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Coming off its first weekend sweep in ECAC Hockey play this season, the Clarkson University Hockey team will look to build upon its newly found momentum when it takes to the road for the final time during the regular season. Guided by seventh-year head coach George Roll, associate coach Greg Drechsel and assistant coach Chris Rogles ’93, the Golden Knights play at Brown in Providence, RI on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and then battle league-leader, fifth-ranked Yale on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. in New Haven, CT.

Clarkson owns a 7-20-3 overall record and is in 12th-place in the ECAC Hockey standings with a 3-13-2 league mark. With four games remaining in the conference campaign, the Green and Gold can finish anywhere from 9th to 12th in the standings, and will play on the road in the postseason. 

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After a disappointing four-game road trip, Clarkson made a highly successful home stand at Cheel Arena over the weekend with two big wins, defeating Princeton, 4-3, and Quinnipiac, 4-1. The Knights put together two productive offensive outings and received strong goaltending from sophomore Paul Karpowich (Thunder Bay, ONT) to put an end to a lengthy nine-game (0-8-1) winless stretch.

Sophomore Corey Tamblyn (Bobcaygeon, ONT) and senior assistant captain Matt Beca (Mississauga, ONT) powered the offense with a pair of goals each, and Karpowich, who was selected as ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week, combined for 51 saves in the Knights’ first conference victories in 2010.

Junior defenseman Dan Reed’s (Walworth, NY) first collegiate goal highlighted the Golden Knights’ win over Princeton on Friday, which was Clarkson’s first league victory since posting a 3-2 triumph at Dartmouth on November 20.

With goals from four different players, another steady performance in goal by Karpowich, and a strong effort on the penalty kill, the Green and Gold completed their first weekend sweep in ECAC Hockey play since defeating Yale and Brown on the road on January 16-17, 2009.

Clarkson is 1-11-2 on opponent’s home ice this season.

After closing out January with a three-game unbeaten streak (2-0-1), Brown has struggled defensively in February being outscored 21-12 during a four-game winless skid (0-3-1). This past weekend, the Bears lost at Cornell (5-3) and Colgate (6-2). Guided by first-year head coach Brendan Whittet, Brown owns a 7-15-3 overall record and is in 10th place in ECAC Hockey with a 5-10-3 conference slate. The Bears are 5-5-2 at Meehan Auditorium this season.

ECAC Hockey front-runner Yale enters the weekend with a 16-6-3 overall record and has a two-point lead over second-place Cornell with a 12-4-2 league mark. The Bulldogs, guided by fourth-year head coach Keith Allain, have won four straight prior to hosting St. Lawrence on Friday. This past weekend in Central NY, Yale doubled up Colgate 6-3 in Hamilton and then in a battle between a pair of Top-10 ranked squads, the Bulldogs edged Cornell 2-1 in overtime at Lynah Rink in Ithaca. Yale has gone 9-3-1 in 2010. The Bulldogs are 8-2-1 at Ingalls Rink.

The Series:
Clarkson leads Brown in their all-time series, which began in 1953, by a commanding 55-14-6 margin. The Bears, however, took the opening game this season with a 3-2 victory at Cheel Arena on January 23, snapping a seven-game losing streak to the Green and Gold. Last season, the Knights skated to a 3-1 victory at Cheel on November 7, 2008, and tallied the game’s last three goals to earn a 4-3 overtime triumph at Meehan Auditorium on January 17, 2009. The Bears’ last victory in the series prior to this year was a 4-3 win in Providence on November 11, 2005. Matt Beca leads the current Knights in scoring against Brown with 10 points on three goals and seven assists through seven games. Paul Karpowich posts a .897 save percentage, a 3.06 GAA and a 2-1 mark through 137 minutes in three games of the series. George Roll is 8-5 against Brown, while Brendan Whittet is 1-0.

Clarkson leads the all-time series against Yale, which began in 1929-30, 68-31-4. The Knights have won eight of the last 12 meetings, but the Bulldogs have had the upper hand recently, winning three of the last five. Yale came away with two points in the first meeting this season with a 3-2 triumph in Potsdam on January 22. The teams split last year with Yale winning at Cheel Arena (3-2) before Clarkson came back to win the next meeting, rallying for three third-period goals to gain a 4-3 triumph at Ingalls Rink on January 16, 2008. Matt Beca (3-1) and Lauri Tuohimaa (1-3) both have a team-high four points against Yale. Paul Karpowich posts a .923 save percentage, a 3.05 GAA and a 0-2 mark in the series. Richie LaVeau is 1-0 against the Bulldogs with a .906 save percentage and a 3.00 goals against average. George Roll is 8-6 against the Bulldogs, while Yale head coach Keith Allain is 3-4 against Clarkson.

Knight Notes:
Over the weekend, Clarkson was able to dress six defensemen in a game for the first time in six contests after using forwards to fill in on the depleted blueline since January 22 … Paul Karpowich backboned Clarkson to back-to-back league wins for the first time this season with a .927 save%, making 51 saves on 55 shots in victories over Princeton and Quinnipiac. He made 30 saves in 4-3 win over the Tigers and held the Bobcats off the scoreboard on seven straight power play attempts in the 4-1 win. Karpowich was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week for the third time this season, also earning the honor on October 26 and November 23 … Six different players scored goals and 12 Knights recorded at least one point in Clarkson’s most productive offensive weekend in ECAC Hockey play this season … After recording just one assist through 18 games as a freshman, Corey Tamblyn is enjoying a break-through sophomore campaign. He has eight goals and 13 points in 30 games this year. He has scored a goal in five consecutive games, the longest goal-scoring streak for a Golden Knights since Chris Blight ’05 tallied in six straight games early in the 2003-04 season. Tamblyn has seven points over the past five games. Named to this week’s ECAC Hockey Honor Roll, Tamblyn tallied Clarkson’s first goal in each game over the weekend as Clarkson came from behind against both Princeton and Quinnipiac to earn its first ECAC Hockey wins of the season at home. He also set up the winning goal against Quinnipiac and played a leading role on the penalty kill, which shut down seven straight Bobcat power plays … Playing in his first game back after missing the previous six games with an injury, junior defenseman Dan Reed tallied his first career goal in Friday’s victory over Princeton … Clarkson’s leading scorer Matt Beca has 30 points, including a team-high 16 goals this season. He recorded three points (2-1) in the weekend sweep and has 115 career points (47-68) through 142 games … The Knights’ captain Scott Freeman (Whitby, ONT) snapped a nine-game scoring drought with the game-winning goal in Saturday’s 4-1 triumph over Quinnipiac … Sophomore Nick Tremblay (Candiac, QUE) has recorded five assists over the past four games, including three over the weekend … Adam Pawlick (Utica, NY) leads the Knights’ rookies in scoring with nine points and eight goals. He shares the team lead in power-play tallies with five … Sophomore Louke Oakley (Whitby, ONT) set up two goals in the win over Princeton and is Clarkson’s leading playmaker with 17 assists … Returning to his normal forward position after filling in on the blueline the past six games, senior Tim Marks (Brownville NY) netted his fourth goal of the year in Saturday’s victory … Sophomore Jake Morley (Ogdensburg, NY) recorded an assist in both wins over the weekend … Clarkson is unbeaten in its last 59 games (55-0-4) when leading after two periods.