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Knights Take to the Road for Weekend in New England

11/20/2019 10:29:00 AM

Winners of five of its last six games, Clarkson University takes to the road this weekend for ECAC Hockey battles vs Brown and Yale in New England. The Golden Knights, guided by ninth-year Head Coach Casey Jones, Associate Head Coach Josh Hauge and Assistant Coach Mike Towns, will face off against the Bears at Meehan Auditorium in Providence, RI on Friday and then take on the Bulldogs at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, CT on Saturday. Both games are 7:00 p.m. faceoffs.

Both games can be viewed live streamed on ESPN+ (US) and StretchInternet (international).

Ranked 8/9th in the national polls, Clarkson owns an 8-3-1 overall record and stands in fourth place in the ECAC Hockey standings with a 3-1 league mark. The Green and Gold are coming off a weekend split at Cheel Arena where they were edged by 3rd-ranked Cornell 4-2 on Friday before skating past Colgate 5-1 on Saturday.
 
• The Knights' line of sophomore center Josh Dunne (2-1), left wing, graduate student Devin Brosseau  (0-4) and senior right wing Haralds Egle (1-2) accounted for three goals and seven assists in the 5-1 victory over Colgate. The trio rate 1-2-3 on the Clarkson scoring chart.
• Clarkson's Captain, Brosseau leads the Green and Gold in scoring with 17 points, including a team-high 12 assists. Brosseau set up four goals in Saturday's 5-1 win over Colgate to reach the century mark with 37 goals and 63 assists through 126 career games. He became the first Golden Knights to record four assists in a game since January 3, 2004 when John Sullivan '05 had four helpers in an 8-2 win over Mercyhurst. Brosseau was ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year in 2018-19.
• Dunne is making a big impression in his second season at Clarkson. Hampered by injuries at the start of last season, the 6-4, 210-pound forward has been a force so far this year with 14 points on seven goals and seven assists. An assistant captain, who was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Month for October, Dunne shares the team lead in plus/minus with a +7. He is coming off his second career three-point outing with two power-play goals and one assist in Saturday's win over Colgate. Dunne is tied for third in the nation in power-play tallies with five.
• With points in each of the last three games, Egle owns the longest current point streak for the Green and Gold. He has tallied at least one point in seven of the last eight games, including two goals and three assists over the past three. Egle rounds out Clarkson's double-digit scorers with 12 points (4-8). Egle projects to be the next Golden Knight to reach the century mark with 85 career points (34-51) in 115 games.
• Clarkson's offense is 22nd in the nation in scoring, averaging 3.08 goals per game. The Golden Knights are receiving a balanced effort with 14 players scoring goals and 20 of the 22 skaters recording at least one point.
• In the weekend series at Cheel against Cornell and Colgate, six different players accounted for Clarkson's seven goals with Dunne scoring twice.
• Frank Marotte, the graduate transfer form Robert Morris continues to impress for the Golden Knights in the crease. Marotte, who was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month for October, has continued his standout play into November. Having played every minute in the Clarkson goal, Marotte posts a .935 save percentage, (11th in the nation), and a 1.91 goals against average (14th in the country). He has the most win (8) overall of all ECAC Hockey goaltenders and has played the second most minutes (723:01).
• Clarkson's defense is tied for 7th in the nation, allowing only 2.00 goals per game. 
• Specialty teams continue to shine for the Knights as Clarkson is second in the nation in combined specialty teams play (54/91, 59.3%). 
• The penalty kill has been outstanding, ranked fourth in the nation (45-48, 93.8%). Clarkson's string of successful kills ended at 25 on Friday when Cornell scored on its lone power play of the night for the game-winner. The Knights shut down Colgate on its three man-advantage opportunities on Saturday.
• Clarkson was 4-of-10 (40%) on the power play over the weekend, including a 3-of-8 effort in Saturday's win over Colgate. Overall, the Green and Gold are clicking at 20.9% (9-43) with the man-advantage (21st in the nation).
• Seven Knights have accounted for Clarkson's eight game-winning goals. Sophomore Chris Klack leads the way with two deciding tallies. His second goal of the season was an unassisted, shorthanded score against Colgate. Klack scored his first goal of the season in the 5-1 victory at Union (11/8).
• Junior defenseman Connor McCarthy figured in on both Clarkson goals against Cornell on Saturday with a power-play tally and one assist. He leads the Golden Knights blueliners in scoring with five points (1-4).
• Right wing Anthony Romano leads the Clarkson rookies in scoring with four goals and five assists.  He is a 2019 Arizona Coyotes draft choice (6th round, 176 selection). 
• The Knights are 7-0-0 when leading through two periods this season and 50-2-3 when holding the lead through 40 minutes since the 2017-18 campaign. 
• Clarkson has gotten off to solid starts, netting the first goal in eight of 12 games while outscoring the opponents 11-4 through the opening 20 minutes.  The Knights are  7-0-1 when scoring first.
• The Knights have also been strong in the third period with a 13-9 goal differential, and have traded 11 goals with the opposition in the middle frame.
• After being outshot in each of its first six games, the Knights have not been outshot since. Clarkson allowed Colgate only 16 shots on net in Friday's win, its lowest total allowed since limiting Cornell to only 14 in a 2-2 tie at Cheel last March 2.  This past Friday, the Knights and Big Red had 31 shots apiece.
• Clarkson is 4-2 in home games and 4-1-1 on the road.
• In its 98th season, Clarkson boasts 74 winning campaigns and a 1,470-876-163 all-time record for a .618 winning percentage since 1920-21.
• Four current Golden Knights have been selected in the NHL Draft. Junior Kris Oldham – 2015 by Tampa Bay (6th round, 153 overall), sophomore Nick Campoli – 2017 by Las Vegas (6th, 158), freshman Dustyn McFaul – 2018 by Boston (6th, 181) and freshman Anthony Romano – 2019 by Arizona (6th, 176).
• Former Clarkson Head Coach Jerry York, the current head coach at Boston College, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Golden Knights' head coach for seven seasons from 1972-79, York was inducted in the Builder Category during the ceremony that took place Monday evening in Toronto. He guided the Green and Gold to 125 victories, a .588 winning percentage, five winning campaigns and six trips to the ECAC playoffs.

