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Knights Take Six-Game Win Streak on the Road

1/16/2019 10:00:00 AM

Owning the second-longest current win streak in the nation, Clarkson University will look to continue to build upon its momentum as it opens a four-game road trip this weekend in New England. The Golden Knights will strive to add to their six-game roll when it battles 19th-ranked Yale at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, CT on Friday and then faces off against an improving Brown squad at Meehan Auditorium on Saturday in Providence, RI. Both ECAC Hockey games are 7:00 p.m. starts and can be viewed livestream on ESPN+ and listened to on B99.3 FM.

Ranked 14/15th in the national polls, Clarkson, guided by eighth-year head Coach Casey Jones and assistants Josh Hauge and Brent Brekke, owns a 14-6 overall record and is tied for fifth place in the ECAC Hockey standings with a 5-3 conference mark. The Knights are five points out of first place, but have four games in hand on current league-leader Quinnipiac.

• All 14 of Clarkson's remaining regular season games are ECAC Hockey contests, eight on the road, six at home.
• Clarkson has gone 2-5 on opponent's home ice, 9-1 at Cheel Arena and 3-0 at neutral sites.
• The Green and Gold are 3-0 in the New Year and have not lost since early December. Clarkson has outscored its opponents by a combined score of 22-6 during the current six-game winning streak.
• This past weekend in its only games at Cheel Arena during the month of January, the Knights skated past 15th-ranked Union 5-1 and defeated rival Rensselaer for the seventh straight time, winning 5-2.
• The Knights hold a commanding 74-40-8 lead over Yale. The teams have played evenly recently with the series tied 2-2-1 over the last five games and 3-3-4 over the last 10. Yale snapped a two-game losing skid in the series with a 2-1 victory in Potsdam on December 1. 
• Clarkson holds an 8-1-1 advantage over Brown in their last 10 meetings and controls the series, which first began in 1952, to 67-19-9. The Knights, who are unbeaten in the last five games of the series (4-0-1), skated past the Bears 5-1 at Cheel Arena on November 30. 
• Clarkson has added freshman defenseman Cam Ginnetti to the roster for the second semester. A 6-0, 200-pound native of Vancouver, BC, Ginnetti will add depth to the Clarkson blueline, which has been hampered by injuries. He played his first collegiate game on Saturday, helping the Green and Gold to the win over RPI. Ginnetti, 20, was playing for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the USHL. He played in eight games, picking up two assists, after being traded from the Omaha Lancers, where he was an assistant captain. He picked up five assists in 17 games for Omaha.
• Clarkson's defensive effort ranks 4th in the NCAA, allowing only 1.95 goals per
game (second lowest overall average in ECAC Hockey, behind only Quinnipiac - 1.82).
• Although the Knights do not have any players ranked among the top 20 point-per-game producers in the nation, Clarkson's offense is averaging 3.40 goals per game, tied for 10th in the NCAA (behind Quinnipiac - 3.68).
• The Knights' scoring margin is 7th in the NCAA at 1.45(second best overall in ECAC Hockey, behind Quinnipiac - 1.86).
• Eight different Knights account for Clarkson's 10 goals over the weekend, while junior Jake Kielly posted 23 saves in both victories.
• Starting all 20 games, Kielly ranks among the NCAA's best in all the major goaltending categories.  He posts a 1.90 goals against average (7th in the nation), .928 save percentage (13th) and is tied for second most wins with 14. The NCAA's active leader in career shutouts with 14, Kielly has three whitewashes this season (tied for 5th). During the current six-game winning streak, he posts a .954 SP and a 0.986 GAA. Kielly ranks tied for 7th on the Green and Gold's all-time win list with a 52-32-11 career record. He was named MVP of the Desert Hockey Classic, gained ECAC Hockey October Goaltender of the Month honors and  has earned ECAC Hockey goaltender of the Week accolades three times this season (11/5, 11/19, 12/31). 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.
• Junior co-captain Nico Sturm leads the Green and Gold's balanced offensive effort with 23 points on team-high nine goals and a team-high14 assists. He has tallied at least one point in 18 of the first 20 games, and has a current seven-game point streak with eight points (3-5) since December 7. ECAC Hockey's Best Defensive Forward last season, Sturm holds a team-high +13 plus/minus rating. He is Clarkson's top center at the faceoff circle, winning 56.9% (170-129) of his draws. Sturm is bidding to become the next Golden Knight to join the century Club with 81 career points (31-50) in 99 games. He was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on December 31.
• Six other Golden Knights are scoring in double figures.  Through the first 20 games, 20 Knights have scored at least one goal and all 23 skaters (with the exception of Ginnetti)have recorded at least one point. 
• Junior Haralds Egle is second on the Clarkson scoring charts with a career-high 22 points. He scored his ninth goal of the season, a career high, to open the Knights' scoring in Friday's victory over Union. He tallied two assists in Saturday's win over RPI.
• A pair of defensemen follow closely behind on the scoring charts with senior Aaron Thow chipping in16 points (5-11) and junior Greg Moro recording 15 (5-10).
• Thow has made a big offensive impression during the current win streak with at least a point in each of the last six games with three goals and four assists since December 8. 
• After matching his career-high for assists in a game by setting up all three goals in the 3-2 OT win at Vermont (1/6), Moro recorded his first career two-goal game with a pair of power-play markers in the win over RPI. Four (a team high) of his five goals have come on the power play.
• Clarkson defensemen are chipping in 30.8% of the offense, recording 47 points on 17 goals and 40 assists from the blueline.  All eight of the Knight rearguards (with the exception of Ginnetti) have tallied at least one goal.
• The Green and Gold have scored at least three goals in each of their 14 victories. 
• The Knights have tallied the opening goal in 17 of the first 20 games, going 13-4 when they get on the scoreboard first.
• The Knights are 13-0-0 when leading after two periods and 0-5 when trailing through 40 minutes.
• Clarkson starts fast and finishes strong, outscoring the opponents 22-10 in the first period and 27-11 in the final 20  minutes of regulation. The Green and Gold have matched the opponents in the middle frame 18-18.
• A big reason for the Knights' stingy goals allowed average has been the improved play of the penalty-killing units.  Since a dismal 2-of-6 shorthanded effort  in the 6-3 loss at Canisius (11/10), Clarkson has allowed just one power-play goal in the opponents' last 41 man-advantage chances (97.6%) over the last 12 games, including a current 23 straight kills. For the year, the Knights are 84.4% (65-77) on the penalty kill, 18th in NCAA.
• The last team to score with the man-advantage over the Knights was Yale for the game-winner in its 2-1  victory at Cheel Arena on December 1. 
• Clarkson's power play is ranked 21st in Division I, clicking at 20% (15-75). The Knights are coming off a 2-of-3 effort with the man-advantage in Saturday's win over RPI.
• Josh Dunne has been named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week. The freshman center helped pace a balanced Clarkson effort in the weekend sweep of Union and RPI, recording one goal and two points along with posting a +4 plus/minus rating. After missing seven games with an injury, Dunne has made an impact up front for the Green and Gold, recording two goals and two assists in the past five games, all Clarkson wins. Playing in 13 games overall, Dunne has tallied 11 points on six goals and five assists.
• Junior co-captain a co-captain Devin Brosseau has been named has one of the 17 nominees for 2019 Hockey Humanitarian Award.  The award is presented annually to college hockey's finest citizen — a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team but also to the community-at-large through leadership in volunteerism. Finalists for the 2019 Hockey Humanitarian Award will be announced in February. The 2019 recipient will be honored in a ceremony on Friday, April 12 as part of the NCAA Men's Frozen Four weekend in Buffalo, N.Y. Brosseau is Clarkson's team leader on all the Golden Knights' community service projects and always donates his time. Brosseau, who served as an assistant captain as a sophomore, has been a leading contributor on the ice throughout his Clarkson career as a left wing on the Knights' top lines. Through 97 career games, he has recorded 67 points on 24 goals and 43 assists. He has tallied six goals and seven assists in 19 games this season, including two goals and assist this past weekend.
• Sophomore Jack Jacome ended an 11-game goal-scoring drought with the opening score in the win over RPI on "Teddy Bear Toss Night". He has 13 points on four goals and nine assists in 20 games.
• Three freshmen found the back of the net for the first time this season in Friday's win over Union. Defenseman Michael Underwood recorded the game-winner over the Dutchmen, while classmates Anthony Callin and Chris Klack closed out the victory. Klack's goal was a shorthanded empty-net tally.
• Rookie Jamie Collins picked up his first career point with the primary assist on the Knights' fourth goal in the win over RPI.
• Junior defenseman Jordan Schneider leads the team in block shots with 30.
• 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. 
• Last year's leading scorer Sheldon Rempal, who left the Clarkson program after his sophomore campaign to sign a professional contract with the Los Angeles Kings, has skated seven games in NHL. Rempal has been selected to participate in the 2019 AHL All-Star Classic on January 27-28 in Springfield, MA. He leads LA's AHL affilate the  Ontario Reign in scoring with 26 points (9-17) in 27 games.
• In its 97th season, Clarkson boasts 73 winning campaigns and a 1,450-868-160 all-time record for a .617 winning percentage since 1920-21.

