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Clarkson Opens ECAC Hockey Campaign

After a tough, season-opening non-league stretch to the 2017-18 season, the Clarkson University Hockey team begins ECAC Hockey play this weekend hosting a pair of NY Capital District foes. Guided by seventh-year Head Coach Casey Jones and assistants Phil Roy '00 and Josh Hauge, the Golden Knights face off against Rensselaer and Union at Cheel Arena on Friday and Saturday. Both games are 7:00 p.m. starts.

Ranked among the Top 15 teams in the national polls, Clarkson stands at 4-3-1 overall. The Knights are coming off two close losses at 5th-ranked Minnesota over the weekend. The Green and Gold fell 3-1 and 2-1 to the Gophers on the big ice sheet (200x100) at 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis.

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• The Knights lead the overall series against Rensselaer, which dates back to the 1924-25 campaign, 92-51-11. Clarkson leads 6-3-1 in the last 10 meetings. The Knights took four of five games from the Engineers in 2016-17. Clarkson is 18-12-4 over RPI at Cheel Arena, including a sweep in the ECAC Hockey playoffs early last March. 
• Clarkson holds a 30-26-5 advantage in the all-time series against Union. The Dutchmen, however, have enjoyed great success against the Green and Gold in the 2010s and are 7-3 over the last 10 meetings. Clarkson had a two-game winning streak in the series snapped in their last meeting as Union posted a 6-2 win at Cheel on January 27. The Knights hold a 15-10-1 advantage over the Dutchmen at Cheel.
• The opening slate to the 2017-18 campaign was one of the toughest in the program's 96-year history with seven of the Knights' first eight games against teams that competed in the NCAA Tournament last March. The only game not against a 2017 NCAA participant was vs. nine-time NCAA champion Michigan, who the Green and Gold shut out 3-0. Clarkson opened the year with a 2-1 win over Penn State en route to its best start in 11 years. 
• Picked to finish fourth in ECAC Hockey this year by the league coaches, the Knights are ranked tied for 13th, and 14 in the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Magazine polls. 
• Clarkson lost its ECAC Hockey opener last year, falling 5-3 to Quinnipiac, snapping its string of six unbeaten games (3-0-3) in the league opener.
• Jake Kielly is off to a strong start to his sophomore campaign and lists among the top goaltenders in the country in several categories, backstopping Clarkson to one of the Top 10 defenses in the country. He is sixth in Division I in save percentage (.946), tied for eighth in goals against average (1.62) and is tied for the national lead in shutouts with two through the first eight games. Kielly has played every minute in the Clarkson crease this season and has started the last 13 games. Kielly has started 43 career games for the Knights and holds a career .918 save percentage and a 2.39 GAA. Kielly is named as one of the 20 goaltenders on the Mike Richter Award list for 2017-18, which honors the most outstanding goaltender in NCAA Division I Hockey. Kielly was named ECAC Hockey co-Goaltender of the Month for October.
• Clarkson was held to just one goal in both games over the weekend. In all three losses this season, the Knights failed to score more than one goal. Clarkson was 0-6-0 in 2016-17 and 0-5-1 in 2015-16 when it scored just one goal in a game. The last time Clarkson won a 1-0 game was on January 24, 2015 vs Yale at Cheel Arena.
• Clarkson's sophomore line of left wing Devin Brosseau (3-4), center Nico Sturm (1-4) and right wing Sheldon Rempal (4-5) has been a force for the Green and Gold accounting for 42% of the Knights' scoring. The trio, who enjoyed a strong freshman campaign skating together, has emerged as one of the top lines in the nation.
• Clarkson's scoring leader, Rempal has recorded at least one point in six of the first eight games. He tallied the Knights' lone goal in Saturday's game at Minnesota. He also leads the team in shots on goal (31).
• Captain Nic Pierog is the first Golden Knight to wear the #6 jersey since the late Mike Morrison '89 wore it in his senior campaign of 1988-89.  Pierog scored Clarkson's goal on Friday against Minnesota.
• The top offensive defenseman in ECAC Hockey in October, senior Terrance Amorosa has seven points on the year with two goals and five assists. The 2013 NHL Draft choice of the Philadelphia Flyers holds a team-high +6 plus/minus rating.  Amorosa has 44 career points (10-34) in 83 games.  Amorosa was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Month for October.
• The other NHL Draft choice on Clarkson's blueline, senior Kelly Summers is the leading career scorer among current Knights with 45 points on 13 goals and 32 assists through 117 games. A 2014 selection of the Ottawa Senators, Summers has tallied four points (1-3) this season. 
• Grant Cooper leads the Knights' freshman class in scoring with a goal and an assist in six games with both points coming in his last two games. He missed Saturday's contest at Minnesota because of an illness.
• Jack Jacome is the only other Clarkson rookie to have scored a goal.
• Clarkson suffered its first loss this season when it scored first. Sheldon Rempal scored just 6:06 into the opening period of Saturda's 2-1 loss to Minnesota. The Knights are 4-1 when scoring first this season and winless (0-2-1) when the opponents score the opening goal. 
• Clarkson is 4-0-0 when leading after the first and second periods. 
• Clarkson has been outshot in six of the first eight games, but is 4-2-0 in those games. 
• Devin Brosseau leads the Knights on the power play with three of the team's five man-advantage goals.
• Freshman forward Josh Dickinson owns a team-high 11 blocked shots, followed by sophomore defenseman Greg Moro with 10.
• Clarkson begins its 57th season of ECAC Hockey play. The Knights post a 677-380-94 league record for a .629 winning percentage since the league was formed in 1961-62.
Clarkson has won 10 regular-season titles, the last coming in 2007-08, and five conference tournament crowns, the last coming in 2007.
• In its 96th season, Clarkson boasts 72 winning campaigns and a 1,417-854-155 all-time record for a .616 winning % since 1920-21.

