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Knights Back to ECAC Hockey Play, Hosting Ivy Foes Brown & Yale

11/28/2018 12:10:00 PM

ECAC Hockey play resumes for Clarkson University this weekend as the Golden Knights look to build upon a three-game winning streak. Clarkson, which last played in a league game on November 3, hosts Brown and Yale at Cheel Arena this Friday and Saturday, respectively. Both games are 7:00 p.m. face offs.
 



The  Golden Knights will host a Special Hockey Fights Cancer Game against the Brown on Friday.

Guided by eighth-year head coach Casey Jones and assistants Josh Hauge and Brent Brekke, the Knights are ranked 17th in the USCHO.com poll with a 7-4 overall record and own a 1-1 ECAC Hockey mark. The Green and Gold are currently in 11th place in the conference standings with two points, but have played the least amount of games in the league, along with travel partner St. Lawrence. Clarkson is six points out of first with four games in hand on current leader Quinnipiac.

Clarkson completed its recent stretch of four consecutive non-league games by knocking off St. Lawrence 6-2 at Saturday's Thanksgiving Faceoff in Lake Placid. The Knights and Saints will meet up again next weekend with a conference home-and-home series to close out play before the exam/holiday break.
 
• Clarkson holds an 8-1-1 advantage over Brown in their last 10 meetings and controls the series, which first began in 1952, 66-19-9. The Knights, who are unbeaten in the last four games of the series (3-0-1), took three of four points from the Bears in 2017-18, winning 5-3 in Providence on November 10 and skating to a 2-2 tie in Potsdam on January 27. Clarkson is 22-5-5 all-time against Brown at Cheel Arena.
• In the rivalry against Yale, which first began in in 1930, the Knights hold a commanding 74-39-8 lead. Clarkson snapped out of a five-game winless stretch (0-2-3) in the series with a pair of 4-1 triumphs last season, winning at Ingalls Rink on November 11 and in Potsdam on January 26.  Clarkson is 20-7-2 against Yale at Cheel.
• Clarkson has scored the opening goal in each of the first 11 games, but has only held the lead after the first period three times.
• Clarkson is averaging 3.45 goals per game, 12th best in the NCAA. The Green and Gold have outscored their opponents 12-4 over the past three games. In the Knights' seven wins, they have outscored the opposition 29-8. In each of those victories, Clarkson has not allowed the opponent to score more than two goals.
• Defensively, the Knights are listed 17th in Division I, allowing only 2.36 GPG. 
• The Knights are 7-0-0 when leading after two periods.  Since the 2015-16 campaign, Clarkson is 53-5-6 when leading through 40 minutes.
• Secondary scoring played a key role in the Knights' win over SLU with three players notching their first goals of the season, including a pair with their first career tallies.  
• Senior defenseman Aaron Thow had a big night on the blueline in Lake Placid, scoring his first of the season with the opening goal just 4:46 in. He also recorded one assist and posted a +3 plus/minus rating.
• Sophomore J.C. MacLean scored his first career goal late in the second period, followed by freshman Nick Campoli's first career goal early in the third stanza.
• Freshman defenseman Michael Underwood tallied two assists in the win over the Saints, giving him three points (0-3) in the past two games. He also posted a game-high plus/minus (+4) on Saturday and leads the Green and Gold overall with a +10.
• Freshman center Adam Tisdale equaled his career-high for points with two assists in the win over St. Lawrence.
• Grant Cooper is averaging almost a point per game early in the season. After missing all of the second half of his freshman campaign with an injury, Cooper has emerged as one of the Knights' leading players up front with eight points through nine games. He shares the team lead in goals with six after scoring twice against St. Lawrence in Lake Placid. 
• Haralds Egle is enjoying a strong start to his junior campaign as Clarkson's second-leading scorer with 11 points. He tallied his fifth goal of the season, matching last year's total, for the game-winner against St. Lawrence.
• Sophomore right wing Jack Jacome recorded his third, two-point game of the season with two assists on Saturday. He is tied for third on the Knights' scoring charts with nine points (3-6). 
• Junior Greg Moro has already surpassed last year's point total (8) with three goals and six assists in 11 games this season to lead Clarkson's defensemen in scoring. He tallied one assist in the win over the Saints. 
• Another defenseman making an impact on the scoresheet is junior Jordan Schneider. He tallied an assist on Saturday and now has five points (1-4) this season after recording two points (1-1) through the first 30 games of his Clarkson career.
• On Saturday, Nico Sturm was held off the scoresheet for the first time season, but the junior still leads Clarkson in scoring with 14 points (6-8). He is the Knights' go-to center on faceoffs, winning 59.5% of his draws (103-70).
• Jake Kielly recorded his 45th career win behind 18 saves against St. Lawrence in Lake Placid. His career record is 45-30-11. Paul Karpowich was the last Clarkson goaltender to record 45 career victories, posting 46 in 128 games (2008-12). Kielly posts a .917 save percentage and a 2.30 goals against average  while starting all 11 games. Kielly was named one of the 20 Division I goaltenders to the watch list for the 2019 Mike Richter Award, which annually honors the most outstanding goaltender in the NCAA. He leads all current goaltenders in career shutouts with 12.
• Junior forwards Devin Brosseau and Nico Sturm have been named "Robert E. Empie '68 Men's Hockey Team Captains" while senior forward Marly Quince and Jake Kielly will serve as assistant captains. 
• The Knights have outscord their opponents 11-6 in the opening 20 minutes and 16-8 in the thid period. 

