-2-1, Road: 10-1-3, Neutral: 0-0-0 20th Year -304-249-53 17 (Sat.) Boston University A W 4-1 Current Streak ..................................... W 2 All-Time Series ............... Series is tied 12-12-2 23 (Fri.) NEW HAMPSHIRE H W 4-2 Last Game ................2/6 - 4-1 W vs Union Last Meeting ........................ 11/21/15 W(H) 3-0 (Sat.) NEW HAMPSHIRE H W 6-4 Head Coach .....Matt Desrosiers (SLU ‘01) 2015-162 Overall Record: ....23-2-4 30 (Fri.) * Harvard A T 0-0 8th Year -181-82-34 2015-162 ECAC Rec: ............13-2-3 31 (Sat.) * Dartmouth A T 3-3 Captain: ................Shannon MacAulay ‘16 H:H 11-0-3, R: 11-2-1, N: 1-0-0 Bobcats NOVEMBER AC: ..... Ambrose’16, Fast ‘16, Howe ‘16, Mercer’17 CurrentC Streak ...........................L 1 6 (Fri.) * Union A W 6-0 Power Play ........................... 17-91, 18.7% Last Gm ........................2/6 L(A) 3-2 at Colgate 7 (Sat.) * Rensselaer A L 1-2 Penalty Kill ........................ 94-105, 89.5% Head Coach ............Cassandra Turner (Brown ‘03) 10 (Tue.) SYRACUSE H W 5-1 Goals Scored/Avg ........................ 111/3.70 1st Year -23-2-3 13 (Fri.) UCONN H W 3-1 Goals Allowed/Avg ........................41/1.37 All-Time Series ..............Clarkson leads 18-9-3 14 (Sat.) UCONN H W 3-2 Last Meeting ..........................11/20/15 L(H) 3-0 20 (Fri.) * QUINNIPIAC H L 0-3 21 (Sat.) * PRINCETON H W 3-0 DECEMBER iding an 11-game unbeaten streak, the Clarkson University Women’s Hock- 4 (Fri.) * COLGATE H L 3-4 Rey team will travel to Princeton and Quinnipiac for two games that could decide 5 (Sat.) * CORNELL H W 4-0 who fi nishes as ECAC Hockey champions. JANUARY 8 (Fri.) * Yale A W 5-2 Led by eight-year head coach Matt Desrosiers and second-year assistant coach- 9 (Sat.) * Brown A W 7-0 es Britni Smith and Meghan Duggan, the Golden Knights are 23-3-4 overall 15 (Fri.) * DARTMOUTH H W 1-0 and 11-3-4 in ECAC Hockey games. The Green and Gold are in second place in 16 (Sat.) * HARVARD H W 5-2 22 (Fri.) * Cornell A T 2-2 the league, three points behind front runners Quinnipiac and just one point ahead 23 (Sat.) * Colgate A W 3-2 of Princeton. 28 (Thu.) * St.Lawrence A W 6-1 30 (Sat.) * ST. LAWRENCE H T 2-2 FEBRUARY •The Golden Knights’ offense exploded this past weekend, scoring 13 goals in two games, 5 (Fri.) * RENSSELAER H W 9-1 including a season high nine in a 9-1 win over Rensselaer. Clarkson had nine different 6 (Sat.) * Union H W 4-1 players score a goal in the two games and 15 recorded at least one point. Leading the 12 (Fri.) * Princeton A 7:00 pm 13 (Sat.) * Quinnipiac A 4:00 pm way was senior assistant captain Renata Fast who had a goal and two assists against 19 (Fri.) * BROWN H 7:00 pm Rensselaer and another assist against Union in the 4-1 win on Saturday. For her perfor- 20 (Sat.) * YALE H 4:00 pm mances, Fast was named to the ECAC Weekly Honor Roll for the fi rst time this season. 26-28 ECAC Hockey Quarterfi nal Round (Fri.-Sun.) (Best-of-Three Games Series) •Junior assistant captain Cayley Mercer had an assist against Rensselaer and a pair March of goals against Union. She now has 20 goals and 21 assists for a team high 41 5 (Sat.) ECAC Hockey Tr. Semifi nals 6 (Sun.) ECAC Hockey Tr. Championship points. After notching 44 points on 24 goals and 20 assists in 2014-15, Mercer is 12 (Sat.) NCAA Quarterfi nals now just the third Clarkson player with consecutive 20 goal seasons and just the 18 & 20 NCAA Frozen Four second player with consecutive seasons with both 20 goals and 20 assists. Mer- (Fri. & Whittemore Center Arena, Sun.) Durham, NH cer now 107 career points, which is the tenth highest total in Clarkson history. * ECAC Hockey She needs four more points to tie former teammate Brittany Styner ’14 for sev- HOME GAMES played at CHEEL ARENA enth all-time, passing Genevieve Lavoie ’10 and Marie-Jo Gaudet ’09 along the way. TWITTER: @ClarksonUSports •Clarkson has the fi fth best scoring margin in the country, outscoring oppo- @ClarksonHockey1 ONLINE: www.clarksonathletics.com nents by 2.33 goals per game. That has led to great plus-minus ratios for Clark- APP: Clarkson Athletics son. Senior assistant captain Erin Ambrose is +21 on the season and is now SID: Gary Mikel - 315-268-6673 +97 for her career, giving her the best plus-minus in Clarkson history. Also [email protected] W.Hockey SID: Pat McGlynn: 315-268-7957 in the top fi ve all-time are Mercer, who is third at +80, senior assistant cap- [email protected] tain Olivia Howe, who is fourth at +71, and Fast, who is fi fth with a +67. 