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Pat Megannety tallied Clarkson's first shorthanded goal in almost two years and first third-period score in ECAC Hockey this season
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Clarkson CLARKSON 7-11-4, 4-4-2
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Winner Harvard HARV 11-2-2, 7-1-2
Clarkson CLARKSON
7-11-4, 4-4-2
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Final
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Harvard HARV
11-2-2, 7-1-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Clarkson CLARKSON 2 0 1 3
Harvard HARV 1 3 2 6

Game Recap: Men's Hockey | | January 16, 2015

Knights Fall at 4th-Ranked Harvard

The Clarkson University Hockey team continues to look for a way to make its hard work pay off after the Golden Knights fell to 4th-ranked Harvard 6-3 at Bright Hockey Center in Cambridge, MA on Friday night.

Clarkson, which has lost three straight ECAC Hockey games to open the New Year, falls to 7-11-4 overall and to 4-4-2 in conference play. The Green and Gold close out their only league road trip of January when they face off against Dartmouth in Hanover, NH on Saturday night.

Clarkson outshot Harvard (11-2-2, 7-1-2) 28-25 and enjoyed the better of the specialty teams play, going 1-of-3 on the power play while killing off all four of the Crimson's man-advantage opportunities.

Audio Head Coach Casey Jones postgame

After spotting the second-rated power play in the country two opportunities in the opening four minutes, the Knights scored first with their own power-play goal.  At 7:27, freshman Nic Pierog (Georgetown, ONT) tipped in a perfect pass from classmate Janick Asselin (Coaticook, QUE) over the shoulder of Harvard goaltender Steve Michalek for his four career goal. Junior Jeff DiNallo (Aurora, ONT) started the play to pick up the second assist.

Audio Pierog Goal

Less than three minutes later the Crimson came back with a goal from the NCAA's second-leading scorer Jimmy Vesey at 9:58 to make it 1-1.

With 1:55 remaining in the opening frame, freshman Sam Vigneault (Baie-Comeau, QUE) connected for his third goal of the season, knocking rebound off a shot from the point by senior defenseman James Howden (Edgeley, SASK). Sophomore blueliner Bryan Sinz (Anchorage, AK) started the play for his first point of the year.

Audio Vigneault Goal

Harvard took control in the middle frame with three second-period tallies. Kyle Criscuolo scored early at 3:44, followed by goals from Phil Zielonka and Seb Lloyd at 13:28 and 15:50, respectively, to give the home team a 4-2 advantage after 40 minutes.

Midway through the final period, junior Pat Megannety (Oakville, ONT) cut the deficit to one with the Knights' first shorthanded goal in almost two years and first third-period league score of the season, finishing off a 2-on-1 from freshman Brett Gervais (Corona, CA) at 9:35.

Audio Megannety Goal

Harvard, however, closed out the home win with Criscuolo's  second goal of the night at 15:24 and with an empty-net tally by Vesey for his second goal of the game with 9.1 seconds remaining.

Sophomore Ville Runola (Raisio, Finland) made 19 saves in the Clarkson crease. Michalek had 25 stops for Harvard.
 
 
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