The Series:
Clarkson holds an 8-1-1 advantage over Brown in their last 10 meetings and controls the series, which first began in 1952, 66-19-9. The Knights, who are unbeaten in the last four games of the series (3-0-1), took three of four points from the Bears in 2017-18, winning 5-3 in Providence on November 10 and skating to a 2-2 tie in Potsdam on January 27. Brown's last win in the series was a 5-2 victory on February 19, 2016 at Meehan Auditorium. Clarkson is 22-5-5 all-time against Brown at Cheel Arena with the Bears' last win in Potsdam coming on January 11, 2013 (3-2). Nico Sturm and Haralds Egle both have a team-high five points in the series on two goals and three assists. Devin Brosseau has also scored twice against Brown. Jake Kielly posts a .924 save percentage and a 2.21 goals against average against the Bears, while recording a 3-0-1 record.  

In the rivalry against Yale, which first began in in 1930, the Knights hold a commanding 74-39-8 lead. Clarkson snapped out of a five-game winless stretch (0-2-3) in the series with a pair of 4-1 triumphs last season, winning at Ingalls Rink on November 11 and at Cheel Arena on January 26. That was the largest margin of victory for either team in the last 10 meetings. The teams played three times in 2016-17, skating to a pair of ties in November (3-3 in Potsdam and 2-2 in South Bend, IN). Yale gained a 2-1 victory in New Haven on January 13, 2016 for its last victory in the rivalry. Clarkson is 20-7-2 against the Bulldogs at Cheel with Yale's last victory in Potsdam coming on January 12, 2013 (3-1). Nico Sturm has a team-high six points against the Bulldogs on one goal and five assists.  Aaron Thow has tallied four points in the series, including a team-high two goals. Jake Kielly posts a .941 save percentage, a 1.93 GAA and a 2-1-2 record through five games of the series.

Scouting Brown:
Off since November 13, Brown will be looking to break a two-game losing skid. In its last action, the Bears dropped a 3-1 decision at UConn to fall to 1-5-1 overall. Brown, which defeated Dartmouth 4-2 at Meehan Auditorium on November 9 for its lone victory of the season, stands in a ninth-place tie in the ECAC Hockey standings with a 1-3-1 league mark. Four of the Bears seven games have been decided by one-goal-or-less. Brown is 0-2-1 on the road.

Scouting Yale:
Yale, which plays at St. Lawrence on Friday, travels to the North Country with a 3-2-2 overall record and a seventh-place 2-2-1 ECAC Hockey mark. The Bulldogs are coming off a third-place showing at the 2018 Friendship Four in Belfast, Northern Ireland this past weekend. Yale tied Union 1-1 in first round action on Friday, but the Dutchmen advanced to the Saturday's title game by winning the tie-breaking shootout, 2-1. Yale defeated UConn in the consolation game, 6-3. The Bulldogs are 2-1 on opponents' home ice. Yale has struggled at the faceoff circle, winning just 40.4% (184-271) of its draws, last in the NCAA.
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