The Series:
In the rivalry against Yale, which first began in 1930, the Knights hold a commanding 77-40-8 lead. Clarkson is 4-1 in the last five meetings, including three straight victories. The Bulldogs knocked off the Green and Gold 2-1 in Potsdam on December 1, but the Knights took down Yale 4-2 in New Haven, CT on January 18 to split the regular-season series, and then swept the Bulldogs in the postseason. Clarkson defeated Yale 3-1 and 5-2 in the last year's quarterfinal round at Cheel on March 15-16. Devin Brosseau has a team-high eight points in the series on four goal and four assists. Haralds Egle has tallied six points (2-4), while Josh Dunne (3-1) and Jack Jacome (1-3) have four points each against Yale.

Clarkson holds a 10-1-1 advantage over Brown in their last 12 meetings and controls the series, which first began in 1952, 68-19-9. The Knights, who are unbeaten in the last six games of the series (5-0-1), skated past the Bears twice last season, 5-1 at Cheel Arena on November 30 and 4-0 in Providence on January 19. 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. Jack Jacome has tallied for assists and five points.

Scouting Brown
Brown owns a 2-4 record, but has only been outscored 17-14 through six games. The Bears suffered a tough weekend at home this past weekend, losing 4-1 games to both Harvard and Dartmouth. Brown also suffered a 4-1 defeat at Cornell on November 8. The Bears were dominant in their two victories, defeating Yale 5-1 at Meehan Auditorium on November 2 and downing Colgate 4-1 in Providence on November 9. Brown has been especially effective with the man advantage, owning the nation's second-ranked power play unit, which is clicking at 35.3% (6-17). 

Scouting Yale
After a season opening 3-2 victory over Brown in New Haven, CT on November 1, Yale has struggled losing its last five games. The Bulldogs, who host St. Lawrence on Friday, have been outscored 23-8 since their opening victory. Yale opened a four-game home stand at Ingalls Rink last weekend, losing to Dartmouth 4-3 and Harvard 6-1. 
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