Vs Yale
In the rivalry against Yale, which first began in 1930, the Knights hold a commanding 74-40-8 lead. The teams have played evenly recently with the series tied 2-2-1 over the last five games and 3-3-4 over the last 10. Yale snapped a two-game series' losing skid with a 2-1 victory in Potsdam on December 1. Clarkson won both meetings last year with a pair of 4-1 triumphs, 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 11 meetings. 
Nico Sturm has a team-high six points against the Bulldogs on one goal and five assists. Aaron Thow has tallied five points in the series, including a team-high two goals. Jake Kielly posts a .942 save percentage, a 1.80 GAA and a 2-2-2 record.

Vs Brown
Clarkson holds an 8-1-1 advantage over Brown in their last 10 meetings and controls the series, which first began in 1952, to 67-19-9. The Knights, who are unbeaten in the last five games of the series (4-0-1), skated past the Bears 5-1 at Cheel Arena on November 30. Clarkson 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. 
Haralds Egle has a team-high eight points in the series on two goals and six assists. Jake Kielly posts a .932 save percentage and a 1.97 goals against average against the Bears, while recording a 4-0-1 record.  

Scouting Yale
Ranked 19th in the country, Yale owns an 8-5-3 overall record and is within two points of the top spot in the ECAC Hockey standings with a 6-2-1 league mark. The Bulldogs opened a three-game home stand at Ingalls Rink this past Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Sacred Heart, snapping a three-game winless skid (0-2-1). Friday's game against the Knights will be Yale's first league game since skating to a 3-0 win over Union on December 8 in New Haven. The Bulldogs are 3-2-1 at home this season. Senior forward Joe Snively ranks 8th in the country in scoring, averaging 1.31 points per game on 10 goals and 11 assists through 16 contests.

Scouting Brown
Brown saw a three-game winning streak end with a 5-1 loss to 10th-ranked Providence 5-1 at Meehan Auditorium on Tuesday. The Bears had gone 4-1-2, prior to the Mayor's Cup game against their cross-town rivals. Brown stand at 5-8-3 overall and are in 11th place in the ECAC Hockey standings at 2-4-3, four points in front of Friday night's opponent St. Lawrence. The Bears are 2-4-1 at Meehan this season.

 
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