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Men's Hockey October 28, 2014

Clarkson and St. Lawrence Battle in Non-League Weekend Series

Clarkson and St. Lawrence battled before the third largest crowd (3,965) ever at Cheel Arena last December with the Knights winning 5-4
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With a home-and-home non-league series against its archrival coming up this weekend, the Clarkson University Hockey team will look to lift its level of play and get back on the winning track. The Golden Knights, guided by fourth-year head coach Casey Jones and assistants Phil Roy '00 and Andy Jones, battle St. Lawrence University, playing at Appleton Arena in Canton on Friday night and then at Cheel Arena on Saturday. Both games are 7:00 p.m. faceoffs.

The Golden Knights, led by junior captain Paul Geiger (Stouffville, ONT) and assistant captains, senior James Howden (Edgeley, SASK) and junior Jeff DiNallo (Aurora, ONT) stand at 2-3-1 overall. After opening the 2014-15 campaign with a pair of road wins, the Green and Gold have come up short in several close games to fall into a four-game winless skid (0-3-1). Three of the games during the current stretch have been decided by one goal-or-less.

This past weekend at Cheel, Clarkson skated to a 2-2 tie with Bowling Green on Friday, but started out slow on Saturday and could not recover, falling to the Falcons 5-4 after trailing 5-1 early in the second period.
 
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After a 5-2 loss at RIT on October 10 to open the season, St. Lawrence (3-3) has been impressive with only a pair of overtime setbacks to nationally-ranked teams keeping it from a lengthy winning streak. This past weekend, the Saints split a pair of games at 10th-ranked Miami. St. Lawrence built a healthy lead on Friday and then held on for a 5-4 victory. The Saints were edge the following night with the RedHawks earning a 2-1 victory in overtime. In its only home games this season, St. Lawrence split a pair of games with 4th/6th-ranked Ferris State on October 17-18, losing the first game 3-2 in overtime before shutting out the Bulldogs 2-0 the next night. The Saints' first win of the season was a 10-2 drubbing on the road over Niagara.
 
•Three freshmen got on the score sheet this weekend. Dylan Gareau (Richmond, ONT) scored his first two collegiate goals against BGSU on Saturday. Nic Pierog (Georgetwon, ONT) tallied his second career goal in Friday's tie against the Falcons and Ben Dalpe (Paris, ONT) recorded an assist on Saturday. Gareau was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week.
•Clarkson has outscored its opponents 5-1 in the third period and has dominated the final 20 minutes in regulation in several games. The Knights outshot BGSU 15-3 in the third period of Saturday's one-goal loss and held an 11-0 shot advantage over Vermont in a 3-0 loss at Cheel on October 18. 
•Friday's game will be the 196th meeting between Clarkson and St. Lawrence in their rivalry which the Knights lead by a commnading 120-65-10 margin. The Knights have gone 9-1-1 against their North Country neighbor over the past four seasons, including a 2-0 mark in 2013-14. No player on the current Clarkson roster has ever lost a game at Appleton Arena.
•After this weekend the Knights will begin ECAC Hockey play with six straight league contests, including the first four on the road, beginning at 2013 NCAA National Champion Yale on November 7.
•Senior Joe Zarbo (Grand Island, NY) scored a goal in both games against BGSU and leads Clarkson in scoring with seven points, including a team-high three goals. He is also the Knights' top playmaker with four assists. Zarbo has 53 career points (25-28) in 110 games.
•Defense is projected to be Clarkson's strength this season with five veterans and three freshmen, including three NHL Draft picks, anchoring the unit. The Knights are allowing only 21.67 shots per game, which is tied for third-best in Division I.
•Ville Runola (Raisio, Finland) saw his first action of the season in the Clarkson goal in the weekend series vs. BGSU. The sophomore got the start on Friday and made 27 saves, including 11 first-period stops. He played the final two periods on Saturday and gave the Knights a chance to win with 11 saves over 40 minutes. Runola, who only played 119 minutes last season, posts a .927 save percentage and a 1.74 goals against average through 103:37 this season.
•Steve Perry (Ligonier, PA) has started in goal in five of the first six games and posts a .876 save percentage and a 2.54 GAA en route to a 2-2 record. He is one of 20 goalies named to the Mike Richter Award Watch List for 2014-15, which annually honors the most outstanding goaltender in NCAA Division I men's hockey.
•Clarkson has received a balanced scoring effort through the first six games with eight different Knights accounting for the goals. Fifteen players have tallied at least one point.
•Sophomore defenseman James de Haas (Mississauga, ONT), who recorded his second goal of the season on Saturday vs. BGSU, leads the scoring from the blueline with three points (2-1).
•Clarkson has just two seniors, defenseman James Howden and forward Joe Zarbo on the roster. Eight juniors, eight sophomores and nine freshmen make up the remainder of the 2014-15 Golden Knight roster.
•Clarkson is ranked 16th in the nation in faceoff pct. (203-184, 52.5%). Ben Dalpe, who played in both games against BGSU, owns the Knights' best pct. on the draw at 80% (28-7). Troy Josephs (Whitby, ONT) has won 55.9% (33-26) and Brett Gervais (Corona, CA) has won 55.2% (53-43). Jeff DiNallo has taken the most faceoffs for the Green and Gold, winning 47.8% (54-59).
•Four current Golden Knights have been selected in the NHL Draft – James de Haas (2012 Detroit - 6th rd, 170), Terrance Amorosa (2013 Philadelphia - 5th rd, 189), Troy Josephs (2013 Pittsburgh - 7th rd, 209) and Kelly Summers (2014 Ottawa - 7th rd, 189).
•Four former Knights were on NHL opening-day rosters – Mark Borowiecki '11 (Ottawa), Grant Clitsome '08 (Winnipeg), Erik Cole '00 (Dallas) and Willie Mitchell '99 (Florida) . Several former Clarkson standouts are on AHL/ECHL rosters.
•In its 93rd season, Clarkson boasts 70 winning campaigns and a 1,365-803-142 all-time record for a .622 winning percentage since 1920-21.
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