Scouting Rensselaer
Rensselaer opened its first season with new head coach Dave Smith with five consecutive road games. The Engineers, who dropped a home-and-home series with rival Union on Friday and Saturday, stand at 1-3-2. In ECAC action in the Albany area over the weekend, RPI staged a late rally on Friday but could not recover from a 4-1 deficit, falling to the Dutchmen 4-3 in Schenectady. In its first home game of the season, the Engineers could not hold on to a 2-1 second-period lead and lost 4-2 to Union at Houston Field House in Troy. RPI opened the 2017-18 campaign with a pair of 1-1 ties at nationally ranked Ohio State on October 13-14, followed by a 4-3 overtime loss at Niagara (10/20). The Engineers' lone win in October was an 8-3 thrashing of RIT in Rochester on October 21.

Scouting Union:
Bringing a four-game winning streak into the North Country, Union has overcome a slow start and looks to be emerging once again as one of the top teams in ECAC Hockey. Guided by seventh-year head coach Rick Bennett, the Dutchmen stand at 4-5-0 overall entering Friday's game at St. Lawrence. Union is 2-0-0 in the conference after sweeping Rensselaer over the weekend, winning 4-3 at Achilles Rink and 4-2 at RPI. Outscored 20-10 through their first five games, the Dutchmen have outscored their opponents by a combined 19-7 during their four-game winning streak.

The Series:
The Knights lead the overall series against Rensselaer, which dates back to the 1924-25 campaign, 92-51-11. Clarkson leads 6-3-1 in the last 10 meetings. Clarkson is 18-12-4 over RPI at Cheel Arena, including a sweep in the ECAC Hockey playoffs early last March. RPI snapped a three-game losing skid against Clarkson with a 2-1 victory at Cheel on January 28, but the Green and Gold knocked the Engineers out of the postseason with 7-4 and 4-2 victories in a conference first round series in Potsdam on March 3-4. The Knights outscored the Engineers 11-3 in a pair of wins earlier last season. Clarkson won 5-2 in ECAC Hockey action in Troy on November 11, and skated past their rival 6-1 in non-league action on January 7 in Lake Placid.  Kelly Summers has a team-high nine points in the series on three goals and six assists. Haralds Egle has tallied seven points (3-4) and Terrance Amorosa has scored a team-high four goals in the series to go along with two assists. Jake Kielly holds a .908 save percentage and a 2.37 GAA in five games.

The Knights hold a 30-26-5 advantage in their all-time series against Union. The Dutchmen, however, have enjoyed great success against the Green and Gold in the 2010s and are 7-3 over the last 10 meetings. Clarkson had a two-game winning streak in the series, snapped in their last meeting as Union posted a 6-2 win at Cheel on January 27. The Knights defeated the 2014 National Champions in their first meeting last year, winning 3-1 on November 12 in Schenectady. Clarkson snapped a six-game losing skid to Union with a 4-1 victory at Messa Rink on February 5, 2016. Those were the Green and Gold's first regular-season victories at Union since January 13, 2001. The Knights hold a 15-10-1 advantage over the Dutchmen at Cheel. In just two games of the series, Sheldon Rempal is Clarkson's top point producer against Union with five assists. Six other Knights have scored one goal against the Dutchmen. 
Jake Kielly posts a .893 save percentage and a 3.60 GAA  through two games. 



 
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Players Mentioned

Terrance Amorosa

#44 Terrance Amorosa

D
6' 2"
Senior
Devin Brosseau

#14 Devin Brosseau

F
6' 1"
Sophomore
Haralds Egle

#18 Haralds Egle

F
5' 10"
Sophomore
Jake Kielly

#29 Jake Kielly

G
6' 2"
Sophomore
Greg Moro

#3 Greg Moro

D
6' 4"
Sophomore
Nic Pierog

#6 Nic Pierog

F
6' 1"
Senior
Sheldon Rempal

#11 Sheldon Rempal

F
5' 10"
Sophomore
Nico Sturm

#17 Nico Sturm

F
6' 3"
Sophomore
Kelly Summers

#5 Kelly Summers

D
6' 1"
Senior
Jack Jacome

#16 Jack Jacome

F
5' 7"
Freshman
Josh Dickinson

#21 Josh Dickinson

F
6' 2"
Freshman
Grant Cooper

#26 Grant Cooper

F
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Terrance Amorosa

#44 Terrance Amorosa

6' 2"
Senior
D
Devin Brosseau

#14 Devin Brosseau

6' 1"
Sophomore
F
Haralds Egle

#18 Haralds Egle

5' 10"
Sophomore
F
Jake Kielly

#29 Jake Kielly

6' 2"
Sophomore
G
Greg Moro

#3 Greg Moro

6' 4"
Sophomore
D
Nic Pierog

#6 Nic Pierog

6' 1"
Senior
F
Sheldon Rempal

#11 Sheldon Rempal

5' 10"
Sophomore
F
Nico Sturm

#17 Nico Sturm

6' 3"
Sophomore
F
Kelly Summers

#5 Kelly Summers

6' 1"
Senior
D
Jack Jacome

#16 Jack Jacome

5' 7"
Freshman
F
Josh Dickinson

#21 Josh Dickinson

6' 2"
Freshman
F
Grant Cooper

#26 Grant Cooper

6' 0"
Freshman
F