2015 CLARKSON HOCKEY 2016 Clarkson Quick Facts •The goaltending duties were split last weekend for Clarkson, with sophomore goaltender Shea Tiley starting and playing the fi rst two periods on Friday, before UNIVERSITY INFORMATION being relieved by junior McKenzie Johnson who started on Saturday. Tiley earned Location....................Potsdam, New York, 13699-5830 Founded ...................................................................... 1896 the win against Rensselaer and is now 20-3-4 on the season. Her 44 career wins and Enrollment ................................................................ 3,000 16 career shutouts are fourth all-time among Clarkson goaltenders. Johnson now President .......................................................Tony Collins has a 3-0-0 record this season in three starts, all of which have come on a Saturday. Director of Athletics ...........................Steve Yianoukos Athletic Department Telephone ...........315-268-6622 •Since losing to Clarkson 3-0 on November 21st, Princeton has been nearly Nickname ................................................Golden Knights perfect. The Tigers have won 14 of their past 15 games, the only blemish a 4-1 Colors .........Green (PMS 3305) and Gold (PMS 116) loss at Harvard. Princeton is 19-5-1 overall and 12-5-1 in ECAC Hockey. Princ- TEAM INFORMATION eton rarely gives up leads, going 19-2-0 when either ahead or tied after two Head Coaches ...................................... Matt Desrosiers periods. However, if a team takes a lead into the third period against the Ti- Alma Mater ........................St. Lawrence University ‘01 gers, Princeton has not been able to claw back, going just 0-3-1 in that situa- E-mail Address [email protected] Hockey Offi ce Telephone .......................315-268-3735 tion. Princeton is led offensively by Karlie Lund, who has 34 points overall and Record at CU/Overall ......... 181-82-34 (in 8th year) 26 points in conference. The two teams are tied 12-12-2 all-time against each Assistant Coach ...........Meghan Duggan (2nd season) other with Clarkson on a fi ve game unbeaten run (4-0-1) against the Tigers. Alma Mater .......................University of Wisconsin ‘11 Assistant Coach ...................Britni Smith (2nd season) •Quinnipiac has held the top spot in the ECAC Hockey standings for most of Alma Mater ........................St. Lawrence University ‘10 the season. The fourth-ranked Bobcats are 23-2-4 this season with a 13-2-3 Captain .............................................Shannon MacAulay conference record. Quinnipiac has been especially dominant at home, racking AC ......... Erin Ambrose, Renata Fast, Olivia Howe, Cayley Mercer Veterans Returning/Lost ..........................................15/5 up an 11-0-3 mark in friendly confi nes. However, the Bobcats will be looking - Forwards Returning/Lost ..................................... 9/1 to bounce back this weekend after their 21 game unbeaten streak was bro- - Defense Returning/Lost........................................ 4/2 - Goaltenders Returning/Lost ................................2/2 ken by Colgate in a 3-2 loss last Saturday. Included in that unbeaten streak Newcomers ......................................................................6 was a 3-0 win at Clarkson on November 20th. Should Clarkson defeat Quin- nipiac, the Golden Knights will have won all three rematches with teams that PROGRAM HISTORY Affi liation .............................................NCAA, Division I have beaten Clarkson this season. It will also break a four game winning streak Conference .............................................. ECAC Hockey for Quinnipiac against Clarkson. Overall, Clarkson leads the series 18-9-3. First Season .........................................................2003-04 Overall Record ......................273-149-52 (in 13th