| • | Clarkson leads the series against Merrimack 5-3, but the Warriors have won three of the last four meetings. The teams split last year at Cheel Arena with the Knights winning 3-2 and Merrimack winning 4-0. Friday's game will be only the second time the Green and Gold have played at Merrimack. The Warriors won the only other meeting at Lawler Arena, 2-1 on January 20, 1989. |
| • | After a seven-game winless skid that stretched into early November, Clarkson has gone 3-1-2 in its last six games.  The Golden Knights haven't given up more than two goals during that time, and are allowing exactly two goals a game this season, good for 12th in the country. |
| • | Sophomore Steve Perry (Ligonier, PA) earned the start in both games over the weekend and allowed just one goal on 40 shots. Perry was named ECAC Hockey co-Goaltender of the Week.  He allowed just one goal against a high-powered Quinnipiac squad on Friday and then followed with a 23-save effort for his fifth career shutout with Saturday's 4-0 blanking of Princeton.  Perry has started 11 games and holds a .914 save percentage, a 1.92 GAA and a 5-4-1 record. Perry was also named NCAA Third Star of the Week. |
| • | Four Clarkson players scored goals in the sweep, including one in each win by James Howden and sophomore Jordan Boucher (St. Therese, QUE). Senior Joe Zarbo (Grand Island, NY) and freshman Ben Dalpe (Paris, ONT) also scored in the win over Princeton, which equalled the Knights' season-high for goals in a game. |
| • | Jordan Boucher scored two power-play goals in the weekend sweep and also  added an assist. His goal late in the second period against Quinnipiac came with one second remaining in the man-advantage and snapped a 0-17 Clarkson power-play drought. Boucher was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week. |
| • | Ben Dalpe scored his first career goal for the opening score for the game-winner and added one assist in the 4-0 victory over Princeton. Ben's brother, Zach, who was signed this off season by the Buffalo Sabre's but is out with an injury, was at the game. It was the first time in 7 years that he has seen his younger brother play |
| • | Joe Zarbo leads the Knights in scoring with 10 points, including a team-high six goals. He has 56 career Points (28-28) in 117 games. |
| • | Sophomore defenseman James de Haas (Mississauga, ONT) leads the Green and Gold in scoring from the blueline and is tied with Jordan Boucher for second overall on the team with eight points, including a team-high six assists. |
| • | Junior Christian Powers (Carlisle, ONT), who tallied just five points (1-4) combined through his first two seasons, has a current three-game point streak with one goal and two assists for his first points of the 2014-15 campaign. He shares the Clarkson lead in plus/minus at +4. |
| • | Freshman defenseman Terrance Amorosa (Kirkland, QUE) picked up his first career point, an assist, in the win over Princeton. |
| • | Nine of the first 14 games of the season have been decided by one goal or less for the Golden Knights and two others were two-goal decisions. The Green and Gold are 4-3-4 in the close games. Clarkson has played in five overtime games (0-1-4) and has skated to four 2-2 draws. The program record for ties is seven. |
| • | 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 24.21 shots per game, which is fourth-best in Division I, and are allowing only 2.00 gpg, which is tied for 12th in scoring defense. Clarkson is tied for first in ECAC Hockey scoring defense, allowing just 1.33 gpg in conference play. |
| • | Freshman Brett Gervais (Corona, CA) is making his mark at Clarkson as a go-to center on faceoffs. He has taken the most draws for Clarkson, going 134-107, 55.6%. Gervais won several key defensive faceoffs in the final seconds of the one-goal win over Quinnipiac when the Knights were outnumber by several players due to penalties and the Bobcats pulling their goaltender. Ben Dalpe owns the best percentage for Clarkson on draws at 67.2% (41-20). |
| • | Clarkson is 1-12-1 against Hockey East teams since 2008-09, including a pair of losses to Vermont (2-1, 3-0) earlier this season. The lone victory during that span was a 3-2  win over Merrimack last January. The Last time the Knights won a road game at a Hockey East opponent was on October 13, 2006 at Providence (6-1). |
| • | Brandon DeFazio '11 became the latest former Knight to reach the NHL when he was called up from the AHL to the Vancouver Canucks on November 9.  He played in two Vancouver wins before being sent back down to Utica. He joined Mark Borowiecki '11 (Ottawa), Grant Clitsome '08 (Winnipeg), Erik Cole '00 (Dallas) and  Willie Mitchell '99 (Florida) among former CU players skating in the NHL in 2014-15. |
| • | 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). |
| • | In its 93rd season, Clarkson boasts 70 winning campaigns and a 1,368-805-145 all-time record for a .621 winning percentage since 1920-21. |
